#SayNoToDoping
Education
Athletes want a competitive edge through hard training, rest and a healthy life. Sometimes a substance offers a short-term advantage, and with it the risk of a ban and lasting harm to health.
Education plan
The Objective
- Guiding the implementation of NADA India’s education and awareness initiatives
- Raising awareness against doping in sports
- Promoting values associated with sports and fair play across the sports ecosystem in India
- Sensitizing athletes and athlete support personnel against doping in sports
- Providing accurate and timely anti-doping information to all stakeholders
- Monitoring, evaluating and reporting anti-doping education and awareness activities
Stakeholders
The Eco-system
NADA India is working to sensitise every stakeholder in the national sports ecosystem and to increase anti-doping awareness in each target group.
Athlete
- College and university level athletes
- State level athletes
- National level athletes
- International level athletes
Athlete support personnel
- Coaches
- Managers
- Trainers
- Agents
- Team staff
- Parents
- Sports medicine practitioners and physiotherapists
- Medical and para-medical personnel
- Anti-doping practitioners
Government departments
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Ministry of Education
- National Dope Testing Laboratory
- Sports Authority of India
- Sports departments of states and union territories
Sports bodies and organisations
- National sports federations
- National sports promotion organisations
- Indian Olympic Association
- Paralympic Committee of India
- School Games Federation of India
- Police, Services and Railway sports boards
- NGOs and CSR organisations working in sports development
- Sports clubs, academies and training centres
Academic, scientific and research institutions
- Sports institutions funded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Physical education colleges and universities
- Physical education teachers
- NIPER Hyderabad and the National Forensic Sciences University
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- Sports medicine, sports science and research institutions
Others
- Media personnel
- Sports law professionals
- National sports event organisers and competition managers
- Sports event sponsors and logistics agencies
Programme
Delivering the Programme
NADA India is working to make anti-doping content available in India’s languages so information reaches the last mile.
- In-person workshops
- Social media campaigns
- Website updates
- E-learning on WADA ADEL
- Print brochures, flyers and pamphlets
- Audio-visual content and short films
- Content in universal design for learning
- Multi-lingual content
- IEC vans and information kiosks
- Quizzes and mass outreach campaigns
- NADA India helpline
Education pool
School sports students
School sports students, parents and physical education teachers
Young and budding athletes
Athletes identified at SAI Khelo India academies
Talented athletes
Athletes training in SAI National Centres of Excellence
National level athletes
TOPS development group and athletes in national events
International level athletes
TOPS athletes and athletes with impairments in national and international events
RTP athletes
Athletes in the Registered Testing Pool
Athlete support personnel
Coaches, managers, trainers, agents, staff, parents and medical personnel
Recreational sport
Athletes in fitness centres, gyms and non-competitive activity
Athletes serving ineligibility
Athletes serving a sanction or returning from one
Athletes with disabilities
Athletes with impairments in national and international events
Inclusion
NADA India’s inclusive efforts
Athletes with disabilities are a large part of the sporting community. Inclusive education protects their rights and reduces inadvertent anti-doping rule violations.
NADA India has prepared universal design for learning content and Braille leaflets, and is signing agreements with CIET and NCERT to develop inclusive awareness tools.
Awareness
Danger and health risks of doping
Many banned substances are not approved for human use. Medicines are for people with a health condition, not for healthy athletes.
Anabolic agents and testosterone
Acne, baldness, liver damage, stunted growth in adolescents, aggression, and depression on withdrawal. Men may see breast tissue and impotence. Women may see a deeper voice and disrupted menstrual cycles.
Growth hormones and peptides
Hypertension, heart attacks, thyroid problems, loss of vision, diabetes, tumours and crippling arthritis.
Stimulants
Insomnia, anxiety, weight loss, addiction, dehydration, tremors and a raised heart rate.
Diuretics
Potassium depletion, dehydration, cramps, dizziness and a drop in blood pressure. Without supervision this can be fatal.
Beta blockers
Lowered blood pressure, a slow heart rate, sleep disorders and spasm of the airways.
Learn
Learn with WADA ADEL
The WADA Anti-Doping Education and Learning platform is open to anyone who wants to learn about clean sport.
Inclusion and accessibility
Sport is for everyone. Testing for athletes with specific needs may differ slightly, but rights and responsibilities stay the same.
Other modes of awareness
Quiz
Games
Videos
Printing material
Supplements
Managing the risk of nutritional supplements
- No supplement is 100 percent risk free.
- Supplements may contain substances from WADA’s Prohibited List.
- Strict liability: the athlete alone is accountable for a prohibited substance in their system.
Fake products, weaker manufacturing standards, false safety claims and mislabelling are the common risks. Anti-doping organisations do not certify supplements.
First check whether food meets the need. If a supplement is still chosen, use a certified nutritionist and a batch-tested product.