Background
Ram Kumar is the son of former basketball player Khushi Ram, an Arjuna awardee and the brother of Ashok Kumar, also an India international player.
Ram Kumar is the son of former basketball player Khushi Ram, an Arjuna awardee and the brother of Ashok Kumar, also an India international player.
He is currently the coach of the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala team, and has been a long standing coach of the Indian Railways men"s team He played for India during 1985 to 1996 and represented the Indian national basketball team at several international championships. He also served as the captain of Indian national basketball team from 1991 to 1995.
He played the position of shooting guard.
Kumar is also regarded as the best coach of the country till date. He started his career in the year 1983, when he played his first National Championship at Calicut.
Ram Kumar first joined income tax department in Jaipur and later moved to Western Railway in the year 1987. Also known as old war horse of railway, he followed his father Khushi Ram"s footsteps and became a basketball player.
Former Olympian Ajmer Singh is a contemporary of Ram Kumar and they made good combination on the court.
Kumar was top scorer at many National and International Championships for India. Ram Kumar is one of the finest shooter India has ever produced and India has never seen a shooter of Ram Kumar"s calibre in its history. He got offer to play in professional leagues in Romania and Iran but turned down the offer.
As told by his father late Khushi Ram who was his coach and made him country"s crackest shooter that, Ram started playing in his early teens, as a teen he would end up shooting 500 balls in a day at the practice sessions which is actually a difficult task to do for a shooting guard.
I was really touched by his shooting techniques and his gifted physical strength. Above all his zeal to learn the technicalities of the game impressed me a lot and Ajmer Singh had the same thing, who was also a remarkable pivot player, that"s the reason I spent most of the time with both of them on the court to improve their quality game He is currently working as a Senior Sports Officer at Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala.
Top scorer of tournament at world railway games in New Delhi in 1987 Best player in South.A.F Games in Colombo in 1991 Best scorer from India at Asian basketball championship at Seoul in 1995 Top 3 point shooter at Asian basketball championship at Bangkok in 1987 Top scorer in world railway games at Romania in 1991 Best shooter at test matches played against United States.A at New York in 1992.
