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Tips for joining police force Sylendra Babu- 25-Feb-2010
In the current scenario, taking up a police job is undeniably a tough task with no formal training or coaching centers. Sylendra Babu, IPS, a leading police officer from Tamil Nadu provides some valuable tips for these job aspirants to prepare for the police selection trials.
1. Do not study your lessons as a duty, but study it with interest and involvement. Nothing is difficult if it is done happily.
2. Instead of just memorizing, try to understand the subject and study. Start studying right from the day you have applied for police job.
3. Do not accumulate all the lessons to study in the last minute, instead study daily lessons.
4. Try to recollect the studied lessons.
5. Right from the day you have applied for police job start preparing for physical test. Fat persons should first reduce their weight and continuously involve in physical exercise. Walking is an important aspect of physical exercise. It is absolutely wrong to start exercising right away.
In the first week start walking little bit, then in the second week start jogging slowly. From the third week onwards you can start full-fledged running and training.
Gradually increase your running time, distance and the speed. Start off with 5 minutes on the first day, gradually increase it by 5 minutes every day until you are able to jog at good pace for at least about 30 minutes. As you train if you happen to get knee pain, back pain and body sores take rest till you recover fairly and then start training.
6. As you train note the timing that you take to complete 1500 meters. Sipping little amount of water is OK, but not too much. It is not advisable to drink water after running or training. Consistency or regular training is very important. Training hard for a day and taking rest for few days is not good. This goes to all sorts of physical training.
7. As rope climbing is compulsory test, it is necessary to train specially towards it. Tie a rope to a tree little close to your house practice rope climbing in such a way that you climb only with your hand without touching the ropes with your legs.
Apart from this, it is necessary to participate in long jump or high jump, 100 meters run or 400 meters run. Select any one of these events, out the two events and start training for it right from the day you have applied for police job.
8. Like the male counterparts, woman also can train for long jumps, ball throw and running by going to a nearby sports stadium or ground. Throw ball can be practiced using a cricket as it could easily available. Some woman feel shy to go to practice in sports stadium, such woman may not be able to do well and get through in the test.
9. Minimum of 60 to 90 days would be available between announcement date and Physical and written test date. Those who work hard and train during this period can easily pass the selection test.
