- Christian Michaelis, Former Captain and French International Hockey Player visited JFHA in April, 2017 and coached the players for a week during the 2017 JFHA Hockey Summer Camp
- David Jensen of Waverley Hockey Club, Australia, was the first residential International Coach to visit us in December 2013. He provided 3 weeks of hockey training to the children.
- Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA, have interacted with the children at the orphanage ground during the month of August 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and July 2016 & 2017
- In the month of March 2010, four students from Singapore visited for a week and helped in creating a data base of trainees and arranged the library in the Orphanage as part of their College project.
- During December 2009 Singapore Recreational Club, Singapore visited the Academy and the Orphanage; participated in the tournament we conducted.
- Visits by International Hockey Players and Officials
VISITORS:
We try our best to reach out to eminent personalities from various fields to come, visit JFHA, and spend some time to share their knowledge & expertise with the academy children:
The academy was inaugurated in Jan 2009 along with the below eminent sports personalities:
- Rahul Dravid, former Indian cricketer.
- Dhanraj Pillay, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna & PadmaShri Awardee
- Ashish Ballal, Olympian & Asian Games Gold Medalist
Over the years we have had many guests visit the academy on a regular basis, who not only visited the academy, also shared their valuable time and experiences with our children. The following to name a few:
- Peter Von Reth from Holland, Sports Manager World Series Hockey.
- Frank, from Holland, Technical Official, World Series Hockey.
- Raghuprasad, International Hockey umpire.
- Zeeshan Ashraf, Former Captain of Pakistan National team.
- Adnan Maqsood, Former Pakistan International.
- Robert Alcantra and Md Radhzi, Former Malaysian Internationals
- Tushar Khandekar, Current Indian National player.
- Daphne, Vice President of the State of the Eastern Province Hockey Federation, South Africa.
- Lieutenant Colonel Mr B.K Subramani from MEG & Centre, Former Olympian and Former Women's Junior National Team coach.
- Manuel Fredricks, Former Indian Goal Keeper & Munich Olympics Bronze Medalist.
- Malaysia Junior World Cup Hockey Team (Project 2013 Squad)
- PA Raphael Former National TeamHockey coach of Singapore, Thailand & Macau
- Arjun Halappa, Olympian and former Indian Captain, International
- Adrian D'Souza, Olympian and former Indian International
- Vinaya VS, former Indian Captain International
- Elvira Britto, Former International Hockey player
- Ryan Fernando, Sports Nutritionist/ Co Founder - Qua Nutrition
- Jeeth Devaiah, sports conditioning specialist
- Prachi Mishra, Femina Miss India Earth 2012
- Mr. Bhaskaran, Captain 1980 Moscow Olympics, Gold Medal.
- Veteran Mr. Janardhana Rao, one of the Legends of Karnataka.