They should compromise 25% from Sikkim ( this keeps Govt happy and ensures State Govt funds )
50% from North East ( ensures that 75% from that region and could help get funds from NEC , North East council )
remaining 25% for players from close by...
Its better in India not to try to put 10kids from Kerela, 10 from punjab, 10 from Goa and 10 from Manipur in 1 academy as the language , food, cultural barriers etc make it very difficult for the players & coaches.
The players also get home sick and travel via train from Sikkim to Kerela & back takes over a a week !!
Tough for young players to go home or parents to visit . Also in their down time when they are out of the Academy and wander into town the language and cultural (food) barrier also makes the players very home sick
1) Scott O’Donnell, the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Technical Director of academies, stressed on the fact that he and his team are only on the look out for quality players.
2) "We want to increase the base. We can accommodate upto 30 players, but we haven't found 30 players who were born in 1997, who were good enough.
3) "We have selected boys born in 1998 split between Mumbai and Pailan who will be in Bangalore, hopefully from April, but we do have the players from the Pailan Academy of September this year who were born-in-1998 players. So the best of these boys will be preparing for the U-16 qualifiers in September this year," he said.
4) "We had our first inter-academy tournament in December 2012. It was a very important tournament for us because the players are training everyday, but they need to play games. They play friendly games every week, but it doesn't have that tournament impact,"
5) "Our plan for the future is to invite private academies to participate in our inter-academy tournament. So it's not just AIFF boys playing against each other. It might be Tata, it might beSesa, it might be whoever. We wanna try and get as many private academies involved as possible."
6) "About what we're doing at the AIFF and academy programme, I know there's been a speculation about someone commented that it's not going as planned and that's correct. "The plans haven't gone as planned and there is a variety of reasons for that, and I'm not trying to make excuses at all, but I can assure you that everyone in our department are working extremely hard to try and ensure that the academy programme works.
7) "On top of that, Rob is set on embarking on an ambitious grassroots programme where we can get boys and girls playing football hopefully in a safe, caring, nurturing environment, and that's also with the co-operation of FIFA.
8) "Phase II is starting this year. We also have one academy for 1999 born boys. There's 27 of those selected and the location of that academy is yet to be confirmed, but the 2000 born boys - 22 of them who we selected at theKalyani football festival started in Goa on the 1st of February. I was down there (in Goa) last week and it's great to see 22 talented boys who were proud to put on the AIFF shirt and are getting excellent coaching down there - good facilities.
9) "So one of the reasons why the academy programmes hasn't rolled out is because we haven't found the players - the major reason is the overage issue. That being the case, I'd like to compliment Delhi, Sikkim and Mizoram for being the only three states that didn't send any overage boys.
10) "We need to have a bigger base at the bottom (school football/youth tournaments) who will fill the regional academies, and then to the elite academies and then to the Arrows or to I-League clubs and hopefully to the national teams. So that's the model that we're working on. It's very basic, but we don't want to complicate things
Very interesting article. So its going more slower than they would want but it is still good progression.
One thing that O'Donald said that caught my eye though was about the I-League clubs. This is something I am leaving Rob Baan to come up with a solution for. He is the one that helped the FFA come up with the Youth League in Australia and currently that is producing great players (more recently Bernie-Ibini).
If the AIFF can somehow convince the I-League clubs to adopt Academies and at the same time create a proper Youth League then that will show true progression.
This AIFF-FIFA Academy stuff is good but there is limit. I dont see it bringing us to a World Cup. Maybe AFC Asian Cup qualification the proper way but I dont see it getting us farther than that. The I-League clubs need to take initiative first.
Talented young footballer Raja Rawat has been selected for the
All India Football Federation’s elite academy (Under 19). Raja was among
the 26 boys selected for the academy after a month long camp in Goa
recently.
A cadet of the Dehradun based Sports Hostel and a class XII student of
the DAV Inter College, Rawat is considered one of the most talented
footballers in the Indian junior football scene in the current times.
Though the location for the All India Football Federation (AIFF) U-19
academy is yet to be finalised, it is likely to be established in Pune,
Goa or Noida, and all set to start functioning from April.
Raja was called for the trails based on his impressive performance in
the international matches. A regular member of the India U-16 national
team since 2011, this Dehradun boy has represented India in the AFC Cup
(Uzbekistan), SAF Cup in Kathmandu and AFC main round (Tehran).
Born in May 1996 in Pauri, Raja began dreaming of a career in football
when he joined the Dehradun based Maharana Pratap Sports College a
couple of years back. After spending his initial years in the Sports
College, Rawat joined the local Sports Hostel two year back.
The selection is likely to help Raja in establishing his career as a
professional footballer and also to bring laurels to the mountain State
through his sporting achievements. Incidentally, he is the third boy
from Dehradun to be selected in the AIFF regional academy. Last year,
Anirudh Thapa and Dependra Negi were selected for the AIFF under 16
academy.
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> Arsenalkid700 said:
> Ya, 50% locals is not bad. I would think that is what the Regional Academies are for.
You can call it regional Academy when all the regions in India will have their own.
Also Sikkim is not a region by the way,regional wise reservation here will mean 50% of players from whole of North-East
They should compromise 25% from Sikkim ( this keeps Govt happy and ensures State Govt funds )
50% from North East ( ensures that 75% from that region and could help get funds from NEC , North East council )
remaining 25% for players from close by...
Its better in India not to try to put 10kids from Kerela, 10 from punjab, 10 from Goa and 10 from Manipur in 1 academy as the language , food, cultural barriers etc make it very difficult for the players & coaches.
The players also get home sick and travel via train from Sikkim to Kerela & back takes over a a week !!
Tough for young players to go home or parents to visit . Also in their down time when they are out of the Academy and wander into town the language and cultural (food) barrier also makes the players very home sick
@gafferrape,agree with ur points. we need not send a south indian boy to far away in the north.
Gaffertape is the gaffer.
http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/02/16/3755590/were-not-going-for-quantity-aiffs-technical-director-for
main points of the above article
Very interesting article. So its going more slower than they would want but it is still good progression.
Raja Rawat selected for All India Football Federation’s academy
Talented young footballer Raja Rawat has been selected for the All India Football Federation’s elite academy (Under 19). Raja was among the 26 boys selected for the academy after a month long camp in Goa recently.
A cadet of the Dehradun based Sports Hostel and a class XII student of the DAV Inter College, Rawat is considered one of the most talented footballers in the Indian junior football scene in the current times. Though the location for the All India Football Federation (AIFF) U-19 academy is yet to be finalised, it is likely to be established in Pune, Goa or Noida, and all set to start functioning from April.
Raja was called for the trails based on his impressive performance in the international matches. A regular member of the India U-16 national team since 2011, this Dehradun boy has represented India in the AFC Cup (Uzbekistan), SAF Cup in Kathmandu and AFC main round (Tehran).
Born in May 1996 in Pauri, Raja began dreaming of a career in football when he joined the Dehradun based Maharana Pratap Sports College a couple of years back. After spending his initial years in the Sports College, Rawat joined the local Sports Hostel two year back.
The selection is likely to help Raja in establishing his career as a professional footballer and also to bring laurels to the mountain State through his sporting achievements. Incidentally, he is the third boy from Dehradun to be selected in the AIFF regional academy. Last year, Anirudh Thapa and Dependra Negi were selected for the AIFF under 16 academy.
great news for UTKhand.
@ashindia there are 27 players in that camp
http://www.indiansoccernet.com/news/India-u19-camp-in-full-swing-1302162130.php