India U-16 head coach Bibiano Fernandes attributed to the batch-wise improvement of his team to the fact that there are more educated coaches at the grassroots level in the country at the moment. “The change of coach education has revolutionised how coaches operate in this country,” Fernandes said during a …
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As part of All India Football Federation’s MoU with KNVB, the AIFF on Wednesday, June 17 organised a webinar with their KNVB counterparts in order to “develop coaches to deal with age-specific coaching.” Elite KNVB instructor Bert Zuurman along with Piet De Jong and Johan Van Geijn who guided the …
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The AIFC (Association Of Indian Football Coaches) conducted a Webinar on Women’s Football Development which saw a panel of six prominent personalities from Indian football. It included Maymol Rocky, Women’s Team Coach; Alex Ambrose, Assistant Coach U-17 Women’s Team; Anju Turambekar, Dempo SC – TD, AFC Grassroots Panel Member; Roma …
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After the footballers, a consortium of around 70 coaches from West Bengal have come out to help those affected by the Amphan Cyclone in the state. The institution named ‘Coaches Who Care’ was originally formed to extend a helping hand to coaches in need. Coaches like Sanjoy Sen, Gautam Ghosh, …
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While the COVID-19 crisis has halted football on the field, CONCACAF has been able to effectively pivot to provide a new E-Learning Academy, which was launched on April 15 and is already in use by all 41 Member Associations. “With the global pandemic that we have, it is an unfortunate …
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The four-day long online sessions for Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) on various football verticals conducted by AIFF ended on Sunday, May 17 with an online session on the Indian Women’s League (IWL). The sessions conducted over the four-day period consisted of interactions and lectures on grassroots football, coaches education, …
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In continuation to the online educational initiatives taken for various stakeholders of Indian Football, on request from Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA), AIFF will be organising dedicated online sessions for GSFA on Grassroots Football, Coaches Education, Golden Baby Leagues, Futsal, Academy Accreditation, Youth Leagues, Sub-Junior and Junior Championships. The sessions …
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Coaches who attended the online Coaching Refresher course jointly organised by All India Football Federation and the Sports Authority of India hailed the effort, stating that it has “helped spread intricate knowledge of the game across the grassroots levels”. A total of 884 coaches from all over the country registered …
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Zlatko Dalic, Croatia’s coach in the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia on Friday, May 1 enlightened the participants of the ongoing All India Football Federation – Sports Authority of India joint collaboration online Coaching Refresher Course. Dalic, who coached Croatia to finish runners-up to France in the final of …
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Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Friday afternoon, May 1 joined all the participants of the ongoing All India Football Federation-Sports Authority of India joint collaboration online Coaching Refresher Course. The online course is being conducted jointly by AIFF and …
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