Director-General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sandip Pradhan lauded the joint initiative of the All India Football Federation and SAI to use the period of the country-wide lockdown to hold a 13-day Online Coaching Refresher Course. The course, which got underway on Monday, April 20, will see as …
Read More »SAI-AIFF join hands to launch an online Coaching Programme during lockdown!
Realising that it’s impossible to conduct a centralised coaching course under current circumstances with the country having being locked down in wake of the Covid19 pandemic, All India Football Federation (AIFF) in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has arranged for an Online Coach Education Programme, that gets …
Read More »Indian Coaches introspect improvements digitally amidst lockdown!
In an effort to reflect on the methodologies applied in its coaching courses and chart out further improvements, All India Football Federation has conducted three online seminars even as India stays locked down in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. 14 instructors from all over the country attended the online seminars conducted …
Read More »BDFL and German Football Ambassador agree cooperation!
The Bund Deutscher Fußball-Lehrer e.V. (BDFL), the Coaching Association of Germany and the German Football Ambassador (Deutsche Fußball Botschafter e.V.) will be intensifying their collaboration and enter into a formal cooperation. The BDFL – founded in 1957 – has more than 5,000 members as the professional association of German football …
Read More »VIDEO: Sesa Football Academy ‘E’ License Coaching workshop!
The Sesa Football Academy’s Technical director Armando Colaco and their Chief Mentor Brahmanand Sankhwalkar explain why focusing on grassroots football is important for Indian football.
Read More »CAF’s Zonal Women’s Instructors course kicks off in Johannesburg!
The maiden CAF Women’s Instructor Course for Zonal Unions has kicked off with the COSAFA Zone, breaking the grounds with their session from 5-11 March 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The aim of the six-day course is to build the capacities of female instructors within the zone and to impart …
Read More »Inaugural ISL Club Coaches’ Forum to be organised in Mumbai!
The Indian Super League (ISL) is all set to host a first-of-its-kind Coaches’ Forum, which will take place in Mumbai on Monday, January 13, 2020. The initiative, which is in line with the ISL’s vision, is being organised to discuss the league’s progression and the overall development of the game. …
Read More »AIFF Masterclass: Total Football simplified by Johan Neeskens!
We have had great players and we have had legendary ones. And yet there are those who have, forever, left their footprints on the sands, changed the ‘Beautiful Game,’ and moulded it in a manner that improved the sport world over. Former Netherlands International and ex-Ajax Amsterdam and FC Barcelona …
Read More »PFA conducts first-ever AIFF D License Course in Punjabi!
The Punjab Football Association (PFA) is currently conducting their first-ever AIFF D License Coaching Course in Punjabi language. The course is being conducted by the Thakedar Amarjit Singh Memorial football club in Kurali, which is near Mohali, in association with the Punjab FA. Since this year, the All India Football …
Read More »Colin Chambers: Anyone can become a scout as scouting is all about observation!
The All India Football Federation conducted a scouting course at the Football Headquarters, the Football House where Colin Chambers, Director IPSO (International Professional Scouting Organisation) educated the participants about “looking looks deeper into the character and attitude of the player.” In a freewheeling interview, Chambers spoke at length about the course, …
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