Indian Football 2013 - the way ahead.

The current search for investors for 2 new I-League ONE clubs (i-L1), the recruitment of Rob Baan and his team all bear good tidings for Indian Football.

As someone interested in grass-root development there is still a lot more that AIFF can do.

Stop the Nationals.
Instead have inter club/academy zonal tournaments culminating in All India final for the various age group U15, U17, U19 and  U21 (Boys and Girls) and have the home clubs host the same.

This will help improve Indian football considerably.

1) Clubs will scout for good youth players and develop them
2) Issue of over age will be taken care of
3) Talented youth players will go on to play for the main club team, thus reducing player salaries
4) Develop fan base from students, parents-relatives and locality
5) With so many clubs and academies playing, the Indian selectors will have a greater choice to scout for the national camp.
6) Having the clubs host the matches will improve the organisation of the tournament
7) The money saved by AIFF not hosting the Nationals, can now be used - to recruit more staff, for the I league and used for the National academies.
8) Sponsors and investors will be interested
9) Media will be interested
10) Stop political influence in player and coach selection

Technical Center
The center will develop Coaches, Instructors, Technical and Referees on a year long basis. The center must have good football facilities and living arrangement for at least 50-100 people.

A 12 month calendar of events mentioning the certification, schedule and fees of all the courses with maybe on-line registration on first cum basis. However, priority must be given to the i-league clubs.

PFL League launched by star kids

Very rarely do you hear Bollywood children being Chief Guests and that to for a sporting event.

Premier Football League (PFL) was inaugurated  by Anmol Thakeria son of Poonam Dhillon, Asmaan Bhardwaj son of  the famous Bollywood Director Vishal Bhardwaj / singer Rekha Bhardwaj  and Nakul Krishna son of the soulful Bollywood singer KK.  

The PFL is organised by Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) this being the second edition. This edition has over 32 boys & girls team ranging from 5 years to 16 year old's, the league has 7 categories which includes 30 boys, 8 girls and 2 NGO teams.

Karan Deol, son of Sunny Deol along with Anmol, Asmaan & Nakul are all PIFA students since the last 8-9 years and are the brand ambassadors of PIFA. They will each coach a junior team.  

The league is being played on 12 Saturday mornings at the JBCN International School - Parel football ground, All the matches are played on astro turf pitch, this helps the players to develop their skills, improve through the competition and to work as a team. Football being a high energy game, helps the child to be fit and healthy. 

At lunchtime the audience watched the celebrity kids play the PIFA coaches. After which Anmol, Asmaan & Nakul shared their fond memories of training with PIFA and their special bond they had with the PIFA Directors Anjali & Nirvan. They encouraged the children to play football and train at PIFA.

Junior Football League

Children's league kicks off in Mumbai

Phoenix Sports & Leisure Group (PSL) a division of Imkemex kicked off the Junior Football Champions - the first professional league for children 5-12 years at the Western Railway Ground in Mumbai.


Twenty four teams including three NGO teams of "PIFA Foundation for the benefit of sports" participated in this 10 week league to be played every Saturday morning. 


Two hundred children competed in 4 age groups League 1 had 5-6 year old's, League 2 had 7 to 8 year old's, League 3 had 9 to 10 year old's and League 4 had 11 to 12 year old's. The league had a mix of celebrity kids as well as under privileged children.


Apart from playing once a week the children will also be trained by Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) once a week at any of the centers closest to the participants. 


Each team was kitted with an Adidas t-shirt & short's.


http://www.jfcleague.com/

Junior Football Champions League tie up with PIFA

JFC has appointed PIFA as the training partner.

The Junior Football Championship, is a Football League for children (boys & girls) between 5yrs to 12 yrs in Mumbai. The league will be played at the Western Railways Sports Association, opposite Phoenix Mill at Mahalaxmi.

There will be four Leagues:

League 1 –  5 to 6yrs

League 2 –  7 to 8yrs

League 3 –  9 to 10yrs

League 4 –  11 to 12 yrs.

Each league will have 6 teams and the teams will play each other in a double header.  The matches will be played only on Saturdays and every team will play upto 10 matches over 10 Saturdays.

For the Event and League Details and also to Register you will have to go on to www.jfcleague.com , for registration a parent can also call Anjana on 022-24157984 between 9am and 5pm.

PIFA students can avail of special discount by showing PIFA identity card.  

The Premier Football League for children 5-12 yrs has been postponed to March 2012.

Sundays will never be the same again.

Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) is back again with a football league for children.

The Premier Football League (PFL) is a 7 a side children’s Sunday league for boys and girls aged 5 to 15 years. This league will be played over 8 weeks. 

AGE GROUP CATEGORIES
MIDGETS Age 5 - 6 years - born in 2005 or 2006
SUB JUNIORS Age 7 - 8 years - born in 2003 or 2004
JUNIORS Age 9 - 10 years - born in 2002 or 2001
INTERMEDIATES Age 11 - 12 years - born in 1999 or 2000
SENIORS Age 13 - 15 years - born in 1996, 1997 or 1998

The Sunday morning league will initially be held at a location in South Mumbai.  It is an opportunity for children of all abilities to participate in a football tournament. Children are encouraged to form teams made up of players from their building society, locality, community or school. The children will have the option to train on Saturdays for the league.

The PFL is schedule to kick off on 19 November 2011 with the first training session on Saturday, 18 November 2011.

The league will have all the elements of the beautiful game competition, skills, teamwork, mentoring and humility.

Two unique features of this league are;

The Parent Coach

Parents looking at spending quality time with their children doing something that interests both. Parents will manage and coach their child’s team.

Football Buddy

Each team  will consist of 2 underprivileged children from the PIFA community project. The aim of PFL is to demonstrate to children the charm of the beautiful game where everyone is equal on the field and the only language spoken is that of Football.

In this edition, there will be 5 age groups, each age group having 8 teams. Each team will play one another over seven weeks. The 8^th week will decide the winners between the top 2 teams and prizes will be awarded to the finalists and a best player awards. The best player of the league will win a free trip to UK.

The PFL will start on November 19^th with the first training session on Saturday 12^th November.

Nike will be the official football for the league. Winners will get a gift set from Nike and get once a week free training at any one of the PIFA centres for one year. Talented players will be scouted for the various PIFA teams.

PIFA's efforts in India have been recognized by Asian Football Confederacy (AFC) Deputy General Secretary - Dato Paul Mony Samuel, An excerpt from the letter- "I thank you for your work for football in India and encourage you to support and follow the football development path set out in Vision India"

It is an ideal event for corporate companies  to associate with this annual event.

NIKE will be the official footballs.

More info can be obtained on the website http://www.pfleague.in

or contact 98202 68365