NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 23
Legendary Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia’s BBFS Residential Academy, a flagship initiative of Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS), on Saturday announced its trials to admissions for the academic year 2020, a release said.
Accordingly, the trials for Ahmedabad will be held at Sprint Recreation, Shilaj Science City Road, S P Ring Road on Sunday, November 24, 2019. The admissions to the residential academy will be open for players born between 2003-2010, and selected players will be admitted into the academy, which provides CBSE schooling along with the integrated football training programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhaichung Bhutia, Founder- BBFS said, “Football is a high action game. It requires relentless practice, determination, grit and passion. But that is not all. The groundwork has to begin with high quality coaching and training infrastructure, which is sorely lacking in the country today. We have not kept pace with other Asian countries in terms of infrastructure and training methodologies. We want to transform this picture of Indian football. For all those young kids itching for a structured progress plan, we at BBFS, offer international standard training programs, coaches, regular tournaments and opportunities to experience and excel on the global football arena.”
The trials for admission to BBFS Residential Academy are being conducted in 35 cities across India including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kochi, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Calicut, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Shillong, as well as the states of Manipur, Mizoram & Nagaland.
Kishore Taid, Co-Founder and CEO of BBFS elaborates, “From the collective experience of the management and coaching team of the academy, we know that there is no dearth of talent in the country and talent can be found in any corner of India. We want to make this residential program accessible to every player, and to do this, we are going to all major cities and football hubs of the country to reach out to players locally. We have done this in the past as well, and now, we have players from 20 states in the country. I believe we can have representation from all states, and so we are conducting trials in more cities this year to reach out to every child with the dream of becoming a professional football player.”
In the short span since the Residential Academy has begun, two players have already been selected to be a part of the India National Team. Earlier in 2019, Ranjan Soren, hailing from Orissa and Lionel D Rymee from Meghalaya, were selected to be part of the India’s U-15 Squad and have represented the country internationally in the on-goingseason. The young boys have been an inspiration to the other academy players and are an example of how opportunities are available to each aspiring player at the academy. BBFS has also coached and guided more than 20 players who have gone on to play for India, ISL clubs, I-League clubs and even two who have played for foreign clubs.
