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Scouting for India’s largest academy

"17 Indian states," said the Operations Head in November 2021, when the trials calendar for the next sporting season was under preparation. All team members sat and started discussing the possibiliti...

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BBFS organizes the largest football trials in Northeast India

Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS) is organizing one of its most extensive trials in the Northeast region, engaging with 2,000 student-athletes. The trials are taking place for age groups 11-18...

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The significance of set pieces in football

The year was 2001. England was playing Greece in their final game of the World Cup Qualifiers. England needed a point from their last match to reach the finals. The regulation time was about to end, ...

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A match made in heaven

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do" - Pele Meet Indu Sharma, a 26-year-old player, ...

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Let us talk about football nutrition

The world of sports is ever-evolving and moving at a rapid pace. COVID had halted some projects, but now the initiatives are growing. An athlete is the most critical stakeholder in the sports ecos...

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An opportunity to save a footballer

Unlike each week, we are not going to write today’s newsletter talking about the wins, glory, and developments of BBFS or the sporting fraternity. Today’s piece is about a boy who was meant to ma...

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India: No country for college sports?

A few days back, we conversed with Samyak, a former student-athlete of Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS). He narrated his journey of beating the odds and traveling to the US to continue playin...

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A cricket legend’s blessing for next gen footballers

“Are we not more likely to hit the mark if we have a target?” – Aristotle Much like the legendary leg spinner would have loved it, fortune had other plans. Vaman Viswanath Kumar, one of Indi...

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Importance of Coach Education

India U-20's victory against Argentina U-20 in 2018 rang many bells for Indian football. The youngsters played a heart whelming game and were the deserved winners.  Indian football was depriv...

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