FootballFirst, in collaboration with the Bolton Wanderers Football club of England is organizing a week long football festival – FootballFirst International Festival. The festival will take place from the 14th-20th November at Vasant Kunj, Delhi. During this festival, UEFA licensed coaches from England will be conducting various coaching and skill building events. There will also be a seminar centred around Indian football coaches under ‘The Football Link’ Initiative (see below). In view of the lack of structured football setup, the main objective of this festival is to create a fun and interactive environment where budding football players and coaches can experience an international standard perspective on football.
Children from over 20 top schools as well as many others have confirmed their attendance, in what is expected to be the first of many such festivals. The events and their schedules are as follows: ·
Advanced Team Coaching
14th to 18th November – 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Bolton coaches share valuable Premier League coaching experience about Game Strategies, Team Management, Formations and Team Attacking with football team’s from 20 of Delhi’s top schools, catering to individual needs of each team. We are offering this program for free to all schools.
The Football Link
14th November – 5:30 pm –7:30 pm
First hand interaction of Indian coaches with coaches from Bolton Wanderers who will provide insight into the latest coaching techniques and strategies. The objective of the seminar is to initiate a movement towards football awareness and maximize existing potential at the grass-root level.
Football Coaching Camp
15th to 16th November – 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Individual players get the opportunity to hone their technical, tactical, physical and psychological football skills in a 2 day camp with individual attention and feedback from English coaches. The camp will be held in 2 batches.
Skill Evaluation Test
19th November –2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
This is an exclusive event in which UEFA licensed coaches from Bolton Wanderers will evaluate individual players’ football skills based on international standards and methodologies, and provide assessment and feedback on ways to build upon strengths and shortcomings.
Camp For Champs
20th November – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
A fun football event for young footballers that gives them an exposure to football drills and coaching methods in an exciting carnival like atmosphere.
As a part of FootballFirst’s social initiative to promote football amongst the underprivileged youth, they are inviting two NGOs to take part in this festival free of charge.
They will also be giving away CDs/DVDs of coaching techniques taught by the Bolton Wanderers coaches during the festival, to all participants.
FootballFirst would like to invite you to our events to experience and express your views and support for a positive growth of football in Delhi and eventually to other cities in India in the near future.
Contact Details :
Dhruv Arora : +91 99990 79889
Sridev Satpathy : +91 99531 87114
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.footballfirstindia.com
Participating Schools :-
DPS VASANT VIHAR
SANSKRITI SCHOOL
SPRINGDALES SCHOOL
ST. COLUMBAS SCHOOL
CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
SCOTTISH HIGH
APEEJAY SCHOOL
ST. PAULS SCHOOL
DPS GURGAON
MAXFORT SCHOOL
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL
MODERN SCHOOL
AMITY SCHOOL, SAKET
AMITY SCHOOL, PUSHP VIHAR
DPS R.K PURAM
SRIRAM ARAVALI
NEW GREEN FIELD SCHOOL
BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN
LAXMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
THE AIR FORCE SCHOOL SCHOOL
DPS GURGAON
About FootballFirst:
A healthy and spirited life through physical activity is essential for the holistic development of children, nurturing their physical, psychological and mental development while building valuable social connections. With this mission in mind we conceived FootballFirst — to build character and develop skills through football training. We have partnered with the International Soccer School of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, a professional football club that plays in the English Premier League, to give young footballers in India an opportunity to experience firsthand world class coaches and the latest international coaching techniques and methodologies. Our programs provide young footballers a fun environment:
•To learn important life-skills through the exciting game of football
• To improve football skills through intensive coaching and match play
We will work with schools and institutions across India to deliver this exciting learning opportunity to boys and girls of all ages.
About Bolton Wanderers FC
Bolton Wanderers Football Club (BWFC) is a professional English football league club based in Bolton, England. The club was founded in 1874 and is
one of the founding members of the football league in England. Since 2001, BWFC has been playing in the English Premier League, considered to be the most elite football league in the world. They have established themselves as one of the leading football clubs in the world based on their performance in the UEFA Cup and their record over the past 10 years in the English Premier League. Their continued success can be attributed to embracing modern coaching methods with aspects like sports science and diet playing a prominent role. In 2006, Bolton opened its International Soccer School – Bolton Wanderers Football Club International Soccer School (BWFCISS), the first of its kind in the world.
