Summary:
The camps, mostly in Hyderabad, hunt young talent as part of ‘grassroots’ football coaching initiative supported by All Indian Football Federation (AIFF). In Telangana, Hyderabad Football Academy (HFA) and Kerala Blasters, a club that reached the finals of Indian Super League (ISL) in 2014, 2016 and 2017, are currently working on grassroots football training. Similarly, Bengaluru FC too has plans to find young players in Telangana whom they can train. While four children attended a camp in Germany conducted by Arsenal Football Club, London, six spent time with Barcelona’s star players Luis Suárez of Uruguay and Croatia’s Ivan Rakiti?. Grooming groundsAs the World Cup season comes to an end on Sunday, over 300 under-15 young footballers have started training in seven grounds in the city as part of the grassroots project..