{"id":8534,"date":"2012-07-19T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8534"},"modified":"2012-07-19T05:36:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T05:36:13","slug":"promise-that-you-will-scout-me-a-kid-in-30-days-rob-baan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8534","title":{"rendered":"Promise that you will scout me a kid in 30 days: Rob Baan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Navi Mumbai<\/strong>: \u201cAll of you need to make me a promise,\u201d Rob Baan, All India Football Federation, Technical Director, walked towards the 65 participants. \u201cPromise me, all of you will come back to me within a month with a kid who you believe has the potential to play for India in the future,\u201d he utters. \u201cYou are my scouts. By now, you ought to know as to what kind of player I am looking for,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan You? Promise me,\u201d Baan stresses again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes we will,\u201d the Coaches and the Instructors answer back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can even give me more than one boy,\u201d Baan goes further. \u201cWe will have a trial for the kid and if we find him good enough, we will enroll him,\u201d he informed.<br \/>The age-old issue of age-fraud stays the biggest challenge for AFF at the moment; and at the Coaching Seminar in Navi Mumbai, the issue just makes rounds almost everyday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been prevalent for long. The State Associations need to be more serious,\u201d Colm Joseph Toal, Head Coach Youth Development, adds. \u201cJust look what happened in the camp in Kalyani,\u201d he shakes his head.<\/p>\n<p>With a vision to get boys for the four Regional Academies, the AIFF, had since September 2011 scouted over 170 boys from various age-group tournaments, U-14 Fests and Open Trials which were conducted across the length and breadth of the country by Baan and Scott O\u2019Donell, Technical Director, Regional and Elite Academies.<\/p>\n<p>The selected U-14 boys were then kept in a Camp in Kalyani for over a month after which the list was filtered to a final list of 120. But when medically tested, 84 out of 120 were found overage. The Camp was for U-14 boys but some of them were found to be even over 17!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems, we just need to conduct tests almost everyday,\u201d Toal shrugs. \u201cThe money went waste, the effort and energy went waste; it\u2019s so much frustrating and discouraging for the development of the sport in the country,\u201d Toal laments.<\/p>\n<p>Result: Simple. The launching of the AIFF Academies had to be delayed. \u201cBut they stay on track. \u201cWe have to have them and we will,\u201d O\u2019Donell informs. The second AIFF Regional Academy is all set to launch in Bangalore in September 2012 and then the next one at Pailan World School in Kolkata later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen Trials are not a realistic approach,\u201d O\u2019Donell exclaims. \u201cIn Kolkata, we had over 1000 boys appearing for the trials. It\u2019s hard to handle that much of a lot.\u201d<br \/>Toal hits the nail on the head when he says: \u201cIt\u2019s about the honesty of individuals. Be it Coaches, be it Administrators, somewhere people stay desperate to win even at the U-14 level. But at that level, it\u2019s all about development than winning,\u201d he echoes.<\/p>\n<p>AIFF\u2019s Medical Consultant Dr. Manabendra Bhattacharya who\u2019s also attending the Seminar feels \u201cage verification is a complicated process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is rampant across all age groups and all sports. But how do you stop it. Off-course, we can determine it by tests; tests which reveal the dental age, secondary sexual characters and the bone age,\u201d he informed.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over in November 2011, Baan understands the situation. His wait continues \u2013 the Coaches are supposed to get back to him within a month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navi Mumbai: \u201cAll of you need to make me a promise,\u201d Rob Baan, All India Football Federation, Technical Director, walked towards the 65 participants. \u201cPromise me, all of you will come back to me within a month with a kid who you believe has the potential to play for India in the future,\u201d he utters. 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