Author(s): Pukhrambam Oshin Chanu and Randeep Rakwal

Abstract:
Football is the most popular sport in the world. In India, football is emerging from the shadows of cricket and despite a long history, numerous achievements along with periods of decline has the potential (talent) to develop the country into a football powerhouse down the road. Both men’s and women’s (yes, more women are now into football in India) football are at a level (clubs, federations, policy and governance, organizations) where they need to be globally competitive. In other words, Indian football needs exceptional talent and high-performing players. How does one do it? The answer is obvious, investment in identifying talent (TID, talent identification and development), and nurturing their potential though well-developed Grassroots Programs (GP) and projects for both men and women. Therefore, this research aims to clarify the state of TID and GP in India at all levels of organization and structures. To do so a qualitative research design was utilized to examine the literature (research papers, documents, websites and organizations) and the gathered data analyzed and presented. The result shows a need to have a comprehensive standardized TID and GP framework as the foundation to develop and nurture Indian footballers, including women’s footballer. Women footballers has come into the limelight and Manipur is a case example for such rapidly growing women football in the nation.

DOI: 10.22271/kheljournal.2025.v12.i4h.3943

Pages: 507-512  |  540 Views  447 Downloads

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