Mumbai: Premier India Football Academy is dedicated to the development of Indian football since their inception in 2003. With their international alliances with football academies in UK and Europe PIFA brings the latest methods of football training being used in youth academies the world over. With a vision to qualify for the FIFA World Cup of 2022 PIFA has started developing children in the right techniques of playing football. PIFA Director Nirvan Shah is a UEFA “B” licensed coach and has successfully completed the Coaches Instructor course conducted by the AIFF.
Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) will be bringing International coaches for the seventh year in a row to India to conduct football training camps.
• From 27 October to 30 October at Churchgate, Mumbai.
• From 3 November to 6 November at Unison World School,Dehradun.
• From 10 November to 13 November at University Ground, Amritsar.
Highly experienced UEFA licensed coach’s from England will be flown down to conduct football training. The coaches have been associated with the Coaching Connexions who have specialized in training children 8-16 years of age.
The camps are open to boys & girls of any ability, 10-18 years of age. Each camp is of four days. With a day dedicated to one of the four basic elements of Football training - Shooting, Dribbling, Passing & Control. Each skill will culminate in a skills contest. Also a fitness test as well as psychology test will be conducted to make the children aware & on how they can help themselves. PIFA guarantees improvement
Nike will be the official football for the camp and the Skills contest winners get a gift set from Nike as well as get once a week free training from PIFA at any one of the PIFA centers for the year. Talented players will be get a trial for the PIFA teams.
In 2010, 170 children benefited from the three camps held in Mumbai,Dehradun and Chennai. The Mumbai camps sold within 15 days of launch. Over 1500 children have attended the twenty five PIFA international camps held in the past 7 years.
All the participants have performed well and helped their school to win matches. Some of the participants have been selected to play for “I” league U-15 team.
