More competitions across all levels for footballers will help us improve, says Isac Doru
AIFF technical director has stated that the biggest step towards improvement of the Indian football would be to organize more competitions for the players across all the levels in the country. Doru has identified the state development officers to be the building blocks of Indian football’s future.
With India making decent and progressive strides on the international stage under the management of Igor Stimac, the other onus has been on Doru to get the manager the regular supply of talents to choose from. And the technical director has stated that there should be more football competitions organized across the country to achieve that steady flow. Â
“We need more competitions. We need more games to build a better future. I read a lot about training techniques, and this and that. But the harsh reality is that we need our footballers to play more games, to play more competitions. A larger reach will certainly help us attain that,” said Doru during a FIFA capacity-building workshop, reported PTI.
Apart from that, Doru has also asked the national federation to work in tandem with the State units and their respective development officers, who could play a significant role in helping spread football in the country.
“The States covered by development officers gives us opportunity to cover a larger area and a larger number of people. This larger reach can only be capitalised upon if more competitions are held, giving the footballers across all levels more opportunities to play the game and improve themselves.
“The State associations are the bricks that build up the future of Indian football. These bricks make up the foundation. It is our job, as the federation, to work together in harmony and help football grow,” Doru added.
The 57-year-old also stressed on the lesser percentage of population that has been exposed to football in Indian and has called for everyone to improve upon that. “We still have 55 per cent of the population where there is no footballing activity. We need to think how we can expand, how we can make football more popular,” he concluded.