AIFF (All India Football Federation)
Blue Cubs program
In Japan sumo is the national game, which the people love to play from a kid to the old man too plays it. But in India, our national game is hockey which is underrated because of cricket. There are so many popular outdoor games, but kids in every road play cricket because they need a bigger field to run all around.
That is why AIFF ( All India Football Federation ) came up with a new idea to give the children of India a chance to play by initiating BLUE CUBS. AIFF understands that ground root development is essential.
This program is for the new youth, BLUECUBS program is for the ages of 4 – 12 who are at their grassroots level of learning, playing, and exploring. They will be professional in football by the time they grow up. They will also learn more skills like teamwork, critical and quick thinking, leadership, and more skills.
The CUBS stands for Connect, Unleash, Build, Support, which clearly says what Blue Cubs do. This is the first time this federation has taken the initiative to make the foundation stronger, but in Japan, people were already using this type of tactic to make the youth smarter from an early age and make them prepare for the future national team. This program focuses on the youth’s health growth by having excellent nutritionists, trained coaches, scouters, proper infrastructure, and many more.
IS BLUE CUBS BEST FOR YOUR CHILD?
Children need the best education with the best care but children also need an active mind for which they need to learn everything practically, giving them a moment to think and decide their next move to get praised by the people. And that can be possible through the right direction which is blue cubs but why this? This is the first initiative by AIFF where they want complete growth, not only in football but in healthy upbringing too.
They have the best national-level coaches to train your child in every skill required in football and their future life, like decision-making, critical thinking, teamwork, and many more. Even they have excellent nutritionists who will guide your kid to have healthy food to live longer, healthier, and stronger. Give your children lots of exposure so that they can participate in this competitive world.
Variation of foods, clothes, and shoes sounds good, right? Well, they even provide a variation of pitches so that your kid can get enough space to run like the wind. And can learn to play football on different types of pitches. Generally, people use ground full of greenery but do you know you can play in mud, court, sand, and many types of pitches? No right? Well, that’s what Blue Cubs is trying to provide.
Gender equality is another hot topic that Blue Cubs is focusing on, and not just equal opportunity is also important a goalkeeper will get a chance to play in other roles, and it will go rotational to every player, this way they will learn which post is the best for them; this is only till the age of 10. Finding the right player who has the talent but not the perfect platform, but Blue Cubs have everything to give to your kid. Maybe your kid will be the next SUNIL CHHETRI!
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEXT STEP?
Blue Cubs have a promotional stage called ELITE BLUE CUBS, selecting the best of the participants to promote them in our ELITE BLUE CUBS program to polish them more so that they can play in Youth Leagues. That is why we select from the age group of 9 to 12 years. Just like in school one class to another, the same way in this program if your child performs up to the mark then they will be promoted to another step.
Now what’s the difference? Well once your children reach this step they will get highly professional and trained coaches who will personalize training programs according to their skills where they need to be polished or improved. Specially designed for teen players to nurture and challenge their ability to play and use their skills while playing. Reaching the higher level is tough and vice versa the competition gets tougher that is why this stage is designed to make sure every town has a winner.
This is the way to reach zonal championships by playing in their city or town, and then at the district level, eventually at the state level, and finally at the zonal championship. That is how a player can get ready for the competitive world by increasing the competition, eventually, their skills will get polished and they will learn more throughout their journey to the zonal championship, another benefit is they will get more exposure. That way Blue Cubs will create an undefeatable player from every region which will attract the attention of the talent scouter and selectors for more big opportunities.
CONCLUSION
Make your child grow their skills while they are growing up while playing football. BLUE CUBS is an initiative of AIFF that started on May 15th, 2024 for the groundroot development. This program focuses on fostering the children from the ground root. In earlier times we had less exposure, a lack of facilities, ETC. But in 2024 Blue Cubs is giving opportunity with the next exposure, best facilities, etc. Selected best performers from the age of 9 – 12 years old get the chance to participate in the Elite Blue Cubs program. This program focuses on the youth’s health growth by having excellent nutritionists, trained coaches, scouters, proper infrastructure, and many more.
AIFF understands that ground root development is essential. The CUBS stands for Connect, Unleash, Build, and Support. Different types of pitches from mud pitches to court pitches. Giving everyone equal opportunity so that every child can discover their interest. Supports gender equality as every gender is capable of every role to play.