Brasil Futebol Academia to launch Football School in Goa

Brazilian footballers in India Roberto Mendes Silva (Beto) and Jose Ramirez Barreto are taking a step further to develop football in India by starting a Football School to unearth young gems between the age group of 6-12 which will function along with the Brasil Futebol Academia and will be headed by the Brazilian management whose objective is to align the Brazilian style of play from childhood.

The school will be headed by BFA Academy Manager Glauco Moraes who has enormous amount of knowledge and experience in football, also having worked with some of Brazil's footballing greats who are now internationally acclaimed stars namely Lucas Leiva of FC Liverpool, Anderson of Manchester United and Ronaldinho Gaucho at Gremio FC.

The aim of the school is to make football more beautiful, more entertaining thereby encouraging young players to imitate and align the flamboyant Brazilian style. The school will be offering youngsters of all abilities, the opportunity to improve their game and to play football in the Brazilian way and will be groomed to perfection in such a way that they will be directly absorbed into the Academy.

Football isn't just about techniques and skills; it's about enjoyment, fitness and social skills. The players here will enjoy the beautiful game, have fun and also make friends.

Youngsters will be divided into three categories of different age groups with different training module

- 6 to 8 - Basic training
- 9 to 10 - Developmental stage
- 11 to 12 - Advanced training


A strong emphasis will be placed on developing the technical skills of every child. Skills from basic to complex will be broken down into easily learnable phases for children and then these moves will be taught and repeated many times in small games.

"We believe that children do not spend enough time training. They may spend a lot of time playing matches, but generally children do not spend enough time working on their skills. As a result BFA Football School plans to change the way that football is played thereby changing the way that we train children to play the game. However this cannot happen without children spending increased time practicing their skills," a BFA release said.

The sessions will last for two-hours and will be entirely devoted to training core skills. The school which will operate on a fee basis and will open on Monday, January 2 at the Chowgule Sports and Fitness Centre in Margao. The BFA Football School will train on the Chowgule artificial football pitch on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6 pm.

From six years and upwards, boys or girls can come along and enjoy playing the game.

If you are interested in any aspect of the BFA football school, kindly call on 0832-2217008
For details on how to register contact Elton De Sousa on 98508 59497.

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