New Delhi, India - Since there is not much to offer youth soccer players here in India, Deeksha Sports Management (DSM), a group of professionals engaged in promoting sports events, organized the first ever Italian Soccer Clinic this past September to help popularize the game of football.
In cooperation with So
ccerkix, Italian Premier Soccer School, one of the most respected Italian Soccer Program in the world, DSM had the chance to bring its Director, Mr. Antonio Saviano to New Delhi to work with youth soccer students and youth soccer coaches in an effort to expend the knowledge of the beautiful game.
“If Mr. Chitaverdi would have asked me to come and work only with players I would simply told him I was not interested. But when he asked me to come and also work with coaches then I was very interested” said Mr. Antonio Saviano, Soccerkix Director. He went on to say: “I believe working with coaches is just as important as they can pass on the information to the players every time they train.”
India’s situation is like that of US 15-20 years ago. It started from juts children interested in playing the sport, competing with other popular sports such as baseball, basketball, etc. Today the US is one of the top international power on the women’s national side and the men’s national team has been ranked in top 10 many times in the FIFA Rankings.
The cooperation between DSM and Soccerkix was an effort to include interaction between professional coaches and youth soccer students as well as youth coaches of schools in and around Delhi, through classroom and practical presentations. A youth development program is already in place and it just needs to be tweaked to adapt the development methodology to the children in India.
Despite this was a short visit for a great exposure, the goal was to expose the children to a different type of player development system. A system that is geared to having FUN and build the important soccer skills in order to advance to the next level. Free training opportunities were given to over 500 children between the age of 5 – 16.
Mr. Hemanshu Chitaverdi, President of DSM said: “We have had wonderful response from players as well as coaches and we are looking forward for a long relationship”.
"I have noticed many children playing soccer but what I have noticed is that there is not a development program in place at the youth level and no coaching education and therefore these are the simple reasons why India many not be advanced as they should be”
said Mr. Saviano. “I believe with the help of people like Mr. Hemanshu it will slowly change”.
The vision of DSM is to provide best of training and knowledge to upcoming soccer players in India. The vision is to offer the best player development program, therefore the use of the Soccerkix, Italian Premier Soccer School’s Development methodologies to influence positive technical social growth of players.
Soccerkix offers players around the world the opportunity to attend All-Year Soccer Boarding School and professional try-outs with some of the best Italian Soccer Clubs.
Mr. Saviano said: “If the children have the passion but there are no qualified coaches then there is a problem. If we can help coaches understand how to develop youth soccer players from an early age then you will definitely see talent come out from everywhere”.
Mr. Antonio visits included schools in Delhi & NCR like; Bal Bharti- Pitampura, Tagore Public School- East of Kailash, JBM Global School- Noida etc.
Delhi, India September 12th, 2009 - In September 2009 one of best Italian Youth Soccer Programs in the world, Scuola Calcio (Italian Premier Soccer School), will run a soccer training program in India.
This International program is being made possible by a relationship between Deeksha Sports Management (DSM) an HTC Group Company and Scuola Calcio, the Italian Premier Soccer School a Soccerkix Company.
Antonio Saviano the Scuola Calcio Director, will travel to India to direct the soccer program for boys and girls ages 6 to 16 years-old and work with local coaches during the week of September 14th thru 19th, 2009.
Saviano, a former North America Director for many Italian professional soccer clubs, including AC Parma Scuola Calcio, AC Perugia Scuola Calcio and Ascoli Calcio Soccer Academy has worked in many different capacities and has been helping, leading and developing coaching and player development programs for over 140 affiliated soccer schools across North America and Europe. Mr. Saviano also serves as the Academy Director for Cape Fear Soccer Association in Wilmington, NC (USA) where he resides. Cape Fear Soccer Association has over 2000 players in its program and is one of the biggest clubs in the state of North Carolina.
“It is very exciting to have the Mr. Saviano come to India to teach our children and our coaches” said, Hemanshu Chaturvedi, DSM President and Managing Director for HTC Group.
“This is really just the beginning,” Mr. Chatuverdi said. “Many people don’t realize the number of children playing soccer in India. We are excited that Mr. Saviano will share his experiences with our youth soccer players and coaches. They will experience some of the best training a program can offer”.
Mr. Saviano feels that the timing is perfect to open doors for youth soccer players in India, to work hard and get noticed by International coaches.
The week long program will use Italian Youth Soccer Development Methodologies to influence positive technical-social growth. “The number one priority is the confidence and lessons the youth soccer players will take away. The goal is to work with the coaches and players, taking easy steps in order to educate them” said Mr. Saviano.
The training program follows a set curriculum that has been tested throughout the years and is examined in detail yearly by a coaching staff called the “Task Force”. These coaches have the sole responsibilities to improve all aspects of the youth soccer players in the best way possible.
“I am very confident that this event will be a success. We will deliver the best Italian soccer program in India”, said Mr. Saviano.
For more information on the Scuola Calcio, Italian Premier Soccer School email: info@soccerkix.com
This November children from India will attend the Italian Scuola Calcio (Soccer School) program run by top Italian professional soccer instructors.
This International program is been made possible by a relationship between Deeksha Sports Management (DSM) a HTC Group Company and Scuola Calcio, Italian Premier Soccer School a Soccerkix Company.
“This is very exciting to have Italian Professional Soccer Coaches come to India for the first time to teach our children and our coaches some of the best youth soccer development methodologies in the world” said, Hemanshu Chaturvedi, DSM President and Managing Director HTC Group.
The Italian Coaches will be working with children of all ages and their coaches from various school teams.
“There is been an overwhelming response already from the schools here” said Mr. Chatuverdi.
India has not yet a system in place to identify and train youth soccer players at a younger age. There is no infrastructure in place for promoting the best game in the world. “In Italy, soccer clubs got what they call “youth farm systems” for developing young soccer talent. In India, even big clubs do not yet have such facilities” said Bruno Redolfi, Scuola Calcio Instructor, “and we are looking forward to this fantastic experience”.
The ten day-camp will use Italian Youth Soccer Development Methodologies to influence positive technical-social growth and involve players of all ages. The Scuola Calcio, Italian Premier Soccer School has partnered with DSM and the HTC Group to stage the first ever Italian Soccer Camp in India. “We look forward to working together on the first of many activities to target many youth soccer players” said Antonio Saviano, Scuola Calcio Coordinator.
Scuola Calcio is one of the most respected provider of Italian Soccer School Programs in the world, it is a full Italian Cultural immersion program and players of all ages have the opportunity to participate. The Scuola Calcio program encourages players to reach new levels of achievement through expert instruction and has given many players already an opportunity to show case their talent. Some of these young players have had the opportunity to play at a professional level.
“The Scuola Calcio Technical Staff are very confident that this event will be a success. Our Instructors will come directly from Italy to deliver the best Italian soccer program in India”, said Mr. Saviano. He went on to say, “The Scuola Calcio Instructors will also work very close with local coaches from different schools to the Italian Youth Soccer Development Methodology”.
For more information on the Scuola Calcio, Italian Premier Soccer School email: info@soccerkix.com
ccerkix, Italian Premier Soccer School, one of the most respected Italian Soccer Program in the world, DSM had the chance to bring its Director, Mr. Antonio Saviano to New Delhi to work with youth soccer students and youth soccer coaches in an effort to expend the knowledge of the beautiful game.
said Mr. Saviano. “I believe with the help of people like Mr. Hemanshu it will slowly change”.