Sports: Why are we Indians so bad at football – the mystery of 153 - part 1

India is way down in the FIFA rankings. There are a lot of obvious reason why we are there. Time to to look at some less obvious ones.
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  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 75 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    Just an example. Do you know of a good academy or coaching centre in your town where 5-10 year olds can go learn the game of football from experienced coaches

  • Avatar | written by garfield79 75 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    bang on avnishanand - there is nowhere you can learn football in my area. But hey why do you think we indians should focus on football. How about getting all countries to play cricket instead :-)

  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 75 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    not a bad idea garfield...then in 10 years time after everyone starts playing cricket and we have moved to the 100th position in the ICC ranking , I will write about why we indians are so bad at cricket :-)

  • Avatar | written by garfield79 75 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    Ha Ha great sense of humour buddy. Hope you keep getting an opportunity to write about how bad india is at the various sports - olympics etc.

  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 74 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    Hey garfield ....no offense man....i hope i never have to write any such articles...i wrote the article before the AFC Cup and already things are looking up....more glory to Indian football

  • Avatar | written by denny 74 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    hey avnish i agree wid u buddy.... i think the football in India should be given more attention as well.....

    what it will do is it will arise the feeling of unity and team spirit in young kids playing football since the childhood.....

    the only movie i can remember based on Football is Goal and that too was concentrating on Asia as a whole....

    and the joke that India will reach to 100 position was very cool yaar..... good sense of humour....

    what u have said in ur post is properly correct but then what needs to be done is the main issue....

    who will take the responsibility in inspiring the parents towards football.....till the time they dont find anything special in Indian football i dont think things are gonna change easily......

  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 74 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    hey thanks denny...talking of what we should do ...check this out... http://isport.in/content/view/120/57/#jc_allComments ...very generic but will apply to football as well

  • Avatar | written by denny 74 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    i agree with the suggestions and solutions mentioned but will they really take place in a country like India???

    that is the main question.....

  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 74 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    dont think so...not when Suresh Kalmadi says only politicians should run sports because they can get more money from the govt...we need a sports nut to come to power in this country...

  • Avatar | written by denny 73 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    some sports nut.... sounds interesting but he should not be a normal sports nut interested in cricket but a guy who has a passion for team games like hockey and football then only he will be able to make some differences in the system and the attitudes of the ppl......

  • Avatar | written by avnishanand 73 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    ya absolutely... a cricket nut will make matters worse


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