Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, along with Kushal Das, General Secretary of AIFF, launched the AIFF Golden Baby Leagues Handbook 2019-20 on the sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup in Ahmedabad.
The launch also marked the renaming of the ‘AIFF Baby Leagues’to ‘AIFF Golden Baby Leagues’, with emphasis being laid for ages under 6 tounder 12 both for girls and boys.
“Baby League sounds very cute to me. The actualscouting has to start from a very young age. I have been explained how it’splanned by the AIFF. I’m really interested to see the result of that. We’lllook to put more emphasis on the Golden Baby League tournament,” Rijijusaid.
The handbook is a guide to help the stakeholder to organisethe Golden Baby Leagues. The league is aimed to provide access to football inlocalities irrespective of gender, religion, economic background, or ethnicorigin. The league can be organised by anyone, as long as the Handbookguidelines are met.
The AIFF has invited all stakeholders including stateassociations, clubs, academies, schools, non-government organizations, parents,coaches, football fans to be a part of this grassroots player developmentinitiative. The handbook can be downloaded from the ‘Document Library’ of theAIFF website, under ‘About AIFF.’ Agencies