tamilnadu blind football association (TNBFA)
Strategic development plan of TNBFA 2020-2024
Sport doesn’t care who you are or where you come from. It is our world’s common denominator, with a breadth that surpasses language, skin colour, and imaginary lines we’ve drawn on maps. Sport unifies us, and sport divides us. It brings us together for a single purpose unlike anything else. In many ways, sport creates an international society of one. Through sport the great equalizer, the great unifier we can make our way, through sport we can make friends; through sport we create meaning for ourselves, developed our identities, and find sanity.
The blind football players of Chennai have been practising since 2017 under the guidance of Head coach Francis Sebastian a certified IBFF coach. This group of players have participated in two invitational tournaments of IBFF under the banner of Loyola college Chennai at Bengaluru in 2018 and 2019.
In December 2019 TNBFA was registered in Chennai under the societies act with a vision and mission to exclusively promote the game of blind football in Tamilnadu with EC team comprising off.
President -Mr. Bharathi raja GR. VC student
General Secretary /Technical Director – Mr. Francis Sebastian. Physical educationist
Vice president – Mr. Rajkumar S. VC student
Joint Secretary – Miss. M Andal.VC student
Treasurer – Mr. S Alagar. VC student
Our Efforts
The efforts of TNBFA board and players in promoting football among the visually challenged have been very successful. It is very encouraging that there has been a rise in female participation in blind football with mixed-gender training sessions, as per standard norms. Blind football faces the same challenges that most sports for disabilities face, like ignorance, gender bias, prejudice, parental fear etc. TNBFA is working towards meeting the challenges and creating a state-wide platform to promote the football for the visually challenged sports persons of Tamilnadu.
The long-term Strategic planning agenda for TNBFA is as follows...
Growth and development plan of TNBFA 2020-2024
- Host an international blind football tournament under the IBSA in Chennai - 2024.
- Have Tamilnadu players represent India in both men and women's division - 2023.
- Host the national blind football championship in Chennai - 2023.
- Create five exclusive blind football pitches in Tamilnadu to cover five zones north south east west and central that would include all 32 districts of TN.2020-2022
- Promoting blind football in blind schools, colleges and creating a pathway for players development.2020-2022.
Coaches, Referees and volunteers development pathway
- Conducting coach education sessions with the help of IBFF, on line and off line with a target of having 50 certified coaches in Tamilnadu, including goal guides and goal keeper guides trained to develop blind football teams across the state. Participants for this will be physical education teachers and subject teachers from schools and colleges for the visually challenged as well as regular football coaches and volunteers with a football back ground to these sessions. 2020-2021
- Conducting referees’ course to help promote referees in Tamilnadu and have local referees officiating during the conduct of tournaments in Tamilnadu. 2020-2021.
- Volunteer’s development programs to ensure that we have a sustainable source of manpower as we develop the game across Tamilnadu.2020 - 2021.
Players development pathway 2020-2024.
- To host the national championship in Tamilnadu and would like to be champions.2024.
- Focus on elite player development to ensure that TNBFA players should represent India. 2023.
- Players having the opportunity to train under certified coaches on a regular basis at the five regional centres 2021-2022
- Inter school and inter college tournaments, and inter university tournaments to create pathways for player progression.2020 - 2022.
- Selection camps for state teams and have a rooster of 25 players who can be called up for the state team at any given time.2021
Infrastructure pathway.2020-2024
- Creating an international standard dedicated pitch for blind football with full administrative set up spaces. 2023
- Identifying venues for the creation of the five zonal centres and helping them in creating infrastructure for playing blind football.2022-2023
