NCA certificates only after six-month internship

Confirming this to The Indian Express, NCA coaching director Lalchand Rajput said: 8220;We will give all successful coaches their certificates only after they serve with a state association team, say the under-15, under-19, under-22 or the Ranji side for a minimum of six months. We would be giving a logbook to every association and they will enter the starting period, work done and date of culmination.

8220;The coach will have to then produce a certified letter, signed by the secretary or the president that says he had served the state team for a minimum of six months, only then we will give him the Level passing certificate,8221; he said.

Till now the onus of the NCA was only on working out the numbers and prepare the base; and all the while, unfortunately, the results generated were not getting directed through intended channels.

Despite the increasing number trained NCA Level I, II and III coaches in the country, there aren8217;t many who are associated with the state teams 8212;instead they go back to private academies, and even abroad, to rake in the moolah. While coaches blame state associations for preferring their own men to a qualified coach, the bottomline remained that only a small percentage of the coaches in which the BCCI invest heavily, actually contribute back directly to them.

Rajput also said this internship clause would say that the coach has to offer his services 8220;as and when required by the state association and cannot refuse or defer his commitment for them.8221; He also insisted that 8220;the onus had been on the association to rope in the services of NCA trained coaches, but it had not been working out that way and hopefully from this year the state too will accountable to utilise their services.8221;

BCCI jt secretary MP Pandove also welcomed this move and said: 8220;The Board decided on such a step because the early procedure was proving to be an exercise in futility. The state recommends names, money and resources are invested on them and they go back to their own academies. It8217;s the association8217;s right to get back what is invested in every coach.8221;

But will every state association have the requisite coaching posts available? If yes, why only six months? Pandove replied in affirmative: 8220;Only

2-3 coaches pass from a state, and it will not be impossible to accommodate every one of them. But at the same time you can8217;t force anyone to work with us permanently. What the BCCI is trying is that every coach gets at least one opportunity to work with the state side.8221;