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Young Guns aims to become India’s number one junior football academy whereby creating the best possible environment to help the academy players achieve their goals.
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Young Guns aims to become India’s number one junior football academy whereby creating the best possible environment to help the academy players achieve their goals.
Young Guns aims to become India’s number one junior football academy whereby creating the best possible environment to help the academy players achieve their goals.
Young Guns Football Academy was founded in 2012 by two best friends – Suraj Pillai and Pratik Telang. It started purely for the love of the game and provision of football opportunities at grassroots and youth level of the game. Over the years, Young Guns has been known for providing a platform for boys and girls both in terms of participation as well as competition to players of all demographics.
We cater to players at a recreational level as well as professional with our elite player pathways, in house quality coach education to our coaches and our exciting curriculum which keeps wanting players for more fun on the pitch. We boast in providing quality training at affordable prices to football players ranging from the age of 4 to 17 years of age.
Suraj Pillai
Founder
“At Young Guns, player development and coach education are our priority. We aim to create a learning environment where players and coaches feel challenged but safe at the same time. A part of the role also involves educating parents about why we do what we do.”
“We aim to provide a first class experience for our players regardless of what level they are at and what their goals are. We aim to build a strong footballing culture where standards set by coaches and parents are looked up to by the players. Please do not hesitate to come over and ask questions to any of our coaches, myself included about what we do at any of the centres.”
Pratik Telang
Chief Executive Officer
“Young Guns Football Academy has been created with the sole purpose to provide quality football training for players, both professional and recreational coming from all demographics. A part of our job also includes involving the right people – Players, parents and coaches within our organisation to create the perfect learning environment to help everyone reach their potential.”
“We take pride in our success stories, knowing what we’ve already done for players involved in the past. In saying that, we continually strive to make sure things are in place for our current and future players at the academy.”
Coaching Staff
Our coaches are handpicked and developed through our in house coach education program to stay updated with latest developments in skill acquisition and youth development in order to create a learning environment which is fun, challenging and safe for all our players.
Shravanth Gandhi
Involved for around three years with the academy, been truly instrumental in developing players across all ages, currently coaching in Germany.
Sameer Sawant
Playing in Mumbai’s elite division, Sameer is full of playing experience and very good with handling young kids.
Deepak Joshi
Been coaching for over five years at Young Guns, Deepak comes with a pleasant personality, well suited for young players who they look at as a role model.
Mission and Vision
To provide a structured training model, a complete player pathway, and lifelong engagement in football while expanding across Mumbai
Our Vision
To provide a platform for players to be competent at the highest levels in football including the ISL, i-league and also the national teams.
Our Mission Statement
To create an environment for all players where they can be challenged, feel safe and have fun, learn to play football the Young Guns way and develop into good human beings.
Some of our key concepts kept in mind while creating Young Guns Football Academy were:
Some of our key concepts kept in mind while creating Young Guns Football Academy were:
Clear Football Philosophy
Establishing a clear football philosophy of how we want football to be played and coached
Good People
To instil good values into players, develop good coaching behaviours, educate parents by setting standards of behaviour
Learning Environment
To create a fun, challenging and safe environment with people who possess a growth mindset.
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