The Stairs Schools Football League (SSFL), launched in 2014, aims to identify and nurture football talent among school children in India, positively impacting over 2,048 children so far. The initiative seeks to enhance students' skills in teamwork and sportsmanship while promoting their health and agility, offering free participation to all school-going children. As it moves into its second phase, SSFL plans to expand its reach and add more value to the lives it touches, focusing on grassroots football development.

2. ABOUT SSFL
 STAIRS Started in 2014, the programme has created a
platform to identify football talent at an early
adolescent age and then provide him the best possible
support to nurture the talent further.
 So far the project has made a difference to about
2,048 children, and in its second phase it aims not
only to double the reach but also to add more value to
each life it touches.

3. SSFL will also enable the students to develop skills
like teamwork and good sportsmanship. Engaging in
football will also improve the overall health, stamina
and agility of the students.
This initiative is created to make sure that each and
every child gets to play as playing is a fundamental
right of each child. SSFL is open to every school going
child in India absolutely free.

4. Change the sporting scenario in the country at the
grassroots
Create opportunity by uprooting all obstacles to
sporting talent in the hinterlands
Football Development in India, Grassroots Football
Training
STAIRS Schools Football League (SSFL) concluded its
final phase of Grassroots Training Camps for under 14
and under 17 girls and boys across Delhi. The training
camps were conducted across various locations across
4 zones of Delhi.

8. Early in the 20th century, football, as played on
college gridirons, was something close to a
street fight.
The rules were lax at best, and were routinely
ignored. During the 1905 season alone, 18
college and amateur players died.
And despite the growing violence (or, who
knows, maybe because of the growing violence),
fans were flocking to the games -- the sport was
gaining followers.

9. Football Rules
OFFENSE DEFENSE
11 members per
side
Must be set
before the play
begins
4 chances to go
10 yards
11 members per
side
Can be set or
moving before the
play begins