School Games Federation of India

Chapter- XVIII
Revised Selection Policy-2011
a) Guidelines for more efficient management of coaching camp, selection of coach and selection of
Athelete.
1. Management of Coaching Camps:
i) The sports authority of India, in constitution with the National Sports Federation concerned, shall work out a
detailed yearly calendar of coaching camps, to be conducted in a particular discipline well in advance, in no
circumstances later than 31st January every year. This calendar should be prepared based on the Long
term development plan (LTDP) for that discipline, and should be in consonance with the international /
national calendar of events in that discipline. In case the coaching camp, is being conducted by the S.G.F.I.
concerned, the same guidelines shall be applicable to them as well.
ii) The calendar of events so prepared, should contain detailed information above dates and period of
coaching camp, venue, number of players likely to attend the camp, coaches and supporting personnel
staff.
iii) The list of probables for each coaching camp shall be decided along with the LTDP, on the basis of either
National School Championship or open selection trials.
iv) A panel of coaches and supporting personnel including doctors, physiotherapist, psychologists, scientific
officers, masseurs etc. shall be prepared and made a part of the LTDP.
v) The yearly requirements of food supplements, equipments (consumable / non-consumable) training kits,
should also be worked out while preparing the yearly calendar.
vi) The coaching calendar along with the requirements as detailed above, shall be circulated to all affiliated
units of S.G.F.I., well in advance to enable them to make necessary arrangements, and to ensure smooth
conduct of the camps.
vii) The venue allocated for a particular coaching camp shall not be changed under any circumstances, unless
warranted by unavoidable situations, which shall be done only after taking due approval of the competent
authority.
viii) It shall be the responsibility of organiser to ensure that random dope test are conducted in each camp as
per the guidelines.
ix) The travel plan and ticketing of every player, shall be carried out and informed to the player, well in
advance of the dates of the coaching camp.
x) The national coach, shall evaluate the progress and performance of the players in the coaching camp, and
make recommendations to the selection committee, regarding discontinuation of players showing
unsatisfactory performance, or inclusion of new probables giving due justification for the name.
2. Selection of Coaches:
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The national coaches shall be selected by a selection committee with president of the S.G.F.I. concerned
as its Secretary General S.G.F.I., Chairman Selection Committee, one ex-international player, (Preferably
Arjuna Awardee or International medal winner), to be nominated by the Government.
The national coach shall be appointed by S.G.F.I. after careful consideration of the names recommended
by this selection committee.
The selection committee in consultation with the national coach shall choose other members of the
coaching team.
The team of coaches sport scientist, experts etc shall not normally be changed or modified, once chosen till
the international tournament are over.
While selecting the national coach, assistant coach and other members of the coaching team, due care
should be taken to ensure, that no person with tainted record is selected as a member of the coaching
team.

vi) While selecting the team for participation in any international event it shall be ensured, that only those
coaches / supporting personnel are selected, who have been with the team during the coaching camp on
continuous basis.
3. Selection of Athletes:
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The selection of sportspersons for participation in international events shall be the responsibility of S.G.F.I.
concerned, and Government and the sports authority of India, will not have direct involvement in the
selection process, except to ensure that it is fair and transparent.
ii) The selection criteria / norms shall be clearly communicated by the S.G.F.I. to all concerned viz., players,
coaches, government observers etc. well in advance and be put up on the website of the S.G.F.I.
concerned and also be forwarded to S.A.I. and the ministry to be put up on their respective websites.
iii) In case of measurable event, the minimum qualifying norms may be fixed and announced along with the
notice for selection trials and be put up on the website of the S.G.F.I. concerned and also be forwarded to
S.A.I. and the ministry to be put on their respective websites.
iv) The holding of the selection trials should be announced at least on month in advance of dates of the trials.
v) In team events the selection trials should be held two months in advance and in the case of contact games,
the selection trials should be held at least one month in advance of the competition event.
vi) The selection shall be done by a selection committee, consisting of the president of the S.G.F.I. as the
chairman, the national coach and eminent ex-sportsperson, preferably arjuna awardees. There shall be no
government observer / S.A.I. nominee, as member, in the selection committee.
vii) The S.G.F.I. shall send invitation to the government observer, for attending the selection trials, and the
selection committee meetings, as an observer, at least 15 days in advance, which shall further be followed
up on personal basis. The government observer must send his / her report, directly to S.A.I. and the
ministry, without delay.
viii) The national coach shall evaluate the progress and performance of each player on regular basis, and
submit the report to the selection committee and sports authority of India.
ix) The athletes who were not in the coaching camp organised prior to the selection may be allowed to
participate in the selection trials, only in exceptional cases with due justification.
x) The proceedings of the selection should spell out in detail, the selection criteria, the past performance of
the players, and their performance in the selection trials.
xi) The team once finalised for a particular event shall not be changed under any circumstances, unless
warranted by unavoidable situations with due justification and the changes shall be informed to all
concerned.
xii) S.G.F.I. shall keep the performance of each athlete on its website. This should be updated at least once a
month along with rankings, if applicable.
xiii) The athlete once selected for a team, shall be treated with utmost dignity. In case of any doubt arising, the
athlete has to be taken into confidence. Proper appeal mechanism shall be put in place, to ensure proper
and timely redressal of their grievances.
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It will be named as S.G.F.I. New Selection Policy and its function will be to select the probable players for
the Indian team for international tournaments/series determined by I.S.S.F., A.S.S.F., A.S.F.F. and S.G.F.I.
These probable players will participate in the national coaching camp organized for the preparation of
international championship.
Every year, the selection will be done during the national school sports tournament considering the
discipline of international championship at the venue of the tournament forming a five member sub
selection committee there. In the selection committee the Chairperson will be the observer of S.G.F.I. the
Executive office bearer of S.G.F.I. or any other person appointed by S.G.F.I. The remaining for members of
the selection committee will be famous national players/coaches/state level awardee winners. The
Selection committee will receive the names of the probable players from the referees and coaches from
various states appointing them for the selection and also observe itself during the tournaments. After
receiving all such lists, the meeting of five members of selection committee will be held on the last day of
the tournament and the players will be selected in the ratio of 1:3 and the list will be sealed after signing it
and it will be sent to S.G.F.I. office within 5 days.
If, due to some unavailable reasons the selection couldn't be done during the national tournament as cited
in para 2, one open selection trial will be conducted by S.G.F.I. office in which all the participant players of
the concerning discipline of the latest organized national school sport tournament fulfilling the age-criteria

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for participating in International tournament, will be invited. The lack of time the open selection trial will be
conducted by the S.G.F.I. office in which qualified quarter finalist participants players of the concerning
discipline of the latest organized National School Sports Tournament fulfill the age criteria for participating
in International Tournament will be invited. As per the provision cited in para 2, a five member selection
committee will be formed which will select the players reg./present in selection trial on the basis at the
performance in the ratio of 1:3 and the list will be sealed and sent to S.G.F.I. office.
If it seems to S.G.F.I. that the selection done as per the provision cited in para 2 is not upto the mark, it can
organize the open selection trial as mentioned in para 3 in which eligible players of previous tournament
and also the players selected during the national tournament according to para 2, would participate.
All those selected players who are having their passports or have applied for it in passport office, will be
invited for 20 days training in the I phase national coaching camp. The selected players not having their
passports or the receipt of passport office, on the very first day, is not presented, they will not be eligible to
participate in the I phase of the training.
The selection trial for the selection of the final team to participate in International tournament will be
conducted on the last day of the I phase national Coaching Camp.
The following players will be able to participate in this selection trial.
(a)
The players who participated in the I phase coaching camp.
(b)
The players who have the original copy of the passport.
(c)
The players who fulfils the age-criteria for international tournament.
The finally selected players in the selection trial cited in para 6 will be eligible to participate in the II phase
of the national coaching camp. These players will receive the training in the II phase national coaching
camp for 25 days. After the II phase training these players will be included in the Indian Team to participate
in International tournament of the related discipline.
TA / DA & remuneration of coach, selector, referee is mentioned in Chapter XXI of this article.