Organisers of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League and AKFI announced the Future Kabaddi Heroes (FKH) programme, a comprehensive talent scouting and development initiative to foster and nurture future kabaddi champions.
In its first leg, the programme this year will be conducted across 18 cities, starting with Mumbai on February 26, followed by Chennai, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Thrissur, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Lucknow, Vishakhapatnam, Patna, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Indore, Imphal, Jaipur, Bhubaneshwar and Ahmedabad to identify kabaddi talent. The cities have been chosen on the basis of expert assessment of kabaddi talent spotted in local tournaments held there in the past.
The selection would be conducted over two to three days in each city.
Auction pool
Following a rigorous short-listing process, over 200 players will be selected for Phase II and of them around 100 players will be chosen for Phase III for a month-long intensive training camp and subsequently be drafted in the player auction pool of VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 6 under the ‘New Young Players’ category.
