Day 4 of Independent Study
January 6th, 2018
Today I went to the office again. The trek to the location is a long one, ranges from 1-2 hours depending on traffic. That's kind of the classic thing in India. Everything depends on traffic. When I got there I greeted Abhik and met with Tim the coworker who was most recently added to the team. We worked on the website for a little bit, updating the rosters and staff on the squad list page. Some of the information about the upcoming season still hasn't been delivered from the Indian footballing federation, so that limits what we can update on the website. With that in mind, I spent most of my time again brainstorming/working on social media posts. The graphics take quite a bit of a time, so I haven't posted anything yet, but I should be able to get a nice batch this upcoming week. I have a lot of cool ideas that connect the club to Hyderabad, and put an emphasis on some of the programs that are affiliated with the club. Today I thought of a pretty cool idea. I thought of putting the iconic Hyderabad City Police team on the left side of a picture in black and white while having the new Fateh Hyderabad AFC team in glowing color on the right showing the connection. The caption could be something like the following: "Football is in our DNA/blood. Join the community now". The community is referring to the new Facebook community that I'm supposed to be advertising, as I mentioned in the last entry. Another interesting thing that happened today was Yogesh's presentation on the upcoming season. Everyone was attentive, he almost commands that in the way he speaks. He talked about the importance of the pre-season. He then laid out an intense regimen for the players that not only included intense training and lifting, but also intense mental exercises. He explained exercises that would help certain players with paying attention and clearing their mind. He's requiring every player to participate in yoga, and sleep at early hours so they can be rested. That's one of my favorite things about this club. They give players everything. Second division wages wouldn't be enough to support players well, so the fact that this club roofs everyone and gives them food is great. I look forward to hearing more of his speeches, that was a really interesting breakdown of what they would be working on. It covered tactics, fundamentals, physical shape, and mentality really well. Everything he said also upheld the sacred values of the club. While most of my time is spent coming up with new social media ideas, posts, and graphics, it's really interesting to see a club owner/sporting director explain his plans for the season. I hope to witness more of those, as I continue to dish out content on social media.
Today I went to the office again. The trek to the location is a long one, ranges from 1-2 hours depending on traffic. That's kind of the classic thing in India. Everything depends on traffic. When I got there I greeted Abhik and met with Tim the coworker who was most recently added to the team. We worked on the website for a little bit, updating the rosters and staff on the squad list page. Some of the information about the upcoming season still hasn't been delivered from the Indian footballing federation, so that limits what we can update on the website. With that in mind, I spent most of my time again brainstorming/working on social media posts. The graphics take quite a bit of a time, so I haven't posted anything yet, but I should be able to get a nice batch this upcoming week. I have a lot of cool ideas that connect the club to Hyderabad, and put an emphasis on some of the programs that are affiliated with the club. Today I thought of a pretty cool idea. I thought of putting the iconic Hyderabad City Police team on the left side of a picture in black and white while having the new Fateh Hyderabad AFC team in glowing color on the right showing the connection. The caption could be something like the following: "Football is in our DNA/blood. Join the community now". The community is referring to the new Facebook community that I'm supposed to be advertising, as I mentioned in the last entry. Another interesting thing that happened today was Yogesh's presentation on the upcoming season. Everyone was attentive, he almost commands that in the way he speaks. He talked about the importance of the pre-season. He then laid out an intense regimen for the players that not only included intense training and lifting, but also intense mental exercises. He explained exercises that would help certain players with paying attention and clearing their mind. He's requiring every player to participate in yoga, and sleep at early hours so they can be rested. That's one of my favorite things about this club. They give players everything. Second division wages wouldn't be enough to support players well, so the fact that this club roofs everyone and gives them food is great. I look forward to hearing more of his speeches, that was a really interesting breakdown of what they would be working on. It covered tactics, fundamentals, physical shape, and mentality really well. Everything he said also upheld the sacred values of the club. While most of my time is spent coming up with new social media ideas, posts, and graphics, it's really interesting to see a club owner/sporting director explain his plans for the season. I hope to witness more of those, as I continue to dish out content on social media.
Sahil, can you elaborate more on the structure of the club, from the office and staff to the club players? Is there a dorm situation for players during the season? How do they manage this?
ReplyDeleteCan you also share the site and the facebook page links on your blog? I'd like to see what you are doing and how these progress.