An exciting project is training up coaches in rural India. Hannah Duncan chats to sports director Lisa Murawsky and head coach Disha Malhotra Julka

A group of young women in rural India have gone from soccer novices to coaches of 40 players each, thanks to a programme involving a former national team player.
Disha Malhotra Julka, who trained India Women’s under-17s, is head coach for the Game Changers project, which is reaching out to communities who have little experience of female sport.
It is part of Sports For Life, a sports- learning programme for underprivileged girls in India between the ages of 7 and 14, run by the non-profit Naandi Foundation, whose sports director is Lisa Murawsky.
Women’s Soccer Coaching spoke with both Lisa and Disha to find out more...

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