Even if they did not become professional sports, many members of the club saw their confidence growing and convinced their families to go to university and postpone marriage until they are older.
The community has also become more accepted, and when they see the girls playing sports, people are no longer frowning on them.
The club is funded by coaches, cash prizes that the team wins in competitions and random donations. Most girls – from poor and low -income families and should not pay for subscription.
In addition to training in time, the club organizes and finances residential sports camps at school in the summer, provides products such as eggs, bananas and milk and often pay for the treatment of player injuries.
Over time, the parents of the parents were stated, but critics sometimes question the motives of coaches. “People say everything is indirectly so.” Why don’t you train boys? “,” Daj says. But he says there are already opportunities for the boys, and there is a gap when it comes to girls.
“We are not only their coaches,” Vilas adds. “Sometimes we are their parents, managing them, discipling them, helping them make the right choice.”
And the mine knows the potential of this revered opportunity: “I want to become the best raider and become the captain of the Cabaddy team of India,” she says, daring to dream of medals, championships and leave behind a regular village girl.
