Chandrakala is inspired by her late brother. When she was in class X, her father passed away, and later her brother also passed away suddenly. Her brother, Sandeep, died in a road accident in 2012 while returning home.
Her brother was a rising player on the football field, who brought glory to her state Rajasthan in the national football competition and wanted to move forward on the way to reach a higher level. Chandrakala was shocked by her brother's sudden demise as he was her mentor and inspiration to play football. Her parents were against to playing football but with the support and determination of his brother, she got support to make football his livelihood.
It took a few years for her mother, elder sister, and younger brother to recover from these tragedies. The brothers and sisters were encouraged to take care of their mother during this difficult time. The death of her brother gave Chandrakala more strength in her passion for football.
She participated in many districts, state, and national competitions in the country. Her aim was to play as a player for the Indian team. Also to support her family, she started teaching.
However, she did not want to be away from football. So, she turned to the school from where she got her education “Krishna Public School” and started training the students there.” She also started teaching some primary school children. For 5 years, her wheel of life ran like this.
Looking forward to a football teaching career, Chandrakala applied for a coaching license from the AIFF (All India Football Federation) and passed the license exam at Zawar, Udaipur.
Jawar is situated at a distance of 40 km from Udaipur. In 2018, after clearing the exam, she was recruited by Zinc Football Academy, an initiative set up by the CSR department of Hindustan Zinc.
For two years she has been teaching football at Zinc Football Schools, community centers set up by Zinc Football Academy in Zavar Mines. She is regularly training more than 50 male and female students in the hilly population.
Although her family supported Chandrakala, sports are still taboo for many girls in remote villages. Parents are still very skeptical of sending their girls to play outside their homes and football is considered by many to be a man's sport.
Often, she and other coaches visit the girls' families. In this, families are educated about the benefits of sports and how sports play a role in personality development.
Chandrakala is not only teaching the tricks of playing football on the field, but while having fun, she is also teaching the children about equality and the moral values of life.
An impressive number of girls are being encouraged by grassroots movements to recognize football and female footballers. She believes that the upcoming Women's Under-17 World Cup, which is to be held in India next year, will prove to be another milestone in the history of women's football.
Chandrakala Rao Hats off to your spirit and promoting the level of women's football games as well as teaching equality.
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