A three day D’ License Coaching Clinic for beginners has kicked off at the Football Hotel in Yundum on Tuesday May 8th organized by the Gambia Football Coaches Association.
The Course is meant to equip new entrants into the Coaching job and raise their awareness in the beautiful game which according to the Course Instructors will avail the players the requisite skills in football.
In his opening statement, GFF President Lamin Kaba Bajo underscored the importance of the training while congratulating the participants for their show of interest in the course. He reiterated that the program for technicians is a core value in the strategic vision of the GFF. ‘ This is a very important program in our activities as encapsulated in our manifesto. It is a core activity and we will not relent in our efforts to see that it is achievable’. Kaba said any program that deals with capacity building is always given prime factor at the GFF. ‘ We have challenged ourselves to introduce capacity building and training programs for our members because no body can progress in football development without enhancing ones capacity’. President Bajo thanked the Coaches Association for the change of baton from one leadership to another. He challenged the Coaches Association to maximize the inclusion of females in future trainings and further tasked the Technical Director Sang Ndong to stage the C’ License Course before the end of the year. He however advised the technicians to stay away from Football politics and concentrate on their domains ‘ in order to survive the different political regimes’.
The President of the GFCA Pa Suwareh Faye also thanked the participants for their interest in the training while GFF General Secretary Lamin M Jassey advised the beginners to take the course seriously and practice what is been learnt.
The participants numbering 26 are drawn from GFF League Div 2, schools and academy training grounds.
The three day course would be instructed by CAF Coach Instructor Hon Alagi Sillah, Lamin Sambou and GFF Youth and Grassroots Manager Ebrima Nyassi. The training is been supervised by Technical Director Sang Ndong