The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation has added four new members to its panel of coaching instructors responsible for conducting the ongoing “C” License coaching courses.
Since the start of 2011, the TTFF has staged several courses with 175 plus participants benefitting from these programs being delivered by local instructors who have been specially trained by senior instructors from the Dutch KNVB.
Senior instructor Pete De Jong was in Trinidad last week to oversee an upgrade program for the instructors, among them being Anton Corneal, Rajeesh Latchoo, Marlon Charles, Richard Hood, Hayden Martin and Jamaal Shabazz.
The new additions include Izler Browne, Hutson Charles, Damien Daniel and Stuart Charles Fevrier. Angus Eve is also expected to be one of the new instructors but missed the previous sessions having been away on Olympic qualifying duty with the T&T Under 23 team.
De Jong said it was important that the panel of instructors continue to raise their level in order to ensure that the local coaches participating in the courses receive the highest possible level of training.
“What I have realized from the last time I have been here is that there have been different courses conducted by the local instructors and I have seen that the teaching has improved. This is always a good sign” De Jong told TTFF Media.
“What we have done in the last three days for the coaching instructors is to raise their level especially with regards to match analysis… how to find the problems in the match analysis, to prepare the training form and to execute it. They are understanding it more and more and I have seen that the Secondary Schools coaches are also catching on.”
It is expected to take roughly one year before coaches can graduate to the “B” License course and De Jong said the process would have to be carefully thought out and executed.
“First of all we have to raise the level of the first group of instructors who can now also teach the new instructors. The next course is going to be the B level and it is important that they graduate to the next level because the topics in the B level will be different and will require more knowledge.
The local participants must also stay abreast of everything that is happening and be able to raise the knowledge for the next level,” De Jong added.
The most recent “C” License course ended at the Ato Boldon Stadium last Friday with coaches from the Secondary Schools League being among the participants.
“We saw this as an important group targeted particularly because they are involved first hand with the younger ones. Not every player attends a coaching school or a club, so it is necessary that those in the secondary schools are properly trained and educated on the basics of the game and have access to this type of training from an early stage in their careers.
For this to happen, we must ensure that those coaches in the schools are properly educated and trained to pass on the right kind of training to the players,” TTFF instructor Corneal said. (July 25,2011)
List of SSFL coaches completing latest C License course
Anastasia Griffith (Tranquility Secondary), Anil Mongru (Miracle Ministries), Cecil Nelson (Arima North), Christine Kydd-Francis (Siparia West Secondary), David Browne, Kurt Constantine (Success Laventille), Dennis Lalla (Cunupia Secondary), Duane Richardson (Mt Hope Secondary), Elvin Bartholomew (San Fernando East Sec.), Glenn Boodoosingh, Tyrell Gay (Fyzabad Secondary), Iverne Yearwood (Siparia East Secondary), Jason Phillip (Barataria South), Jeffrey Seecharan (Princes Town West Sec.), Lawrence Rondon, Leon Carpette, Raymond Kennedy (Carapichaima East Sec.), Marline Joseph (Point Fortin East Secondary), Marlon Wiltshire (San Juan South), Michael Spencer (Mucurapo Sec.), Nicholas Griffith (Chaguanas North Sec.), Nicholas Jewnath (ASJA Boys), Paul Woo Ling (Maple Leaf), Sean Best, Trevor Elcock (St Augustine Secondary), Sheldon Santana (Tabaquite Secondary), Shurland Hartley (Diego Martin North), Tevon La Rose (Trinity College), Travis Joseph (Vessigny Secondary).
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