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Ghana Holds ‘Historic’ Rugby Coach Training

Ghana Holds ‘Historic’ Rugby Coach Training

From Ghana Web

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is holding a two week historic training programme in Accra, Ghana in association with the International Rugby Board (IRB) and the Olympic Solidarity Fund (OSF) to improve the quality of Rugby coaching in the country.

According to the Vice President, Mr. Ernest Hanson, the two week training programme is indeed a historical event in that it will be the first time that Rugby coaches will be trained, qualified and certified as Level 2 Rugby Coaches in Ghana.

This historic event has been made possible by the IRB who is sponsoring the cost of a Certified IRB Trainer from South Africa, Mr. David Dobela, and the sponsorship of the training cost by the OSF under auspices of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).

Mr. David Dobela is currently the Caretaker Head Coach of Border Academy in South Africa and has qualified as Level 2 Coaching Trainer in 2010. He has also been involved in coaching for the the South African National Team, the Springboks.

The training will take place at the Media Centre at the Accra Sports Stadium from 13 July to 25 July 2014.

During the first week 23 people will be trained and having passed the IRB evaluation, will be certified as Level 1 Rugby Coaches. The trainees include coaches from the 11 clubs that will take part in the 2014 /15 national league tournament, as well as Sportsmasters of 12 schools from the Greater Accra, Western and Central Regions.

The Level 1 Rugby Coaching Training will include modules on Understanding the Game and the principles of play, Applying the principles of play to the development of skills, Planning and demonstrating a practice and Management and will cover both 15s as 7s coaching skills.

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