Coaching course for schools’ coaches

on January 30th, 2014 in News by The Brewster Trust

THE BREWSTER TRUST, football charity, Barbados

On Monday, 27th January 2014 the “School Programme 2014” kicked off with a coaching course for the secondary schools’ coaches with in total 34 registered participants representing 19 schools. The course was held by Dean Miller of Arsenal FC at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm daily.

During the three days we had the following elements on our agenda:
– Passing and receiving incl.  body position, communication, weight of the pass, first touch
– 1 v 1 defending
– 1 v 1 attacking
– Team defending ( e.g. 4 defenders)
– Combination play
– Principles of play incl. attack, dispersion, mobility, penetration and defence, delay, compactness, balance
– Respect and fair play in football, which also will be our focus during the Double Club sessions at the registered schools
– Coaching the small sided game
– Individual assessments
– Some insights with regards to health, nutrition, tactics, motivation or team building

Also included in the course was a match analysis, the BSSFL scheduled the first quarter-final of the actual U-19 competition for Tuesday afternoon; the coaches have seen Daryll Jordan Secondary School versus Pinehill St. Leonard’s Boys’ Secondary School, the St. Lucy team qualified for the semi finals, Jamar Cumberbatch scored in the 79th minute.

All registered coaches had been invited for lunch. The on and off-the-field sessions have been summarised in a documentation with 35 pages that has been given to the coaches at the end of the course combined with the official FIFA Laws of the Game.

THE BREWSTER TRUST thanks the participants for their engagement and passion, well done. A big thank you also to the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic, we were allowed to use their facilities over three full days, a generous gesture. A final thank you to Dean Miller of Arsenal FC who travelled to Barbados to conduct the course, we hope to see you back again soon.

Finally some statistics: We started with 34 registered coaches/teachers, 27 (79.41%) attended on Monday, 23 (67.65%) on Tuesday and again 27 (79.41%) on Wednesday. 19 participants (55.88%) attended on all three days; the average attendance of over 75% has significantly improved compared to last year.

Represented schools:
– Alexandra School
– Alma Parris Memorial Secondary School
– Barbados Community College
– Christ Church Foundation School
– Coleridge and Parry School
– Combermere School
– Daryll Jordan Secondary School
– Deighton Griffith Secondary School
– Ellerslie Secondary School
– Frederick Smith Secondary School
– Government Industrial School
– Graydon Sealey School
– Harrison College
– Parkinson Memorial Secondary School
– Princess Margaret Secondary School
– Springer Memorial Secondary School for Girls
– The Lester Vaughan School
– The Lodge School
– The St. Michael School

The School Programme 2014 is an initiative in conjunction with the The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation & in partnership with the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Football League

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