BVI Football Association hosts coaches certification course

Photo courtesy of BVI Platinum

Photo courtesy of BVI Platinum

The BVI Football Association is hosting a CONCACAF “D” license certification course for coaches starting Thursday.  The programme is being conducted by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) officials Jonathon Martinez, Vin Blaine and Marcos Santillan.  The training covers a wide range of areas, including principles of coaching, training by age, fundamentals of planning a training session, physical training, health and security, the development of community clubs, as well as other elements related to coaching youth football.  CONCACAF has been operating these courses since 2013, upkeeping its commitment to education so that the standard of the game can be raised throughout the region.Experts in coaching/player development are leading the instruction of the “D” license training course, which consists of educating coaches in the following areas – the principles of coaching, the adequate training by age, the fundamentals of planning training sessions, physical training, health and security, the development of community clubs, among other components of coaching football.

After four days of training, the 20 participants will be subjected to an examination, after which they will receive their CONCACAF “D” license certification.