TTFA begins second A Licence course on Tuesday
TTFA BEGINS SECOND A LICENCE COURSE ON TUESDAY
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, through its coach education department, will commence its second A Licence Coaching Course on Tuesday at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Campus, Pt. Lisas.
Participants from several Caribbean nations including Bermuda, St Vincent/Grenadines, Jamaica, Anguilla, Barbados, St Kitts/Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago as well as England will be taking part in the course which will also include practical and field sessions at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Among the course presenters will be leading Brazilian A License instructor Geraldo Delamore. He is is an experienced coach educator of the Brazil Football Confederation and holds a CBF Pro Licence, having worked with several Brazilian Teams as a fitness coach, assistant and head coach.
Returning from the inaugural A License Course last July to accompany TTFA Technical Director Anton Corneal as one of the other presenters, will be Tony McCallum. He been involved in coaching, coach education and coach development for the past 30 years, working in various levels of the game from professional club academies to the semi-professional game in both the men’s and women’s game in England. He holds the UEFA ‘A’ Licence and FA Advanced Youth Award. He is a UEFA tutor and until recently worked for the English FA for 15 years as a Senior National/Regional Coach Development Manager.
“What we are doing is embracing the rest of the region in what we are doing here in Trinidad and Tobago with our coach education program which in a sense is leading the way in the Caribbean when it comes to coach education and ensuring our coaches are certified and equipped in line with best practices in world football,” Corneal told TTFA Media.
This course is consistent with similar content, contact hours and learning outcomes of other A License courses in the CONCACAF and UEFA regions. The main aim of this course is to educate coaches on the modern trends of the game, focusing on the practical & theoretical aspects of coaching, with an emphasis on leading the elite player and team at an advanced level.
Meantime, Corneal will depart for Doha, Qatar after being invited by FIFA to attend the FIFA Developing the Developers Workshop from January 6th.
Corneal has been invited as a FIFA Technical Leadership Expert among a dozen other FIFA Experts includingEngland’s John Peacock. Also in attendance will be FIFA Director of Development Steven Martens, FIFA Head of Technical Development Services Juerg Nepfer,FIFA Head of Coaching Development Branimir Ujevic and FIFA Head of High Performance Programmes Ulf Schott among other experts.
