“I am very aware of the hectic schedule that you face at schools but I am encouraging you to find time to develop the pupils with volleyball skills,” he said.
He urged them to start producing and developing volleyball players who will in the near future hoist the nation’s flag high.
“If each two of you can produce a good player, it means a total of about 16 players will be produced and the number is enough to make a national team that the country may be proud of,” said Zohair.
Chairperson of the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC), Dorcus Makgato-Malesu shared the same sentiments.
She said the skills that the teachers have acquired are very important in the development of volleyball in the country and they should go and impart them to the people.
“You must go and search talent. I know you are passionate about volleyball which is why you attended the course and that is the spirit we need.”
Malesu thanked the sponsors, Barloworld Botswana and added that the programmes that they have been sponsoring had been focused on youth, which is a positive way of developing the sport.
The course started last Sunday.
On behalf of the participants, Mmopi Gaetshajwe, a teacher at Tshwaragano Community Junior Secondary School in Maun said that they are ready to take the coaching reigns of volleyball in Botswana.
“The skills that we acquired are important and we are ready to improve the level of volleyball especially at grassroots level. We have to put in practise what we have learnt and I am optimistic we are going to succeed,” he said.
He said he is confident enough to start a team in Maun that will soon be competing with giants like of BDF VI and Mafolofolo.
