BFA introduces incentives for development coaches
Tapela Morapedi | Wednesday March 8, 2017 15:44
Speaking at an ongoing coaching course facilitated by Premier Skills, a programme aimed at training community coaches, BFA national executive committee member and overseer of the Eastern Bloc, Riegar Mothoagae said the incentives would enable grassroots coaches to train out-of-school children throughout the day.
“This is aimed at encouraging those who are committed to cultivating talent at grassroots level and support sport development,” he said. The Eastern Bloc is made up of four regions, being Selebi-Phikwe, Tswapong, Mahalapye and Serowe where the course participants are drawn from.
The course is a joint initiative between the English Premier League, British Council and BFA to train Community Coaches in an effort to support the development of football at grassroots level.
The programme aims to use the global popularity of football to support community development in many different countries around the world.
It empowers aspiring coaches to effectively address the challenges that negatively affect the lives of the youth and to instil survival skills beyond the football pitch.
British Council project manager, Gape Gabriel pleaded with the participants to effectively use the skills they will gain from the course, encouraging them to continue volunteering their service to promote sport.
He further pleaded with the BFA to keep track of the coaches so that they can measure the progress of every coach certified by Premier Skills to train at grassroots level.
Premier Skills course instructor, Solomon Ramochotlhwane highlighted the importance of taking advantage of the popularity of football not only to cultivate football talent but also to build effective communities with survival skills.
He said it is critical to use football for health promotion as well as fighting the many social ills affecting the youth.
Ramochotlhwane who is also the chairman of Green Lovers Football Club noted that the course will impart knowledge of social inclusion where coaches will be taught how to motivate children living with different disabilities to be part of the football game.
The community-building aspect of the course is aimed at healing the wounds caused by community fragmentation.