Coaches urged to embrace sports medicine

Friday, February 12, 2010

Premier League coaches have been advised to embrace the use of sports medicine to get the best out of their players if they are to successfully compete at the continental level.

A sports medicine professor at the University of Botswana (UB) Professor Ignatius Onyewadume said this when he addressed coaches at the BFA’s Lekidi Centre in Gaborone this week.

He said sports medicine is a crucial aspect of modern soccer and coaches when designing fitness programmes for their clubs should not overlook it. Prof Onyewadume also emphasised the importance of players’ nutrition, saying it is very crucial for their performance and physique.

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Coaches urged to embrace sports medicine

Premier League coaches have been advised to embrace the use of sports medicine to get the best out of their players if they are to successfully compete at the continental level.