Coaching course attendees look to improve
Namibian coaches Mervin Mbakera and James Britz are willing to expand the knowledge they gained in Germany.
James Britz and Mervin Mbakera are looking at improving Namibian football after they were presented with their International Coaching Course A-Certificates by Germany''s deputy head of mission to Namibia, Ullrich Kinne.
Mbakera and Britz were among 26 coaches from developing countries that included Surinam, Kosovo and Pakistan, who attended a three- week course in Hennef, Germany, in September as part of the German government''s support to the developing world.
They were presented with their certificates by Kinne on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the NFA technical director Timo Tjongarero.
“The coaches we met there are from countries like ours and of course they have different ways of doing things with limited resources and it was all about youth coaching and I believe we are better equipped now to take the challenge further and improve our game,” national women''s under-17 coach Mbakera told Kinne.
He added that youth football is integral to the game in any country and they were hoping to influence the game in various ways at home.
“We are involved with youth players a lot and James is also with the under-20 men and other youngsters at Tura Magic, so for us this course added value which we can only now impart and see the changes later,” Mbakera said.
Kinne said the idea behind meeting the participants was to gauge their experience and see how best the course can be improved.
“It is important for us to see how the participants of courses offered in Germany or by Germany are doing and support them so that we can see positive results. This interaction can also help us in motivating for Namibia to have people attending these and other courses in the future,” Kinne explained.
He added that there is an alumni portal at http://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org, which former participants of courses offered by or in Germany are encouraged to join to share information.
Some of the Namibian coaches who have done this course are Jacqui Shipanga, who is a member of various technical study groups thanks to her technical prowess, 2015 Cosafa Senior Cup-winning coach Ricardo Mannetti, as well as Timo Tjongarero, who guided the national under-17s to their first Cosafa triumph earlier this year. National under-20 coach Gerhard Gunter is also a graduate of the course.
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Mbakera and Britz were among 26 coaches from developing countries that included Surinam, Kosovo and Pakistan, who attended a three- week course in Hennef, Germany, in September as part of the German government''s support to the developing world.
They were presented with their certificates by Kinne on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the NFA technical director Timo Tjongarero.
“The coaches we met there are from countries like ours and of course they have different ways of doing things with limited resources and it was all about youth coaching and I believe we are better equipped now to take the challenge further and improve our game,” national women''s under-17 coach Mbakera told Kinne.
He added that youth football is integral to the game in any country and they were hoping to influence the game in various ways at home.
“We are involved with youth players a lot and James is also with the under-20 men and other youngsters at Tura Magic, so for us this course added value which we can only now impart and see the changes later,” Mbakera said.
Kinne said the idea behind meeting the participants was to gauge their experience and see how best the course can be improved.
“It is important for us to see how the participants of courses offered in Germany or by Germany are doing and support them so that we can see positive results. This interaction can also help us in motivating for Namibia to have people attending these and other courses in the future,” Kinne explained.
He added that there is an alumni portal at http://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org, which former participants of courses offered by or in Germany are encouraged to join to share information.
Some of the Namibian coaches who have done this course are Jacqui Shipanga, who is a member of various technical study groups thanks to her technical prowess, 2015 Cosafa Senior Cup-winning coach Ricardo Mannetti, as well as Timo Tjongarero, who guided the national under-17s to their first Cosafa triumph earlier this year. National under-20 coach Gerhard Gunter is also a graduate of the course.
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