(Issued Monday 21 January 2020)
A week long CAF D license women’s coaching Course for 7 aside U-15 Girls, Sunday ended at the National Technical Training Center in Yundum.
Twenty
Five participants took part in the first ever CAF D License Coaching Course for
small sided game conceived by CAF designed for Coaches in Women’s football.
The
Gambia is among sixteen countries selected by the continental football body as
the cohort of the first batch of beneficiaries for the Course.
During
the week long training, coaches were introduced to the new methodologies of
football training and improved individual skills on the ball, basic movements
in football, emphasis on the importance of small sided games, the role of the
Coach and basic knowledge in First Aid etc.
Speaking
at the closing ceremony, President of Gambia Football Federation (GFF), Lamin
Kaba Bajo congratulated the participants for their accomplishments to the
Course and thanked them for their punctuality and regularity during the week
long period.
He said the GFF under his leadership will
never relent in its core mandate to strive for the growth and development of
Women’s football.
Mr
Bajo noted the vitality GFF attaches to grassroots and Women’s football
describing it as” one of the areas we will never relent in our endeavors”.
He
thanked the Project Coordinator of the German-Gambia Women’s football Ms Monika
Staab for her dedication, commitment and passion for the game. ”
I
want to thank Monika for yet another successful course under her project and
this further shows that we are moving well despite her speed but we will catch
up and the signs are positive”.
Mr
Bajo said the Gambia being among the Sixteen countries for the first ever 7
Aside Coaching Course for U15 Girls is considered a big success for the GFF.
Madam
Monika Staab thanked the GFF President Lamin Kaba Bajo for his continuous
support and encouragement given to Women’s football.
She
said Mr Bajo’s personal support to her project initiatives are unlimited and
“without the President’s support, I would not have been here still now”, she
noted.
The
renowned women’s football expert said the commitment from the football
leadership is one of the driving forces to the successful implementation of
Women’s football technical and development programs.
She
also urged the participants to make good use of the knowledge gain and transfer
it to their respective schools and league clubs.
