The
Gambia national football team goalkeeper trainer Alagie Marong left Banjul
Wednesday for Cameroon where he is expected to attend Goalkeeper trainers
course in the West African city of Yaounde.
The instructors’ course dubbed “First
Goalkeeping Instructors Course”, has been organised by the Confederation of
African Football (Caf), and is scheduled to take place from Friday 5 to 8 May 2017.
Mr
Marong said the course will focus on helping young goalkeeper coaches on the
general preparations of the game.
Speaking
to The Fatu Network from his base in Cameroon, Marong said: “The course is all
about preparing the goalkeepers on the level of performance and to also
introduce the technical skills of goalkeeping in conformity with modern day
soccer.
“The
goalkeeping coaching course focuses on the teaching aspects of goalkeeping from
young ages and train them on the important technical skills in modern
football,” he said.
He
is also hopeful the course will provide him with the unique opportunity to put
into practice the knowledge gained and apply it into Gambian football.
Marong
has been an important goalkeeper trainer for various categories of The Gambia’s
national team including the Scorpions.
He
has been a fundamental part of the country’s success in goalkeeper development,
having trained some of the finest Gambian goalkeepers.
Several
well-established goalkeepers in the country have since graduated through the
ranks of the Gambia National Youth teams to the highest level both at home and
internationally under Marong’s guidance.
He
has firmly held onto his goalkeeper trainer position for a number of years and
until today, he’s the main man behind the goalkeepers in training.
Mr
Marong is expected to return home on Wednesday, 10 May 2017.