By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVA) has on 21st November 2022 Kicks-Off a five day level one
Coaching course for coaches in the North-Western City of Port Loko, and the course was sponsored by the Olympics Solidarity through the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone.
The 29 coaches out of the 35 participants were drawn from the 22 clubs, 5 districts, and regions registered with the NF made it to Port Loko for the training program.
12 of the 29 participants are women representing 41% of the total number of participants. The emphasis of the National Federation in the last couple of months has been professionalism and this involves improving the technical competencies of our coaches and match officials.
MOHAMED KHALIL IBRAHIM KHALIL, the Jordanian FIVB instructor expressed optimism given the experiences and age representation of the participants.
He cautioned against overconfidence since the course would require theory and practical examination for certification and recognition by the FIVB.
Support for trainee coaches and the instructor are provided by local experts in the persons of Mohamed Vangahun as Course Supervisor and Sorie Kamara as Course Coordinator.
Successful participants would be eligible for the Level 2 Course which would hopefully come up next November.
The Regional Chairman, Southern Region, Samuel Hinga Navo granted the vote of thanks at the Opening of the course. He expressed gratefulness to God for the lives of the participants and OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY through the NOC of Sierra Leone.
