Written by Joseph Mutaka in Jinja
CAF ‘B’ coaching course 12th-25th January, 2015
CAF ‘A’ coaching course 26th -31st January, 2015
Venue: FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru
Several workplaces need highly qualified personnel or people with a combination of skills and experiences. Sport-especially football is not different from such work places.
So, Ugandan coaches are also expected to welcome changes happening thick and fast in the game of football globally.
In most cases, coaches are under pressure to deliver if they are the most highly qualified in their fields of operation.
The local soccer governing body has already set standards for coaches into next season.
It will be mandatory for the elite clubs in the Uganda Premier League to employ only CAF B licensed coaches.
The ongoing course (CAF B at FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru), officially opened FUFA Vice president Justus Mugisha on Monday morning, has left many coaches excited as it entered day 3 today (Wednesday).
What the coaches are saying about the course.
Kefa Kisala (Head Coach BUL FC and Uganda Cranes Assistant Coach)
‘It’s a good course because we have studied a lot of new things so far which I think will be helpful to us in the near future. We have to cope with the modern football technicalities and this is one of the platforms to use’
Hadijah ‘Lady Mourinho’ Namuyanja
‘As coach of U-17 Women national team, I am really delighted with FUFA and CAF for having brought this course closer to us because it’s going to help me uplift my C.V, refresh my training tactics and also emphasize being the best coach in the region’
‘Football is a dynamic game therefore we need to upgrade every now and then to catch up with the modern trends and technicalities of the game’
Alex Isabirye (Head coach URA FC)
‘I have liked the way the course is being conducted, especially the instructors who doing good work to make sure we understand what is taught. Football has changed much in recent years and if you look at what we are being taught I am really humble because it differs a lot.’
Ssali ‘Pelle’ Tom (Kings College Buddo)
‘The course is moving on well and we are learning a lot. It is a continuation of what we studied in the past two years. Things are not new but it’s all about the way we are going to interpret them when we shall be assessed at the end’
Hussein Mbalangu (Azam FC, Uganda)
‘It’s a good course. We are sharing experience by learning new things. This will help us to solve some problems faced in Uganda football, also to differ from my colleagues this course looks a bit complicated not like what others think.’
Full list of Participants for CAF B coaching course:
Mbalangu Hussein [Azam fc], Ayekoh Charles [MUBS], Onen Peter [Gulu United fc], Ssebagala K. Frank [Simba Sc], Ssali Tom Pele [Buddo Kings College], Bisaso Shafiq [Rwenshama fc], Mawa Haruna [Parliamentary], Lutalo George [Water fc], Makanga Peter [Edgars youth Program], Magala James [Somalia], Mujabi Robert, Gitta Alex Mukalazi [Entebbe fc], Bamweyana Deogratias Douglas [Makerere University], Kefa Kisala [BUL fc], Byekwaso Morley [Sc VU], Michael Nam, Byaruhanga Peter, Mutyaba Joseph Harold [BUL fc], Mbabazi Livingstone [Masavu fc], Mugabi Martin [Masindi Little league], Kirumira Simon [Puma fc], Senoga Umar [Water fc], Francis Mugerwa [Bright Stars], Lule Mathias, Nsimbe George, Isabirye Alex [URA], Kazibwe Edward, Gatheru Jackson, Waswa Richard [Sc Vipers], Sserwada Deo [Police fc]
