KISE kicks off its Coach Education Programmes

Kenyan coaches, referees and Football Administrators have got every reason to smile as KISE officially kicked off its coach education programmes. The coaches now know that they won’t have to go far to get good quality football coaching courses at affordable rates. Similar courses will be done countrywide in the coming months.

KISE started its first coaching course at the Goan Institute today. The course has attracted a record 31 coaches from different parts of the country.  The 10 day course is part of KISE’s ambitious plan of assisting the Kenya Football Federation educate Kenyan Coaches from the Grassroots level to the highest level of coaching courses in Kenya. Nationwide, Premier League and Academies’ coaches are attending the course. Coaches from as far as Mombasa and Kisumu are following the Course. The Kisumu Youth Football Association has sent more than 8 coaches to attend the course.

The Secretary of Sports, Mr Daniel Maanzo, who was one of the Chief guests who were invited to officially open the course pointed out that it was very crucial that the trained coaches be given support and be used to educate other younger coaches in the regions they come from. He pledged government’s support to KISE to realise its objective of training more coaches around the country.

Dr Auma Obama, from CARE and the Cordinator of Sports for Social Change Network encouraged KISE to organise courses for female coaches. She wants to see more females taking the challenge of becoming football coaches. She congratulated KISE for the new initiative, which she said would go a long way towards assisting train more coaches.

Mr Fredrick Eijkman congratulated KISE during the ceremony, saying that their initiative has come in at the right time when Kenyans are really in need of quality coaching programmes. KYFA also assists train coaches in Kisumu and so far has been able to send one of their coaches to Holland to attend a Trainer-Coach II course.

Mr Patrick Naggi, the Kenya Football Federation Technical Director, lauded the initiative in his speech during the opening ceremony, and said it was a step in the right direction.

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