Empowering of soccer coaches

CARLING Black Label in partnership with the South African Football Association (Safa) launched the fifth edition of the innovative coaching programme, Carling Black Label Coach the Coaches, on Monday, November 16.

Carling Black Label’s integrated approach to football will afford 49 coaches from the SAB League and the Carling League of Champions an opportunity to study for Safa D and C coaching licenses as Carling Black Label continues to inspire and empower men to become champions. Sidney Molepo and Tumo Katane who led Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates respectively in this year’s Carling Black Label Cup will also form part of the coaches who will benefit from the programme.

Safa’s senior technical instructors will again conduct the course over an 11 day period from Thursday, November 19, to Sunday, November 29, at the SAB Cyril Ramaphosa World of Learning in Kyalami. The coaches will be separated into two

different groups for the Safa D and C level coaching licenses according to their different levels of coaching qualifications.

Speaking on behalf of Safa’s technical committee, Safa’s technical director and former Bafana Bafana captain, Neil Tovey, gave his full support of the Coach the Coaches Programme saying that the course continues to be instrumental in assisting Safa’s Vision 2022 whereby it aims to train at least 10 000 coaches annually.