Quick-thinking business approach helps coach stay afloat during lockdown
Coach-turned-businessman, Sibongiseni Sithole, said his plan B has helped him in the unprecedented lockdown that restricted his ability to earn an income.
A SPORTS orientated mind is typically trained for quick thinking which makes for superb action from a spectator’s point of view.
This is could not be more true for coach-turned-businessman, Sibongiseni Sithole, whose plan B helped him stay afloat in the unprecedented lockdown that restricted his ability to earn an income.
As a coach by trade, he said he had had to adapt to new ways to survive.
“I had to adjust by keeping fit physically, training indoors, and being creative by always thinking of solutions that could help people like myself earn money to survive during these difficult times.”
“I came up with a product to sell which is a pest control product which kills roaches and leaves homes clean. It is environmentally friendly because and is also safe for pets in our homes,” he said.
The Pietermaritzburg born and bred coach, who now resides in Montclair, said sports has been a part of his life since the tender age of 6, when his father enrolled him in a mini cricket academy.
His resume boasts being at the Dolphins Academy for cricket in 2010 and hosting the first health and fitness class in Montclair between 2015 and 2016.
Sibo, as he is known to many, has also coached rugby and soccer in New Forest High School in 2018 and 2019 and took up a coaching post at Montclair Senior Primary for U13 cricket.
“Support is the most important ingredient needed to produce a top-class sportsman or woman. You require psychological, financial, and last but not least, moral support.”
“You need people who will believe in your dreams. What inspires and motivates me in sport is that it could be always used as a medium to connect people from all walks of life, it units people in one consciousness and spirit of harmony,” said the 32-year-old.
“Post Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, I intend to groom more young sports boys and girls mostly focused on cricket to umbrella them psychologically and physically through special programmes that will shape them for the future,” he added.
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