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Monk hails initiative shown by coaches at Digicel Kick Start Clinic
Published: Wednesday | April 17, 2013
Local coaches who took part in the Digicel Kick Start Clinic stop to pose for a photo with David Monk (far right), Chelsea FC senior international football development officer, Andrew Ottley (third left) international development officer and Kane Cowburn (fourth left), international football director at the Barbican Field yesterday.
Kwesi Mugisa, Gleaner Writer
David Monk, senior international football development officer of English Premier League powerhouse club Chelsea, commended Jamaican coaches for their proactivity as the local leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics came to a close at the Barbican playing field yesterday.
Thirty-six coaches were put through their paces by Monk, Kane Cowburn, the club's international football director and Andrew Ottley, international development officer, with various drills and instructions giving them a firsthand experience of the Chelsea approach to football.
"These are the kinds of coaches we love to work with, they are highly proactive and it has been a good learning experience both ways," Monk told The Gleaner.
The 21/2-hour coaching clinic, added to the programme for the first time this year, followed Monday's player clinic, where four Jamaican youngsters were selected for a week-long stint at the Digicel Academy in Barbados.
The players selected were Corey Bennett (Wolmer's Boys'), Ryan Brown (Glenmuir High), Cadine Graham (Excelsior), and Carru Barrett (Maggotty).
While Monk stressed that the player aspect of the clinic was important, he underlined that the coaching aspect was just as important to the development of the sport. The coach promised that the coaching programme was just in its initial stages with more to come in the future.
"This is just the first step in a long programme; now that we have had an exchange of information with these local coaches and found out some of the issues that they have, and the problems they face, we can come back next year with a tailor-made programme.
"The fact is that you can coach 30 players, but if you coach the coaches you can coach thousands of players. Good coaching is fundamental for the development of sport."
BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCE
For Vassell Reynolds, current coach of the Mico University College football team and former head coach of local premier league team, Sporting Central Academy, the experience was beneficial.
"For me, it was a case of affirmation, but there is always something new. They broke down the game into the basics, made the football simple and that was good," Reynolds said.
Reynolds believed that a huge difference that came to the fore, as it relates to the way things were handled locally and internationally, has to do with continuity.
"There programme runs straight throughout at every level. It is not the same for us. We are short of a culture and do not have a way in which we play. A lot of different systems can be a problem for coaches and players when they step up to different levels."
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Published: Wednesday | April 17, 2013
Local coaches who took part in the Digicel Kick Start Clinic stop to pose for a photo with David Monk (far right), Chelsea FC senior international football development officer, Andrew Ottley (third left) international development officer and Kane Cowburn (fourth left), international football director at the Barbican Field yesterday.
Kwesi Mugisa, Gleaner Writer
David Monk, senior international football development officer of English Premier League powerhouse club Chelsea, commended Jamaican coaches for their proactivity as the local leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics came to a close at the Barbican playing field yesterday.
Thirty-six coaches were put through their paces by Monk, Kane Cowburn, the club's international football director and Andrew Ottley, international development officer, with various drills and instructions giving them a firsthand experience of the Chelsea approach to football.
"These are the kinds of coaches we love to work with, they are highly proactive and it has been a good learning experience both ways," Monk told The Gleaner.
The 21/2-hour coaching clinic, added to the programme for the first time this year, followed Monday's player clinic, where four Jamaican youngsters were selected for a week-long stint at the Digicel Academy in Barbados.
The players selected were Corey Bennett (Wolmer's Boys'), Ryan Brown (Glenmuir High), Cadine Graham (Excelsior), and Carru Barrett (Maggotty).
While Monk stressed that the player aspect of the clinic was important, he underlined that the coaching aspect was just as important to the development of the sport. The coach promised that the coaching programme was just in its initial stages with more to come in the future.
"This is just the first step in a long programme; now that we have had an exchange of information with these local coaches and found out some of the issues that they have, and the problems they face, we can come back next year with a tailor-made programme.
"The fact is that you can coach 30 players, but if you coach the coaches you can coach thousands of players. Good coaching is fundamental for the development of sport."
BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCE
For Vassell Reynolds, current coach of the Mico University College football team and former head coach of local premier league team, Sporting Central Academy, the experience was beneficial.
"For me, it was a case of affirmation, but there is always something new. They broke down the game into the basics, made the football simple and that was good," Reynolds said.
Reynolds believed that a huge difference that came to the fore, as it relates to the way things were handled locally and internationally, has to do with continuity.
"There programme runs straight throughout at every level. It is not the same for us. We are short of a culture and do not have a way in which we play. A lot of different systems can be a problem for coaches and players when they step up to different levels."
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