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Tough cop wants to become top coach
Sergeant Calvin Lewis ... The coach of Police National. - Andrew Smith
By Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator
While his opponents for the National Premier League play-offs are being decided, Sergeant Calvin Lewis, coach of Super League winners Police National, is also awaiting a response from the U.S. Soccer Federation as he seeks to upgrade his coaching skills.
"I have applied to the U.S. Soccer Federation," said Lewis, who was recently promoted by Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas. Lewis is seeking to complete a 'C-License' course.
According to a report on the CONCACAF website, the 'C-License' course is designed for coaches with limited experience and who have the potential and desire to progress to the level of national coaches or assistant national coaches.
The course will focus on both the practical and theoretical aspects of coaching. They include attributes and qualities of the coach; planning training sessions; physical preparation of players; systems of play; methods of attack and defence and laws of the game.
Wave of sucess
With 17 years service in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the 34-year-old Lewis has been riding a wave of success in the football fraternity, winning three parish titles over the past five years. His first taste of success came in 2002 when he coached Point Hill to the St. Catherine Division II title.
Two years ago he won the KSAFA Major League competition with Police National, who turned in another sparkling performance this year to win the Super League. Although they were not the best team in the league, Lewis believes the hard work that his players put in paid rich dividends in the end.
"We might not have been the best team, but we worked very hard, conditioning and playing to our strength," the ambitious Lewis commented.
He spoke highly of defender Michael Cohen, who scored seven goals during the season, forward Fitzroy Dwyer and midfielder Andrew Palmer, who all played important roles in the team's success.
If given the opportunity, he is ready to assist with any of the national programmes, but at the same time is hoping to one day practise his craft in Europe. The sport has transformed the once tough street cop into an aspiring top-flight coach.
After completing the 'C-License' course, he hopes to do the B and A courses at a later date.
As a teenager, he fell in love with the police force and enrolled in December 1990, the same year he graduated from Kingston College. He has since served in Portland, the CIB Headquarters in downtown Kingston, Operation Justice, St. Catherine North and Kingston West.
Sergeant Calvin Lewis ... The coach of Police National. - Andrew Smith
By Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator
While his opponents for the National Premier League play-offs are being decided, Sergeant Calvin Lewis, coach of Super League winners Police National, is also awaiting a response from the U.S. Soccer Federation as he seeks to upgrade his coaching skills.
"I have applied to the U.S. Soccer Federation," said Lewis, who was recently promoted by Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas. Lewis is seeking to complete a 'C-License' course.
According to a report on the CONCACAF website, the 'C-License' course is designed for coaches with limited experience and who have the potential and desire to progress to the level of national coaches or assistant national coaches.
The course will focus on both the practical and theoretical aspects of coaching. They include attributes and qualities of the coach; planning training sessions; physical preparation of players; systems of play; methods of attack and defence and laws of the game.
Wave of sucess
With 17 years service in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the 34-year-old Lewis has been riding a wave of success in the football fraternity, winning three parish titles over the past five years. His first taste of success came in 2002 when he coached Point Hill to the St. Catherine Division II title.
Two years ago he won the KSAFA Major League competition with Police National, who turned in another sparkling performance this year to win the Super League. Although they were not the best team in the league, Lewis believes the hard work that his players put in paid rich dividends in the end.
"We might not have been the best team, but we worked very hard, conditioning and playing to our strength," the ambitious Lewis commented.
He spoke highly of defender Michael Cohen, who scored seven goals during the season, forward Fitzroy Dwyer and midfielder Andrew Palmer, who all played important roles in the team's success.
If given the opportunity, he is ready to assist with any of the national programmes, but at the same time is hoping to one day practise his craft in Europe. The sport has transformed the once tough street cop into an aspiring top-flight coach.
After completing the 'C-License' course, he hopes to do the B and A courses at a later date.
As a teenager, he fell in love with the police force and enrolled in December 1990, the same year he graduated from Kingston College. He has since served in Portland, the CIB Headquarters in downtown Kingston, Operation Justice, St. Catherine North and Kingston West.
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