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The role of a football coach to a Zimbabwean child
09 May 2016 at 03:55hrs | Views
It is an interesting task of imparting knowledge and skills to a young child who is yet to know how to kick the ball or control it.
In Zimbabwe, our academy Zimbabwe Football Development Academy-Centre of Football Excellence 2014 specialises on identifying young talented players from schools and their communities.
Using our coaching methods called Pro-touch, our Galaxy coaches have holistic and astronomical approach to training our brand of football called iTouch football.
Zimbabwe children have always been accustomed to traditional street football using plastic balls(chikweshe). With this children have the autonomy of enjoying playing football using basic rules of hand ball and fouls only with no offside or red cards applying as both teams officiate the game.
When i grew up few families could afford a television, let alone a computer game for children. My first gamewas the Donkey Kong which was a hand held monkey game in themid 80s.
So children would resort to playing football or playing pada, chihwande hwande or chuti games.
That could not deviate us as children from thelove of football after school and during weekends. Grassroots football was affected by older players who were affected by war and could not go to school in the 70s due liberation war in Rhodesia. So children will resort to their chikweshe as they enjoyed the beautiful game.
During these periods children would learn to play as a team without the guidance of a coach. It was again very rare to see children playing a leather football as it was seen as a luxury toy for children.
Children would name themselves Pele, Maradona, Chunga, Shambo, Sinyo, Stix, Kateya and the likes of Jomo Sono.
Football coaches at school would by accident observe children who are talented in football as children football was overlooked just like women football in Africa.
With our Spanish Soccer Schools Programme 2014, our academy has set out to develop children playing possession football at early age of 5 years to 16 years following our detailed and structured 10 year development plan for each child. With our One Child One Ball we aim to donate footballs to children in rural areas and farming areas which are under developed.
The coach has an ever ending role which will involve, identifying, training, mentoring, grooming, narturing, farming, seeding, transplanting, weeding, directing, monitoring, supervising and above all being an excellent role model. Everytime i drive past a field of play with children playing chikweshe my heart bleeds with pain as i know that its an opportunity being missed by our coaches in Zimbabwe.
Lord Morris Kakunguwo is an Entreprenuer, CEO& Founder of Zimbabwe Football Development Academy- Centre of Football Excellence 2014, Zimbabwe Football Philosopher, iTouch Guru, FA passionate Football Coach and Mentor. For comments and feedback feel free to email lordmore2002@gmail.com
In Zimbabwe, our academy Zimbabwe Football Development Academy-Centre of Football Excellence 2014 specialises on identifying young talented players from schools and their communities.
Using our coaching methods called Pro-touch, our Galaxy coaches have holistic and astronomical approach to training our brand of football called iTouch football.
Zimbabwe children have always been accustomed to traditional street football using plastic balls(chikweshe). With this children have the autonomy of enjoying playing football using basic rules of hand ball and fouls only with no offside or red cards applying as both teams officiate the game.
When i grew up few families could afford a television, let alone a computer game for children. My first gamewas the Donkey Kong which was a hand held monkey game in themid 80s.
So children would resort to playing football or playing pada, chihwande hwande or chuti games.
That could not deviate us as children from thelove of football after school and during weekends. Grassroots football was affected by older players who were affected by war and could not go to school in the 70s due liberation war in Rhodesia. So children will resort to their chikweshe as they enjoyed the beautiful game.
Children would name themselves Pele, Maradona, Chunga, Shambo, Sinyo, Stix, Kateya and the likes of Jomo Sono.
Football coaches at school would by accident observe children who are talented in football as children football was overlooked just like women football in Africa.
With our Spanish Soccer Schools Programme 2014, our academy has set out to develop children playing possession football at early age of 5 years to 16 years following our detailed and structured 10 year development plan for each child. With our One Child One Ball we aim to donate footballs to children in rural areas and farming areas which are under developed.
The coach has an ever ending role which will involve, identifying, training, mentoring, grooming, narturing, farming, seeding, transplanting, weeding, directing, monitoring, supervising and above all being an excellent role model. Everytime i drive past a field of play with children playing chikweshe my heart bleeds with pain as i know that its an opportunity being missed by our coaches in Zimbabwe.
Lord Morris Kakunguwo is an Entreprenuer, CEO& Founder of Zimbabwe Football Development Academy- Centre of Football Excellence 2014, Zimbabwe Football Philosopher, iTouch Guru, FA passionate Football Coach and Mentor. For comments and feedback feel free to email lordmore2002@gmail.com
Source - Lord Morris Kakunguwo
