By Rabson WOODWELL
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Football Association of Malawi in collaboration with the National Football Coaches Association is currently conducting a CAF B Coaching Course Manual development workshop at Kris Star lodge in Blantyre.
The workshop, which started on Tuesday, January 21 2020 and will run up to Saturday 25th January 2020, aims at coming up with a Customized Manual that Malawi will be using in educating coaches undergoing a CAF B Coaching License course.
FAM Technical Development Officer Benjamin Kumwenda said now is mandatory under the CAF Convention for Member Associations to have a customised Manual for CAF Certified Coaching Courses.
“It is a requirement for us to have our own detailed syllabus if we are to conduct CAF Coaching License courses. CAF has stopped giving a one size fit all syllabus as was the case in the past.
“Once the manual is done, we will communicate to CAF who will then send an expert to assess and evaluate it before we start using it,” he said.
Once the Manual is Certified, FAM will resume holding CAF B Coaching Courses after a five-year break.
FAM is planning to hold two CAF B Courses this year, one in March and another in November, targeting 60 coaches.
The development will delight a lot of coaches, who were restricted from coaching at top level due to lack of CAF B Licenses which is the minimal coaching qualification required for one to coach in the country’s Elite League, The Super League, and Junior National teams.
According to Kumwenda, the manual is expected to have both theoretical and practical topics including team strategy, game analysis and basic football physiology.
The team developing the manual comprises of FAM Technical Director John Kaputa, Benjamini Kumwenda, Flames head coach Meck Mwase, National Football Coaches Association chairperson Stuart Mbolembole, Coach Instructors Patrick Kulemeka, and Eddington Ng’onamo.
