Overview:
Over thirty youth football educators completed the course whose instructors came from the Netherlands; Mark Schuurman (chief instructor) who is working alongside Ernesto Spruyt (from Tungaio) and Kevin Kanu of Sparta Rotterdam.
Uganda Youth Football Association (UYFA) in conjunction with Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) organized a successful youth football educators’ course at the FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru in Buikwe district.
This course is to help FUFA discover coaches with potentials to take on Instructors course and become trainers of trainees.
The closing ceremony was graced by Federation of Uganda Football Associations Deputy CEO – Football, Decolas Kiiza Hantali who appreciated UYFA and the main instructors for organizing this course.
This course has come just after the release of our (FUFA) Technical master plan where we have amongst other things, the coach’s development pass way. This is a starting point in our desire to have coaches at all levels that is why we Cal it a pass way because we have coaches for the Youths in various age categories then coaches for the adult also in various categories until we go to our senior National team. It is a good beginning; it is in line with our technical master plan and we shall have many of these courses. Being taught is one thing, these People from Netherlands have given in their time, energy and knowledge but for us to put it into practice is what matters most so this is the start of training coaches Educators.
Decolas Kiiza Hantali, FUFA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Football
Uganda Youth Football Associations chairman, Roberts Kiwanuka said that organizing this course as the Association wraps up the year is a bigger achievement.
This is one of the achievements we have had this as far as capacity builds concerned because we have organized a pre-educator’s course. We see that we have laid a foundation where FUFA will start to select people with skills and quality to train them and become instructors, and we this as a success. We as Uganda Youth Football Associations, we have many programs, and one of them is governance to see that we organize management, professionalism and standards of football because before you go to train the kids, we need qualified coaches and who knows what to do as we search for international knowledge and that is why we have brought these people from Netherlands to come and teach football our coaches and add on their knowledge.
Roberts Kiwanuka, chairman – Uganda Youth Football Associations (UYFA)
We came here to inspire Ugandan coach educators, especially youth coaches, about how we teach children to play football in Netherlands. It went very well, it is not only about football but also important to train young people to know life skills, problem solving and quick thinking because football is a great way to do that. We found that coaches were eager to learn and very engaged in the course so we believe that they will now put the knowledge into use to benefit the country to have not only better players but also good human beings. This is the second time that we are having youth coaches’ course, and next week, we will have an evaluation meeting with FUFA officials to see that we take the next step.
Mark Schuuman, Instructor
The youth football educators were taken through theory and practical sessions by Mark Schuurman from Netherlands who was the chief instructor of the course assisted by Ernesto Ernesto Spruyt from Tungaio and Kevin Kanu of Sparta Rotterdam.
Among the participants were UYFA U15 National defending champions (Kampala Galaxy Soccer Academy) coaches, Serge Moshe Makanga Maiklish and Maiklish Abdul Makanga, Acholi Province coach, Geoffrey Akena, UYFA Technical director none other than Peter Sserumaga.
Four female participants turned up and successfully completed the course. Molly Auma, Lydia Nabakooza, Sharifah Nantumbwe, and Shivan Precious Nabude are the female participants.
Participants:
- Felix Kawooya Ssekabuuza – Buganda Region
- Alex Kalema – Buganda Region
- Sirajje Kabuye – Buganda Region
- Dennis Wassago – Buganda Region
- Emmanuels Mbalire – Buganda Region
- Ali Kiggundu – Buganda Region
- Stone Kyambadde – Kampala Region
- William Kyeswa – Buganda Region
- Sammy Maloba – Buganda Region
- Richard Lukyamuzi – Western Region
- Timothy Namanya – Western Region
- Peter Sserumaga – Kampala Region
- Godfrey Magoba – Buganda Region
- David Gilbert Mwaka Agwer – Northern Region
- Bugeza Josiah – Kampala Region
- Geoffrey Ngalire – Eastern Region
- Shivan Precious Nabudde – Kampala Region
- Isaac Tumusiime – Kitara Region
- Umar Kasajjage – Buganda Region
- Meddy Wokorach – Northern Region
- Serge Moshe Makanga Maiklish – Kampala Region
- Hassan Zungu – Eastern Region
- Kaddu Badru Mukasa – Kampala Region
- Morgan Samuel Kibuuka – Eastern Region
- Maiklish Abdul Makanga – Kampala Region
- Natala Dezi Zaale – Eastern Region
- Sharifah Nantumbwe – Kampala Region
- Lydia Nabakooza – Kampala Region
- Erebu John Micheal – North East Region
- Richard Opio – Northern Region
- Molly Auma – Northern Region
- Muhammad Gibugonyi – Buganda Region
- Faisal Nsubuga – Kampala Region
- Robert Lubega – Kampala Region
- Moses Musoke – Kampala Region
- Geofrey Akena – Northern Region
- Okot Alphonse Abude – Kitara Region
