September 18 – CONCACAF completed the third of its D-License coaching course at the weekend in Aruba, part of a programme of development throughout the confederation to raise the future standards of play and provide a base qualification and path for coaches to follow.
The Aruba course follows on from courses in Mexico and Grand Cayman and is one of an initial series of four designed to take the new qualification to all parts of the confederation.
The D-License course is CONCACAF’s first coaching badge, launched this year, and is the start of a process to bring a structure to the education of coaches who had previously been pretty much left to their own devices, or had embarked programmes from other federations and confederations.
After a welcoming ceremony in Aruba that included words from Richard Dijkhoff, the new President of the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, and Arthur Downers, Aruba’s Minister of Education Arthur Dowers, the coaches started their work.
Course participants came from the host country, Belize, Curacao, French Guyana, Guyana, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.
Theoretical sessions were conducted in a classroom setting, while practical sessions take place at the Estadio Guillermo Próspero Trinidad, Aruba’s national football stadium.
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