Concacaf coaching instructor Lenny Lake says he was left highly impressed with the level of knowledge and potential displayed by the group of local coaches who participated in the recent Concacaf “D” License Coaching course hosted by the T&T Football Association (TTFA).
The objective of the course was to introduce coaches to the basics of coaching young players in a player-centred environment.
Among the topics of the course were the role of the coach educator; Principles of Coaching; Principles of the Game; Age Appropriate Training; Session training; Physical Training; Small Sided Games; Goalkeeping; Health and Safety and Community Club Development. Lake, fellow instructor Andre Waugh and Concacaf Development manager Jonathan Martinez were in Trinidad last month to oversee the course at the TTFA offices at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain.
“I think I can say upfront that this set of coaches that participated in the course are very experienced and very knowledgeable about the game,” Lake said.
“I’m so happy to have these coaches involved because they have so many different ideas about coaching and football that we can take to other parts of the region and see how we can develop the game some more even at the young ages of 6-12.”
He said the TTFA had a proper group of coaches to utilise going forward.
“With a bunch like this the TTFA has in its power the opportunity for the set of coaches to change the direction of its football development,” he said.
“And there is a high interest in women’s football development which is growing, Concacaf has implemented this programme so as to have coaches being trained early to develop the skills of players on and off the field. I am very impressed with what we saw here in T&T.”