Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Coach Asia programme which prepares participants for the highest coaching qualification in the continent has completed Module 4 in Malaysia on Friday.
Twenty-six members of Batch 2014, the pioneer group of the programme, finished the 12-day module, having completed Module 3 in Korea Republic, Module 2 in China and Module 1 in Malaysia.
Theoretical and practical sessions were conducted for the module such as development of movement in team play, goalkeeping, leadership in professional football, sport psychology, student coaching sessions, goal-scoring, working with a diamond system of play, attacking deep defensive structures and more.
The new coaching development programme, which qualifies participants for the AFC Professional Coaching Diploma commonly known as the ‘Pro Diploma’, started in April 2014.
One more module will take place to complete the five-module, two-year programme.
The instructors for Module 4 were Richard George Bate (United Kingdom), Vaithilingam Subramaniam (Singapore), Lim Kim Chon (Malaysia) and Narayanan Nair Sivaji (Singapore).