Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Shanghai: The first AFC Women’s Coaching Tutors Course taking place in Shanghai, China PR, this and next week, highlights the importance of coaching for women’s football development.
The 25 participants are leading coaches from 22 AFC Member Associations, with two participants from the continent’s biggest countries China PR and India, and a representative of the Oceania Football Confederation, the Papua New Guinea Football Association.
The main objective of the course is to train and promote talented women coaches to become coach educators, leaders and role models for future women’s team coaches. All the participating coaches have an 'A' or 'B' coaching certificate, a prerequisite for participation.
The tutors at the 10-day programme are the AFC’s Assistant Technical Director and Head of Coach Education Wim Koevermans and UEFA pro-licensed coach and former head coach of the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland and South Africa women’s national teams Vera Pauw. Both Vera and Wim are also former international players.
The course was initiated by AFC Women’s Football Committee Chairwoman Moya Dodd. She was awarded the 2016 International Olympic Committee Women and Sport Award and used the grant she received towards organising the first-ever AFC Women’s Coaching Tutors Course, with the AFC providing the bulk of the funding. UEFA also contributed to the course by providing Vera as an expert, and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and Shanghai FA hosted the programme at the Shanghai Oriental Green Boat Training Centre, which is an elite athlete training centre, with national youth players on hand for practical sessions.
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