09 March 2010
LIBERIA : 30 High School Coaches Attend Int'l Basketball Clinic
By:
Leroy M. Sonpon, III
Thirty basketball coaches from 30 secondary schools, which are part of the Inter-School Sports Association (ISSA) in and around Monrovia, have entered the seventh day of 10 days of intensive basketball training under international basketball expert M. Sano Seydou, a Senegalese.
The coaching course for high school basketball coaches, which began Monday, March 1, will end tomorrow, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 with the certification of the coaches.
The technical training course is being sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)-Olympic Solidarity, in collaboration with the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) and the ISSA.
According to Seydou, who is also an executive of the Federation of International Basketball (FIBA)-Africa, the coaches are being trained in the basics of basketball, which entails lay-up, catching, throwing, shooting, dribbling, bouncing, among others.
The president of ISSA and Secretary General of LNOC, Mr. Joseph Willie, thanked the high school basketball coaches for their desire to learn the game to impact Liberian kids and also the LNOC for recommending the coaching course for high school basketball coaches.
Mr. Willie also expressed his thanks and appreciation, on behalf of ISSA, to the IOC/Olympic Solidarity for the sponsorship and lastly to FIBA-Africa for bringing in Coach Seydou.
Some of the coaches who are undergoing trainings are Roland K. Lawrence (St. Teresa Convent); A.B. Smith (B.W. Harris); Joseph J. Jallah (J.J. Roberts); Moses Simpson (Len Millar); Varney Massaquoi (1st AGM), William Dickson (Monrovia College) and Sondiful Sarnor (Apostolic Foundation).
Others are James K. Koigbli (Nathan Gibson); Oliver S. Harmon (St. Matthew); David L. Kennedy (Ricks Institute); Sei Vorkpor (R.C. Lawson); Emmanuel Bassey (St. Peter Lutheran); Teah Weah (Christ the King) and Mark Cassell (Calvary Baptist).
Meanwhile, basketball pundits have extolled Philipbert Browne's LNOC for the training of the high school coaches. They are, however, urging the LNOC to include other basketball coaches who are not benefiting from the course.
Leroy M. Sonpon, III
Thirty basketball coaches from 30 secondary schools, which are part of the Inter-School Sports Association (ISSA) in and around Monrovia, have entered the seventh day of 10 days of intensive basketball training under international basketball expert M. Sano Seydou, a Senegalese.
The coaching course for high school basketball coaches, which began Monday, March 1, will end tomorrow, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 with the certification of the coaches.
The technical training course is being sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)-Olympic Solidarity, in collaboration with the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) and the ISSA.
According to Seydou, who is also an executive of the Federation of International Basketball (FIBA)-Africa, the coaches are being trained in the basics of basketball, which entails lay-up, catching, throwing, shooting, dribbling, bouncing, among others.
The president of ISSA and Secretary General of LNOC, Mr. Joseph Willie, thanked the high school basketball coaches for their desire to learn the game to impact Liberian kids and also the LNOC for recommending the coaching course for high school basketball coaches.
Mr. Willie also expressed his thanks and appreciation, on behalf of ISSA, to the IOC/Olympic Solidarity for the sponsorship and lastly to FIBA-Africa for bringing in Coach Seydou.
Some of the coaches who are undergoing trainings are Roland K. Lawrence (St. Teresa Convent); A.B. Smith (B.W. Harris); Joseph J. Jallah (J.J. Roberts); Moses Simpson (Len Millar); Varney Massaquoi (1st AGM), William Dickson (Monrovia College) and Sondiful Sarnor (Apostolic Foundation).
Others are James K. Koigbli (Nathan Gibson); Oliver S. Harmon (St. Matthew); David L. Kennedy (Ricks Institute); Sei Vorkpor (R.C. Lawson); Emmanuel Bassey (St. Peter Lutheran); Teah Weah (Christ the King) and Mark Cassell (Calvary Baptist).
Meanwhile, basketball pundits have extolled Philipbert Browne's LNOC for the training of the high school coaches. They are, however, urging the LNOC to include other basketball coaches who are not benefiting from the course.
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