The Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ) will next month host an International Coaching Clinic which is expected to address problems the union has been encountering in terms of capacity building of local coaches.
Zimbabwe’s hosting of the International Coaching Clinic follows communication the BUZ received from the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).
The coaching clinic, dubbed the Young Coaches Clinic Module One will be conducted by Kenyan Fiba expert Ronald Owindo from February 16-25 and is expected to attract a diverse number of basketball coaches from around the country.
The clinic was initially scheduled for late last year, but was not held due to some challenges during the festive period.
Basketball Union of Zimbabwe’s director of competitions Simon Lawson told NewsDay Sport that the course will play an integral part in their bid to enhance coaching standards in the domestic league.
“We’ve been struggling in terms of capacity building of our coaches and at the moment they are only five Fiba qualified coaches in the country. One is based in South Africa.
“Fiba recently announced new regulations which make it mandatory for all coaches from the junior national teams to hold Fiba coaching certificates and this course will play a big role in ensuring all our coaches are qualified.”
The aim of this clinic is to help the coaches under 35 years of age and those who are particularly interested in the management of young teams, to develop specific skills and knowledge to train players from mini basket (8-12 years) to juniors category (13-18 years).
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The programme will comprise two modules with practical and theoretical courses and the successful coaches will be awarded a certificate of attendance and a Fiba Diploma after the second module.
Meanwhile, local referees will also have the same opportunity to improve their qualifications after being invited to attend a Fiba Referees’ Clinic in Botswana.
“We are also encouraging the local referees to attended Fiba Zonal Referees’ Clinic which will run in Gaborone, Botswana from February 20-22 so that we also increase the number of qualified referees in the country,” Lawson said.
Referees from other Southern African countries such as South Africa, Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Swaziland are being invited to take part.
