Handball Federation Launches National Coaches Program

The Handball Federation of Kenya has launched a Project for the development of the National Sports System.

International Handball Federation (IHF) appointed lecturer Dr. Zoltán Marczinka from Hungary is already in the country to conduct the IHF Level C coaching course under the project that was launched at Strathmore University on 12th March 2022.

Sponsored by the Olympic Solidarity program through the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K), the project has seen a total of 28 coaches with level C coaching courses from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.

Some of the participants in the training program

The program becomes the first of its kind to be held in the region and is scheduled to run for eight days with an aim to help develop a comparatively uniform coaching system for handball in the country.

This marks the start of new levels of handball coaching in the country. This training is very important for the development of the game in the country. We are aiming to harmonize the coaching system and structures in the country to play the same handball. It’s quite a milestone since it’s the first time we are having such training in the region,” said course director, Charles Omondi, who is also the technical director of the Handball Federation.

NOCK-K Executive members, Secretary-General Francis Mutuku, CDM Commonwealth Games John Ogolla, and Women Representative Paurvi Rawal were present during the launch.

Speaking at the event, the IHF Instructor Dr. Zoltán Marczinka challenged the federation and coaches to embrace new technology.

It’s my second time here and I’m more than happy and privileged. Generally, I’m here to conduct a coaching course level C and the turn up is impressive. The participants have shown the urge and determination to know more and that’s a good sign. The sport is growing and it’s only fair that it gets the much-needed knowledge that will trickle down to the grassroots,” said Dr. Marczinka.

Francois Ngarambe, Antoine Ntabanganyimana, and Pascal Tuyisenge (also the Rwanda Handball Federation Secretary-General) are representing Rwanda in the training.

Uganda has Aziz Yakub while Sisay Senshaw is representing Ethiopia.

Purity Nyawira and Nancy Owaga are some of the Kenyan players who are also in attendance.

Owaga, the Team Manager for the Nanyuki team said the course was timely.

The league has just ended, I assure you, had I known all I was learning a few weeks ago, my team would have performed so much better. The National League is just weeks away and I’m sure all the coaches here can’t wait to bring their A-game on, so we’re entirely grateful to the IOC, NOC-K, IHF, and the Handball Federation,” said the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) player.

Speaking at the launch NOC-K secretary general Francis Mutuku reiterated the importance of developing sports systems.

Development of Systems and capacity building for federations is part of the NOC-K Legacy plan to help improve the standards of sports in the country and this will help put Kenya on the map during international competitions,” Mutuku said.

The Federation selected coaches from different regions in the country with a plan to ensure the lessons learned trickled down to the grass-root level.

Upon completion of the program, the participating coaches will now qualify to get a level C coaching license from the International Handball Federation (IHF).

A similar program will be run in June 2022, for coaches in the lower level to ensure they acquire a level D License, which is an introduction to Handball.

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