A number of top international coaches from England and the Netherlands are expected to hold coaching seminars in Trinidad and Tobago later this month.
The coaches are Eamon Mulvey, the Skills Development boss at Manchester United and his assistant Kevin Ward.
Ward is expected in Trinidad and Tobago December 12 and will hold a two-day coaching seminar entitled “Coach the Coaches” at the St Mary College Ground on December 13 and 14.
At a launch at the Cascadia Hotel, St Ann’s yesterday La Foucade said the seminar will be open to all coaches in TT free of charge.
Ward will also run a five-day Skills Development Clinic for children between the ages of six and 18 at the same venue from December 15 to 19. The idea he said came from his observation that although we are producing extreme talent they are not being enhanced.
On December 27 and 28 the director of the Ajax Academy Jan Olde Riekerink will also host another two-day session for coaches in Trinidad at St Mary’s College Ground and also in the sister-isle of Tobago on December 29. La Foucade who recently completed a two-week coaching session at Manchester United, will be the director of the programme and told the media yesterday that he took the initiative to provide an opportunity to local coaches and players to improve themselves.
He described the seminars as a football stakeholder’s dream to interact and learn from the training staff of the world’s top clubs.
According to La Foucade, the series of seminars is costing approximately $300,000 and he thanked Digicel for coming on board with his dream. Digicel’s Public Relation’s Manager Maurita Laurent said her company jumped at the idea as it follows the recent funding of the Digicel Kick-Start series which was conducted by former England international John Barnes earlier this year.
She pointed out that the programmes are aimed at building TT’s football future and legacy. Children can register for the camp at Stephenson’s in West Mall, Long Circular Road and also at the Port-of-Spain branch at $400 per child.
The children will be given a welcome kit as well as a Certificate of Completion from the Digicel Manchester United Football Camp.
Interested coaches are required to contact La Foucade at 299-5000 for registration and details. Two hundred coaches will each be accommodated for the Manchester United and the Ajax Coaching seminars.