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Virtual training programme for amateur football coaches underway

A virtual training programme specifically for amateur football coaches has started, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced on August 18.
Virtual training programme for amateur football coaches underway ảnh 1(Photo: vff.org.vn)


Hanoi (VNA) - A virtual training programme specifically foramateur football coaches has started, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announcedon August 18.

The programme has been launched by the Football Club Social Alliance(FCSA) together with the Football for All in Vietnam (FFAV) initiative and theSOS Children’s Village, with support from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)and the VFF.

The training is expected to help young coaches adapt to the currentchallenges posed by COVID-19 and to help them better prepare to return to workonce the pandemic is brought under control. Courses consist of knowledge andsoft skills to protect and train children aged 6-12.

Thirty-one young people from all parts of Vietnam, including 16 amateurcoaches, are taking part in theprogramme.

Comprising four training sessions and two webinars, it will run untilthe end of October.

The FCSA worked with local partners from October 2018 to July 2019 to arrangea similar programme in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and the MekongDelta province of Ben Tre, training 33 coaches. More than 2,000 kids benefittedfrom the effort.

Established in 2001, the FFAV initiative aims to develop football inprimary and secondary schools, while creating inclusive playgrounds formarginalised groups./.

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