TEACHERS and Physical Education Instructors who will be executing the duties of coach when the inaugural Kashif and Shangai Organization/Chico Sweets Under-17 Football Extravaganza kicks off on 8th December, will be undergoing a two-day seminar commencing from today.This seminar, which will focus on subject matters such as ‘Motor Skills, Development in Young Players’, ‘Developments of Principles of Defense,’ and ‘Developments of Principles of Attack’ will be facilitated by former Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation, Jamaal Shabazz, with amicable assistance from a pool of qualified coaches, including Ivan Persaud and Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover.
Yesterday afternoon at a simple presentation ceremony, co-director of the K&S Organization Kashif Muhammad presented on behalf of Mohammed Enterprise uniforms which will be used by the coaches and teachers during the sessions which will be held at the Ministry of Education ground.
According to Muhammad, Nazar Mohammed has been supporting the K&S Organization for the past 23 years and has never found it tough to decline any request for support to the Organization’s previous tournaments.
“This time around, not only has Mohammed’s Enterprise come forward and given their support with the two sets of uniforms, but they have agreed to offset the expenses we will incur for the provision of meals for the participants,” said Muhammad.
Shabazz thanked the sponsor for the timely donation, saying it was important for the seminar, while he believes in uniformity.
“It is important that the coaches have some kind of cohesive approach as it relates to this tournament as this is the future of Guyana’s football we are looking at, and one wonders if a tournament of this magnitude was held when players like Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard, Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules, and Nigel ‘Powers’ Codrington were young, where might Guyana be today?
Personally, I always believe in uniformity and for a seminar for school teachers is not different because the discipline starts with our appearance and our own approach to the game,” said Shabazz.
All 24 of the schools that were invited to the K&S/Chico Under-17 Schools Football Extravaganza, will be represented at the seminar, while the Ministry of Education requested and the K&S Organization acceded to have an additional 16 more teachers in the field of Physical Education participate, taking the total number to 40 participants.
The inaugural tournament which kicks off on December 8th and culminates on January 1st at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, will see players from Wismar/Christianburg Secondary (who won the Digicel sponsored tournament again this year), Waramadong, Covent Garden, St George’s, Leonora, Bladen Hall, Ash Educational Trust and Lodge Secondary competing.
Other invited schools who will be battling for the top prize of $1.2M are Wisburg, New Silvercity and Mackenzie High, East Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, Queen’s College, Dolphin, Christ Church, Queenstown, Stewartville, Uitvlugt, Patentia, President’s College, Ann’s Grove, Annandale Secondary and Friendship Secondary.