CIFA plans full calendar for football staff
(CNS): The local football association is planning a busy schedule of courses this year to help support the personnel needed to advance the sport in the Cayman Islands. Courses providing certification opportunities for coaches, team medical personnel, and administrators start off with a FIFA Grassroots Coaching Course in Cayman Brac next month. The Cayman Islands Football Association said teachers and administrators as well as grassroots coach-educators will be taking part, and the course includes Darkness to Light anti-abuse training.
“CIFA is committed to ensuring coaches and administrators have every opportunity to develop the skills necessary to raise standards both on and off the field,” said First Vice President Bruce Blake. “In addition to First Aid, anti-abuse, and Grassroots and “D” License coaching courses – which are mandatory – CIFA has also arranged for offerings in fitness, nutrition, club management, refereeing, women’s football, goalkeeping, and sports medicine.”
CIFA’s 2015-2016 Club Licensing regime comes into effect on 1 September 2015, enforcing higher levels of training and certification in all areas of football education and administration.
