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New Delhi: The first Module of the AFC Pro Licence Course concluded at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Sunday (July 28). National Coach Wim Koevermans, also a reputed UEFA Pro-Licence Instructor in Europe, was the Course Instructor. The Module had kicked-off on July 8.<\/p>\n
Koevermans, who has earlier been the Instructor for the likes of his former Dutch National Team teammate Marco van Basten and Frank de Boer during Dutch-Pro Licence Courses said the goal stays to \u201cbring Football in India to a higher-level.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great experience with the Students and is the first step of Education for all the Participants. This was the first Module and three more follows. The aim is to bring Football in India to a higher-level,\u201d Koevermans told www.the-aiff.com.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d also like to thank the Western India Football Association for their support and cooperation and the Youth Teams of PIFA Colaba and Air India for helping us out in the Practical sessions,\u201d the National Coach added.<\/p>\n
Kushal Das, the General Secretary of All India Football Federation who paid a visit to the Cooperage on the penultimate day expressed his satisfaction over the Course. \u201cThis is the first-time a Pro-Licence Course is being held in India and is obviously a benchmark as far as Coach Education in India,\u201d he maintained. \u201cWe are fortunate to have Wim (Koevermans) as the Instructor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides being an UEFA Pro-Licence Instructor, Koevermans has also conducted Pro-Licence Courses in The Netherlands, Ireland and many other European Countries. This was his first-ever Pro-Licence Course in Asia.<\/p>\n
Koevermans was also a member of the JIRA Panel which overlooks the Coaching Convention of the UEFA. The Panel monitors the Quality Check for Coaching Courses in UEFA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to have Coaches for the sake of having it. Rather, the intention is to have Coaches who will go out of the Classroom and implement what they have learnt. I\u2019d also like to thank WIFA for their cooperation,\u201d Das added.<\/p>\n
Arthur Papas, a former India U-22 National Team Coach presently in charge of Dempo SC hailed the Module was a \u201cpositive learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Considering this is the first AFC Pro License ever organised in India I\u2019m extremely grateful to the AIFF for being one of the few Foreign Coaches accepted to participate,” Papas said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have found the first Module of the AFC Pro Licence to have been a very positive learning experience, firstly because of the high calibre of Instructors and secondly through the opportunity to learn & interact with my fellow Professional Coaches, all of us who share an aim of not only developing ourselves but more importantly playing our part in the future development of Indian Football,\u201d Papas quipped.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Instructors Wim Koevermans & Rob Baan have managed to create a very open learning environment in a formal setting through their method of Teaching. This has provided the perfect setting to refine, develop and gain further knowledge in areas such as preparation, tactical analysis, training methods, management & leadership amongst many other facets the professional coach has to learn to deal with,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m already looking forward to our next Module, the study tour to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mohun Bagan Coach Karim Bencherifa hailed the Course as a \u201csuccess.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Course was a success as it had an imminent Football Expert in Wim Koevermans who knew what he is talking about having long experience at highest level. I want to highlight his patience with us during the past-three weeks,\u201d he said. \u201cThe manner the Participant Coaches responded to the Instructor(s) and put in a lot of effort to get the best out of the Theory and Practice Sessions also defined the Module,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to mention the contribution of Rob Baan during the time he had spent with us. I feel that that with the information which we were taught, we are now better equipped to face the new challenges of our Coaching job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khalid Jamil, a former Indian International and presently in charge of Mumbai FC felt the real work \u201cbegins now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder Koevermans, we have learnt a lot. He shared his experience and was patient with us. But the real test begins now. It\u2019s up to us, the Participant Coaches to go and implement what we have been taught. Unless are able to do it, the purpose gets defeated,\u201d Jamil, a tireless Midfielder during his heydays, opined.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe learnt too much at the same time,\u201d Mariano Dias, the Head Coach of I-League Champions Churchill Brothers admitted. \u201cWe learnt about systems; we learnt about periodisation; we learnt about preparations, etc. We shared our ideas and Koevermans encouraged all of us,\u201d Dias proclaimed.<\/p>\n
Santosh Kashyap, presently in charge of newly promoted I-league Team Rangdajied FC described the Course as \u201ca new vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great learning from Koevermans and Baan. It\u2019s all about a new vision. We were educated about the responsibilities of a Professional Coach is a larger way. The systems vs systems, the match analysis were all so educative. We struggled a bit during the initial days but settled in fast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlike other Courses which I have attended where the Instructor speaks and everyone listens, this one was unique. Koevermans insisted on interactive sessions and his behavior encouraged all to open up,\u201d Kashyap said at one breath.<\/p>\n
Kashyap\u2019s City rival, Shillong Lajong Head Coach Thangboi Singto defined it as an \u201ceyeopener.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAIFF\u2019s initiative enabled the Coaches to learn about the finer aspects of Modern Day Football. Koevermans conducted the Course in very interactive and analytical Process and it made all to think, discuss and solve tactical problems,\u201d Singto informed. \u201cIt was an eyeopener.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stanley Rozario, a former Assistant to Bob Houghton in the Indian National Team felt \u201cthis was long due.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was long due and I want to thank AIFF for conducting it. It was a fantastic experience. Post the Module, my vision is different. Thank you Wim Koevermans,\u201d Rozario pronounced.<\/p>\n
Kushal Das summed it up perfectly. \u201cThis is just the beginning. We will be having such more Courses in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The list of Participants was as follows:<\/p>\n
Arthur Papas, Khalid Jamil, Faruk Ahmad, Mariano Dias, Scott O’Donell, Hilal Parray, Stanley Rozario, Thangboi Singto, Karim Bencherifa, S. Geevarghese, Marcos Pacheco, Santosh Kashyap, P Kunhikrishnan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The first Module of the AFC Pro Licence Course concluded at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Sunday (July 28). National Coach Wim Koevermans, also a reputed UEFA Pro-Licence Instructor in Europe, was the Course Instructor. The Module had kicked-off on July 8.<\/p>\n
Koevermans, who has earlier been the Instructor for the likes of his former Dutch National Team teammate Marco van Basten and Frank de Boer during Dutch-Pro Licence Courses said the goal stays to \u201cbring Football in India to a higher-level.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great experience with the Students and is the first step of Education for all the Participants. This was the first Module and three more follows. The aim is to bring Football in India to a higher-level,\u201d Koevermans told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n