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Getting ready for the All Africa Games

26
Aug 2011

From 25-29 July 2011, the Mozambique Sailing Federation hosted an ISAF Level 3 Technical Course for Coaches in Maputo, delivered by ISAF appointed Trainers Rob Holden from South Africa and All African Games technical delegate Pedro Rodriguez from Portugal.

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Technical Course Participants

From 25-29 July 2011, the Mozambique Sailing Federation hosted an ISAF Level 3 Technical Course for Coaches in Maputo, delivered by ISAF appointed Trainers Rob Holden from South Africa and All African Games technical delegate Pedro Rodriguez from Portugal.

Specifically targeting the skills required to take established sailing coaches and help them develop the techniques to train racing sailors within their club, region or country, candidates from all across Africa were invited in order to bring a variety of existing knowledge and experiences to share with the group and the course.

Fifteen Candidates from Mozambique, South Africa, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and The Gambia were able to make their way to the course.

With a balance between on the water and off water training the two ISAF Trainers worked closely with the coaches to work on all aspects of coaching from powerboat handling skills, briefing / de-briefing techniques, session planning, racing rules exercises, sailing instructions and notices of race, right through to sailing techniques and manoeuvres.

ISAF Trainer Rob Holden said of the Mozambique Federation who hosted the course, "These guys are very keen and really want to develop the sport in a big way. Mozambique would like to run further Technical Courses in 2012 in order to keep the momentum. They have identified a potential National Training Manager and I believe he would be suitable to lead this new phase of development.”

The All African Games gets is taking place from 2-11 September and the 420 is being used for the Open Two Person dinghy event. Racing starts on 5 September, and provisionally it is anticipated entries for the 420 event will be from Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa.

The All African Games features 23 sports – and is effectively run like a mini-Olympics. It was first held in 1965 and is held every four years.

The 420 Class has been working hard in the African continent to support and develop 420 sailing and we are delighted that this has translated to inclusion in the All African Games, which will leave a further legacy. All the equipment will be supplied, with competitors only needing to bring their own sails.

More Information:
All Africa Games Website
Full Technical Course story

Source: ISAF