CAF Goalkeeping Elite Instructors Course Concludes In Johannesburg
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has taken a significant step forward in developing football talent across the continent by hosting the first-ever CAF Goalkeeping Elite Instructors Course in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This groundbreaking initiative aims to equip selected coaches with the most advanced knowledge and skills in modern goalkeeping training, ultimately raising the standard of the game on a continental level.
CAF Development Division Director, Raul Chipenda, emphasised the need to have such programmes, adding that the programme stems from the CAF Coaching Education Programme which was developed in the 2019 CAF Coaching Convention.
“The CAF Coaching convention that was launched in 2019 where CAF created a pyramid of coaching education. In this pyramid we have coaches, goalkeeping coaches, fitness, beach soccer and futsal” said Chipenda.
“Goalkeeping has advanced at an incredible pace and has even become a speciality within football. We have invited Goalkeeping Instructors from across Africa trained and developed to be experts in the field of Goalkeeper Coaching, so that they in turn can train and develop instructors across the continent who will have the right knowledge and skill to produce quality goalkeepers in Africa.”
A total of 17 Goalkeeping Instructors completed the eight-day course that was held between December 2nd – 9th. The course was spearheaded by some of the most experienced instructors which included Alejandro Heredia, as well as former African football legends Thomas Nkono and Joseph-Antoine Bell.
Working tirelessly towards re-shaping and developing the game on the continent in line with CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe’s bold vision of making African football to be globally competitive, the Division’s rollout of such a programme is designed to produce CAF-accredited instructors.
These instructors will be spread across the continent in conducting CAF approved Goalkeeping Courses to produce elite goalkeepers in Africa.
