PANAJI
The Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) has successfully conducted two coaches' workshops, one in each district to enhance and upgrade the coaches’ knowledge to help them better conduct match-related training sessions for trainees. It was held on January 24 and 25 at GFDC Aldona Centre ground, Quitla for the coaches from North Goa and on 30 and 31 at the artificial turf at Fatorda Sports Complex for the coaches from South Goa. The workshop was conducted from 9 am to 6 pm and was well attended by over 70 coaches from across Goa. GFDC Chairman, Brahmanand Sankhwalkar visited both venues during the four-day workshop. This workshop was conducted in a very innovative way under the supervision of India’s goalkeeper coach Mario Aguiar who has an AFC A Licence in coaching. The objective of this workshop was to enhance and upgrade the coaches' knowledge to conduct and organise match-related football sessions for GFDC trainees. The topic was combination play focusing on wall pass, overlap and takeover. It consisted of different theoretical and practical sessions which included brainstorming sessions and group activities on how to deal with kids of various age groups.
