COSCABAL launches Licensing Program for coaches. The Confederation of South and Central America Handball launches the Program together with the International Handball Federation (IHF).
The Coaches Licensing Program seeks to regulate technical commissions worldwide and professionalize the activity of coaches.
Led by COSCABAL‘s Development Commission, the Coaches’ Licensing Program seeks to standardize the training of technical directors at the continental level.
This is the first step towards complying with IHF requirements, which will oblige all coaches to have a category level by 2028.
“The COSCABAL IHF Coaches Licensing Program is one of the most important projects for the development of handball for the countries of South and Central America”, said Marcel Mancillapresident of the Confederation of South and Central American Handball.
“Not only because it is technically designed for long-term development, modernization, specialization and standardization in the training of our trainers.
Also because it is universal, it will reach all countries and will generate the basis for COSCABAL licensing with its own style and philosophy of handball”.
In addition, one of the persons in charge of conducting the training is Eduardo “Dady” Gallardo, who, with extensive experience as a trainer, will act as IHF Lector in the countries of the continent that will be part of the Program.
And he even clarified that it is COSCABAL that designates the host countries and dates for the IHF to send a Lector and added: “There is no staff but it is a designated Lector who is in charge of delivering the course.”
Trainer’s License Program in South and Central America
The first place where this Program has already worked is in Africa, and now COSCABAL has negotiated with the IHF the delivery of provisional licenses, which serve to form the base of coaches in each country.
And once they obtain these provisional licenses, they must be trained year after year in order to progress in level and thus obtain the definitive licenses.
The courses will have a quota of 20 to 35 coaches, and will be designated by each Federation.
“With the COSCABAL Development Committee, we aim for our continental licensing to have local added value.
In other words, we will continue to build our way of playing Handball with technique, grit, passion and a lot of heart”, said COSCABAL president Marcel Mancilla.
The 2024 calendar
1. Guatemala from October 02 to 06.
French Guiana from October 9 to 13.
3. Colombia from October 16 to 20.
4. Brazil from October 27 to November 2.
5. Argentina from November 5 to 11.
6. Nicaragua from October 29 to November 02
7. Peru from November 06 to 10.
8. Chile from November 12 to 16.
9. Paraguay from December 4 to 8.
What are licenses?
The IHF licenses are those that will give coaches the option to coach in different categories, and for that they must be part of the training that COSCABAL together with the International Handball Federation carry out in the countries that have already joined the Program.
There are four categories, each of which enables coaches to perform their role at different stages.
A: Enables training Adult category.
B: Enables to train Junior category (S20).
C: Enables training Cadet (S16) and Youth (S18) categories.
D: Enables training in the Under-14 category (S14).
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By Loly Coria
