The course which began on Monday and concludes on Sunday was
organised by the FIVB Regional Development Centre in Dominican
Republic and sponsored by North America, Central America and the
Caribbean Confederation (NORCECA) as part of its development
programme. It also has the approval of the FIVB Technical
Department.
Westman is an experienced professional coach for more than 15
years of top women's and men's clubs in Europe including the last
seven with Denmark women's national team.
With regards to the seminar which features participants from a
number of Caribbean countries inclusive of Suriname, Jamaica,
Bahamas and host T&T, Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, president of
Norceca said," We continue expanding the influence of the FIVB
Development Center in Dominican Republic."
"This is very important to increase the technical level of the
national teams at the different age groups." Nelson Ramirez,
Director of the Development Centre in Dominican Republic expressed
his satisfaction for the support from both Norceca and FIVB.
"This Libero seminar marks the start of our 2012 activities,"
Ramirez said. "We appreciate the collaboration we are having from
the T&T Volleyball Federation and its president Mushtaque
Mohammed."
Daymien Stewart, Chief Operating Officer of the T&T
Volleyball Federation was elated with the hosting of the seminar by
T&T and noted that this country was being targeted as a venue
for one of Development sub-centres.
"By hosting these seminars the T&TVF is actually increasing
its chances of being selected along with a country from Central
America and homes for the two proposed sub-centres," added
Stewart.