SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 17, 2013 - Fifteen
coaches received their respective certificates after passing the
International Coaches Course Level II held at the FIVB/NORCECA
Regional Development Center in Santo Domingo.
The closing ceremony of the course took place on Sunday in the
presence of Nelson Ramirez, Director of the Development Center and
Angel Rivas, Technical Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Volleyball Federation.
The participants hailed from Argentina, Bonaire, Brazil,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada,
Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines.
The course was led by FIVB Instructors Argelio Hernandez of Cuba
and Juan Cartagena of Puerto Rico and it marked the conclusion of
the activities of the Regional Development Center in Dominican
Republic for 2013.
Both Hernandez and Cartagena encouraged the coaches to continue
with their desire to learn the modern techniques of training their
teams and about the different philosophies and styles of the
game.
The participants with the three highest grades during the final
exams -Samantha Mann of St Lucia, Carlos Humberto Lopez of
Guatemala and Marcos Macedo of Brazil- were recognized during the
closing ceremony and each one of them received a magnetic coaching
board donated by NORCECA Confederation.