SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic, May 9, 2014 - The Physical
Education National Institute in collaboration with NORCECA
Volleyball Confederation is organizing a course for public and
private school teachers in Santiago, the second largest city of the
Dominican Republic.
The event is taking place at the Sacred Heart College and is
coordinated by the NORCECA/FIVB Regional Development Center in the
Dominican Republic.
Gilberto Herrera of Cuba, a well known FIVB Instructor with a
long experience as coach, is the director of the course.
The course is focused on the basics of volleyball for boys and
girls and to introduce the students in the practice of the
sport.
Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA, and Nelson
Ramirez, Director of the Development Center, were present in the
opening of the course along with Nelson Acevedo, Vice Director of
the Physical Education Institute and Cloti Collazo and Blasina
Matias, administrative and academic directors of the Sacred Heart
College.
"The Physical Education teachers are a key component in the
chain of the development of the athletes," Marte Hoffiz said during
the opening ceremony. "That's the importance to have these courses
to train them properly."
On the other hand, Acevedo remarked the importance of the course
for the expansion of volleyball at a school level in the Dominican
Republic.
Vice President Jose Aybar represented the National Volleyball
Federation while Eladia Cordero and Guillermo Ottenwalder
represented the Ministry of Sports.