MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, May 24, 2015 - Twelve coaches successfully
completed the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) Level I
Coaching Course held at the Montego Bay Community College from May
18 - 22, 2015.
The course was conducted by visiting Brazilian International
Coach, Augusto Sabbatini, whose visit comes courtesy of the
developmental support of the volleyball Confederation and Regional
authorities under which Jamaica falls, NORCECA and CAZOVA
respectively.
Sabbatini was also assisted by
Jamaica's and G C Foster's Steve Davis who is a FIVB International
Level II coach. Leighton Cummings, Jamaica's only international
volleyball referee, imparted knowledge regarding the rules of the
game.
The candidates were taught
fundamental lessons in defence and offence, with emphasis on the
tactical considerations and applications behind the technical
lessons.
At the closing ceremony, Coach
Sabbatini encouraged the newly certified coaches to use the new
knowledge as a basis for their own thoughts on ways to get better
results out of their players.
"Do not just take and do what I
tell you," Sabbatini said. "Apply your own ingenuity and create
your own knowledge. What is important is that you produce the
desired results consistently."
Dr. Angela Samuels-Harris,
Principal of Montego Bay Community College, who was the Guest of
Honour, thanked JaVA for planning beyond Kingston and giving
opportunity to persons in the western parishes to actively
participate in the development of volleyball in Jamaica.
She further noted that Montego Bay
Community College has been committed to investing in the progress
of the people of Montego Bay and proximal communities and was
therefore delighted to partner with institutions that seek to
contribute to this objective.
JaVA President, Rudolph Speid,
congratulated the candidates for exercising the commitment required
to attend each day of the course, even at personal sacrifices. He
alluded to the local and international praises JaVA received after
hosting an Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualifier recently as he
underscored the point that Jamaicans can accomplish what they will
and do so at international standard.
He therefore charged the coaches
not to stop at securing certification but to make it count by
partnering with JaVA as the Association starts the journey to being
the best in the world in volleyball and beach volleyball.
"Don't limit yourselves, believe in yourselves and together we
can achieve it," Speid encouraged the coaches.