A five-day, all-encompassing coaching programme for Nigeria’s intermediate referees will come to an finish with a closing ceremony scheduled for the NFF/FIFA Objective Venture, MKO Abiola Nationwide Stadium, Abuja on Friday.
Classroom periods for the 40 members have included group discussions on penalty-area incidents, tactical fouls, restoration technique, offside, handball and the challenges that confront the men-of-the-whistle. The course started on Monday with a health take a look at for all of the referees, adopted by a clarification of the course goals and video presentation on trendy refereeing.
There have additionally been on-field periods with gamers and mini-matches with gamers, all with the target of getting ready the intermediate officers for the subsequent step up the ladder to elite degree.
On Friday morning, there can be a concluding session on the sensible coaching, in addition to a presentation on the brand new idea for match preparation, earlier than the closing ceremony that commences at 2.30pm.
The general goals of the course embrace figuring out, harnessing and nurturing refereeing potentials inherent within the members, instituting a sustainable growth pattern via the Younger Expertise Program, establishing a corp of gifted younger referees for nationwide and worldwide refereeing applications and guaranteeing steady development and growth of refereeing in Nigeria.
This system has been superintended by two FIFA instructors, particularly former FIFA referee Felix Tangawarima from Zimbabwe (FIFA Senior Technical Teacher and COSAFA VAR Venture Supervisor) and Mark Mzengo from Malawi (FIFA Health Teacher).
On Sunday, seventh July, one other five-day course, this time for Nigeria’s elite referees, will begin on the NFF/FIFA Objective Venture, MKO Abiola Nationwide Stadium, Abuja. The principal goal of this course, which can even contain 40 members, is to usually enhance the lot of Nigeria’s foremost arbiters.
