2010 EHF Youth Coaches' Course

Education, further education, training and of course coaching are the main working fields of the EHF Methods Commission. With the aim to standardize the coaching structures Europe-wide and to exchange knowledge, experience and new aspects the EHF is organizing various coaching courses.

Between 5th and 8th August the 2010 EHF Youth Coaches' Course will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia on the occasion of the final days of the 2010 Men’s 20 European Championship.

The main topic of the course will be "Group tactical solutions in offence and defence set-play".

Click here to download the course leaflet.

Presenters of this course:

Branislav Pokrajac / SRB

• EHF Lecturer
• Gold, silver and bronze medals in OGs and WChs (as player and coach)
• Professor at University for Handball and Theory & Methodics of Sport Training

Martin Tuma / CZE

• EHF Lecturer
• Coach of Dukla Praha (youth teams)
• Head of Method Commission of Czech Handball Federation (since 2005)

Jiri Konecny / CZE

• EHF Delegate
• Member of the EHF Technical Refereeing Committee (TRC)

Pavol Streicher / SVK

• EHF Master Coach
• Head Coach of Handball-Union Baden
• Head Coach Woman Youth National Team Switzerland

Dimitri Huygen / BEL

• Sports Video Analysis System (VAS) with a special presentation for coaches
• Link to partnership announcement between EHF and SportVAS

Frantisek Taborsky / CZE

• Chairman EHF Methods Commission

This will be the 10th course for this specific target group and will be coordinated by the EHF Competence Academy & Network.

Experience from 17 previous courses

Education, Further Education and Training are part of the core activities of the EHF Methods Commission. With the aim to inspire handball coaches all over Europe and to exchange knowledge, experience and new ideas, the EHF has been organising various coaching courses since 1996:

Youth Coaches’ Courses

1998: Partille / SWE
1999: Estoril / POR
Rotenburg / GER
2001: Luxembourg / LUX
2002: Gdansk / POL
2003: Presov / SVK
2004: Zlin / CZE
2005: Vienna / AUT
2007: Izmir / TUR
2009: Győr / HUN

Top Coaches’ Seminars

1996: Paris Bercy / FRA
1998: Bressanone / ITA
2000: Zagreb / CRO
2004: Ljubljana / SLO
2006: Zurich / SUI
2008: Skopje / MKD
2010: Vienna / AUT

Women’s Coaches’ Course

2000: St. Raphael / FRA