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Coaches from across the world came to the Czech Republic.
 

2011 EHF Youth Coaches Course

The 2011 EHF Youth Coaches Course took place in Brno from Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July 2011 during the final stages of the Women’s 17 European Championship in the Czech Republic.

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Organised in cooperation with the Czech Handball Federation (CSH) and coordinated by the EHF Competence Academy & Network (EHF CAN), the course is the 11th time it has taken place after the following courses:

  • Partille, Sweden (1998)
  • Estoril, Portugal and Rotenburg, German (both 1999)
  • Luxembourg (2001)
  • Gdansk, Poland (2002)
  • Presov, Slovakia (2003)
  • Zlin, Czech Republic (2004)
  • Vienna, Austria (2005)
  • Izmir, Turkey (2007)
  • Győr, Hungary (2009)
  • Bratislava, Slovakia (2010)

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55 coaches from across the world took part in the four day course with representatives from Luxembourg, USA, India, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Slovakia, Portugal, Ireland, Finland, Italy, Poland, England and Lithuania in attendance with the course focussing on ‘Breaking Down Fences’.

Wolfgang Pollany (Member of the EHF Methods Commission), Paul Landure (EHF Lecturer), Martin Tuma (EHF Lecturer), Dimitri Huygen (Sports Video Analysis System (VAS)) and Sandor Andorka (Member of the EHF Competition Commission) all presented to those gathered both in classroom-based and sports hall-based practical sessions.

Some of the subjects covered included; ‘Fences - Obstacles or Protection?’, ‘Basics of Decision Making’, ‘Development of Power’ and ‘Fair Play’, all of which ran alongside practical work including tactics relating to attack, defence and goalkeeping inside the Sportshall Brno Bohunice with the Czech Republic Women’s U19 team.

Alternative activities also took place working towards the development of key core skills in young handball players such as balance, coordination and flexibility as well as a presentation of the Sport VAS system, which monitors and analyses players through video technology.

The course finished with a closing speech by Frantisek Toborsky, Chairman, EHF Methods Commission who handed out course completion certificates. Following this, all those present then went to the Sports Hall Vodova to watch the W17 European Championship Final between Russia and Denmark.

A Youth Coaches Course is planned for 2012, with more information available in due course HERE.
 


TEXT: Andrew McSteen / EHF
 
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