Ten local coaches have successfully completed a three-day training camp conducted by coaches from English Championship side Hull City at Kenya School of Monetary Studies.
The initiative, dubbed ‘Coaches to Count On’, was organised by gaming firm SportPesa and is aimed at improving football standards across Africa.
“I am thankful for the opportunity. I have acquired new skills which will help my team get back to the winning ways. I hope to attend more of these sessions in the future,” said Thika Queens coach Benta Achieng, a three-time winner of the Women’s Premier League title as the training ended yesterday.
Improve football
The selection of the coaches was based on qualification of a course offered by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) which has been ongoing since 2016. Among the selected were seven male and three female coaches from different parts of the country.
“The programme was meant to impart the knowledge through local coaches who will pass it to their teams in order to improve football standards in the country,” said SportPesa Marketing Operations Manager Patricia Munyororo, during the training’s closing ceremony.
The Coaches to Count On initiative also saw Arsenal coaches go to South Africa from April 8-10 to conduct a similar clinic while Southampton finished their session in Tanzania last week.
Hull City coach Richard O’Donnell believes Kenyan has a lot of talent and the programme was a great opportunity to pass knowledge to the local football trainers.
