The FA and CONCACAF International Coaching Course – Foundation Level – will be holding an opening ceremony on Monday 19th November.

The venue will be the White Sands meeting room at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort
, West Bay Road Seven Mile Beach, at 2:30pm.

Participating will be Jeffrey Webb, President of CONCACAF
,  Cayman Islands Premier, McKeeva Bush
, Hon. Mark Scotland, Minister of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports and Culture
,  Bruce Blake, General Secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association
,  Chris DOWHAN, Instructor for The English Football Association

Below is a related story posted on the Jamaica Football Federation website on Nov. 14th

Fabian Davis selected for Coaching Course

Former National Player and current Coach of Hillel Academy, Mr. Fabian Davis has been chosen by the Jamaica Football Federation to attend a FA and CONCACAF International Foundation Coaching Course to be held in Cayman Islands, November 19-25.

In outlining the criteria for the selection of a participant CONCACAF stated that the selectee must:
. Currently hold a position as a coach of senior level players (U-20 and U17) or

. Have at least some experience of coaching of senior level players

. Be an ex-professional or semi-professional player

. Be comfortable dealing with teams and large groups of senior level players

This new international Course has been designed by FA Learning to encompass the new FA Coaching Philosophy and introduce a series of technical and theoretical aspects related to coaching.

It is the first of three levels (Foundation, Intermediate, and License), which build upon each other and offer a comprehensive learning program for internationally based coaches.

The Foundation Course content includes:

. an introduction to coaching qualities

. player competencies

. session planning

. session evaluation

. the organization and running of a group run tournament

The practical elements will include:

. a range of practices that will cover a variety of technical aspects ( passing and control; turning with the ball; dribbling; shooting; heading; goalkeeping; small-sided games)

. coaching sessions adaptations

. coaching session progression that vary depending on players’ abilities and time

Mr. Davis has experience coaching at the National premier league level and was recently drafted by the JFF to sit on a technical study group to assess the Jamaica games in the recently concluded CFU Men’s Under 20 Tournament.

The acceptance of this course by the JFF continues its policy of coaching education as one of the cornerstone elements of its development programme.