HENNING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES YOUTH COACHING COURSE

25/01/2011

Mr Henning Schulze Doering, the Royal Malta Golf Club resident professional, was one of nineteen coaches from eleven major sport organisations, affiliated to the Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC), who successfully completed a 10-month specialised course in Youth Coaching sponsored and endorsed by Olympic Solidarity.

The course was innovative in that it was delivered online on the MOC’s own teaching platform “Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment” (MOODLE) and was organised in conjunction with the Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in Hungary.

Apart from golf, the other coaches that took part and were successful in this pilot project initiated by Malta hailed from athletics, gymnastics, handball, judo, netball, rugby, swimming, table-tennis, tennis and weightlifting. With a creditable 96% marking, Henning placed second overall.

The study modules concerned the Olympic Movement (International Sports Structure); Development Exercise Physiology (Biomechanics); Coaching Principles; Ethics (Sports Law); Leadership (Decision Making); and ICT in Coaching.

The objectives of this course were principally for the enhancement of Maltese sports and the proper preparation of the young athlete, development of National Youth Sport structure in the National Federation/Association and the appropriate support for the preparation of young Maltese athletes for international competitions, such as the Youth Olympic Games, European Youth Olympic Festival, Commonwealth Youth Games and other international games and championships to which they have to be eventually exposed.

The MOC is already in discussions with Olympic Solidarity and Semmelweis University for a follow-up on this course, so that what the coaches have learnt could be put into practice for the benefit of their National Federation/Association. These newly motivated coaches are to co-ordinate with their National Federation/Association in the preparation of a national restructure for youth training.

It is hoped that after this success Olympic Solidarity would also support this project and fund the MOC to engage the services of Semmelweis University once again as a consultant in the application of the scientific techniques they had learnt.

The aspiration is that through this investment Maltese youth sports will continue its road to success and provide the right environment for the creation of champions.

Article - courtesy of the MOC.