Courtesy: AFC


EES part 2 kicks off Feb 9

Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Kuala Lumpur: The second installment of the AFC Elite Education Seminar (EES) 2011 will kick off here in Malaysia's capital on Wednesday, 9 February 2011, promising more exciting educational courses for the best Asian football proponents.

Nine referee-based courses will be held for New Referee Assessors, Referee Assessors, Referee Recruiters, New Referee Instructors, Referee Instructors, Elite Women Referees, Futsal Referee Instructors, Futsal Referees and Elite Referee Fitness Instructors.

On the coaching front, the yearly seminar to run until 23 February will organise two courses for Conditioning Instructors and Disabled Coaching Instructors.

December last year saw the first part of the 2011 EES, which is the continent’s largest sports education fair to update participants on the latest football trends, knowledge and information, assessment process, share experiences, train the trainers and facilitate networking.

AFC Education Director Hasan Al Sabah told the-afc.com that the EES will present a new three-tier system for the Conditioning Instructors’ Seminar, replacing the former single-tier one along with other changes.

“Now, we have three levels for this Conditioning Instructors’ Seminar, while previously, we had only one level.

“In this year’s edition of EES, we are introducing Level 1, which focuses on youth and grassroots. Level 2, which caters to amateur football coaches, is expected to be held next year while Level 3, for the professional level, will be organised the year after.

“There will also be a UEFA futsal referee and futsal referee instructor taking part in the EES as part of the exchange programme between AFC and UEFA,” said Al Sabah, who is also AFC Deputy General Secretary.

Various renowned experts from FIFA, AFC, UEFA and the FA, such as Professor Jens Bangsbo, will be on the EES instructors’ panel, while instructors Ivan Novak from Croatia and Kader Touati from Tahiti will be the newcomers to the EES.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com