Brazilian and Uruguayan technicians will give football courses to coaches in Cuba

Havana, September 11 (EFE). Al-Jazeera sports media reported on Sunday that the coaches of Brazil and Uruguay will offer two refresher courses for Cuban football coaches.

The Cuban Football Federation Secretary explained that the first is part of the FIFA Forward Project and the Cuba-Brazil Agreement and will take place from 12-16 September, focusing on aspects such as competitive readiness and the introduction of training models. ), Miguel Angel Diaz, citing Jet Digital.

The Brazilian technicians will provide the knowledge to the Cuban coaches, who will then pass on what they have learned to their colleagues from the rest of the island.

In parallel, other instructions for goalkeeper coaches, which are taught by Uruguay coaches from the AFC administration, will be implemented.

“These courses respond to the desire to constantly develop our sport and at the same time to the strategy that our association has set for it,” said the director of the Cuban Association of Specialization.

The sports publication noted that the new workshops are part of the policy of improving Cuba’s football governing body in order to “improve its technical strength and raise the level of football”.

Last May, coaches Marcos Bucato, Janio Bernardino da Silva and Rodrigo Baroca, of the Brazilian Football Coaches Association, presented a workshop at the Manuel Fajardo University of Physical Culture and Sports Science in Havana and held similar sessions in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. .

The objective of the workshop to update the contents of the coaches at the base was to encourage the development of young Cuban players so that they would be better prepared for high performance.

Football practice has grown in Cuba, children and young fans are showing great interest in the activities of international clubs and their main personalities, especially Spanish first division teams, such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The President of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (CONCACAF), Victor Montaliani, expressed his readiness to cooperate in the technical development of Cuban football, during his visit to the island last year. EFE

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