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KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 17, 2022 – The Jamaica
Volleyball Association (JaVA) is hosting a FIVB
Level 2 Coaches Course from May 16-27 with the
objective of improving the technical skills and
competences of volleyball coaches.
The course is being conducted online by FIVB
instructor Rick Bevis from Canada.
In addition to Jamaica’s the course has
participants from Malawi, Cyprus, Trinidad and
Tobago and U.S. Virgin Islands.
O’Neil Ebanks, Chairman of the JaVA Coaches and
Technical Commission was happy for the response
received from coaches in acknowledging the
importance of upgrading themselves and attending
the course. He also stated that, in working the
Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA),
JaVA will be instituting a certification policy
for high school coaches.
In achieving this goal, JaVA will also be
hosting a FIVB Level 1 Coaches Course from June
26-July 1, 2022 to be conducted by John Kessel,
who conducted the last FIVB Level 1 course in
Jamaica in 2017.
The JaVA intends to introduce Beach Volleyball
in high schools. As a result a FIVB Beach
Coaching Course will be held from July 11-22,
2022 which will be conducted by Magda Falcao de
Lima from Brazil.
President, Jacqueline Cowan, is proud that
Jamaica is the only country in the Caribbean
Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) region
that was approved to host coaching courses this
year.
“This shows JaVA’s commitment to training and
increasing the number of volleyball players and
coaches in Jamaica. We thank the FIVB for their
support in ensuring that the Association’s
objectives are met” she said. |
