9 February 2006 - Coaching in India and Egypt

Coaching in India and Egypt

Lausanne - 9 February 2006

In January the FITA Development and Education Director, Pascal Colmaire, conducted an Olympic Solidarity Course in India and visited the FITA Archery Center in Egypt.

FITA, the Olympic Solidarity, the Archery Association of India and the Indian Olympic Association organized a level 1 coaching Course conducted by Pascal Colmaire from January 6 to 11 in Kolkata.

53 participants attended this course with the objective to enhance and harmonize their education process of the novices to archery. It was a highly dynamic instructional time, including a lot of practical learning on the archery range with implementation of many teaching situations; all this in a very friendly relationship with a high desire of becoming a good level 1 archery coach.

Then our Development and Education Director went to Cairo on January 22-23 in order to verify if the setup of the first FITA Archery Center was going well. Here are some updates:

·        Coach KIM Jeong-Ho, is on site and already working

·        Accommodation center is partly opened; some services (meals) are still operated by an adjacent police center. Accommodation services are satisfactory so far, especially regarding the cost: US$ 20 to 30 for full board.

·        Archery range still needs some work, but can already been used.

The delay in the final setup is mainly due to some changes in the Government and the Egyptian Archery Federation following the recent national elections. We are doing our best for speeding the final setup and being able to provide full services in a near future.

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