It is interesting to learn how to coach yourself – Senong

21 February 2018 – The South African National U20 Men’s Team (Amajita) head Coach Thabo Senong is out in Amsterdam, Netherlands for the first block of the Johan Cruyff Master Coaching Course, from 19 – 24 February 2018. The second and third block of the course will...

SAFA to host FIFA Technical Directors Workshop

20 February 2018 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has been entrusted by FIFA to host a three-day Technical Directors Workshop involving 9-member Associations from CAF. The highly-sought after Technical Director’s course was first organised in...

Understanding  The South African Football Philosophy (Part 1)

9 February 2018 – Out of the many definitions of the term “philosophy” let us use the following (English Dictionary) as our point of departure: It is defined as “a set of ideals, standards or beliefs used to describe behaviour and thoughts”. In our game it is...

SAFA coaching courses underway

8 February 2018 – The South African Football Association’s (SAFA) Coaching Education department will be kicking off their 2018 coaches training programmes this month. Working closely with proud sponsors of the SAB League, SAFA and the South African Breweries...

SAFA to conduct coaching instructors course

6 February 2018 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) Coaching Education will be conducting a SAFA Instructors Course for aspirant Instructors. The 10-day course will take place at the Association’s Technical Centre (Fun Valley) south of...

Opinion Piece: African coaches that have done the continent proud

1 February 2018 – Africa has always had to come from behind, work harder and fight for footballing success. The continent has come a long way over the past decades and I firmly believe that we can now compete with Europe, South America and indeed the rest of the...