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Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE will in April play host to a Federation of Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Volleyball Co-operation Programme (VCP) Level One coaching course.

The one-week course will be held in Harare from April 20 to 27.

Zimbabwe Volleyball Association president Frederick Ndlovu said it is a continuation of the association’s drive for excellence and continued coach development.

“Last year and the years before we’ve been holding a number of African Volleyball Confederation and FIVB beginners’ courses as well as the ZVA national coaches courses. This is now meant to further develop these coaches after going through practice,” said Ndlovu.

Bernard Denis from Seychelles will be the facilitator of the course.

Ndlovu said the course is part of their capacity building exercise meant to upgrade coaches to the next level of the game and consequently improve the quality of coaching and eventually the game itself.

The Volleyball Co-operation Programme (VCP) has been the essence of this development co-operation since 1989. The main objectives are to generate permanent development impact and to ensure that volleyball and beach volleyball take firm roots within countries and regions.

It provides opportunities to national federations to develop their own potential.

“In line with the FIVB development policy, true sport development will only take place through efforts, understanding and collaboration between the FIVB and the national volleyball federations. The VCP opens up gateways to national federations from all continents to participate in volleyball and beach volleyball according to their own reality,” says FIVB on its official website.

The VCP offers a variety of courses that aim to satisfy the needs of the grassroots and to educate and motivate young people, teachers and coaches to participate in volleyball and beach volleyball.

The Level One course is a condensed version of the typical coaches course Level Two offered through the FIVB course network. It is aimed at coaches and endeavours to increase their skills and knowledge on how to play and how to form teams. National federations may play host to one coaches’ course every four years. The first Level One FIVB VCP course for 2015 will be held concurrently in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guatemala next month. Gambia will play host to the second edition soon after the first before Grenada host the third and then Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s volleyball legends Vulindlela Moyo and Itsanang Abu-Basuthu last year attended a Level Three course in Khartoum, Sudan.