Coach and Leader Seminar in Teslic, BiH

This year, CCPA – OFFS season in Bosnia and Herzegovina, started a bit later than usual, but still very successfully.
Organizing the Seminar for leaders and coaches in a nice setting of Banja Vru?ica and hotel ‘kardial, we started this year’s OFFS field activities. Seminar held was the first of the two planned. Seminar was attended by 57 persons, leaders, coaches, instructors and staff. 20% of women took part, and even more importantly, 25% of participants were the first timers.
Program had a theoretical and practical part. Opening of Seminar with traditional Bon Bon Cup, was followed by a CCPA – Open Fun Football Schools presentation, and it’s 16 years of achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Seminar topic ‘ Gateway to football’, followed all workshops during the seminar.
Following day, due to extreme temperatures, began practically early in the morning. On four stations, our instructors – veterans demonstrated interesting excersizes and implemented 4 rotations practice.
Afternoon’s practical session showed that coahes very well understood the need and desire for new games, and therefore creativity and new twists to the old games were not lacking.
Theoretical work on the second day was dedicated to self-sustainabilty of our program and ways we expect it to develop in local communities.
Third day was dedicated to new coaches, who got special attention and specially organized workshop, where they were introduced to OFFS principles, their tasks and Fun Football coach best assets. At the same time, OFFS staff talked to leaders and other coaches about plans for this year’s OFFSs. Full report on status, amounts and items of the equipment was given.
After that, leaders were introduced to this year’s plan to evaluate the OFFS impact in local communities. As part of this process, first step was made – filling up the Analysis on local community needs. Conclusions Seminar was graded as successfull.
Unusually small number of participanst allowed instructors to dedicate to each member of the group, and also, each coach and leader had a chance and plenty of time to be fully active at all times, both in theoretical and practical part of the Seminar.
Coaches showed creativity during the games presentation. Also, a new impluse and energy has been noticed among older, more experienced instructors, who fully embraced the idea of our schools as gateways to football and need for development of new games and ideas. After the presentation of the program’s sustainability and report on this year’s problems and obstacles, it has been concluded that municipalities are still the best partner to the OFFS project.
It is also concluded that OFFS program must continue and everything will be done to achieve so. Project evaluation, planned for this season, has been welcomed and graded as much needed. Analysis of local community needs – the handout, was, however, found a bit vague and hard to understand.
However, workshop was sucessfull, with the assitance from staff and instructors, but it was advised to adapt the hand out for next seminars, so people can understand it better. Few times, during the Seminar, it was emphasized that it is crucial to have the equipment arrive and distrubuted timely.
CCPA OFFS BiH August,2013.