National Coaches Course in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 10, 2018 – A Level 3 National Coaches Course began on Thursday at the premises of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation with the participation of 30 coaches.

Javier Gaspar, coach of the women’s national team, is among the participants.

The working process started with the welcoming words by the director of the course, the former national coach Luis Enrique –Kike- Ruiz. The instructor is Magdiel Rivera while José Mieles is the supervisor of the Technical Commission.

The first workshop was under the direction of Dr. Rosaly Cartagena about nutrition. Other items in agenda are statistics and technical organization among others.

Dr. César Trabanco, president of the Puerto Rican Federation commented: “This is part of our proposal of capacitation of our technicians. We have had an outstanding attendance and I hope that all those who approves will participate in the International Level I Course in June.”

The Level I International Course was confirmed earlier this week and will be from June 27 to July 1 under the direction of international instructor Jorge Garbey, who has coaches the national teams of Cuba and Dominican Republic.