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US Soccer Coach to host EBFA Coaching Programme
Coaches attached to clubs in the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) will benefit from a coaching programme organised by the EBFA and facilitated by United States based US Soccer Federation B license Coach, Ralph Green.
Ralph Green
The programme which is set for tomorrow at the Grove Community Centre commencing at 09:00hrs will see Green touching on the Fundamentals of coaching; What makes a good coach (speaking to players, portraying a positive image, being a mentor to your players, role model).
A practical session will be held on Wednesday from 16:00hrs at the Grove Playfield and will see the coaches being taken through the paces on the following areas; working on defense, midfield, attack and goalkeeping among other areas.
Green, who arrived in Guyana yesterday was approached by EBFA Secretary Franklin Wilson to lend his expertise to the association and readily agreed to assist.
The former Camptown defensive player is an accredited United States Soccer Federation ‘B’ Licenced Coach, having also completed the C and D licences. He represented Camptown in the early 1970s.
Green migrated to the USA in 1979 where he played in the Amateur League (Bankers Athletic League) in New York which was made up of ex professional players working in the financial industry and was Manager for European American Bank team.
His coaching career commenced after the Camptown New York chapter was formed in 1992 and Green is the current President.
His career in coaching at the youth level kicked off in 1998 with Woodhaven Soccer Club in the Long Island Junior Soccer League where he currently still coaches.
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