GIANT of Africa, a global basketball development organisation in collaboration with the Ghana Basketball Federation (GBF), has held a day’s basketball coaches’ clinic for 30 female participants drawn from the Greater Accra Region and surrounding areas.
The aim is to empower them and promote gender equity through sport.
Led by Joe Touomou, a Senior Coach, GOA, FIBA Instructor and Geraldine Robert, the clinic was divided into phases – the classroom and on-court sessions, and offered participants tutorials of the sport, combined theory and practical sessions covering general coaching principles, dribbling techniques, basketball terminologies and on-court instruction.
Coach Touomou emphasised discipline, structure and attention to detail as key elements of effective basketball coaching.
He stressed the importance of communication in the game, adding that, “effective communication is very important in basketball, and every male coach handling a female team should have a female assistant coach.”
On her part, Coach Robert noted that the GOA was excited to work with the coaches, and hoped that after the sessions, they would be shaped into leaders and mentors for the next generation of players.
The President of the GBF, Mr Alex Kukula, stated that the initiative aligned with the federation’s long-term development strategy for women’s basketball.
“We have decided to train senior female players and coaches from teams with women sides so they can also coach and train other girls’ teams. If you look at the pathway, this is how we build sustainable women’s basketball,” he indicated.
He also revealed that Ghana was likely to host the Zone 3 U-16 Basketball Championship for both men and women this year, adding that “collaborations like the one with Giant of Africa will help the GBF programmes grow and bear fruit.”
The Treasurer of the GBF, Madam Aurora Commodore-Toppar, thanked GOA for the clinic, citing that women’s basketball will receive much more attention this time with plans to introduce competitions across all regions while seeking for partnerships with corporate entities and individuals to acquire equipment and facilities to strengthen the sport.
BY RAYMOND ACKUMEY
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