PETALING JAYA, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- The World Football Federation (FIFA) in association with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is conducting a four-day seminar starting here today to uplift goalkeeping quality for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
FIFA's Course Instructor, Pat Bonner from Ireland, said the seminar would use the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the case study to analyse current goalkeeping trends and the latest technical and tactical approaches towards improving the skill level of goalkeeping instructors.
"The participants will be exposed to what goalkeepers, coaches and instructors do," he told Bernama on the sidelines of the FIFA Goalkeeping Seminar at a hotel here Monday.
Bonner, who is also the national coach at Ireland's National Coaching and Training Centre for Goalkeepers, said the seminar was a starting point for the participants to enhance their skills, attitudes and characteristic as instructors when they return to their own countries .
Thirty participants from 21 countries including Australia, China, France, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and England are attending the seminar.
Apart from attending the seminar, the participants will also be practicing their knowledge on artificial turf at Bukit Jalil, train young goalkeepers under-12 from clubs around Klang Valley and also do an analysis on the Malaysia Cup match between Selangor and Kuala Lumpur at Shah Alam Stadium,Tuesday night.
FIFA's Course Instructor, Pat Bonner from Ireland, said the seminar would use the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the case study to analyse current goalkeeping trends and the latest technical and tactical approaches towards improving the skill level of goalkeeping instructors.
"The participants will be exposed to what goalkeepers, coaches and instructors do," he told Bernama on the sidelines of the FIFA Goalkeeping Seminar at a hotel here Monday.
Bonner, who is also the national coach at Ireland's National Coaching and Training Centre for Goalkeepers, said the seminar was a starting point for the participants to enhance their skills, attitudes and characteristic as instructors when they return to their own countries .
Thirty participants from 21 countries including Australia, China, France, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and England are attending the seminar.
Apart from attending the seminar, the participants will also be practicing their knowledge on artificial turf at Bukit Jalil, train young goalkeepers under-12 from clubs around Klang Valley and also do an analysis on the Malaysia Cup match between Selangor and Kuala Lumpur at Shah Alam Stadium,Tuesday night.
-- BERNAMA
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