The Malawi Olympic Committee says it is committed to develop Olympic sports codes in the country through capacity building.
MOC President Jappie Mhango said this during the graduation of 20 coaches from across the country who took part in a nine-day taekwondo Level 1 coaching course at Kamuzu Institute for sports in Lilongwe.
In an interview on the sidelines of the event, the MOC President said coaches are vital to the development of athletes.
He said: ” It is , therefore, essential that all our coaches are consistently provided with the highest quality training so that they can drill our athletes to compete at the highest level and with medals.”
Course facilitator Medson Mtila, who is an accredited World Taekwondo trainer, said he was impressed with the response from the participants.
Since the period was short, we had to compress the modules . But i am glad that we achieved success. I can vouch for these participants that they now have the capacity to train athletes,” he said.
He urged the participants not to be idle, but to go flat out to mentor more athletes so that the sport can grow.
Grace Tebulo, a participant based at Blantyre Youth Center, said she has learnt a lot from the course and she is ready to impart the knowledge to athletes.
This course has been an eye-opener as we learnt a lot about the technicalities of the sport. We also learnt about competition rules and game management. it’s been worth it,” she said.