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The South African Football Association has declared 19 coaches competent after successfully completing a Level 2 Coaching Course. A comprehensive course that ran from October 26 to November 06 in Johannesburg saw four participants completing with the best results, Thomas Madigage, David Notoane, Kaitano Tembo and Milton Dlamini all finished with a B.

The course was conducted by SAFA's Director of Coaching Education Michael Nees, SAFA Coaching instructors Steve Coetsee,Frans Mogashoa, and Christina Phafane (administration).

The course also invited several well renowned guest lecturers, like Pitso Mosimane (principles of leadership), Mark Gleeson (media relations), Glyn Binkin (player management), Syd Rappaport (XLR8; speed training) or Kevin Bouwer (Dartfish; match analysis), Solly Motlala (Futsal), etc.

The 27 participating coaches included Mandla Mazibuko of the SAFA School of Excellence who is also the U17 National Assistant Coach.

Nees says all participants were extensively examined in theory and in practical coaching of the game. “In co-operation with Dartfish and the use of its match analysis software, the participants also had to submit technical reports from the Confederations Cup 2009 and the CAN 2008 matches”; said Nees.

SAFA CEO Raymond Hack says has congratulated all the 19 participants for a job well done, but at the same time he urged the other coaches not to despair, but to double their efforts in future level 2 courses; “Coaching Education is an important aspect of football development, and we would urge the coaches to put their knowledge to good use, by getting involved in all levels of coaching in the structures of the South African Football Association,” added Hack.