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John Phiri

Jonathan John Sports Reporter
ZIFA board member for development John Phiri has hailed the local coaches for attending the two-week CAF A Part Two Licence course at Zifa Village and believes it is a step in the right direction for the country’s football.
The second phase of the course started on Monday and will end on August 24 with 29 coaches attending.
CAF-accredited instructors Dominique Niyonzima from Burundi and former Warriors coach and Zifa technical director Gibson Homela are conducting the course.
Zimbabwe will join Zambia, Ghana, Sudan, Namibia and South Africa on the list of countries that have held the Caf A Licence programme.

He urged local coaches to also interact among themselves and formulate their own national philosophy of football at domestic and national levels of the game.
The former Warriors defender lamented the lack of a national football philosophy in the country which has stretched over 34 years, as he officially opened the programme yesterday.

“Recently the Barcelona coaching clinic left its mark on our game. If we incorporate what we learnt then and what we are learning now, then we stand to be empowered with great coaching expertise as a nation.

“We need to develop our own football philosophy at all levels of the game in the country,” said Phiri.
The duo of Daniel Bigas Alsina and Isaac Guerrero Hernandez from the Barcelona Football School were here for a two-day coaching clinic for local coaches.

A number of Premiership coaches like Callisto Pasuwa of Dynamos and Buffaloes gaffer Luke Masomere, former How Mine coach Philani Ncube, Bigboy Mawiwi and Taurai Mangwiro are attending the course.

“We are very happy as coaches to be taking part in this course, this is a step in the right direction for Zimbabwean football,” said Pasuwa.
Masomere also hailed the course. “The course is really enjoyable and educative. We are happy that we are being taught by knowledgeable instructors,” said Masomere.