Participants at the ongoing World ParaVollyey Level I Course for African Referees and Coaches have described the course as a lifetime opportunity to expose them to the latest trends in the game.
The Level 1 Course, the first development course for Referees and Coaches in Africa, which is holding at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos will end on Sunday.
Some of the participants, who spoke on the gains of the Course to their career, felt excited that they could be counted worthy to be part of the training.
Okita Comfort Agbo, who came from Port Harcourt for the training, said she learnt new things in officiating the game of volleyball being played by special players.
“This is a good opportunity for me, as a former player now into refereeing in the sport. There are few things that are special to the ParaVolley that I didn’t know before, and this course has availed me the opportunity of getting to know those thing. The way the able bodied players play is quite different from the para players. I think I will be going back home fully loaded with quite a lot of things,” Agbo said.
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Also, Busari Abdulateef, who came from Kaduna, said the game will be better off after the course as he vowed that he would try his best to be among the lucky five that will be selected for the Level 02 course by the World ParaVolleyball.
A board member of the federation who is also the players’ representative on the board, Opeoluwa Oduneye said : “We cannot but thank the World ParaVolleyball for bringing this noble course to Nigeria and I want to say that the participants have received good exposure from the foreign instructors.”
The Level 1 Course was primarily targeted at Nigeria, with World ParaVolleyball describing Nigeria as Africa’s powerhouse for the sport.
The participants will be awarded an internationally recognized certificate after the course.