Officials Training Program (Usa)
SHADOW TRAINING PROGRAM. CANTON OHIO
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) nominated two officials for officials training program around the world. The program was held in conjunction with senior world championship games in canton, Ohio USA.
American football continues to grow popularity around the globe, and so the training ensures that the technical support to sustain the sport and develop it is update. The two officials from Kenya part of the shadow program were Mr. George Alwanga and Mr. George kimani kishoyan.
The training program was designed to give the two and other officials an opportunity to attend and participate in multi-day classroom education (video & lectures), on-field practice drills and observe the tournament officials during the actual games. Each trainee was assigned a certified IFAF staff member who worked closely in interpretation of American football rules and officials mechanics.
They got a chance to interact with the best chosen IFAF officials around the world (Great Britain, Chile, France, Poland, Brazil, Mexico and Norway) who did share and teach them the basic of officiating high standard games. The two were supervised by IFAF officials chairman Mr. Willam D. LeMonnier and later awarded certificates for completion of the program.
They are the first to attend such kind of program not only from Kenya but Africa at large. They promised to use the acquired knowledge and skills set to help them train coaches and officials with the materials from the federation. They are also set to officiate in the incoming Africa championship games
Tour to The USA
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East Africa Flag Championship
On Monday KFAF vice chair Moses ondeng flagged of a 23 man flag football team to Eldoret. The team will participate in the inaugural East African Championship tournament. The tournament will only feature Kenya and Uganda with intent to accommodate the 6 other nations in the East Africa Economic zone for the second series.
Initially, the tournament was scheduled to take place in Nairobi but it was moved to Moi University where Kenya University Sports association championship will take Place 17-20 of December with more than 16 registered sports disciplines. More so, KFAF had received several requests from universities to conduct a demonstration therefore this was a perfect opportunity (Hit two birds with one stone).
American football is the fastest growing sport in Kenya boosting of 5 university teams and two community teams. With most athletes geared towards tackle football program (Aka NFL). The International Federation of American Football (FAF) has highly endorsed flag football across the continent since it’s recognized as a competitive international sport. The world championship- tournament is scheduled to take place in Denmark summer of 2020. Flag football is easy to learn, easy to teach and fun bearing the same skills, techniques, principles and complexity as tackle football.
“Am delighted we got to put this together on a short notice with my colleague Mr. Steve Okeng (President American football Federation Uganda). This are some of the tournaments to spur developments of American football in the region and the continent at large. We have similar plans at the continental level and will see regional flag and tackle championship in 2020” said KFAF Chair.
While Steve Okeng praised KFAF for putting the eventg together and extending an invitation to them.
Good luck to team Kenya!!!!!
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Volunteer Opportunities For American Football Enthusiast
Are you an enthusiast of American football in Kenya and looking for an opportunity to volunteer your time for development purposes of the sport for 6-8 months? Your time is now to apply and build up on your leadership and Management Skills under able guidance of Kenya Federation of American football (KFAF) under Ministry of Sports.
There are 12 volunteer slots and applicants should at least be familiar with the any of the following:
- Business Administration
- Marketing and commerce
- Basic Accounting or Finance
- Strategy Development
- Sports Management.
No experience is required
You will be able to work from home, except during training days, conferences and meetings.
Qualified persons with interest to serve in this new Project Teamshould send their resumes to info@kenyanfl.com or Kenyanfl4@gmail.com by 20th November 2018.
Coaches and Referees
If you are also experienced American Football Coach, Match official, Former player (Kenya varsity League, College USA, Semi-pro, Arena, NFL, CAFL, or any other recognized league) or conversant about football currently residing in Kenya for the 3 months able to volunteer. Feel free to contact us on info@kenyanfl.com providing your Background and will plan to discuss with you on your contribution.
The program serves to focus more on U-14, U-19 and youths/university Leagues expanding the game to other cities Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisumu, Thika…Due to the growing demand of athletes and schools. The project dubbed ‘Flag football For All’ Will be implemented in Phases through flag football for high schools while colleges and universities will be stirred towards 8v8 and 11v11 Tackle football.
Preceding the full commissioning of the project, coaching and Match official education will be provided. Core areas being Football Techniques, stances, Routes and mechanics around the game. Equipment will also be available at subsidized fee. The essence of the program is to transcend on previous projects targeting 100+ learning institutions 2019.
The launch will be done in January 2019 and will run till the End of August. Tournaments and camps will act as an avenue of evaluating the progress and achievements of the teams and athletes on individual level. This will also enable coaches to pick the best players for National teams in upcoming International championships/Tournaments.
We are open for partnerships who share similar sentiments towards sports diversity, sports development, promote equality, and enhancing the social values and goals of individuals, such as hard work, fair play, character development and teamwork while creating a platform showcase talents and skills and most importantly impart leadership roles.
The evaluations will only be carried out at the end of August 2019 after the Men world championship games to be held in Australia.
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