IHF To Train Nigerian Handball Coaches

By Idris Adesina President of Handball Federation of Nigeria Sam Ocheho has said plans are going on with the International Handball Federation to train the country’s handball coaches. Ocheho, who disclosed this in Lagos during the recently-concluded Sam Ocheho International Invitational Handball Championships, said the federation is determined to improve the skills of coaches as well as the technical officials in the sport. The HFN boss said the training would hold in Lagos, adding that the female national team would be in camp for two weeks to keep tabs and evaluate the progress of the players ahead of the future competitions. Nigeria will not be competing in the Congo 2018 African Women’s Handball Championship after the Confederation of African Handball barred the country from the competition. “We are currently in talks with the IHF to help us train and develop our coaches.The training will come up before the end of the year because we need our coaches to have the latest knowledge in the sport which will impact on the players as well,” he said. Source: punchng.com