ACC women’s coaching course concludes
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LAHORE: The three-day Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Level-1 Women’s Coaching Course concluded at the National Cricket Academy here on Saturday.
Among the total participants of 16 from 11 countries, four women were from Pakistan who attended the course were Atika Sabir Khan, Fareeha Mahmood, Shehla Bibi and Tasleem Bano.
Other participants in the first courseof its kind, included representatives from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait (two), Malaysia, Maldives, Oman (two) and the United Arab Emirates.
Ali Zia, the senior general manager ofNational Cricket Academy who was the lead presenter said: “The course was designed for the participants to learn the basics skills of the game. After getting the initial knowledge of the game, they will apply the learnings on players in the 12-14 years age group.
Abbottabad’s Atika Sabir Khan said: “I had played cricket for my region from 2008 to 2014, but the experience of coaching is altogether different. The course helped me to know about the cricketing skills and once I return to my city, I will be in a position to teach school and college girls more passionately.”
Pakistan player Fareeha Mahmood took three days off from the national team camp to attend the course and was excited to learn the cricket skills.
She said: “It was quite an informative course where participants from different countries too have learned a lot. The learnings from the course will help me solve my cricketing issues once I return back to the national team camp. I will share the experience with my colleagues and will help them know about the basics skills of coaching.”
Wah Cantt’s Shehla Bibi commented: “There is a great talent and potential in the girls from Wah Cantt, but sadly there were no female coaches there. This course has given me a great opportunity to learn the basic skills of the game, and now I am eager to return back to train the talented female kids in my region.”
Tasleem Bano from the Gaizer district of Gilgit Baltistan remarked: “No one knows about the basics of this sport in my region. I myself had little knowledge about the game, but after attending the course I must say that I have gained a lot.
“The course will help me reach out to parents from Gilgit region to convince them to bring forward their children in this sport. I will go back and teach school and college girls about the basic skills of the game.”
At the conclusion of the course, the certificates were distributed amongst the participants.
Apart from the four Pakistanis, other participants were: Awatif Alqallaf (Kuwait), Dechen Wangmo (Bhutan), Elnaz Parvin (Iran), Emylia Eliani Binti Md Rahim (Malaysia), Khadija Khalil (Kuwait), Mariyam Zoona (Maldives), Meera Bhanushali (Oman), Nawal Tahir Muhammad (Bahrain), Shamila Chathurika Ananda (UAE), Shanzzen Shahzad (Hong Kong), Shazia Rahman Zazai (Afghanistan) and Vaishali Jesrani (Oman).
Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2019
