IKF Level III “Youth Coach Camp” join International Week Dordrecht 2015
Some exciting events are underway this week from 16 to 22 August in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. First of all, IKF in liaison with KNKV run the IKF Level III “Youth Coach Camp”. An international group of 22 coaches perform under guidance of current coach of Dutch korfball champion PKC, Mr. Ben Crum. He is appointed as a program manager for this course. Mr. Crum lead a group of prestigious coaches invited to guide the participants in the “Youth coach camp” and learn all about coaching drills at youth level. Amongst this group of tutors, coach of Dutch national team Mr. Wim Scholtmeijer, Mr .Jan Sjouke van den Bos, head of coaches for the KNKV and Mr Detlef Elewaut, coach of Belgium national team, conduct some of the sessions.
During the week several training sessions take place at different Dordrecht clubs featuring local korfballers from 11 to 16 years coming from the clubs: DeetosSnel, Sporting Delta, Movado, Oranje Wit, KC Dordrecht together with some players from KC Barcelona. The training sessions will be useful as a practice for the 22 coaches from 15 different countries representing all five continents. They participate this week in order to obtain the IKF level III diploma for international coaches:
| Coach | Country | M/F | |
| 1 | Javi Navarro | Catalonia | M |
| 2 | Nigel Cooper | Scotland | M |
| 3 | David Konecny | Czech Republic | M |
| 4 | Bandor Nagy | Hungary | M |
| 5 | Kevin De Waele | Belgium | M |
| 6 | Joe Stirling | England | M |
| 7 | Liandri Theyse | South Africa | F |
| 8 | Danie Smith | South AFrica | M |
| 9 | Pardeep Dahiya | India | M |
| 10 | Alice | Chinese Taipei | F |
| 11 | Bird | Chinese Taipei | F |
| 12 | Karen Fuchs | Germany | F |
| 13 | Keisuke Mashiba | Japan | M |
| 14 | Anna Schutze | Germany | F |
| 15 | Daniel Rivillini | Brazil | M |
| 16 | Maria J. Capparelli | Argentina | F |
| 17 | Sebastian J. Iula | Argentina | M |
| 18 | Diego Rodrigo | Argentina | M |
| 19 | Luciana Bortoletto | Brazil | F |
| 20 | Rosa Cooper | New Zealand | F |
| guest | Chattha Imtiaz Ahmad | Pakistan | M |
| guest | Hashmi Shamsa | Pakistan | F |
For some years, IKF and KNKV work closely together in order to involve all korfball nations pursuing to raise their level of play.
For that purpose we provide coaches with a complete program for coaching youth teams. This should be planned and executed with accuracy; furthermore the IKF Level III “Youth Coach Camp” is an opportunity to enjoy a unique experience, sharing one week with coaches from all around the world in the excellent environment of one of the greatest korfball cities in the world and hosted by well-known club DeetosSnel. The clubs from Dordrecht opens its doors to an international program for coach education and provide the best facilities to perform during this week.
