Kenya Women enter camp ahead of Olympic games.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) organized a four-day high-level teaching course at the Nyayo national stadium.
The course, which will be led by Japanese trainer Godfrey Owese, who holds the FIVB Third Level Certificate, begins today.
The Kenyan women’s volleyball team has started residential training at the Pride Inn Flamingo Hotel in Mombasa ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.
The Quartet of Brackcides Agala, Gaudencia Makokha, Phoscah Kasisi and Yvonne Wavinya, who entered the residential practice yesterday, opposed the possibility of winning the only African ticket to the Olympics in qualifying for the Continental Cup. / The recently concluded CAVB Olympics in Agadir, Morocco.
Kenyan players beat pairs Touch Nnoruga and Francisca Albertina, as well as Francisca Ikhiede and Amarachi Nwachukwu of Nigeria 2-1 (17-21, 21-18,15-10) and 2-0 (21-17, 21-10) ) will be ruled.
The result saw Kenya qualify for the Olympics for the first time and will be in Tokyo for a four-year ceremony from July 23 to August 8.
The team’s coach Sammy Mulinge has said he will look to improve the team’s performance in the course, the intellectual difficulties and the sportsmanship that affected the team in the qualifiers.
“I have four players so far. I had asked for two more, a coach, a referee and an assistant and I was waiting for feedback. During the qualifiers I could see the weakness of the players every time the team was in front of us and that is something I intend to work on,” said Mulinge, who he also coaches the Kenyan men’s Volleyball team.
Olympic draw
“Our publicity and movement on the field were also lacking and we had to prepare before leaving for the host city. The players are in a competitive situation and I just want to make good use of the time we have in practice,” he said.
Uniforms and team confirmations for the Olympic Games will take place today.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) organized a four-day high-level teaching course at the Nyayo national stadium.
The course, which will be led by Japanese trainer Godfrey Owese, who holds the FIVB Third Level Certificate, begins today.
Twenty-eight participants will honor the course which will end on Thursday.
Owese, who has been associated with the volleyball team at the University of the Philippines in Manila, said he was happy to share ideas with coaches across the country.
“I’m excited to be in Kenya and more for the coaching course. We’ve had conversations with other coaches in Kenya through video conferences, but I’m happy to be able to share information with a great team. I hope he’ll finally learn something new,” said Owese, a former player. national team.
KVF Technical Director David Lung’aho said the course was timely.
@sambazanews