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ASHELY Ndebele has become the second Bulawayo boy to break into the Dynamos Football Club technical team.
Dynamos recently hired Joel Luphahla, a former Highlanders and Zimbabwe Saints player to be Lloyd Chigowe’s assistant. He became the second coach from Bulawayo to sit on the Dynamos bench after Trevor Carelse-Juul in the early 1980s.
Ndebele is now the tactical and performance analyst for the Harare Premiership giants and his role includes pre-game overviews, opposition analysis, in-game and set plays analysis.
“Dynamos is the biggest football brand in the country. Who would not want to serve it when given a chance? It is quite a great honour to be working for this great club with a rich history and legacy,” said Ndebele.
Ndebele is also tasked with giving comprehensive post-match reports to the head coach and timely data and intelligence on the next opponents.
“What is good is that we use General Positioning System (GPS) vests too as per the requirements of modern scientific football trends all in the name of ensuring more detail and purposeful attractive displays,” said Ndebele, a former player with experience in the entertainment and tourism industry.
He played for Shabanie Mine. He has a football scout certification, Professional Football Scout Level 2, Analysis in Football certificate and is undertaking a certificate in football tactical analysis course as an upgrade to his Scottish C Licence.
Ndebele’s first assignment was a similar role at Bikita Minerals early this year and he has previously coached lower division football in Dete, Hwange district.
“I developed a desire to unpack the mysteries behind performance fluctuations like physical, mental, tactical, technical, pre-game, in game, post-game attributes analysis. I have also learnt the value of dissecting performance individually, sectional, collectively for my team and also oppositional overviews as well,” he said.
About his past as a coach he said: “I have coached Hotspur FC from Dete Division 2 to Division 1, I also had the luxury of being assistant coach at Makomo under head coach Tapela Ngwenya, at Binga Pirates l initially was assistant to coach Witness Munkuli before taking over as head coach after he moved on to Caps United
“Binga was an eye opener and was special and the people showed me lots of love and support, most importantly the exposure to the talent ridden Binga District, home to many superstars.
“My prayer is for teams to go and build links with Binga District to enjoy the amazing talent that is abundant there,” he said.
Online Reporter