adminEllina Mhlanga : Sports Reporter
IN a development that is expected to equip more than 25 team managers from national sport associations with skills to carry out their duties, the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee will this week hold a three-day sports administration course in Harare. The course, pencilled to start tomorrow and end on Sunday, will be held at the National Olympic Committee’s headquarters in Belvedere, Harare.In a statement released by ZOC yesterday, the course is meant to help team managers understand their role and what to expect at various competitions.
“This course is being held for team managers from national sport associations. In its most recent interaction with team managers for the Rio 2016 Games, ZOC noted specific gap areas that it now seeks to address.
“The presenters of the course will address the managers whose responsibility is ultimately athlete welfare at an event, competition or games mission.
“The focus will be based on best practice, experience and ultimately imparting knowledge to the managers as to how to handle team related issues more effective,” read the statement.
The presenters include ZOC chief executive Anna Mguni and Titus Zvomuya, who was Team Zimbabwe’s chef de mission at the Rio Olympic Games.
Mguni will make a presentation on the Olympic background, a topic under which she will would talk about the Olympic values and relationship between the National Olympic Committee, international federations and national federations on the first day of the course.
The ZOC chief executive will make another presentation on the second day on management of activities, which covers the planning of a sport trip and organising an event.
Zvomuya will look at management skills. He is expected to cover issues to do with leadership, problem solving and managing conflicts.
Meanwhile the Sports Commission will also hold a sports administration course on September 22 to 23 at their offices at the National Sports Stadium.
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