Olympic Solidarity Archery Coaching Course to be hosted in Guyana
Archery Guyana will stage an Olympic Solidarity Coaching Course, beginning on Wednesday, January 17, and lasting until Sunday, January 21, 2024.
This five-day course will be held under the auspices of Olympic Solidarity, and in this regard, the Board of Directors commended the Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association for the guidance and for making this possible for Archery and for Guyana.
World renowned World Archery Coach Trainer Ms. Ludys Carina Tejada, who hails from the Dominican Republic, had actually participated in archery as an athlete from 1978-2008. She has been recipient of several awards, and has medalled in a number of events. She is now an Archery Coach, and has been a member of the World Archery Development Committee from 2010 to date. Currently, she is a Coach of the Santo Domingo Archery School and the Pedro Henriquez Ureña University, positions which she has held since 2014.
She has been selected as the facilitator of this course, which will be attended by 20 participants, both male and female, who are all local archery coaches of various levels, and work with various schools throughout the various Regions. Ms Tejada has tailored a programme to include the basics of coaching juniors right up to the team tactics of senior level competition.
Archery Guyana President, Mrs Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, in giving an update on planning of the event, expressed special thanks to President of the Guyana Olympic Committee, Mr. Godfrey Munroe, Mr. Garfield Wiltshire and Executive Committee members for the provision of an Olympic Solidarity grant, Director of Sport Mr. Steve Ninvalle and the National Sports Commission and the Unit of Allied Art, Ministry of Education.
She disclosed that among the topics to be covered in the proposed agenda are: Code of Ethics/WADA, Introduction to what is Archery and what is Coaching, the Beginners Award Programme, How to build an Archery session, preparatory movements/stance and nocking, string grip, bow and hand setting, body preposition, bow rising, anchoring, full draw form, production of forces, full draw form, expansion, aiming/target panic, Para Archery, release and follow through, balance, physical development, psychology, mental and visual and breathing.
The course will be conducted at the National Resource Centre on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. There will be theoretical and practical sessions twice per day, lasting from 8:30hrs to 12:00hrs, and from 13:00hrs to 16:30hrs.
