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The Lesotho Netball Association (LNA) says
it is ready for the new netball league season, which is set to
finally begin on Saturday, after it held a preparation training course earlier
this month.
The seminar was held at Lerotholi
Polytechnic and was attended by 12 coaches and 20 umpires.
LNA public relations officer ‘Matšepo
Mohau applauded the attendance of the course and explained the reason for
holding the training was to tackle a shortage of coaches and umpires which has
hindered local netball in recent times.
The LNA currently only has one
internationally certified umpire in Chakatsa Lephole.
Mohau said the association needed to
train more umpires to ensure the smooth running of tournaments and eliminate
the need to use unqualified referees to oversee games.
“I would like encourage school coaches
to attend their courses due to the fact schools are the main source of players,
therefore, in order for schools to improve their standard, they need to have well-trained
development coaches,” Mohau also added.
According to Mohau having a well-organised
database of umpires and coaches will also help the LNA have a wider pool to
pick from for international assignments.
“This will pay off in the end because it
will increase the umpires’ confidence and give them exposure as well as
international experience,” Mohau said.
“Sending umpires for international
matches will benefit us because it will allow us to be updated on new rules and
regulations as well as other changes that happen in our sport,” she said.
The umpiring segment of the course was overseen
by Lephole.
“At this basic level what we were doing
was equipping the attendees with good umpiring communication skills,” he said.
“We were also updating them on new rules and regulations in netball,” Lephole
added.
The year’s netball season will see
several new teams including SOU Maseru, Galaxy Mafeteng, Qacha’s Nek, Liphakoe,
Moorosi as well as Mopholosi High School.
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