The IHF is continuing its efforts to strengthen coaching education in Africa, with recent courses in Algeria and Egypt combining classroom learning with practical work and international exchange. A total of 64 coaches and participants took part in the two programmes during July and August.
In Algiers, 36 coaches from Algeria and Tunisia attended an IHF B Licence course led by IHF experts Nahla Boudhina and Souhail Hermassi. The coaches worked in groups, delivered presentations and took part in practical sessions, with the emphasis placed on applying knowledge rather than simply receiving it.
The course also produced strong results, with 32 of the 36 participants successfully obtaining their IHF C Licence.
A separate C Licence course was held in Cairo, where 28 Egyptian participants were guided by IHF lecturer Mohamed Khaled Hammouda. Twenty-seven successfully completed the course.
The IHF highlighted the increasingly analytical nature of coaching education, with the Cairo participants demonstrating strong experience with analysis software and sports technology. The course combined theoretical sessions based on IHF rules and regulations with practical work.
The international element was particularly important in Algeria, where coaches from two different national handball systems could exchange experiences on technical, tactical, physical and pedagogical aspects of the game.
The two courses form part of the IHF’s wider coaching education structure, which aims to raise coaching standards globally and strengthen handball development, particularly outside Europe.