Safa coaches coaches

THE increase of qualified coaches at amateur level is on the rise with the South African Football Association (Safa) going on an extensive countrywide roll-out of coaching courses. Safa recently partnered with amateur league sponsors, SAB to host a Safa/CAF C Licence coaching course in Pretoria where 52 coaches were invited for the 10-day course. As an incentive for the top performing coach, Safa awarded Michael Setlhalogile from Britsa unique opportunity of being a part of a national training camp with the World Cup-bound Amajita squad. Asked about his coaching background Setlhalogile, said: “I started playing football from a very young age until I got an injury in my mid-twenties. “Because I loved football so much, I could not just leave the sport and that is when I decided to become a coach.” – ANA