The Technical Committee of Nigeria Hockey Federation on Thursday said two national hockey coaches; Okwu Dili and Tunde Odedokun had been selected to undergo expertise training in Breda, Holland.
Fatai Atanda, a member of the committee, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
He said the training was in line with the commitment of the federation to build capacity of coaches.
Atanda said: “Two of our coaches namely Okwu Dili and Tunde Odedokun are billed for the training in Holland.
“The training will run between June 20 and June 26 in Holland.”
Atanda, who expressed optimism in the future of hockey in the country, said efforts were been made to advance the game.
He explained that national coaches like Baba Ndana and Tunde Odedokun had benefited from similar training in the past, adding that Odedokun’s inclusion was to ensure consolidation of earlier knowledge gained.
Atanda further said the federation would continue to stimulate policies that would reposition hockey in the country.
He said the country was beginning to reap from the sustained investment in the game.
NAN recalls that Nigeria’s U-17 hockey team lifted the West Africa junior hockey tournament hosted in Ghana in April 2018.
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