Local basketball coach joins international program

| 16/11/2012

Module 1 - Wizards Head Coach (196x300).jpg(CNS): The Cayman Islands Men’s National Basketball Coach, Daniel Augustine, has been accepted into the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program (ICECP) – a partnership between The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), the University of Delaware (UD) and the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Olympic Solidarity department. Augustine, who is studying to implement a long term athlete development program for basketball in Cayman, has received a full scholarship.  He currently works as a sports instructor in the departmentof sports and as a result has been allowed the time required to travel and study for this intense program.

This is the fifth edition of the ICECP which includes 31 national coaches representing five continents, 31 countries and 11 sports. It is an intensive coaching education program held on the UD Campus, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and at apprenticeship sites around the country.

The first module of the program was launched on September 24th on the UD Campus by keynote Mike D’Antoni, former NBA Coach and Assistant Coach with the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Men’s Basketball team.  The program, which consists of four modules, was administered at UD from September 24th to October 5th, where the participants attended lectures and presentations on a variety of coaching education and sports science topics presented by UD Faculty and coaches and outside sport performance experts.

The second module, which took place from October 8th to October 13th, was a sport-specific apprenticeship that allowed participants to observe and interact with coaches from national governing bodies, university athletic teams or elite sport clubs in each of their respective sports. Daniel had the opportunity to visit the apprenticeship sites of the George Mason University Men’s Basketball Program and The Washington Wizards NBA Basketball Franchise.

The third module was held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from October 15th to November 26th, and consisted of a continuation of lectures and group work activities during a two-week period taught by USOC sport performance and coaching experts.

In the final module to be held in April 2013 at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, all participants will present the results of projects they have developed and implemented under the guidance of International tutors from the US, Spain, and the UK. The projects will be reviewed by the ICECP Academic Board.

The local Olympic committee said it was dedicated to working together with Augustine, the Department of Sports and the Cayman Islands Basketball Association (CIBA) to achieve his goals and deliver on a successful program which will develop the sport of basketball in the country.

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