Development

Sudan Engages with Development of the National Sports System in Wrestling

By Tim Foley

DARFOUR (May 14) --  For hundreds of years wrestling in Sudan served to build ties between tribes, but today the sport is growing into Olympic territory with the implementation of United World Wrestling and Olympic Solidarity’s implementation of the Development National Sports System (DNSS) program.

The program’s launch took place this May in Khartoum with the visit of Vincent AKA, development officer for Africa who worked with local organizers to conduct the first steps of the DNSS.

Wrestlers from Sudan had recently been motivated to join the sport's global community after the UWW educator Nico Coetzee, conducted a Level One coaching course in the country in 2016

After the recent developments the Sudanese National Olympic Committee on April 22 offered it’s backing for the creation and to support of the wrestling federation through Olympic Solidarity.

The DNSS has three important phases, which will be implemented on the following dates:

Phase 1 (April 22-29)-: Assessment and implementation of Program Implantation of the DNSS. Training camp-talent identification and assessment included eight coaches and thirty athletes. Also, for the first time in Sudan, there was support for women’s wrestling.

Phase 2 (June 18-24): Intermediary evaluation-follow up and recommendations. Evaluation of the senior-level wrestlers and the start of the training camp and talent identification for Juniors and Cadets

Phase 3 (June 23-29): Final evaluation and recommendations of the best Cadets and Juniors, followed by a joint camp for all age groups.

 

Japan, Training Camps, Women's Wrestling, World Cup, Development

Women’s Training Camp to Follow 2018 World Cup in Japan

By Tim Foley

The United World Wrestling Development department has confirmed the Japanese Wrestling Federation will host the 2018 UWW Women’s Wrestling Training Camp immediately following the 2018 Women’s World Cup. Registration for the training camp will end on December 15th.

The World Cup will take place in Takahashi on March 18-19 with the training camp to follow March 20-24 in Tokyo.

For more information on the event, please click the PDF.

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/training-camps/program/womens_training_camp_2018.pdf

For information on all education and training programs offered by United World Wrestling please visit the Development Calendar, here.

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/development/training-education/educational-programs