Development

UWW Conducts First-Ever Referee and Coaches Education Week

Monday, November 27, 2017 - 14:17 By United World Wrestling Press

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MANCHESTER, England (November 27) -- United World Wrestling hosted its first-ever Referee and Coaches Course last week in Manchester, England. The course was held in collaboration with British Wrestling and the event paired current 1S-ranked referees with high-performance coaches from 23 countries across all five continents.

The first three days of the education week was the educator course for the referees and coaches, which sought to teach both how to transmit their knowledge to others in the most effective way.

The classroom teachings were then followed by a mat session day where officiating bodies and coaches discussed the interpretation of the rules along with practical sessions.

The last three days of the course were dedicate to delivering an introduction to refereeing and Level 1 Coaches Course to British Wrestling novice referees and coaches. The course was the first of its kind in England and the coaches enjoyed the opportunity to enhance and develop wrestling across Great Britain.

“It was a thrill to be in Manchester for the course," said Olympic and world champion Daniel IGALI. "It afforded coaches and referees the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people.”

UWW Development Department will conduct similar courses in the coming years with collaboration from each Continental Council.

Development

Jordan Hosts Level I Technical Course

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 14:14 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 10) – The Jordanian Olympic Committee with the support of Olympic Solidarity and in collaboration of the Jordan Wrestling Federation, hosted a Level I technical course for coaches  February 4-8 in Amman.

The course was conducted by UWW Educator Batbayar BUYANDELGER (MGL) and gathered 21 participants and was followed by an "Introduction to Refereeing" conducted by fellow UWW Educator Sherif HALAWA (EGY).

Jordan is among the first nations to benefit from the launch of the development initiative to assist developing nations in organizing national wrestling competitions. To ensure that lessons were well-received the participants at both courses took part in the organization and delivery of the competition, which included 20 cadet and junior level boys and 7 national referees.

The budget of $3000 was allocated for the event, with the Jordan Wrestling Federation offering positive feedback on their experience.  

In order to encourage grassroots development of smaller wrestling national federations, UWW is encouraging countries to organize at least one competition per year, and when possible that will be supported and assisted by UWW in conjunction of an Olympic Solidarity Technical Course for Coaches.

“The aim is to promote the sport of wrestling in Jordan and the region. Middle-East countries have a strong wrestling history with great potential for development, this is why we want to assist them in their development process.” said Ms. Deqa Niamkey, UWW Development Director. “ Following the first project in Burundi, we received many requests of technical courses for coaches and a high demand to host national competitions right after the educational courses. UWW expert educators, are contributing tremendously to this growth and I trust these events will contribute tremendously to the growth of wrestling.”