As previously reported, Denys Harmash and Yevhen Khacheridi, known for their performances for Dynamo Kyiv, are among the players who have recently started their coaching courses to obtain a category B diploma. Vadym Lazorenko, an instructor at the UAF Licensing Centre, told us about their training.
Vadim Lazorenko- Vadym Mykolayovych, your current course has attracted attention with the number of stars who have decided to start training to become coaches. Have you already met the new group?
- Yes, I had a methodological lesson. As an active coach and trainer-instructor, at the request of the managers of the Licensing Centre, I sometimes give lectures and practical classes for our Ukrainian coaches of various categories. This was the first time I met this group, where we discussed the issue of building a training process in modern football.
- Tell us in more detail how future coaches Garmash and Khacheridi are trained: how many sessions do they have to go through before they can start their modules?
- Each category has its own training period. The guys will have the opportunity to attend lectures on various aspects of football. In general, the Diploma "B" has three modules, but there is homework that coaches have to work on individually at home.
- After the first meeting with the group, did you assess for yourself who really came to study and who just wanted to sit through the lectures?
- There wasn't enough time to draw any conclusions, but it seemed to me that the whole group was interested in the discussions and there were no indifferent people! There are different groups, but there was chemistry between us, I could feel it.
- Khacheridi and Garmash were fierce players on the pitch, who did not restrain themselves on the field. In the hall, did they behave more calmly, actively discussing?
- I didn't see any star power, arrogance or disrespect on their part. In front of me sat absolutely adequate and polite young people who were active participants in the process. There is a principle that I follow in my life: the most important thing is not who you were, but who you have become.
We all make mistakes when we are young, that's what youth is all about. It's another matter that someone draws conclusions and changes themselves, while others are not taught by life and remain in the paradigm of the past. Everyone has a choice and it is always ours.
Every time I tell young coaches who are starting their journey in a new role that firstly, everyone must decide how much they need it. Not everyone can become a coach. If you go into this profession, then, as in any business, you need to constantly improve your competence and be in the information flow. Everything is changing and you need to be aware and develop constantly!
Oleksandr Karpenko
