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SFT International Sport Academy Tri-University Joint Seminar - 2018-09-07@NSSU-NCDA
A REPORT
September 7th was the COACHING focused Tri-University/SFT-Academy Seminar at NCDA-NSSU(NITTAIDAI), Setagaya campus; and followed the direction of the agenda discussed at JSA meetingfew months back on how to cooperate together with the three academies for fiscal year 2018 (H30).
The coordinator of the seminar was Prof. Masamitsu ITO of NSSU and Dr. Shigeki SARODO and Ms.
Shiori. TIAS joined by taking 2 students from the TIAs 3rd BATCH, with COACHING background andfuture Coaching interests in their careers/countries – Mr. SHEMA – MABOKO Didier (Rwanda) andMr. Celestin NZEYIMANA (Rwanda) with Basketball and Adapted-Para Sports (Sitting Volleyball) asexpertise, respectively. The program was as below, starting with the SPORT TRAINING/FACILITIES
sites at NSSU, Setagaya campus in the morning; including the EXPANSION OF PARALYMPICS project(Ms. Mao Yamaguchi and team; towards 165 nations in 2020- and towards an inclusive society)followed by exchange of ideas and views – networking at lunch, and two SEMINARS on each
ACADEMY – LEARNINGS from the PARTICIPANTS and the NCDA talk on ‘WHY and HOW of COACH
DEVELOPMENT’.
One of the TIAS 1st Batch students,
Mr. Makoto KOSAKA (ASICS) alsojoinedtheSEMINAR.
The
presentations by both NIFISA
participants-two representatives, Mr.
Gobinath and Ms. Niki explained
the NIFISA program and experiencesat KANOYA, detailing how theprogram (13 participants for 10days) made them better understandthe Japanese Culture and Sport.
Starting with TIAS, I (Randeep)
explained the program-MODULES ofTIAS and the EARLY COMPLETION
requirement’s(JournalArticle,Conference and Research Project,including Internships) as part of theAcademic Legacy. TIAS students,
Celestin and Shema also made agood impression by starting with
their reasons to join TIAS, and thelearning and research experiencesleading to their 1-year stay at
Tsukuba and link to their future
careers in sport and coaching, backin their home country of Rwanda.
Excellent presentations focused on
their aims, was well received by theaudience. ‘They know what they are talking about”.

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The final session was the PRACTICAL_INTERACTIVE seminar on COACH DEVELOPMENT, as a BASIC
INTRODUCTION to the PARTICIPANTS, by Saro and Ito sensei and previous Cohort
Coaches/participants from Canada (Glenn) and Singapore (Condrey).
“It is critically important to create an international network of coach developers; Coach context mostimportant up factor to consider while training; Skills and knowledge of coachdeveloper/development-being aware of CONTEXT (Saro). Glenn mentioned about leaving theprogram – as being in a BLENDER – whereas, Condrey has been developing a sub-coach developer
program in Singapore Swimming; translating his learning to his colleagues/other coaches. The
participants engaged in a fruitful basic coach developer program, and got to know the underlying
idea of such a program, what is done and for what.

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In all a wonderful conclusion of the day at NCDA with networking and new learnings for allacademies, especially TIAS and NIFISA at NSSU. To COACH DEVELOPMENT - Thank you.

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NSSU Coach Developer Academy : NCDA Coach Developer Program 2018 (2018-09-09 to 14@NSSU-NCDA) – A REPORTTIAS students, Mr. SHEMA – MABOKO Didier (Rwanda) and Mr. Celestin NZEYIMANA (Rwanda) andMs. Taciana PINTO (Brazil; JUDO Sport) joined the September 9th to 14 NCDA COACH DEVELOPERPROGRAM; also held at Setagaya Campus of NSSU.
Starting with ‘Know your Mates’,
the program began on Sep 9th,with all the participants staying atthe NSSU Guest House, making it
convenient to interact, ‘work
through the night’ as required forthe days works, and develop
friendships and understanding ofeach other/country/discipline.
The program followed theschedule as on the right-handand was coordinated andfacilitated by the NCDA STAFF(and TEAM) as above including 2
Expert Coaches Mr. GlennCUNDARI (Technical Director,PGA Canada) and Ms. Maiju
KOKKONEN (Coach Developer,Olympic Training Centre, Sport
Institute of Finland).
I (Randeep) and Dr. Guido Geisler(TIAS Faculty and Sports
Psychology and Football Coachand Researcher) joined the Day 3,
wheretheFACILITATION
PRACTICE(Observation&Feedback) was the main training
session; as each participant had
been assigned to a GROUP for
their respective practice sessions followed by Q&A from a Team Leader and the EXPERTS.
What is COACH DEVELOPMENT; action research and coaching practice class; what kind of coaches doyou wish to become? – Know it, and then : Make a Plan
 Do it on the Field Re-visit (recording) Revise4

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SET THE TASK, not to use instructions! But to ASK QUESTION is the main point here-FACILITATION
is the KEY; SESSION PLANNING is essential; COACHING INNOVATION, CHANGE THE MINDSET.
For example, Participant A (Group Leader), mentioned the MAIN TOPIC (Prevention and Safety inAquatic Sports) and MAIN OBJECTIVES; started with a video presentation-so that everyone canunderstand it’s about working with Person with disabilities/PWDs; gave a set talk with defined time;
gave a CHECKLIST; What each of the TEAM MEMBERS feel they must answer-speak; the Group
Leader (presenter) facilitates the group work. PREPARE THE TASK; ASK THE QUESTIONS; EXPERTCOACH DEVELOPER/FACILITATOR gives FEEDBACK on how the SESSION was DELIVERED, how he/shesaw the session, what worked well, what did not; Group Leader then gives his/her own opinion on
his/her session; this is all FOLLOWED by a ONE-ON-ONE session with the FACILIATATOR/COACH
DEVELOPER for further detailed discussion.

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SESSION: Facilitator answers, on more time was needed … “It is not about TIME, TIME IS NOTENOUGH, time is always not enough, if its 20 min, it is not enough, if it is 60 min it is not enough, if it
is 2 hours, it is not enough…”
All 3 TIAS students prepared excellent SESSIONS, and there was also well-deserved praise forCelestin (group name was TINO) by the Expert/Coach Developer for his session and facilitation way
in the group; he made the GROUP WORK; commenting (Expert), ‘the brain that works learns themost’….
To end, I will quote one TIAS student who can, I believe also speak for the group : and she has put
it well –“I would like to thank the opportunity to join the program that for sure was very informative andcontributed to my formation as sport manager, mainly with the roles that include the development ofcoaches. It was great to learn new methods and tools of teaching/facilitating and it gave me newperspective that can contribute to my future career and also to my actual research in TIAS. Also, thenetworking was great and I was able to make more connections with people from Brazil and abroad.
In Brazil, I think these connections may open new doors and abroad, for sure, the exchange ofexperience can be productive for all of us. I am sure that it will be great experience for TIAS 4 th batch
also, if there is a program in 2019. Finally, the NCDA members received us very well, and all theuniversity facilities were impressive. I am sure that the collaboration between SFT programs canbring to all of us many benefits.” (Ms. Taciana PINTO, TIAS 3rd Batch - Brazil)

Thank you.
Sincerely Yours,Dr. Randeep RAKWAL, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences & Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies(TIAS), Global Sport Innovation Bldg., Room 403, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba,
Ibaraki 305-8574, Japan
Email - plantproteomics@gmail.com
Email - rakwal.randeep.fu@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (office)
Mobile – (+81) 090-1853-7875
Office phone – (+81)029-853-2681
Website: http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/ ; http://www.trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/researcher/0000003045
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NOTES:NSSU Coach Developer Academy: Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) Coach Developer Academy was established tofoster future international ‘Coach Developers’ and to construct a network of coach developers all over the world. Thisacademy is part of ‘Sport for Tomorrow’ programme of the Japan Sports Agency (JSA) for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic andParalympic Games. Proudly collaborating with the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE), NSSU CoachDeveloper Academy provides training programmes with blended learning opportunities for the future coach developers.
Creating coaching cultures that leads to positive experiences for everyone through sport is the vision that we have of theacademy. https://www.ncda.tokyo/TIAS: http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/ ; NIFISA-NIFS at Kanoya: http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/ ; SFT: https://www.sport4tomorrow.jp/7