Monday 30th August 2010
Olympic Youth Development Centre Visit.
The students arrived at the impressive centre on Monday to meet with the team there and see how they can collaborate. The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) was opened in May 2010 and provides the best sports facilities in Zambia. The centre is the first of its kind in the world and will allow the national teams to develop their skills.
Bessy, the director at the OYDC, chaired the meeting and invited the IDEALS students to introduce themselves and their sport. This gave everyone the opportunity to meet the Zambian national coaches who they will be working with.
The students then took a tour of the centre and saw first hand the quality of the facilities on offer. The athletics track also needed a little try out so the students practiced their long jump, one-hundred meters and the competitive streak in them could not resist a relay competition!
The final part of the visit gave the students a chance to meet with the coaches from their sport and arrange when and how the coaching sessions will take place. This grants an extraordinary opportunity to the IDEALS students to work alongside a national team and develop their professional skills.
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