Kumasi, Jan. 29, GNA - A 10-day National Training of Trainers Workshop for 40 Physical Education Instructors is underway at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the Kumasi Metropolis. It is being organized by the Handball Association of Ghana under the auspices of the National Sports Council in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Olympic Committee.
Mr B. A. Annan, the National Coordinator of Physical Education, who opened the workshop, tasked the participants to learn the latest techniques of the game and to endeavour to pass on the knowledge they would acquire to handball players. Mr Seth Kofi Duku-Duodu, Ashanti Regional Sports Development Officer, stressed the need for the participants to redouble their efforts to uplift the development and promotion of the sport in schools.
Mr Emile Missodey of the Handball Association of Ghana, called on the participants to endeavour to encourage players between the ages of 13 and 16 years to develop interest in the sport so that talented players could be raised and drafted into the national team. The second phase of the workshop would take place in Accra from 5 - 15 February 2009.