Neil Tovey Talks about South Africa's chances at the Olympics

 

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Neil Tovey analyses Euro2020 from a coaching perspective

 

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How do you create a sports academy? - African Cup of Nation Winner Neil Tovey

 

South African Football Legend and African Cup of Nation Winner - Neil Tovey  Talks about how he created an academy in South Africa in the 90s that produces players like Steven Pienaar who played for  Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland. Steven is now an international ambassador for Everton.  He covers aspects like the definition of an academy, child safety act, basic requirements to start an academy, equipment, communication, scouting, Agents, education, etc...

IWC chats to Neil Tovey about Setting up an Academy

 

South African sporting icon, Neil Tovey will be the latest guest in the next Intune With Coaching live webinar series edition, aimed at providing functional insight on what goes into setting up a sports academy, coaching clinic, and programme, with the focus primarily on football.

The hugely anticipated webinar will take place on Thursday, 01 April at 6 PM LIVE on Zoom Teams. Register HERE and get exclusive access to one of the country’s finest football administrative minds…for FREE.

This episode follows an interview with the Department of Basic Education’s Bongani Zondi around the regulations for the resumption of school sports, and the presentation given by Intune Communication and Entertainment Founder, Kassey Belluigi regarding the importance of building a brand as a coach.

Tovey, an ex-Bafana Bafana captain, led the nation to our only Africa Cup of Nations trophy which culminated with the famous two-nil triumph in the final against Tunisia in 1996, with former president Nelson Mandela working his Madiba magic at the stadium and across the nation.

Following an illustrious career that spanned nearly 20 years, where he represented Durban City, AmaZulu and Kaizer Chiefs for a combined 632 times while notching up 52 caps for the national team, the former central defender also took up coaching. He completed his UEFA A licence with a record 90% pass rate on his way to coaching in and winning the Rothmans Cup, Telkom Charity Cup, and the COSAFA Cup with Banyana Banyana.

Long before serving as the SAFA Technical Director between 2015-2020, Tovey also played an integral part in the forming of the Transnet School of Excellence in 1994, an academy that has since produced elite international and local stars such as Steven Pienaar and Bernard parker.

 During the QnA with host and Intune Communications and Entertainment Director, Shawn Belluigi, Tovey will be discussing the tools one needs to get an academy or clinic off the ground.

 This will include the approvals and policies required; the inclusion of education; scouting and recruitment; standard of coaching; coaching programmes; sponsorship; the possible challenges, including the impact of COVID-19, and much more.

 There will also be time set aside for the audience to pose their questions to Mr Tovey, to provide full value to the coaches and administrators.

 Ahead of the webinar, Belluigi confirmed the idea behind bringing in the stalwart and the choice of the topic: “The restrictions that were imposed due to the coronavirus have been lifted and now it is time to get back to playing school sport. Neil will help coaches setup their academies and coaching structures so we can get back to playing sport as soon as possible.

 “I cannot wait until we can spend our weekends watching our kids play their sport of choice and Neil will give us the tools to do it as quickly as possible, that’s what makes this episode so exciting.” he added.

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Cricket South Africa, SA Schools Rugby and Sporting talk about how schools can return to sport

 

Schools have been told that they can return to sport but what does that mean?

Can you return to sport? 

What does it mean that schools sport has returned?

Are there limits in the way that you can return to sport?

What happens if you break the rules in returning to sport?

We have asked Cricket South Africa, SA Schools Rugby Association and Sporting Lisbon in South Africa to answer these questions for us. There are some clearly defined rules of what schools and clubs can do and come that are not that clear. These rules are common amongst all sports. It will be interesting to see what the take is of governing bodies that deal with both contact and non contact sport.

Coaching youth football the Sporting way - JB Braga

 

Joao Figueiredo Braga Bachelor in Sports and PE Lusófona Management of Sports Organisations and Clubs – Johan Cruyff Excellence Course - Royal Netherlands C License – Scottish FA Sports and Physical Education Monitor – CEFAD – Xistarca Level 2 referee Course – SAFA and more Sporting Lisbon youth coach based in South Africa. He spoke about youth development, coaching techniques, age appropriate coaching, coping during lockdown and how to deal with passionate parents. School sport around the world has changed overnight due to the coronavirus and has become more efficient and focused to allow all kids not matter their ability to express themselves the best that they can be on the sporting field. As a coach you need to stay ahead of the curve and keep yourself updated with all the new training tips and methodologies. We enable you to do this through our fortnightly webinars with a generic focus on sport.

Set up a 5 year plan and how do you measure if you have achieve your goals - Ricardo Katza

Ricardo talks about how he created a 5 year plan, how he measures it and how he adjusts the plan on a year to year basis as he reaches his goals. Ricardo Katza is a Bafana Bafana player who played for many clubs including Supersport United has gone back to coach school football at a rugby crazy school like Grey College. This is the sixth of our series of school sport and where is it going. School sport is unlikely to resume before 2021. But where does this leave our school sports coaches! Intune Communications, together with a host of scientists, nutritionists, psychologists and coaches, will be putting together a series of webinars on SCHOOL SPORTS AND WHERE IT IS GOING over the next few months and we invite you to join us in these FREE sessions.  

To find out more about our coaches and to book them contact us at

https://pages.services/pr.intunecom.co.za/webinar-series-special-offers/

 

Scouts will be out in full force at the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup national finals with KZN players hoping to be identified and follow the footsteps of Percy Tau

The future of South African football lies in the hands of youth tournaments such as the under-19 Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam.  Players are identified, placed into development programmes and nurtured.  A fine example is Percy Tau.  Mamelodi Sundowns scouts found this young rough diamond, brought him to Tshwane, placed him in Clapham High School, where he played in instrumental part in helping the school win the lucrative tournament, and now competes for both Bafana Bafana and is making waves at Belgian club, Brugge KV.

The possibility of being identified in the 2019 Kay Motsepe Schools Cup is exciting for the young players from Dr JL Dube and Mount Currie High School who will be representing KwaZulu-Natal in the National Finals taking place at the University of the Free State (Kovsies) from 23^rd to 27^th September.

Dr JL Dube won the KZN provincial finals and the R100 000 that goes with it and automatic qualification to the national finals. The school is in Kwa-Mashu and this is the second time that they have qualified for the nationals.

Coach Nhlanhla Makhwasa is a highly qualified teacher with a passion for helping children reach their potential in a safe, fun-filled environment and football is a perfect activity to do that, he believes, and this is what drove him to take up coaching.

The team is hard at work preparing for the nationals. “We need to remember that we want the boys to become the best players they can possibly be, and the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup creates an environment for them to succeed. We are playing friendly matches with the surroundings clubs to give them the best opportunity to excel at the national finals.

There are three players who Makhwasa believes will be key to them in Bloemfontein. They are Philani Sithebe (midfielder), Langa Mhlongo (midfielder) and Mxolisi Mthiya (striker).

Mount Currie High School, from Kokstad in the Harry Gwala District, came second at the KZN provincial finals and they will also be going to the nationals. The school has been competing since 2012, but this is the first time that they qualified for the national finals

Their coach, Mr John Motsa, started soccer at Mount Currie. Before that there was no sport at the school.  Motsa has a SAFA Introductory level coaching qualification obtained in 2008, a SAFA level one qualification completed in 2011 and CAF A certificate obtained in 2016.  A contributing factor to their success this year is preparation.  “In the past the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup was the only tournament we entered the entire year.  This year we have registered for the local league and we compete in different tournaments.  It has made a huge difference to our performance.  Learning is one of the key elements of success. The game is continuously changing and we need to accept that fact and adapt accordingly.”

The provincial finals were tough, admitted Motsa.  “We competed against some excellent teams, but this is our year and we are ready for the nationals.” The key players that they will be looking to are Benny Makhetha (central striker), Zukisani Ngubane(striker) and Motsa’s son, Sisipho Motsa , who is the goalkeeper and is also the captain.

The national finals promise to be spectacular with 18 teams competing for the ultimate prize of R1million, making the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam, the competition with the biggest prize money in Africa at under-19 level.  The runners-up will take home R600 000, third place and fourth place finishers get R500 000 and R400 000 respectively.  On top of this the nine Provincial winners will each receive R100 000.  The winnings are not handed over in cash but spent on legacy projects identified by the winning schools.

PROVINCIAL FINAL WINNERS TO DATE:

PROVINCE/PF VENUE	DATE	WINNERS	REGION
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	WINNER:  John Ramsay High School	Bishop Lavis Cape Town
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Beauford West Secondary School	Beaufort West Great Karoo Region
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	WINNER:  Maria Louw Senior Secondary School (Queenstown)	Queenstown Enoch Mgijima Municipality
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:   Jojo Senior Secondary	Mount Ayliff Alfred Nzo Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	WINNER:  Okiep HS	Okiep Springbok Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	RUNNER-Up:  Blinkklip HS	Posmasburg ZF Mgcawu Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	WINNER:  Tshikota High School	Tshikota (Louis Trichardt) Vhembe Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP: Ditlalemeso Secondary School	Mankweng (Turfloop) Capricorn District
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	WINNER:  Rosina Sedibane	Laudium, Centurion Tshwane
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Clapham HS	Queenswood, Pretoria Tshwane
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	WINNER:  Dr JL Dube High School	KwaMashu Emlanjeni Durban
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	RUNNER-UP:  Mount Currie Senior Secondary School	Kokstad Harry Gwala District
MPUMALANGA Ermelo	14-Sept-19	WINNER:  Khula Senior Secondary School	Standerton Gert Sibande
MPUMALANGA Ermelo	14-Sept-19	RUNNER-UP:  Siphokuhle Secondary School	Piet Retief Pixley

Gauteng champions, Rosina Sedibane High School and runners-up Clapham High School to represent the province at the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup National Finals

Schools representing Gauteng have done exceptionally well at the under-19 Kay Motsepe Schools Cup national finals over the years and 2019 could well be a repeat of that, with both Rosina Sedibane, the school that the development players from SuperSport United attend, and Clapham High School, where the Mamelodi Sundowns development players are educated, both reaching the national finals.

Rosina Sedibane won the Gauteng provincial title this year, and the R100 000 that goes with it, after beating Clapham High School on penalties in the provincial finals. Both schools will now proceed to the national finals taking place at the University of the Free State on September 23^rd to 27^th.

Rosina coach, Mpho Motola, is hoping to repeat the school’s success of 2017 and take home the R1 million first prize. 

“Rosina has been successful in winning prize money in this highly lucrative competition over the years,” he said.  “We finished 3^rd in 2012 and 2013 and 1^st in 2017 which has made a huge difference to the upgrading of the school. We have improved the football fields, built a basketball court, and we upgraded the hostels.  Approximately 80% of our pupils board at the school and these facilities need constant upgrading.”

Rosina Sedibane has taken part in the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam, since the tournament started. Last year they were knocked out in the group stages of the Gauteng Provincial Finals. Depending on how well they do this year, they would like to continue renovating the rest of the hostel, the school library and use some of the money to maintain their football field. “We attract pupils from all over South Africa so over 80% of the 350 learners that attend the school reside in the hostel,” said Motola.

The road to the national finals was not easy, admits Motola.  “We played 11 matches to qualify for the National Finals, including local qualifiers, district playoffs and provincial finals. We drew only 2 of those games, including a 2-2 draw with Clapham in the Gauteng Provincial finals.  We finally won on penalties to reach the nationa.s.”

There hasn’t been much time between the Provincial and National finals so they won’t be able to make big changes to their game plan.  “There are few tweaks that are needed such as improving our conversion rate in front of the goals,” Motola said. “The team gets into positions where they can score, and they are sloppy in their execution. We must be more clinical.

“We also need to work on our physical conditioning. The team will play a lot of games at the national finals without much turnaround time between games, so the boys need to be fit.”

He would also like to boys to distribute the ball a lot better. “They waste a lot of energy when they lose the ball due to incomplete passes. We must up our pass completion rate so we don’t waste energy trying to get the ball back.”

Playing in Gauteng is a big advantage, Motola believes. “A lot of the football academies and top football schools are in Gauteng, so we play against top opposition day in and day out. Some of the other teams in the National Finals are by far the top schools in their areas but are not used to playing against top opposition on a weekly basis.”

Many ex-Rosina players are playing football in the PSL, ABC Motsepe and SAB leagues. The latest star is Kamohelo Mahlatsi who is contracted to Supersport United and the SA under-23s. He is currently on loan to the University of Pretoria FC.

The coach singles out striker Stevens Goovadia as a player to watch. He is aggressive and scores a lot of goals. He was called up to the SA u-20s for a camp but did not go to the All-Africa Games

Itumeleng Legadi, the captain is another. He is a right-back but he can cover for right wing and depending on the situation, he can join the strikers. He has the ability to motivate the other players in the team. He is looked up to by other players.

Coach Mpho Motola has a CAF level B qualification. He has a degree in Psychology but he is so passionate about coaching and developing young talent that he went into teaching. He uses his psychology degree extensively while coaching the boys.

The tournament is run under the auspices of the South African Football Association (SAFA) together with the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

The national finals promise to be spectacular with 18 teams competing for the ultimate prize of R1million, making the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup the competition with the biggest prize money in Africa at under-19 level.  The runners-up will take home R600 000, third place and fourth place finishers get R500 000 and R400 000 respectively.  On top of this the nine Provincial winners will each receive R100 000.  The winnings are not handed over in cash but spent on legacy projects identified by the winning schools.

PROVINCIAL FINAL WINNERS TO DATE:

PROVINCE/PF VENUE	DATE	WINNERS	REGION
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	WINNER:  John Ramsay High School	Bishop Lavis Cape Town
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Beauford West Secondary School	Beaufort West Great Karoo Region
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	WINNER:  Maria Louw Senior Secondary School (Queenstown)	Queenstown Enoch Mgijima Municipality
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:   Jojo Senior Secondary	Mount Ayliff Alfred Nzo Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	WINNER:  Okiep HS	Okiep Springbok Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	RUNNER-Up:  Blinkklip HS	Posmasburg ZF Mgcawu Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	WINNER:  Tshikota High School	Tshikota (Louis Trichardt) Vhembe Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP: Ditlalemeso Secondary School	Mankweng (Turfloop) Capricorn District
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	WINNER:  Rosina Sedibane	Laudium, Centurion Tshwane
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Clapham HS	Queenswood, Pretoria Tshwane
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	WINNER:  Dr JL Dube High School	KwaMashu Emlanjeni Durban
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	RUNNER-UP:  Mount Currie Senior Secondary School	Kokstad Harry Gwala District
Mpumalanga Ermelo	14 Sept 19	WINNER:  Khula Senior Secondary School	Standerton Gert Sibande
Mpumalanga Ermelo	14 Sept 19	RUNNER-UP:  Siphokhule Secondary School	Kwangema Farm, Piet Retief, Ngema Pixley

North West is the last province to stage their Kay Motsepe Schools Cup Provincial Finals

The under-19 Kay Motspe Schools Cup provincial finals are near completion with the North West province being the last to host their finals taking place at the Marikana Sports Ground in Rustenburg on Friday, 20^th  September.

There will be four regional finalists competing for the two spots in the National Finals, with the schools that finish first and second automatically qualifying. Thuso Thebe High School (Ganyesa district), Sol Plaatjie (Ngaka Modiri Molema district), Eletsa Secondary School (Madibeng) and Kirang Ka Natla Secondary School (Stilfontein)

Eletsa Secondary School, from the Bojanala district, has been competing in the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam, since 2010 managing to finish in third place in 2010 and again in 2017.   

Manager and coach, Daniel Mhlongo is also a teacher at the school.  His love of the beautiful game spurred him to get his SAFA referee certificate. He went on to get a SAFA Introductory coaching certificate and he manages the Young Zebra Football Team that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, so he is well qualified to get the boys to the national finals again.

Eletsa’s road to the provincial finals was highly successful as they won every game.  At circuit level they beat Michakgasi Secondary 2-0, Klipgat High 1-0, Mchakgasi 2-0 andMadibatoloane 2-0. In the district round they beat Rustenburg High 1-0, Moses Kotwane 2-0, Moretele Secondary 1-0.

“I have an excellent team this year with three of our players - Jabulani Maseko, Moloto Phologelo and Fhurani Evans - being identified by the Mamelodi Sundown scouts,” Mhlongo said. “We will be happy to win the provincials however our plan is to win the Nationals as we would like to take home the prize money to rebuild some of our school structures.”

Eletsa is working hard at preparing for the provincial finals. “We train five times a week and play friendly games within the area,” Mhlongo said. “We all know that it will be a tough competition, but we can’t lose the provincial title.”

The tournament is run under the auspices of the South African Football Association (SAFA) together with the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

The national finals promise to be spectacular with 18 teams competing for the ultimate prize of R1million, making the Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam, the competition with the biggest prize money in Africa at under-19 level.  The runners-up will take home R600 000, third place and fourth place finishers get R500 000 and R400 000 respectively.  On top of this the nine Provincial winners will each receive R100 000.  The winnings are not handed over in cash but spent on legacy projects identified by the winning schools.

PROVINCIAL FINAL WINNERS TO DATE:

PROVINCE/PF VENUE	DATE	WINNERS	REGION
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	WINNER:  John Ramsay High School	Bishop Lavis Cape Town
Western Province Gaansbaai	03-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Beauford West Secondary School	Beaufort West Great Karoo Region
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	WINNER:  Maria Louw Senior Secondary School  (Queenstown)	Queenstown Enoch Mgijima Municipality
Eastern Cape Queenstown	10-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:   Jojo Senior Secondary	Mount Ayliff Alfred Nzo Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	WINNER:  Okiep HS	Okiep Springbok Municipality
Northern Cape Upington	17-Aug	RUNNER-Up:  Blinkklip HS	Posmasburg ZF Mgcawu Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	WINNER:  Tshikota High School	Tshikota (Louis Trichardt) Vhembe Municipality
Limpopo Polokwane	24-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP: Ditlalemeso Secondary School	Mankweng (Turfloop) Capricorn District
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	WINNER:  Rosina Sedibane	Laudium, Centurion Tshwane
Gauteng Nigel	31-Aug-19	RUNNER-UP:  Clapham HS	Queenswood, Pretoria Tshwane
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	WINNER:  Dr JL Dube High School	KwaMashu Emlanjeni Durban
KZN DURBAN	7-Sept-19	RUNNER-UP:  Mount Currie Senior Secondary School	Kokstad Harry Gwala District