Volleyball and Beach Volleyball clinics for school teachers 

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 5, 2007.- Twelve renowned volleyball and beach volleyball coaches shared their knowledge and experiences during the Third International Clinic for Physical Education Teachers of Scholar level held last Saturday.

The beneficiaries of the event were more than 160 teachers in the one-day long clinic organized by the FIVB Regional Development Center in the Dominican Republic with the support of the NORCECA Confederation.

“We won’t have great Olympic teams unless we have a solid formation of the professors in the foundation,” said Cuban Eugenio George Laffita, one of the participating instructors.

“I want to fully remind all of you that even for the Olympic champions, the sport is education, sport is recreation, sport is health,” he said. “Sport is also the use of time in an adequate way, watching or taking part of the events.”

Besides Mr. Laffita, the other instructors were Lorne Sawula, Mark Tennant, John Kessell, Israel Garcia, Rene Quintana, Justo Morales, Francisco Cruz, Carl McGowan, Allison Wood, Christopher Smith and Ed Drakich, with the general coordination of Miguel Beato Cruz.

All the instructors gathered here on Friday during the annual meeting of the NORCECA Technical and Coaches Commission.