{"id":52775,"date":"2014-02-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/52775\/elsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-season-plansorelsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-ready-for-the-seasonor\/"},"modified":"2014-02-04T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T09:37:00","slug":"elsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-season-plansorelsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-ready-for-the-seasonor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/02\/04\/elsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-season-plansorelsburg-jomo-cosmos-fc-ready-for-the-seasonor\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsburg Jomo Cosmos FC season plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elsburg Jomo Cosmos Football Club have started with their pre-season training and are looking forward to a great season this year.<\/p>\n

“At Elsburg Jomo Cosmos we believe that a properly structured pre-season training programme makes all the difference to grassroots players and teams, hence our head coach Ezekiel Dube and head referee Joe Alves have put together a pre-season programme for our players,” said the club manager, Moonira Ramathula.<\/p>

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The pre-season training includes a coaches’ workshop, where succession planning of players and understanding the rules of the game are among the disciplines taught.<\/p>\n

One of the club’s main goals for the year is ensuring all coaches obtain a South African Football Association (SAFA) qualification.<\/p>

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“Currently, we have six coaches who have between SAFA introductory to SAFA Level 2, CAF B licences and SAFA Level 4 referee qualifications,” said Ramathula.<\/p>\n

“Our aim is to ensure all our coaches are qualified coaches and qualified referees,” said Ramathula.<\/p>\n

“We have also established a good relationship with Platinum Stars Academy, which allows our players the opportunity to play against their academy players annually.<\/p>\n

“This year we will be making our way to Royal Bafokeng to learn and showcase our player’s skills.”<\/p>\n

In other news, the club will host coaching clinics at two local schools as part of the community outreach programme which they started in 2013.<\/p>\n

Their league begins on April 5 and runs through to September\/October.<\/p>\n

“We will end our season with our fourth annual Elsburg Jomo Cosmos tournament, which has become quite a hit on the East Rand, and we continuously strive to improve our tournament offering,” said Ramthula.<\/p>\n