Presentation, Seminar/workshop • Ostrava
Handball Tournament and Workshop in Czechia
It is a three-day event including an international tournament for young players (U14–U15), accompanying educational and cultural program and workshops for coaches and referees. Event will take place in Ostrava and will be organized by the Moravian-Silesian Handball Federation. International tournament will be attended by 2 teams (team of boys and girls) from each country, incl. staff/functionaries, referees and delegates (mentors). Each team will play 3 matches in the tournament, a total of 12 matches will take place during tournament (everyone will play with everyone in their category). Matches will be officiated by the referees from all countries, provided by the partners. Their performance will be supervised by the delegates. Tournament will include an accompanying program, in which participants (players) get acquainted with the culture of the region, with the conditions for training and study of handball in the Moravian-Silesian region, with professional opportunities in sports (work with children, youth education, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, science and research, etc.). Workshop – it is the educational part of the event for coaches and referees. At the workshop will participate coaches and referees involved in the tournament. The host country (organizer of the event) has the opportunity to invite to the workshops also coaches and referees from the clubs in his region. Workshops will be led by the university teachers working in the field of handball methodology and didactics and /or by coaches with many years of experience in youth training. The workshops will be also attended by the delegates providing feedback to the referees. The subject and objective of the workshops is: analysis of the matches, sharing experiences and examples of good practice, development of knowledge and skills in different topics (e.g. how to judge different situation in the match, youth work, modern training methods, etc.). Exact topics of the workshops will be agreed with the partners during the preparation of the event. Workshops will last approximately 8 hours and are expected to be attended by about 50 people (4 coaches, 2 referees, 1 delegate and 1 trainer from each country + invited coaches and referees from the host country (approx. 20 people)). Photo documentation (for presentation purposes) and video records (for educational purposes and further dissemination and use of outputs and knowledge from the event) will be taken from the tournament and workshops. Expected schedule of the event:• Friday afternoon: arrival, tournament matches • Saturday morning: tournament matches • Saturday afternoon: workshop for coaches and referees (2 separate workshops) + accompanying program for players (cultural-cognitive activities according to the possibilities of the region, demonstration of conditions for handball training and study, visit to the workplaces associated with sport) • Sunday morning: tournament matches • Sunday afternoon: joint workshop for coaches and referees (potential topics: coaches' behaviour and their impact on referees' decisions, mutual respect and communication in conflict situations, position of referees during the game and many others) + accompanying program for players (cultural or social activities according to the possibilities of the venue), tournament evaluation, departure. The aim of the event is to confront sports skills, increase awareness, develop knowledge and skills of the target groups involved, share experiences, tools and examples of good practice, whereby the event will contribute to the fulfilment of the project objectives. Further use of the results of the event in the partner countries: organization of follow-up seminars for coaches and referees, professional lectures at universities, self-study material, implementation in work with clubs and youths.
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