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Rangamar looking to become chief coach in athletics
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Posted on Dec 22 2005
Northern Marianas Athletics coaches’ director Elias Rangamar is looking to move up the ladder and become a chief coach in athletics after being selected to take part in a course in Australia early next month.
Rangamar, who began coaching in the sport in 1993, will take part in the first IAAF Academy course to be held in Oceania. The chief coach course will be held from Jan. 4 to Jan. 18 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
The course aims to develop skills and abilities in the areas of the coaching process, people leadership, and process management, as well as the practical aspects of preparing and managing national programs and national teams.
The course features two parts, with Part I focusing on developing the coaching, leadership, and management skills necessary for those appointed to leadership roles in coaching.
The first part has been divided into three sessions—Coaching Process, People Leadership and Management, and Process Leadership and Management. It will be conducted by Dr. Cliff Mallett of University of Queensland, as well as other lecturers from the university.
Part II of the course focuses on the practical aspects associated with delivering world class performances, and conduction of the segment will be led by Professor Elio Locatelli, who is head of the IAAF Member Services department. Other presenters include coaches who had successfully conducted national programs as a chief coach.
Rangamar’s daily session begins at 9am and concludes at 5:30pm, with evenings reserved for private study.
“My goal is to one day coach an Oceania squad…to be in the coaching staff,” Rangamar said yesterday. “This course is very educational and I expect to learn a lot. I’m still learning. In coaching, you never stop learning because technology and development changes all the time, so it is very challenging, and to master all disciplines in impossible.”
Another coach from the Northern Marianas who serves as an Oceania coach is veteran netter Jeff Race, who coaches the Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team.
