The Balkan Volleyball Association

The European Coaches Commission (ECOC) got together in 13^th and 14^th of February in

Luxembourg City for the first meeting following the elections that took place this past September

in Vienna.The working sessions were chaired by CEV Senior Vice President and ECOC President,

Mr. Aleksandar Boricic, who expressed his satisfaction for the positive outcome of the meeting.

“Although we were missing two members who could not make it to Luxembourg for prior

commitments,all of them are really active and interested in supporting the work of this

Commission.Mr. Berruto andMr. Paananen submitted a couple of good reports we have

been going through as we are in the processof getting together and discussing as many

ideas as possible” says Mr. Boricic.

The Commission has embarked on an ambitious plan to work out a proposal devoted to the

international calendar which is currently extremely packed, but much attention will be given

also to the interaction with the National Federations. “We will be collecting data from all

countries to figure out how many have got a Coaches Commission. For those who still did not

create that body, we will be searching for the contacts of the key person that is responsible

for coaching affairs” stresses Mr. Boricic. “This is necessary in order to get a better

understanding of their activities and to cooperate more closely especially with those

whomay need our help and assistance”.

The ECOC will be working a proposal also to standardize the denomination of all junior and

youth Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events, while the test promoted by the Balkan Volleyball

Association for a pre-youth competition (U15) was also analyzed by the members. “Our aim is

also to support the introduction of a European coaches’ license but we still have to work on its

concept” says the CEV Senior Vice President. “Moreover, with the creation of some development

centers which is foreseen for the near future, we shall be ready to define a strategy whereby

we may exploit such hubs to help out the National Federations included in the categories 1 and

2”. 

 
“We shall take advantage of the knowledge contributed by the members of the group, as we

havetop coaches there, as well as a good representative for Beach Volleyball, Mr. Ahmann,

plus a lady,Svetlana Ilic, who may help us support the role of female Volleyball coaches. Finally,

if I have to sumup, our Commission wants to be pro-active and assist all parties whenever this

is possible” concludes Mr. Boricic.