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Wrestling Conducts Sports Psychology Webinar Series on Preparing an Athlete for Competition

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 5) -- United World Wrestling conducted a series of webinars Feb. 27 on Sports Psychology-Preparing an Athlete for Competition.  

Santoro GERARD (FRA), Dr. Judy GOSS (CAN), Mtra. Magaly ZERON AVILA (MEX) and Dr. Nermin RAFIQ MOHAMED (EGY) were presenters for the webinars. 

The webinars were conducted in four languages: French, Spanish, English, and Arabic.  Over 500 people participated in the four webinars, which was the largest one-day total for webinar attendance. A Russian webinar was originally scheduled but was unable to be conducted due to technical difficulties and will be rescheduled to a later date. 

The participants will be receiving a certificate for attending the webinar, which can be used for continuing education credits.
 

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Tunisia Conducts Coach and Referee Courses

By United World Wrestling Press

Tunis, Tunisia (12 February)—The Tunisian Wrestling Federation organized two courses to help expand and improve its base of coaches and referees. During a week-long education program, they conducted a Level 1 Coaching Course and an Introduction to Refereeing Course.

The Level 1 Coaching Course was led by UWW Certified Educators Mr. Ahmed KHEDHRI (TUN) and Ms. Marwa AMRI (TUN).

The course was held from February 7-11 with over 50 participants. “It was a great course and an outstanding atmosphere. The group was very cohesive and showed great discipline and seriousness during the course,” said Mr. Khedhri.

"This course focused on providing foundational skills to help them develop as a coach. Of the 51 participants, there were 16 women coaches,“ said Ms. Amri. "This was an excellent course and a very good atmosphere. The women’s participation was very good and included former champions.” 

TUNParticipants from the Coach and Referee Courses in Tunisia gather for a photo. (Photo: United World Wrestling)

Before the coaching course, the Tunisian Wrestling Federation organized the Introduction to Refereeing Course.

This was led by Mr. Kamel BOUAZIZ (TUN), UWW Educator and Vice-President of the UWW Referee Commission. This course was held from February 3-5 and had 27 participants (14 women).

During the course, the participants developed their skills as a referee through theoretical and practical experience.

“The majority of the participants were from the Tunisian National Team, so the level of wrestling knowledge was very high," said Mr. Bouaziz. "The group was enthusiastic, and the learning atmosphere was very good. They pushed me to give them as much information and explanations as possible.”