Nigeria Beach Soccer League set to organise refresher course for coaches and referees ahead of 2025 season

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Ahead of the 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League (NBSL) slated to kick off on March 31st, the league is set to organize coaching and referees refresher courses.

The three-day course will be held virtually via Zoom application from Monday, March 24, to Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Tagged “Coaches and Referees Refresher Course 3.0”, the program aims to brush up the skills and knowledge of participants in the laws of the game, new developments, and prerequisites ahead of the 2025 season.

Coaches role, style, planning, training, and match coaching will be examined during the coaching course.

Facilitators and instructors for the event include FIFA Beach Soccer Instructor and NBSL Head of Technical Study Group (TSG), Sunday Okayi; CAF License Coaches and Nigeria National Beach Soccer Team Coaches/NBSL Technical committee members, Coach Abdullahi Isa and Christopher Kadiri; and an external facilitator.

Retired FIFA referee with multiple FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup to his kitty, Abduljelili Ogunmuyiwa will also be part of referees instructors.

Teams participating in the 2025 NBSL are expected to nominate three coaches and a player for the course. Ex Beach Soccer Internationals are also invited for the course.

Participants are urged to download zoom App and test run it before the course commence on Monday.

Certificates will be issued to participating coaches and referees at the end of the course.

The certificates will also serve as prerequisites for coaches and assistants that will appear on the technical bench for the 2025 NBSL season scheduled to kick off on March 31 to April 3.