THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL COACHING COURSE 2018/19

ITK Table Tennis in FrenchSenior lecturer: Linda Renner Coordinator: Jens KühnastInterpreters: Meike Behlau, Petra Riedinger

Just like in previous semesters, the closing ceremony will be broadcast via live stream on 31 January 2019 at 1:30pm (CET): https://www.zmk.uni-leipzig.de/live-streaming/

68 students from 36 countries participated in the 2nd International Coaching Course (ITK) in 2018/19 and will be awarded their ITK certificates on 31 January 2019 in our formal closing ceremony.

ITK Conditioning Coach in Spanish Senior lecturer and coordinator: Johannes LitwinowInterpreter: Elke Winkler

Sports Management in English Senior lecturer and coordinator: Sandy AdamInterpreter: Anne J. Schieck

ITK Handball in EnglishSenior lecturer and coordinator: Daniel Andrä Interpreter: Veronika Kral

ITK Basketball in Arabic Senior lecturer: Dr. Martin Dornhoff Coordinator: Simone Zimmermann Interpreter: Monia Kari

Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät

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ITK Basketball participants were happy to find top-level matches on their excursion schedule: The coaches went to see a Champions League match (Brose Bamberg vs. BC Lietkabelis) and a Bundesliga match between Mitteldeutscher Basketballclub and FC Bayern. The trip to ALBA BERLIN offered insights into the work of a successful Basketball club and the ALBA BERLIN COLLEGE. On this occasion, ITK Basketball and Sports Management students had the opportunity to present the Basketball systems of their countries. Also, ITK Basketball students were referees in the “Jugend

trainiert für Olympia” city final. (Photo: Simone Zimmermann)

Participants of the ITK Handball course had the opportunity to participate in numerous events, while the focus lay on youth Handball. They organised and executed the ALLIANZ elementary school league, conducted P.E. classes for the 1st classes of the Lessing Grundschule Leipzig and led the Mini match operations in the Leipzig handball district. They also accompanied the training of the SC DHfK and HC Leipzig junior teams and supported the Saxon Handball Association in conducting the sports aptitude tests to the Sportgymnaiusm Leipzig, a sports school.

Two friendly games against the SC DHfK sponsoring team, a trip to Oschatz for the selection of the district teams of the Saxon Handball Association, watching home matches of the SC DHfK Leipzig and HC Leipzig as well as the integration of two ITK participants in the men’s team of Germania Zwenkau allowed for great insights into the local Handball system.

Students of the ITK Table Tennis course also were involved in youth sports and supervised the training camps of the LTTV Leutzscher Füchse 1990 e.V., the TeTaKo table tennis school and the SG Marbach 1910 e.V. Table tennis participants also enjoyed trips to the Saxon ranking tournament and the top-24 national ranking tournament for pupils and youth. (Photo: Petra Riedinger)

Excursions and Projects

The cultural highlights of every semester are the trip of all ITK participants to Germany’s capital Berlin and the reception in Leipzig’s New Town Hall. In addition, the participants have the opportunity to attend and analyse live sporting events of various competition classes during field-specific excursions and by actively participating.

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A multitude of regional clubs for canoeing, judo, wresting, fin swimming, handball and athletics opened their doors for the ITK Conditioning Coach course and allowed them to shadow training sessions combined with sports-specific evaluation. The coaches also attended and analysed conditional requirements of Bundesliga matches in Football (RB Leipzig), Handball (SC DHfK) and Basketball (MBC).

For the first time ever, ITK Sport Management students did not only organize the ITK International Sports Festival for students but also for pupils of the Lessingschule Leipzig. The new cooperative project excited pupils and teachers of the elementary school alike. The trip to the Sportpark Rabenberg was combined with a visit of the Eliteschule des Sports in Oberwiesenthal, a guided tour of the Erzgebirgsstadion and the Youth Training Centre of the FC Erzgebirge Aue e.V. Together with ITK Basketball students, ITK sport managers visited ALBA BERLIN for a seminar on

Basketball structures worldwide, which was attended by ALBA BERLIN Vice President Henning Harnisch and the ALBA BERLIN COLLEGE Commercial Director Daniel Endres. The seminar took place in the halls of the University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE) thanks to Prof. Dr. Stefan Chatrath (guest speaker and programme director of the University of Applied Sciences Europe). (Photo: Anne J. Schieck)

ITK Cooperations & Partner Organisations

We would like to give special thanks to our partner organisations for their continued support and cooperation that allow our students to get insights into club structures and competition systems but also give them the opportunity to put into practice methods acquired in classes, e.g. during shadowing sessions and friendly matches.

ITK BasketballMitteldeutscher Basketballclub (MBC), ALBA BERLIN, ALBA BERLIN COLLEGE

ITK HandballSC DHfK Handball, HC Leipzig, Saxon Handball Association, Germania Zwenkau

ITK Table TennisLTTF Leutzscher Füchse, Tischtennisschule TeTaKo, SG Marbach 1910

ITK Conditioning Coach SC DHfK Handball, Canoeing, Wrestling and Fin Swimming, IAT, RB Leipzig Women’s Team, Uni-Riesen Leipzig

ITK Sport ManagementDOSB, Saxon Sports Confederation, Lessingschule, FC Erzgebirge Aue e.V., Eliteschule des Sports in Oberwiesenthal, Sportpark Rabenberg, University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE)

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Among the guests at ITK during this semester were ...

... from Berlin, Dr. Werner Dieter Klucke of the International Sports Promotion Department of the German Foreign Office who spoke on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Sports Faculty of Leipzig University.

... Johannes Curtius, International Relations Manager at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB): He spoke about the work of the DOSB and answered a multitude of questions about project funding in the home countries of ITK participants.

... Knut Auf dem Berge who is DOSB Foreign Affairs Expert and head of the DOSB long-term project #EllasJuegan which promotes women’s football in Uruguay. We are very proud that ITK graduate María Inés Rüsch Cordano also worked on this project.

... DOSB foreign affairs expert Ralf Iwan who spoke about his current project in Lebanon which brings together refugees and sports.

... Prof. Dr. Peter Kapustin (TAFISA Commissioner Education) and Jean-François Laurent (TAFISA Junior Director). They conducted the first cooperation talks between Breitensport-Weltverband Trim and Fitness International Sport for All Association (TAFISA) and ITK.

“Celebrate Diversity”: Internationales Sportfest in December 2018 – organized by ITK Sports Management students

We would like to thank the Wontanara dance group, DJ Exodus Movement and the Akademische Auslandsamt for their cooperation as well as all sponsors of the Internationales Sportfest for their generous support.

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ITK Pathfinder Program Costa Rica 2018

The “ITK Pathfinder Program Costa Rica 2018“ took place from 11 to 16 August under the direction of ITK lecturer Daniel Andrä. The further education seminar focused on personality development in sport and basic ball handling. It was a successful collaboration of the Sports Science Faculty of Leipzig University, the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica and the Instituto Costarricense del Deporte y la Recreación (ICODER). Furthermore, it was supported by the Comité de Deporte y Recreación Limón and the Municipalidad de Limón. 25 Costa Rican coaches participated in the project, among them Football World Cup participant

Knut Bernard, Reynaldo Parks and the Costa Rican Legend Juan Cayasso. Video

… AND THERE IS MORE

Continued cooperation between Leipzig and Havana: ITK Alumni Camp Cuba in Judo

The ITK Alumni Camp Cuba 2018 took place in Havana from 22 to 26 October 2018. The five-day further education seminar in judo was co-organized by the Sports Science Faculty of Leipzig University and the Universidad de Ciencias de la Cultura Física y el Deporte “Manuel Fajardo“, the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación (INDER) and the Centro de Investigaciones del Deporte Cubano (CIDC).

The 14 participants from Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay graduated from ITK at the Sports Science Faculty between 1993 and 2017. Now they are working as Judo coaches, university lecturers and P.E. teachers.

“We organized this Alumni Camp to promote professional exchange among our alumni as well as their further education. It is our aim to make them multipliers of knowledge and ITK networkers,“ so Daniel Eckert-Lindhammer, ITK Administrative Managing Director and initiator of the project.

ITK Ambassador Meeting in Argentina

The ITK Ambassador Meeting in Buenos Aires took place from 8 to 12 October thanks to the cooperation of the “Associación ITK Argentina Experts in Global Sports” alumni association. In the further education seminar ITK Ambassadors expanded their theoretical and practical knowledge in terms of alumni work, teambuilding, leadership and marketing. The emphasis was put on the establishment and organisation of independent Alumni Associations: They are to conduct independent events and further education courses in sports in order to promote sports development in their countries. The foundation of these

associations was already initiated in the 2015 meeting. Currently there are nine ITK Alumni Associations in Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Haiti, Morocco, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. Video

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Alumni Meeting of the 1993 Courses

10 graduates of the ITK Course 1993 (ITK Swimming, Track & Field and Football) from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay did not shy away from any costs or efforts to travel to Leipzig in September 2018 to celebrate their 25th ITK anniversary. During their 5-day stay they had the opportunity to discuss ITK then and today, meet their former lecturers and participate in a workshop led by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Almut Krapf (Faculty of Pedagogics) concerning future cooperation and projects.

ITK at the DISCOVER FOOTBALL Conference

They successfully campaign for women in sports: 15 referees and 15 coaches from 30 countries participated in the DISCOVER FOOTBALL International Coaches and Referees Conference in Berlin in December 2018.

Luana dos Santos Held, ITK graduate and coordinator of ITK Alumni programmes, presented and represented ITK at the conference; Dr. Nermin Sameeh from Egypt (ITK Football 2015), Haifa Guedri from Tunesisia (ITK Football 2015) and Enala Phiri from Zambia (ITK Football 2018) as well as ITK Ambassador

Olimpia Puerto Moctezuma from Mexiko (ITK Sports Psychology 2005) were among the selected participants.

The 1st ITK in 2019

4 March 2019 is the starting date of the 1st ITK 2019: Football in Arabic, Track & Field in English, Sports for the Disabled in French and Volleyball in Spanish. The ITK Sports Management Course will start on 1 April 2019.

All scheduled courses up to 2020 and their respective application deadlines are listed here.

International Projects 2019

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer top-notch international further education workshops in three ITK Pathfinder projects in 2019: Benin (Handball), Tanzania (Football) and Mexico (Track & Field). All projects aim at finding and encouraging skilled candidates to participate in the International Coaching Courses in Leipzig.

Thanks to the initiative of ITK graduate Aldo Rigis Gnonlonfoun, a 2-week workshop in Porto-Novo, Benin, will provide further training in movement education, project management and sport organisation

LOOKING AHEAD

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A ITK Pathfinder project in Tanzania was brought into light thanks to the committed work of Tuntufye Mwambusi, ITK alumnus of 2017. Up to 40 football coaches will receive a further education course organized in cooperation with the Saxon Football Federation and under the auspices of RB Leipzig player Yussuf Poulsen. Video

The project in Mexico will be implemented in close cooperation with the Mexican ITK Alumni Association that was foun-ded in 2017. Special highlights will be an intensive seminar that will be held in three different places of the country. The ITK Pathfinder project will be the first larger further education project of the Mexican ITK Alumni Association.

ITK IN SOCIAL MEDIA

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The International Coaching Course - ITK - funded by the Federal Foreign Ministry based on a resolution of the German Federal Parliament.

Photos (if not stated otherwise): Sebastian Evans