By Yared Gebremeden
Many may remember the name Tesfalem Abosa. He was an Athletics Coach in Ethiopia before 10 years. Now he is living in America leaving behind all his athletics coaching passion and attractions.
Athletics is a gravitational force which is a call of his soul and he always wanted to see its highest development.
According to him everyone who is fan of athletics is sensitive towards supporting the sport and for a person like him leaving athletics behind for whatsoever reason is just a headache. "I want to share my part to the development of athletics in Ethiopia. And I want to see at least our previous brand in Athletics" He speaks with passion and enthusiasm.
Now he and his friends have established an Ethio-American Athletics Association in America and the association is supporting Ethiopians in America. And it is giving now training for children as their focus is to see future better athletes.
Tesfahun, one of the few Ethiopians who has pure coaching certificate in Athletics from Germany, believes that our brand athletics will only be kept sustainable and improve to be highly competitive with better trainings than what is ongoing now.
The expert also recommended that there needs to be a special institute for athletics coaching specialty in Ethiopia. He said "Our Association's long term plan in our bylaws is to establish Athletics Coaching Training Institute in Ethiopia which is common in many developed and some developing countries"
The coach said that there are many athletes that we can see on the streets in Ethiopia. And many of them can easily fit for international tournaments if given some sort of training. He said "I and members of my Association would like to support those young Ethiopians who were not able to get access to sport so far. And we have also a plan to support former Ethiopian athletes who are in need of help as they have contributed a lot for Ethiopian athletics."
Tesfahun strongly believes that working with knowledge and passion in Athletics through a better training programs is essential to succeed and continue to be strong competitive in athletics.
The association has a plan to work closely in partnership with important governmental and non-governmental organizations of the sport sector to improve Ethiopian Athletics to keep its brand, he noted.
This famous former athletics coach said with emphasis that "I was away from Ethiopian Sport for about a decade due some repulsive reasons of the sector. But now I want to play my share to keep Ethiopia's name in athletics through consultation, direct involvement, working on youth training with my colleagues as Ethiopia has got an amazing athletics potential which is known to the world."
Tesfahun, who was told by many to be the successor of the renowned Athletics coach Dr. Woldemeskel Kostere, commented that Ethiopian athletics lacks some components in the training aspect that is periodization. Training should be given with a careful emphasis and consideration of periods. That I think is missing and we have to check our athletics trainings in line with that and other scientific training components in an expertise way."
The Ethio-American Athletics Association is a non-profit making organization established to support Ethiopian athletics. The association has a plan to work both in America and Ethiopia by focusing on youth athletics potential trainings and supporting former famous athletes. Read more here
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