Another success for a Cuban Coach

I was really pleased today to read about 17 year old Miguel Assen winning the Gold Medal for Triple Jump at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China (representing Surinam).

It didn’t surprise me, as when I saw his technique, I knew that he had been trained by a Cuban Coach. As a Cuban coach myself, I’m very proud of the excellent results the Cuban coaches abroad-they have great methodological skills training much knowledge in the foundation of the base of triple jump.

One of the best qualities of the Cuban Coaches is that they are able to develop an athlete from nothing, from zero to the top. We are expert at creating training programmes specific to each athlete. We have high levels of theoretical and practical education, and we are specialized to a deep level in all aspects of Jumps. For example, in Cuba,  if you want to be a coach, at any level, you need to have a degree in Sports Science, which requires 5 years of study at University, and on most occasions, you need to have a Masters degree or Doctorate to work with the Elite squad.

On top of that, after graduation, Coaches are sent to work abroad to e.g. Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, although some coaches, like me, work in Europe or the USA. This inter-exchange allows the possibility of not only using their knowledge, but also the opportunity to expand their methodological knowledge and enrich all types of practical experience.

In most European countries, you can qualify as a Coach after taking a only a 6 month course given by The Federation, and although there are many good coaches, I believe that there is a lack of knowledge of the general technical base amongst coaches trained in this way.

As a Cuban Coach, I am very proud of our coaching results abroad, for example, if we look at the 2012 Olympics, the Columbian woman who won the Gold medal for Triple Jump, had a Cuban Coach behind her, and the French athlete who won the Gold for men’s Triple Jump, also was trained by a Cuban Coach.

If we look at the results in the world of Triple Jump at the moment, we have to say that the good results tend to have a Cuban coach behind them, and this is testament, I believe, to the depth and breadth of their profound level of education and training, making Cuban Coaches amongst the best in the World. This is the secret of The Cuban Coach.