NORTH Geelong Warriors Head Coach Luciano Trani will feature amongst a star studded cast of renowned coaches who will speak at Association of Football Coaches and Trainers (AFCAT) Coaching Seminar at the Bulleen Veneto Club this coming Sunday.

The Seminar will also double as AFCAT’s 5^th year anniversary event and is open to all coaches with entry fees set at $10 for AFCAT members and $25 for non members.

The format for the day will involve:

- Practical Sessions covering each of the topics

- Theory sessions covering each of the topics

- Question and Answer session

- General football discussion involving a panel of coaches

- Networking opportunities

Luciano Trani (pictured), who was only recently appointed at the helm of the Warriors’ NPL2 side, will provide an interesting insight into his visit to Africa as part of his assignment in preparing a scout’s report for the Socceroos’ coaching staff.

He will also present a practical session based on preparing your team with a ‘defensive organisation against a high press’.

FFV’s Zone Development Officer for the local Wimmera/South Region, Foddy Kyprian, is urging as many Geelong coaches as possible to attend the seminar.

“I attended the FFV coaches’ conference last weekend in Melbourne and it was announced that AFCAT is set to form an official relationship with Football Federation Australia,” he said.

“As part of that deal, they were allowed to advertise this event and I’m encouraging as many Geelong region coaches to attend. And with Luc presenting, there will also be that little bit of a local flavour as well,” Kyprian added.

All sessions of the AFCAT seminar will be held at the Veneto Club on Sunday, 19th of November. The Official Itinerary is as follows:

8.30am

• REGISTRATION/ SIGN IN- AFCAT MEMBERS $10 NON AFCAT MEMBERS $25

9.00am

• WELCOME/ INTRODUCTIONS/ AFCAT NEWS/ NATIONAL COACHES ASSOCIATION

9.15am

• THEORY SESSION 1- RON SMITH- GOALSCORING PATTERNS

10.30am

• THEORY SESSION 2
• LOCAL FFV COACH SUCCESS STORIES 2017 SEASON
• GEORGE KATSAKIS- Heidelberg United
• GUS MacLEOD- Langwarrin
• PAUL HARRIS- Eltham Redback
• DANNY VERDUN- Knox City
• SOCRATES NICOLAIDIS- South Melbourne Women’s

12.00am

• THEORY SESSION 3
• EMANUEL SAAKAI- LENGO at THE CONFEDERATION CUP in RUSSIA

12.30pm

• THEORY SESSION 4
• HARRY BINGHAM- OVERSEAS ACADEMY STUDY

13.00pm

• LUNCH

13.30pm

• THEORY SESSION 5
• LUC TRANI- SCOUTS REPORT

14.00pm

• PRACTICAL SESSION 1
• RON SMITH- TRAINING SESSION IF YOU ONLY HAVE HALF A PITCH or SMALLER AREA THEME LINKED TO MORNING THEORY SESSION.

14.45pm

• PRACTICAL SESSION 2
• LUC TRANI- DEFENSIVE ORGANISATION AGAINST A HIGH PRESS

15.30pm

• SUMMARY/ Q and A/ CLOSE

Any Geelong region coaches interested in attending, can register online for the seminar at: www.afcat.com.au