| Fadhil Yunus |

THENational Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) has made efforts to combine sports science in the field of football coaching with a physiology course in collaboration with the High Commission of the Republic of Singapore at the NFABD House which began yesterday.

Morni bin Zakaria, Executive Committee Member of NFABD, said that psychology is a study of the function of body, anatomy, organs and interactions with the environment.

In this case, interactions with physiology is interrelated and also needed in football, the guest-of-honour said during an opening ceremony.

The NFABD executive committee member advised participants to seize the opportunity to comprehend better the benefits which will be presented in the course whether it is in theory or practical.

The three-day physiology course conducted by an established expert in Sports Medicine and Physiology at the Singapore Sports Institute, Dr Abdul Rashid Aziz, will focus on the extensive studies on athletes conditions and training during Ramadhan.

The short course, which ends on Wednesday, also offers a range of theoretical and practical case studies such as Muscles and Energy Systems, Training Principles, Physiological demands in Football, Aerobic and Anaerobic Training, Training Load and many more.

Officials and participants in a group photo. KHAIRIL HASSAN

Morni asserted that the participants can gain insight to Dr Abdul Rashids vast experience and expertise in the field of sports science despite the short length of the course.

He also took the opportunity to express his gratitude to Lim Hong Huai, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to Brunei Darussalam, for providing cooperation and support to NFABD efforts in bringing in an expert from Singapore.

A total of 41 local head and assistant coaches from the teams in the DST Super and Premier Leagues, physical education coaches from the Ministry of Education, coaches from the Department of Youth and Sports and NFABD staff coaches are currently taking part in the course.

The executive committee member added that it already serves as a great opportunity to the participants as it can be used as well as possible in enhancing their knowledge in the field of coaching as an added value in expanding their own expertise to be applied to football players.

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