A coach who has been involved in the development of talented youngsters for Orlando Pirates has revealed how the club has been doing it over the years, speaking exclusively to the Siya crew.
For almost two decades, Mandla Qhogi has been working as a development coach for Pirates where talented players have been produced over the years such as Zakhele Lepasa, Relebohile Mofokeng who are currently with the first team, as well as Lyle Foster among others, and is being lauded for his eye for talent.
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Qhogi, who recently parted ways with the Buccaneers, has spoken on the working relationship between coaches at Bucs from the senior team and development respectively.
"There is a good collaboration between coaches at the club. The first team head coach, or sometimes it might not be him but an assistant coach, will come and watch the development team's training sessions from time to time. They also come to sit down with the development coaches to discuss about the players, individually. They would ask which players do the coaches think are ready to come and train with the first team and we would put the names forward," said Qhogi.
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"The next step would be for those players to be invited for training during the FIFA break for example, or when the first team is away for a match and there are players that have been left behind to train. The selected players from the development go and train with them. Then a message would be sent to the first team coach about a certain player from the development who might have impressed. With some of the DDC (DStv Diski Challenge) matches being shown on TV these days, it makes it even easier for coaches to watch these players," he said.
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