Taipei, June 6 (CNA) Four Paraguayan soccer coaches started their 10-day training program schedule Wednesday in the eastern county of Taitung in hopes of developing more professional grassroots coaches to establish asolid foundation for Taiwanese soccer.
These coaches will provide their expertise in conditioning, techniques, tactics and psychology in the three-day program, which will be held in Taitung, Pingtung and Taichung from June 6 - 16.
The coaching clinic is the result of collaboration between the Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and National College of Physical Education and Sports (NCPES).
Paraguay is proud of its long soccer history and achievement, the Paraguayan Embassy said, and believes the program will help the development of Taiwanese soccer thanks to the efforts of coaches Gustavo Alcibiades Blaires Ucedo, Ramon Duarte, Julio Vera Torres and Guido Armoa.
Taiwan currently ranks 167th in the FIFA (Federation of International Football Association) global ranking while Paraguay ranks 35th. The Central American country boasts seven World Cup appearances and has advanced to the final sixteen on three occasions.
According to a MOE statistics, there are more than 600 soccer teams of all levels in Taiwan, with more than 500 of them being primary school teams.