On July 12-14, 2017 the President of EAS, Prof. Laura Capranica participated in the Estonian EU Presidency Council Conference “Role of Sport Coaches in Society: Adding Value to Peoplea’s Lives” held in the capital city Tallin. On that occasion Prof. Capranica took the chance to have exchange with Roy Hodgson about dual career in the soccer sports world.
For more information see here: (https://www.eu2017.ee/political-meetings/informal-meeting-eu-sport-directors-and-conference-role-sport-coaches-society).
The conference addressed different aspects of coaches’ role, position as well as responsibility with respect to athletes and society, including the importance of coaches’ education, their qualifications and recognition.
The conference videos are available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjm50upiwE4ieO8nyQ5Vgg