14. Oktober 2007  
Havana / Cuba  
Artistic Gymnastics

Course of Studies Olympic Solidarty in Havana

Erik LOPEZ (CUB) and teacher Dieter Hofmann (SUI)

At the beginning of October a ten day's course of studies for coaches of women's artistics gymnastics ended at the national training center of CUBA GYMNASTICS FEDERATION in Havana.

The course was part of the F.I.G. program "Olympic Solidarity" .
After 2006, January this was the second course under the leadership of the former German and later Swiss coach Dieter HOFMANN, assisted by the former world star Erik LOPEZ ...

Lektor HOFMANN, leitete schon im Januar 2006 den FIG-Männer-Lehrgang ...

At this course 2007 "Olympic Solidarity" *
took part 36 coaches from four Cuban districs but also all the Cuban coaches from the national gymnastics center, here in Havana.

Also guests from some different countries participated, representing  Bolivia, Venezuela, Guatemala and also two coaches from Indonesia.

 

The F.I.G. was giving the authorization again to the teacher  Dieter HOFMANN (SUI), who led 21lessons and 43 hours of theory and practice to such contents like long term development of gymnastics achievment, components and methodology of modern training and competition systems of young female and male gymnasts.

The main organization of this course was taken care by 
Jose Echezeretta from the CUBA GYMNASTICS FEDERATION and the former international gymnastics star  Erik Lopez.

Coaching seminar "'OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY'"
Dieter Hofmann, the former head coach of the men's national team of the GDR who now lives in Switzerland where he was a coach at the club NKL Liestal, has been working for FIG-events already since the 70ies.