National Coach endorses Finn Harps Schools Programme

The Finn Harps Schools Programme and the schools coaches had the honour this week to have a visit from Ruud Dokter, the FAI’s High Performance Director.
Ruud has wide ranging international experience with the KNVB, the Dutch Football Association, where he has fulfilled a large variety of senior coaching positions at men’s U21, U18, U17, U16 and U15 level as well as the senior women’s team and has built up a wealth of experience in delivering the world famous Dutch model of player development.
Rudd oversees the non-senior international men’s programme, the women’s senior and underage international programme, coach education and player development. This includes the Emerging Talent Programme. His experience and encouragement is a great addition to the Finn Harps Schools Programme and we are so delighted that such a high calibre figure in the world of soccer and sport was so complimentary of our programme.