By: David Kyei

Date: 22-11-11

Patrons to the Kotoko Adako Jachie Training grounds may have noticed of late of the presence of a new person who has been busily engaged in the training of the players.

The new person is no one but former national goalkeeper and now an astute goalkeeping trainer, Joe Baah.

He has for some days now picked up an appointment as trainer and he has been partnering with Joe Carr to take the goalkeepers through their paces in their preparation for matches.

Confirming his status from the administrative manager, Ben Nti, he confirmed that “Coach Joe Baah has been appointed as a goalkeeping coach and he has been tasked to partner with Joe Carr.

“We have taken this decision to enable the two take the whole Kotoko team, from the Under 17 through the Reserves to the Seniors. We want all our goalkeepers to go through the same philosophy of playing so that their integration into any of the teams will not be a difficulty”.

Speaking to Kotoko Express, Joe Baah, expressed his joy at the fact that he has been able to come to the club that he so much wanted to play for during his playing days.

“It has been a long journey from my playing days to now. At the end of it all, I am happy that if I could not have the chance to play for Kotoko, I am happy that I am now able to work in a different capacity as a coach. My few days with the team has told me that the keepers are very good and that we will have to bring a few techniques to the players and they will be the best we can have in the country.

“Fortunately, we have a group of players who are either national team players or have had a brush with national teams. What we are going to do is to bring them up again to get back into the national teams. I want to see Soulama and Amoako back in shape and getting call-ups into their respective national teams.

“The young keepers should also be so ready for them to get calls into the junior national teams”.

He says he has so far been getting all the fullest backing and support from the keepers and the members of Team Kotoko.

Coach Joe Baah has been a long standing player for clubs like Great Olympics, Okwawu United, Abuakwa Susu Biribi and many other clubs.

His coaching career took him to Tema Youth and recently he was attached the Black Meteors team that won gold at the All African Games Gold in Maputo, Mozambique.