sep.21.2008
Eighty-six coaches and personal trainers attended the TTOC High Performance coaching seminar held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday.
The seminar was facilitated by TTOC president Larry Romany who said that the interest shown by the coaches is evidence of their willingness to obtain sport science based information and desire for self improvement.
"It is a clear sign that some of our local coaches recognize that if we want to create the environment locally for world class athlete development there is the need to understand basic sport science principles" said Romany.
TTOC secretary general Brian Lewis however pointed out that even though the attendance was"excellent" not all TTOC affiliates were represented and that this remains a "worry" .
But Romany is not unduly concerned as he says it is an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary process.
"In 1997 some people wanted to run the TTOC out of town when we insisted that sport science application ,fitness standards and testing was an imperative and would form part of our Game selection criteria..The awareness has improved and I am very happy with the response.Progress is evident" added Romany.
According to the local Olympic head the intention is to open up the seminars to the general public and interested persons .
"We have a number of workshops and seminars planned as part of our coaching and knowledge development programme. We will make it inclusive rather than exclusive.In the past there have been complains that the NSOs are not widely circulating the information |
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