High-performance coach to conduct table tennis training camp

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has recruited the services of high-performance coach Alexandre Gomes to conduct a top-notch training camp on these local shores from August 22nd to September 4th, 2024.
The training camp will be geared at advancing the skillset of elite level players who possess great technical ability; as,
according to a missive from the GTTA, the central objective of this engagement is to further provide and expose Guyana’s national table tennis team members and coaches to high-performance training and methodologies in order to improve their technical, tactical, and strategic development, and thereby improve their performance and that of the national team in competitions; and to assist the GTTA with the training, mentoring, and preparation.
The training engagement would also allow the GTTA to discuss with Coach Alexandre Gomes, and explore, ways in which a partnership can be built in terms of assisting with the development of Guyana’s players and coaches, or having him here in Guyana for an extended period to help with preparing teams for key tournaments.
These objectives are in addition to assisting with preparing some of our key players: Shemar Britton, Natalie Cummings and Chelsea Edghill, who have qualified to participate in the Pan American Championships, scheduled for October 13th to 30th in El Salvador.
Players from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica have also expressed interest in participating in the training camp.
Coach Alexandre is a proven top-level coach who is well respected in the table tennis fraternity globally. He has worked with Nigerian Quadri Aruna, the world’s top 10 player, and with several members of the national teams of the USA, China, Europe and Asia; and has, for several years, led the national team of Peru as head coach.
He has also been one of the lead coaches at the 888 Table Tennis Club in Burlingame and San Diego, a United States’ high-performance training centre.
After concluding a training camp in Barbados, Guyana’s table tennis maestro Shemar Britton, who was instrumental in ensuring this coach comes to Guyana, credited and paid homage to the work of this coach in helping him to qualify for the Pan Am Games in 2023. Coach Alexandre also has always expressed an interest in working with players from Guyana and the region.
Training sessions are scheduled to commence from today, Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, with two sessions being held daily. Meanwhile, Coach Alexandre Gomes was expected to arrive in Guyana yesterday, August 21st.