Kaysan Ninvalle secures bronze medal at World Hopes Training camp

Chase Academy student Caribbean and national 11 years and under table tennis champion Kaysan Ninvalle finished third and received his bronze medal among 11 years and under players  at the World Hopes Latin American Table Tennis Selection  and training camp held  on the 18th to 23rd October in Lima Peru.
Kaysan along with 16 other players from nine (9) national associations from the Latin Table Tennis Union (South America Central America and the Caribbean) being: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. Participated in seven (7) days of high level intense training and two days of competition under the tutelage of ITTF expert head coach Germany’s Eva Jeler and assisted by Brazil’s Lincon Yasuda.

In the words of ITTF expert head coach Germany’s Eva Jeler , “These young players have a lot of talent, a natural talent; they need to be much better technically. The focus of the training has to be on basic techniques. If the foundations of a house are not strong, you will never have a big and safe house”, Eva Jeler.
Kaysan had his battles for his Bronze medal on and off the table  since he was only awarded after his coach Linden Johnson recognized that the scores ( Win Losses ratio  ) were  incorrectly tabulated , however this was corrected immediately  and he was awarded his prestigious medal , and corrected on the ULTM website with an apology from Latin American table Tennis Union (LATTU) President Juman Vila.
Coach Linden Johnson indicated that the training camp was very intense and will augur well for Kaysan in the future , he said Kasyan held his own against the best  players in the region , he indicated that the ITTF experts recommended  a particular regimen for him , which he would be seeking to share and  implement with Kaysan and the other young talents.
Jonson added that the training regimen used was not different from the ones we used in Guyana but had specific emphasis on improving the players’ technical proficiency movement stroke production fitness and knowledge transition to the participants
Coach Johnson further indicated that Vila will be looking to implement similar types training camps with ITTF expert coaches for Caribbean players before the commencement of competitions to help advance the competitiveness of the Caribbean region players.
Kaysan expressed that the experience was a great for him to play and the training was quiet rigorous and a test of his fitness.  Despite a knee injury sustained during practice he learnt a lot and is committed to working even harder at improving technical and tactical elements of his game.
Kaysan Ninvalle is the first Cadet Player from Guyana  to be selected for World Hopes selection