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Caribbean Hopes Training Camp…

The Caribbean Hopes Training Camp, hosted by the Dominican Federation of Table Tennis and the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation from August 11-19 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, has concluded.

Guyanese participant Malachi Moore at the conclusion of the camp (front row left)

Aimed at providing nurturing and giving early exposure to young table tennis talents, the Caribbean Hopes camp was conducted under the guidance of Venezuela’s experienced ITTF expert Luisana Perez. After an intense 8-day schedule in which players were encamped playing and training for two 3-hour sessions per day, with each day commencing at 09:00h and concluding at 18:30h, the players emerged better-skilled individuals.
The 10 Caribbean countries that participated in the camp included Jamaica, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and Aruba.
While he did not make the selection, Guyana’s’ lone participant, Malachi Moore, had a great outing, having won several matches and performing creditably. the experience will surely augur well for him in the future.
Luisana expressed thanks to all the participants for their commitment during the week. “We really made a great team. We focused on the objectives of control and direction, as well as foot work and service,” he said.
“The most important topics were the objectives of the training session, the exercises, and the evaluation of systems to identify talents. All the information received made us aware that we must keep up-to-date in the way we teach table tennis, especially to children,” Sergio Martínez said.
Matters closed with the players receiving certificates, and Juan Vila, President of the Dominican Republic Table Tennis Federation, thanking all concerned.
The Hopes Programme is a series of activities at national, regional, continental and world level featuring education, training camps, competition and talent identification. The Hopes Programme is part of a seamless high-performance pathway that offers training and development opportunities for players and their coaches from the under-11 level to the under-21 level.