Tennis: National Coaches Conference ends on high

A four day National Coaches Conference organized by the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) with support from the Tennis Foundation Ghana(TFG) and International Tennis Federation (ITF) came to a successful end with Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley donating a sum of money to support the sport at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Dr. Daniel McKorley who is a philanthropist of Ghana Tennis paid a surprise visit on the final day of the National Coaches Conference and donated a cheque of ten thousand cedis to aid in the grooming of the next tennis stars and help the coaches equip their selves in tennis.

A total of 26 participants from Accra, Sunyani and Koforidua took part in the coaching conference under the leadership of ITF instructor, Noah Bagerbaseh.

According to Noah Bagerbaseh who doubles as the Development Officer of GTF, the core point of the seminar is to give coaches an opportunity to share experiences in the line of duty and giving them the appropriate training needed to groom upcoming tennis stars. He added that coaches were given tutorial videos on tennis as well as literature on tennis.

He added that the new laws by ITF necessitated the GTF to organize the conference to inform coaches about the additional educational structures on tennis.

He said, “Coaches are the bedrock of things in Ghana and they need some form of education and the educational structures are going to be based on worldwide ITF programs.”

Noah Bagerbaseh revealed that the situation where upcoming tennis stars retire from the sport would be a thing of the past because the new IFT module would help countries monitor and properly nurture talents.

The founder of PM Sports, Peter Mensah who is based in the UK also shared his experience in the discipline with coaches and advised them to be professional in discharging their duties.

Representatives from the Ghana Tennis Federation are scheduled to attend the Confederation of African Tennis conference in December.