THE Guyana Table Tennis Association has recruited the services of high-performance coach, Alexandre Gomes, to host a high-performance camp in Guyana from August 22 to September 4
The training camp is geared for elite level players with great technical ability
The central objective of this engagement is to further provide and expose our national table tennis team members and coaches to high performance training and methodologies.
The camp also aims to improve the technical, tactical and strategic development of players, improving performance in competitions and assist the association with training, mentoring and preparation.
The training will also go towards assisting with preparation of some of the GTTA’s key players in Shemar Britton, Natalie Cummings and Chelsea Edghill who have qualified to participate in the PANAM Championships scheduled for October 13 to 30 in El Salvador.
Players from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica have expressed an interest in participating in the training camp.
Alexandre is a top level proven coach who is well respected in the table tennis fraternity globally.
He has worked with Quadri Aruna, world top 10 Player from Nigeria as well as several national team members from the USA, China, Europe and Asia.
He has also lead the National Team of Peru as Head Coach for several years and is currently one of the lead coaches at the 888 table Tennis Club in Burlingame and San Diego which is a United States High performance training centre.
Guyana’s table tennis maestro, Britton, has credited and paid homage to his work in helping him to qualify for the Panam games 2023.
Sessions are scheduled to commence from August 22 with two sessions daily.