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Coaches Laud Table Tennis Clinic Organisers
Coach International Table Tennis Federation (lTIF) Level I Clinic has lauded the organisers, saying they had learnt a lot from the exercise. Union Bank Table Tennis Club coach, Samson Ajayi, said that the clinic touched all aspects of the game which would be of immense benefit to them.
Ajayi said the theoretical and practical aspects of the clinic had improved their knowledge of the game, adding that it would help them produce better players.
“It’s like a workshop, this is because of the kind of skill and techniques that we have been taught and the different body exercises involved.
“Judging from what I’ve learnt from this clinic, players under me will experience new things like serving, body flexibility and the different exercises,” he said.
Dele Olasunbo, from the Lagos Table Tennis Association, said the knowledge gained was beneficial to all the coaches.
He said it would enhance their job performance and the ability to impart new skills to their players.
Olasunbo called formation of such a clinic saying it should be made an annual event as it showed that “most of us are backward”.
A coach, Hamed Ismail-Sumer, who arrived late, expressed regret that he was denied opportunity to participate in the clinic.
“I missed the first class due to some logistics problem and when 1 eventually arrived, 1 was told by the resource person that it was too late for me to join others who had gone far,” Ismail Sumer said.
Boe Kaffo, the organiser, told she had stopped Sumer from joining the class on the second day as a disciplinary measure.
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.
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