One of Guyana’s top table tennis coaches has recently upped his knowledge about the coaching aspect of the game.
Idi Lewis, a former Caribbean men’s singles bronze medal winner turned coach has successfully completed the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Programme (ICECP) run by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in partnership with the University of Delaware and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Lewis was selected to participate in the course by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) through Olympic Solidarity.
The scholarship-based coaching education programme, which commenced September 29 last year and ended April 28 this year, was open to national coaches from around the world.
“The mission of the USOC and University of Delaware’s (UD) International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Programme (ICECP) is to provide national level coaches and those responsible for the development of the sport’s national coaching structure in their countries with a practical programme orientated towards developing proficiency in the technical,