Sports science up in Makati

MANILA, Philippines - Basketball coaches, physical therapists, and trainers have until today to register for the first leg of the Sports Science Initiatives (SSI) seminar series scheduled on Saturday at the Makati Metropolitan Club.

There will be limited slots available on-site.

An impressive group of resource speakers, most of them trained in the United States and Australia, will be tackling different aspects on basketball training and conditioning, including the basics of athletic taping and kinesio taping, strength and power training for the basketball, basketball program design principles and program design templates, on-field management and rehabilitation of common basketball injuries, and speed and agility training.

Among the speakers in the seminar endorsed by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) and the Philippine Association for Exercise and Sport (PHASES), are Eski Ripoll, head trainer at SPARC Training Center in FEU; Chester Tiongson, strength and conditioning coach of Ateneo and Talk n Text; and Hercules Callanta, former dean of UP’s College of Human Kinetics.