Three-day clinic spices up PPS GenSan netfest

MANILA, Philippines - The Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala holds another three-day MCTA-ATPCA Tennis Teachers/Coaches Conference and free clinic beginning tomorrow coinciding with the PPS-PEPP Gen. Santos leg regional age group tournament at the GenSan City tennis courts.

The seminar-clinic comes on the heels of the successful nationwide program put up by the PPS-PEPP in cooperation with the Macs Crankit Tennis Academy of Australia and the National Tennis Coaches Association of the Philippines in Cagayan de Oro last February aimed at providing a high quality experience to every coaches and athletes alike. 

MCTA coach Patricia Concon-Puzon will conduct the Teachers Conference and the free tennis clinic for grassroots and advance under the Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association.

The project, headed by MCTA founder-coach Patricia Concon-Puzon, will run till Saturday, including free clinics among the participants in the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Slazenger. The Australian group will also conduct a feeding program for the street children of the host city.

Concon-Puzon, a former mainstay of the Philippine team, is a member of the Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association with a Master Pro Level 3 title. The teachers’ confab and clinics are originally set in the Mindanao region but organizers decided to make it a nationwide affair in response to the requests of the various LGUs to help develop and promote the sport and boost their respective youth programs.

“We thank the MCTA, ATPCA and Babolat for expanding this project to the nationwide level where players with potentials can be tapped for training in Australia,” said Palawan Pawnshop president/CEO Bobby Castro.