Veteran International swim coach Richard Powers, presently a consultant for the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association (PASA), is looking at holding four other swimming training camps within the year as part of PASA’s efforts to upgrade the technical skills of local coaches, specially in regions outside Metro Manila.

 

The American coach, who has been holding seminars in the Philippines for the past two decades, has already conducted seminars in Dumaguete, Iloilo, Xavier University in San Juan, and presently in Ateneo de Manila, aside from holding a special session for the Polo Tri Club.

 

“My objectives in this training camp are two-fold – make young swimmers understand why they need to train, at the same time, with my style of teaching where coaches take pro-active roles, I want to teach coaches how to coach, looking at it from an overall point of view, combining both attitudinal and skills training for the athletes,” said Powers.

 

He has coached the national teams of Ecuador, Venezuela, Israel, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Brazil where among his protégés was world-record holder Ricardo Prado who broke the existing norm then in the 400IM in the 1982 World Swimming Championship.