Hello Philippines!

Philippines
I visited in the Philippines and met Lauro Crisostomo, who both is the former table tennis women national coach and a former national team member for the Philippines. The atmosphere was very friendly during my visit in the Table Tennis Club in Manila. I had a chance to play with Lauro (his rating is still 2450) and also interview him, particularly about what he thinks of sport psychology and what experience he has with it as a coach and as an athlete.

Surprisingly he has lots of experience. He gave me the following answer:
“I remember when I was first competing in the national championship I bought sport psychology books. I learnt to use visualization, meditation and focusing techniques that I can use during practice and competition. But I did this without a sport psychologist. It was in 1996. “

“Then one of my friends was a sport psychologist and he helped me to prepare for the World Championship in 1998. When I was in the Table Tennis World Championship and other international events I also realized the importance of Sport Psychology. World level players like Waldner and the Chinese players were very focused on the competition. “

“My advice for players and coaches is to consult with sport psychologists and start using, early in their career, the necessary techniques that can help them to reach their full potential ”

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Thank you Lauro for such a great experience in the Philippines.

Lauro also told me that he teaches all around the Philippines. There are many poor kids who can’t afford any equipment. I am going to do a collection of used items, which we can send to him. So if you have any used table tennis rubbers or equipment that you aren’t using then please send to me at the Alameda Table Tennis Club at the following address:
2050 Lincoln Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501

I will also be collecting at tournaments, which I will be at over the next few months.

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