No fewer than fifty coaches have been invited to Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, for a year-ending tennis coaching clinic organized by the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF).
Nigeria Tennis Live gathered that the coaches will be in Abuja for the two-day technical training workshop which is aimed at bringing the coaches up to speed with the latest skills technical.
According to the list of invited coaches obtained by our correspondent on Friday, about 57 coaches were invited for the training which will take place both on and off the court.
Portuguese coach, Louis Da Sousa, is the main resource person for the two-day event, while the NTF technical head, Rotimi Akinloye, is the coordinator of the programme.
Coach Babatunde Abe of the High Performance Centre is also on ground to assist with some parts of the training.
According to the schedule, the training started with a lecture before the coaches took to the court for further training.
On Saturday, the training is expected to continue with the focus mainly on the court as the coaches look forward to an amazing end to the year-ending event which is expected to go a long way in helping them start off 2020 on a smooth note.
Nigeria Tennis Live will keep tabs on the event in Abuja, as the training ends on Saturday noon.