THE Philippine Sports Institute (PSI) of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) held the one-day 2017 Sports Mapping Action Research Talent Identification (Smart ID) Train the Trainers Program at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Old Campus gym last Wednesday.
Fifty seven out of 83 expected participants arrived to learn the systematic and scientific talent identification for the Visayas area.
“They were trained to identify and measure the different attributes of young kids. They will form their own teams in their areas to help PSI find new talents in every corner of their area,” said PSC commissioner Ramon Fernandez.
Central Visayas had 23 participants, coming from Cebu City, Talisay City, Naga City, Toledo City, Bogo City and Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Province, Siquijor and Bohol, Tagbilaran City.
The trainers were all PE teachers from the Department of Education who will be tasked to conduct training to student-athletes and identify them as international potential.
Aside from the participants from Region 7, there were also 17 from Eastern Visayas, while Mandaue City, Danao City and Carcar City failed to send representatives.
The training was supervised by Fernandez, PSI Deputy National DirectorProf. Henry Daut and PSC Visayas Executive Director Bobbi Kintanar and PSI Visayas Coordinator Nonnie Lopez. (RCM)