Five Australian coaches from the Project Six Foundation conducted a day-long Student Coach Development Workshop and Sports Coaching Sports Clinic last February 14, 2023.

Led by the non-profit organization’s director and founder, Daniel Burberis, coach developers Darryl Johnson, Lewis Rayson, and Jarrad Parrish facilitated the workshop to heighten the sporting environment in the university and to provide coaching opportunities to the students.

Focusing on three sports namely tennis, volleyball, and Australian Rules football, the workshop was divided into three parts. The first part was a 40-minute coaching theory on the delivery of a sports session wherein the objectives, requirements, skills, and coaching styles were fully demonstrated to the University learners. The second part included coaching the student coaches through practicing the delivery and implementation of a sports session to each other with critical feedback focusing on style and type of feedback used, and types of intervention mechanisms to elicit correction. Lastly, the third part allowed the student coaches to deliver real-time sports coaching clinics to school students at the Agoo Tennis Club and on the campus sports athletic field.

“We will continue to build on what we did today…we will be able to provide some more theory, some more coach practice, more coach, interaction, and more coaching experience with the idea to provide students with some real-time practice in their chosen field whether it’s a physical education teacher, a fitness coach, or a sports coach”, Burberis expressed his sentiments on the long-term sports development plans at the university.

DMMMSU Sports Director Paulo Jan Samson also extended his gratitude to the foundation as he found their intention pure, considering that they were from abroad. He is also looking forward to this long-term plan.

“Talagang formal sila sa pagtuturo, and tapos tinututukan nila ang bawat isa at ‘pag may nagkamali po, talagang minomotivate pa nila para matuto pa ‘yong isang bata”, BPED student participant Christian Moore articulated his observation during the workshop. (By Danna Mae Marcos, The College Forum)  

Photos by the College Forum, Kainno Aguilar, Jeshua Balla, and Gia Noshka Lagman