{"id":21604,"date":"2024-08-07T23:38:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21604"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:38:49","slug":"teach-them-young-table-tennis-programme-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/teach-them-young-table-tennis-programme-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Them Young Table Tennis Programme Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The &#8216;Teach Them Young&#8217; table tennis programme is currently underway at the National Gymnasium, a collaborative effort between the Guyana Table Tennis Association, the National Sports Commission, and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Ltd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Table Tennis Coach Linden Johnson has identified several key areas for improvement that he believes will greatly benefit the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson emphasized the mental and physical advantages of table tennis, making it an excellent activity for youth development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He aims to enhance the talent pool through this programme, providing young athletes with the necessary skills to excel in competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;Teach Them Young&#8217; programme began on Monday and will continue until August 22, running from 10 am to 2 pm, Monday to Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This training camp is designed for beginners and intermediate players, focusing on teaching the fundamentals and correct techniques to boys and girls aged 6 to 16 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents are also encouraged to participate in the programme, with sessions available on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm and Sundays at 3:30 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, parents can contact 621-7630.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Teach Them Young&#8217; table tennis programme is currently underway at the National Gymnasium, a collaborative effort between the Guyana Table Tennis Association, the National Sports Commission, and CNOOC Petroleum&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21606,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21604\/revisions\/21606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}