PHILIPPINE Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William Ramirez aired the need for more women coaches as he spoke during the opening of the Women In Sports Leadership and Coaching Seminar on Tuesday at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.
“Women have the special ability to read the heart and mind of an athlete,” Ramirez told more than 150 sports women leaders, coaches and local government representatives from all over the country who attended the seminar.
Joining Ramirez were PSC Commissioner Celia Kiram and Australia-based Coach Patricia Puzon as resource speakers.
“Coaching is not always perfect, but it is leadership. I want to honor our Filipino women who truly exemplify self-awareness, ingenuity, love and heroism in honing the best in our athletes,” Ramirez added.
Puzon is the author of the book Becoming a Great Coach and the director, founder and head coach of MAC’s CrankIt Tennis Academy in New South Wales, Australia.
“I share the call of Chairman Ramirez to develop our Filipino women coaches,” Puzon said.
The four-day seminar is an offshoot of last year’s Women’s Congress, with Ilocos Norte Gov. Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos attending the event.
The PSC continues to promote activities on women in sports as mandated by law through Republic Act 9710, also called the “Magna Carta of Women.”
