Sunday, January 16, 2011

KNOW this Sports Person - Mjr (Rtd) S.Maniam





He was the one whom found the talent from Nicol David, Kenneth Low, Ong Beng Hee, Leong Siu Lyn, and Azlan Iskandar.

Achievements as Coach

1.Worked with players who became world junior men’s and women’s champions as well as players who became British Junior Open champions and winners of several international titles.
2. Compiled and successfully implemented the Squash Coaching Curriculum in Malaysia and India

3.Created and implemented the Sportexcel Junior Squash Circuit - Malaysia

4.Compiled and successfully implemented the National Junior Development Programme in India

5.Compiled and successfully implemented the Squash Coaching Curriculum for the Asian Squash Federation.

6.Introduced an Instructors course to the Asian Squash Federation

7.Conducted more than 100 Level 1 Courses, 13 Level 2 Courses and 3 Level 3 Courses in Asia.

8.Lectured at the World Coaching Conference (Brazil), WSF AGM (Austria) and Coaching conferences in Asia.

9.Conducted more than 100 coaching courses, several seminars and coaching/ clinics in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Bahrain.

10.Successfully groomed several coaches in the region. Some of whom are Allan Soyza (National Coach), Raymond Arnold (National women’s coach and now roving coach Malaysia), Peter Chee (National Development officer-Malaysia), Cyrus Poncha (Recipient of the highest coaching award in India- the Dronacharya Award)

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