KARACHI: The Sindh Tennis Association in collaboration with Sports for Life will organise the country’s first online tennis coaching course from Friday June 26. The entry for the three-day course is absolutely free.

Pakistan’s top coaches, who are International Tennis Federation (ITF) qualified, will be the keynote speakers.

Interested candidates can register at sportsforlifeonline.com for the course.

On Friday, June 26 a ten-minute formal opening ceremony will be held at 8:00pm. Pakistan’s top tennis player Aqeel Khan wil be the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. That will be followed by talks from Hamid Niaz and Kamran Khalil which will be followed by a question-answer session. On Saturday, June 27 leading tennis player Sara Mansoor and Noumanul Haq will be the speakers from 8:00pm onwards followed by questions answers.

Nameer Shamsi will be the main speaker on third day which is Sunday, June 28 at 8pm followed by questions answers. Lastly, closing ceremony will be held and the participants will be awarded certificates.PTF vice president Khalid Rehmani is the Course Director while CEO Sports for LifeShahzad Qazi will be the Administrator of online course.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2020

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