○ OCA-Incheon Vision 2014 Program, the legacy business of Incheon 2014 Asian Games and an aids program for the less privileged countries in sports, has successfully completed the Incheon onsite training for Indonesian tennis team, the third beneficiary of the program this year.
○ Incheon Metropolitan City announced that 14 national tennis players from Indonesia arrived in Incheon on June 18 and completed all their 15 day of Incheon-invited onsite training. They added that the team will return to their home country on July 2 after getting a certificate.
○ This onsite training partner and supervision were all lead by Coach Seo Kyu-jae of the Incheon Sports Council tennis team. It has been evaluated that the concentrated team technique training has uplifted the performance of the Indonesian team.
○ In particular, through the performance promotion program held at Incheon Sports Science Center, the team has went through professional sports therapy test and sports consulting; the team responded with gratitude that these have helped them a lot in setting the goals and direction for future training.
○ In addition, the traditional roof tile coloring session held at Incheon Intangible Cultural Properties Training Center offered the athletes hands on experience of the Korean style and beauty. Each athlete was able to color their own roof tile and an eco-bag. They also experienced the traditional housing to get themselves more familiar with Korea.
○ Indonesian tennis team coach Kamaria Perley Montolau said, “I’ve got strong impression about Incheon’s cutting edge sports facilities and training system,” adding, “We are very thankful that we were able to get an opportunity to get an onsite training in Korea, which will help our players in Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games with great results.”
○ The city official said, “The Vision 2014 Program is acclaimed by the international sports communities, and it is serving as a great bridge that connects Incheon with other countries in Asia,” adding, “we will continue our commitment towards the balanced development in Asian sports and towards promoting the brand value of Incheon.”
