ABOUT COACH JERRY
With over 40+ years of playing and coaching, Coach Jerry founded FTP Sports in 2005.
He has dedicated his life to understanding how children grow, learn and respond.
Over the years, he developed the Mind–Motion–Heart approach, which forms the foundation of every programme at FTP Sports.
Coach Jerry believes something very simple:
Before you teach a child, you must first win their heart.
When a child feels safe, they open up.
When they open up, growth begins.
That is how children learn best.
THE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE THAT INSPIRED FTP SPORTS
After school, we would drop our school bags, have a quick bite, and head outdoors. Our parents gave us one simple instruction — be home by sunset. This meant we had hours every afternoon to explore, invent games, and create our own adventures.
They would:
Climb rambutan trees and eat fruit straight from the branches
Fly kites and chase them when the string snapped
Catch fish and tadpoles in canals
Explore old vacant bungalows
Play marbles and spinning tops
Catch spiders and keep them in an empty matchbox to bring to school the next day for friendly spider fights during recess to see whose spider was stronger.
Invent games from whatever they could find
Sometimes, they would throw stones at a tree trunk to see who could hit it.
There were no organised activities, no screens, no schedules — just imagination, adventure, and friendship.
Those everyday experiences gave children something priceless:
Courage to explore
Confidence to try
Resilience to overcome
The ability to grow stronger together
Those were the days...