Our Key Coaches

Founder, Managing Director & Honorary Head Coach

a.k.a Our boss, coach jerry

Our boss, Coach Jerry, has loved sports from a very young age and throughout primary and secondary school , he was involved in soccer, badminton, volleyball, softball, sepak takraw, table-tennis and athletics. He also represented the Singapore Navy in inter-formation soccer tournaments. After that, it was social football all the way, playing in many veteran tournaments across Southeast Asia.

To further boost his expertise as a coach, Coach Jerry is a qualified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner, using this know-how to assist him in his coaching of children. For more about NLP, please click here. Of course, like all our coaches, he is also certified in Standard First Aid and CPR/AED.

On a personal note, Coach Jerry, a devout Roman Catholic, he served The Blessed Sacrament Church as an altar boy and choir member. During Christmas carolling with his choir, he often dressed as Santa, entertaining at hospices, old folks homes, prisons, homes for the less privileged and even refugee camps, bringing love and cheer to the needy. Later, he served the Republic of Singapore Navy for six years before meeting the woman of his dreams in 1985. In 1997, Jerry and Crystal tied the knot and are now the proud parents of two boys, Shane Christian and Scott Michael. Together they enjoy holidaying, fishing and helping to run FTP Sports as a family.

He believes that his greatest teachers and sources of inspiration are his parents.

Lessons his father taught him:

• to be good at sports so as to give yourself that edge over others, be good in mind and good in body

• to stand up for yourself and not be bullied

• to be as generous as much as the pocket allows

• to play three indoor games, namely Scrabble, carrom and darts, that you may carry through your life. Coach Jerry still plays these games today to keep his mind active.

Lessons his mother taught him ("Mummy was an ex-convent girl who almost became a nun until she met my father!" quips Coach Jerry):

• the ingredients of the word LOVE: patience, humility, contentment, integrity…

• to always to put yourself in the other person’s shoes before acting and reacting

• to always forgive

These are also the values he wants to inculcate in the children he coaches. He loves coaching children so much simply because he sees so much innocence in them; they are the best people to teach because they WANT to learn and be excited. Apart from implementing solid coaching techniques, he insists on maintaining a strong feeling of family within Fit To Play and Glory Academy

Project Manager, Coach Zach

Born in 1995, Coach Zach is a young and determined skipper in life. Striking at opportunities that arise & challenging himself to produce results for his team through leadership, confidence and consistency.

First stepping foot in local primary school, Coach Zach knew his feet belonged in sports. Through the years he was growing up he was unknowingly struggling with ADHD in a time that it was not recognized medically. His grades were taking a toll. He turned to sports as a safe space; surprisingly making him one of the best in his team. His coaches would tell him his thought process was unique when it came to play-making, passing and leadership. He started primary school with failing grades until football & sports brought it above average. Through hard work, consistent studying and the passion to enter a football academy his grades increased.

No longer with the mental hurdle of learning, Zachary took a passion in Business Management & Psychology. Studying what it takes for businesses to thrive and how to develop them to its maximum potential. Coach zach is now working a job he is passionate about both on and off the pitch.
 

~INcoming coach~

Incoming, a new face.