Our KeyCoaches
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.
"My ever-supportive wife coaxed me to start a football academy since I love to be around children and because I love football, so Fit To Play by FTP Sports was born on my son Shane’s ninth birthday, Christmas Day in 2011," says Coach Jerry.
He believes that his greatest teachers and sources of inspiration are his parents.
Lessons his father taught him:my
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.