A few days ago, we went to a medical mission, where our church participated with, in Malabon City. It was my first time to visit the municipal city of Malabon and I could say that it was an orderly place. While there, I began roaming around and the swimming pool nearby caught my attention. There were some children in the pool and they were not just swimming for play or fun. They were being trained to be good swimmers.
I approached one of the caretakers of the place and I asked about the kids and the pool. She said that the pool is open to public for free. One just needs to get a permit from their office ahead of time. The kids in the pool were being trained and any of them can be chosen for competitions in the future.
I went inside the premises of the pool and talked to the coach this time and he told me that there were about 30 kids under his training. I thought for a while that this is a good way of discovering future champions in sports.
But it was not only kids doing some swimming lessons that I saw there. Inside the covered area of the Oreta Sports Center, there were teenagers being trained in basketball. This is a good program for the youth so they may have something better to do in their spare time and not be involved in gang wars or drug addiction.
If all the municipal cities in the Philippines will do the same, I believe we will have our elusive Olympic gold medal in the near future. This is a very positive view I saw and experienced in Malabon City.
