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The United States Sports Academy recently expanded its commitment to global sport education through a successful tour of nations by President and CEO Dr. T.J. Rosandich that included meetings and new cooperative agreements with international sport leaders. Rosandich, who has been central to the Academy’s international programs for more than 30 years, made a month-long journey that included discussions with key leaders in sport, education and government in China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

Republic of the Philippines
The Academy’s long history of supporting sport development in the Philippines took a major step forward as Rosandich signed a sports Protocol of Cooperation with Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair William “Butch” Ramirez through which the Academy will work with the country to strengthen its sports programs at all levels, from youth and grassroots sports programmess to the elite sport level. Under the agreement signed in Davao City, the Academy will work with governmental agencies and other organisations endorsed by the PSC to contribute to the national sports development program.

“The signing of this protocol is of particular significance to the United States Sports Academy as we have had a long history with the Philippines,” Rosandich said.

“We taught our international certification programs in sports management and sports coaching in the island nation in the early 1980s, so to return today for this program is meaningful indeed.

“The Academy is looking forward to playing a role in the development of the national sport effort in the Philippines through our programs in education, research and service. Having taught sports education programs to over 65 countries, this partnership with the Philippines is a continuation of our mission.”

“We when we came to the Philippine Sports Commission we launched the Philippine Sports Institute (PSI) with the hope of establishing and strengthening elite sports and grassroots sports programs,” Ramirez told the Davao City Sun-Star newspaper. 

“This partnership with the United States Sports Academy is hoped to achieve that.”

The Academy will provide a wide range of services including an assessment of sport education and staffing in the country, as well as educational services to train coaches and sports administrators to achieve the nation’s sport goals. The Academy will work with the Southeast Asian nation on such topics as human performance research, sports medicine, and the development of international caliber athletes.

The agreement will also involve collaboration on sports cultural exchanges including Olympism, youth activities, sport art, literature, history, and many others.

The agreement came as Rosandich was in Davao City as keynote speaker for the 2017 International Conference on Physical Education, Recreation, Fitness and Sports Science, where he discussed the role of education in sports development with an international audience of leaders in sport.

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