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00:00Now, we can talk via Zoom with the President and Coach of the Philippine Mind Sports Association, Coach AB Bonita.

00:08Good morning, Coach!

00:09Coach, good morning!

00:10Good morning, Ms. Sheila and Paolo!

00:14Yes, thank you so much again for... It's been a long time. Coach AB, how are you?

00:21I'm good. I'm very active and looking forward to our activities.

00:29Dev, of course. Coach AB, let's start the conversation.

00:33Now, with the upcoming Summer Mind Enhancement and Memory Sports Workshop in May,

00:39how do you plan to structure the program to help the participants to elevate their memory techniques

00:46in preparation for the Philippine National Memory Sports Championship in August?

00:52Now, we started talking to schools and our former athletes

00:59so that we can start developing new players in memory sports

01:06and at the same time, to improve the performance of our veteran players.

01:15Considering the impressive performance at the Asian Championship last year,

01:20where the team secured 26 medals including 14 golds,

01:24how do you maintain that level of excellence and push for even better results

01:30at the upcoming Indonesia Memory Championship in December?

01:36So, what we do is we regularly talk to our memory athletes and we also train.

01:44Plus, what's good about this is that most of our pro players or memory athletes have younger siblings.

01:52So, their younger brothers or younger sisters, they look up to their older sister or brother.

01:59So, now, when our champion graduates, for example, from the kids division,

02:06he will go to the juniors division and the next one in our lineup of winners will be their younger siblings.

02:15So, aside from our national training, their older brothers and sisters can also help them improve their skills.

02:23Alright, Coach AB, for our teammates, what is a memory sport?

02:31They might be surprised to know that we have an event like this.

02:36Yes, right?

02:37In memory sports, if the body has strength, the mind has weakness.

02:44So, what our players do here is they are given several information like words, numbers,

02:56shuffle deck of cards, face of a person, or binary numbers.

03:00And our players will fight to see who has the most information and a limited time.

03:10For example, within 5 minutes, there are 100 words that will be given.

03:15How many can the players remember?

03:18And they should have no errors because when there are errors, there is a deduction of points.

03:24So, through this, the intense discipline in the minds of the players will be developed.

03:31So, Coach AB, basically, all throughout, mainly memorization.

03:39Yes, it's memorization.

03:42And what's funny about memory sports is it's not just for kids.

03:46We also have adults division and even senior citizens division.

03:52I remember the first time we hosted the Asian Championship here in the Philippines in 2023.

03:59Our eldest participant was 70 years old.

04:05So, our brain can still be trained even though we are at the senior citizen level.

04:12At the same time, the younger players, when they get good at sports,

04:18even their educational performance is affected.

04:23So, we were able to create grandmasters.

04:27And our performers, our players who are champions in competitions,

04:34in relation to their educational performance,

04:38some of them become scholars,

04:40or the entrance exams that they apply, they pass,

04:45or some become dean's listers, even valedictorians or maniacum laude.

04:52Very interesting, right?

04:54Actually, what's funny here is the organization of Atty. Alagra, the Philippine Masters Games Association,

05:03PMGA, Masters and Seniors.

05:05So, they join sports even though they are seniors and masters.

05:09This is also good because we saw Coach Eby.

05:12She said that there are also seniors joining.

05:16That's true.

05:17Coach Eby, you talk about training.

05:19But what are the strategies and skills that you develop or practice,

05:26especially in your upcoming events this 2025, like Philippine Memory Sports?

05:33The skills, number one here is our visualization skills.

05:39Because most people are visual learners.

05:42So, we remember the information faster when we see it.

05:47So, number one, visualization skills.

05:50Auditory skills are also included.

05:53Sometimes, when we have conversations, we forget quickly if we don't list it.

05:59So, in memory sports, we have one of the categories called spoken numbers.

06:06The numbers can only be heard by people and can be remembered.

06:11The same goes for remembering names and faces.

06:14Whether you're a child or an adult, it's very important that we remember the names and faces of our conversations

06:23or even clients when we're older.

06:26So, those are just a few of the skills that can be enhanced when they train their memory.

06:33Coach Eby, in this training or preparation for your competitions,

06:38can you give us briefly, how do you train?

06:43You said more on visual, more on auditory.

06:46So, shouldn't it be noisy?

06:48Should they be in one room?

06:50How do you train for this?

06:52The good thing about our training now is,

06:56since the pandemic and after this,

07:00before, our preparations were manual.

07:04Now, we have digital competitions and digital training.

07:10So, we use a website and training software

07:14that contains the information that we need to practice and remember.

07:20When the memorization time starts,

07:24it's very important to be quiet in the surroundings

07:27because any disturbance or noise can affect the focus of our players.

07:36When it comes to competitions,

07:39if it's still a bit far,

07:41we train at least twice a week.

07:45When the competition is almost daily,

07:48we train our players.

07:51Coach Eby, is this the same as what we did last time?

07:54Coach Eby was my guest in Inside Sports, in Memory Sports.

07:58So, he did an exercise for me, the visualization.

08:01And I'm confident that I said it.

08:03I'm perfect there, right, Coach?

08:06Yes, yes.

08:07Of course, there's no space.

08:08Last time, Weshila tried random images.

08:11So, he needs to remember different images within 5 minutes.

08:18Maybe I can do it perfectly.

08:20Of course.

08:21I can do it perfectly.

08:22Because you forced Coach Eby.

08:24Coach, this is not forced, right?

08:28No, no.

08:29Even Weshila, when he tried from zero knowledge,

08:37when he tried Memory Sports,

08:39he was capable of remembering the information he was given.

08:45Following the tips and training procedures.

08:50But Coach, kidding aside,

08:51Coach Eby, could you tell us more about the Grandmaster of Memory,

08:55Chloe Andrea Galam-Gam's recognition in the PSE All-Women Awards 2025?

09:02How big of an achievement is this for her and the whole team?

09:09We're very happy and very proud of Grandmaster Chloe

09:13because now her award has reached level 2 in the championship.

09:17And she's one of the 14 gold medals that we won in the Asian Championship.

09:24Half of it came from her.

09:26She won 7 golds in the competition.

09:30That's why when we were told that she will be named

09:34as one of the major awardees of the All-Women Sports Award in PSE,

09:42it was very uplifting for the spirit, not just for Chloe,

09:46but for all the memory athletes who look up to her.

09:51Especially when we were able to prove that Memory Sports

09:55used to be a game for the majority of male players.

10:00Now it can be played by female players.

10:04Coach, you've been a memory athlete.

10:07Now you're a coach.

10:08How big of an impact has this had on you?

10:11And how do you feel?

10:12I mean, definitely, the Grandmaster won a lot of medals,

10:18but it's also an achievement for you, right?

10:21Yes.

10:23I'm very happy because our community continues to grow.

10:30And for me, personally, the effect of this

10:34from me being a memory athlete before and now a coach,

10:38is that my confidence level improved.

10:42Because when I was younger, I was very shy.

10:47I couldn't present myself.

10:50And I was very forgetful before.

10:52That's the main reason why I tried Memory Sports.

10:56Because I wanted to improve my ability to remember information.

11:02Now, as I said, our brain cells are overdosed.

11:07Because even if you can see the information for a short time,

11:11even if you can hear it for a short time,

11:13we can still have the ability to remember it.

11:17And Memory Sports training doesn't need a very long month

11:23or many years to develop your skill.

11:28Sometimes, just a few days,

11:30with the techniques that they can learn from us,

11:34a player can be capable to remember large quantities of information.

11:42Coach, you have the Asian Championship of Singapore,

11:46you have previous competitions,

11:48where you won a lot of awards, especially gold medals.

11:52Now, how do you plan to sustain your momentum?

11:56How do you plan to build on this success?

11:58And what else should you do to improve for your upcoming competitions?

12:05Now, we started talking to our former Memory athletes

12:10who are now coaching to continue to grow our community.

12:16We are also talking to our colleagues in different provinces.

12:22In the past, it was mostly Metro Manila players who competed.

12:27Now, it has spread to Visayas and even to Mindanao region.

12:32And of course, one of the things that we are preparing now

12:36is for the opening of the Indonesia Open Memory Championship in December.

12:43So, that is one of the events that our players are looking forward to.

12:49Coach, last question.

12:50If they want to watch you or have information

12:54that they want to know if they can see you or go to your page or website.

12:59And if you have any message, you can go ahead.

13:03So, if you want to learn the Memory Sports

13:07or to explore the Mind Sports of our memory,

13:12you can look for The Brain Republic on Facebook

13:16or the Philippine Mind Sports Association.

13:19You can also write PTV Sports so that we know that you are watching us here.

13:25And my last message would be, I'm encouraging people to try out the Memory Sports

13:32and you will see the effect not only in the field of thought

13:38but also in your daily life and in education.

13:42Thank you so much, Coach Aby.

13:44Coach Aby, you are an inspiration to a lot of athletes.

13:48And again, congratulations to your achievements and good luck to your upcoming events.

13:54Coach Aby Bonita, thank you so much.

13:59Thank you so much, Coach Sheila and Paolo.

14:02Thank you so much, Coach.

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