LOCAL table tennis players have benefited from the expertise of Croatian Roman Plese, an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) coach, who leaves the country Wednesday after a five-day working visit.

During the whole of last weekend and on Monday and Tuesday of this week, the ITTF coach conducted several training sessions with national team players who are in full preparation for the forthcoming Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) which will be held in Mauritius in August next year.

Coach Plese is to fly to Madagascar Wednesday and later to Mauritius on similar working visits.

National team coach, Swedish Roger Lagerfeldt, has told Sports Nation that the short visit of his Croatian counterpart would help the players to further improve their techniques.

“We want to give our best at the IOIG, so whatever help we can get prior to the Games is very much appreciated,” he said.