09/07/2018
Pls. do like and share the photo attached to support our beloved coach Mr. Mamongay. thank you!
-L
Entry by John Paul Caballeda
Mr. Wilmar F. Mamongay: The Coach, Leader, Father, General. In the year 2011, the Gen. Pio Del Pilar National High School Robotics team was under new management. The club that was formerly under the TLE Department was handed over to the Science Department. The lucky man that was assigned to handle the team was none other than Mr. Mamongay. During one of his speeches as the robotics coach, he admitted that he has only a small knowledge about building and programming robots but he promised us that he will help us in every way he can. During his first years, he did deliver his promise about helping us. He was working in background doing all of the necessary reports, requests, and letters in order to keep the team operating. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be able to compete in the 2012 National Robotics Competition. Mr. Mamongay trusts his team. He trusts them so much that he just lets the team do their thing. He allows them learn on their own. He's not the kind of coach that goes "Oh mali yung movement mo i-adjust mo yung ganito dito," instead he goes "Oh anak saan nagkaproblema? Mayroon bang way para maayos ‘yan? May ibang alternative ba para diyan? Kaya mo ‘yan tiwala lang.” Believe it or not, during competitions, Mr. Mamongay is rarely seen near the play area. Most of the time, he's outside buying food for the team or exploring the venue (he's an adventurous man). When times are tough, he always has the team covered. He always finds a solution for every problem the team faces. He never lets the team down and he never leaves anyone behind. In fact, when the team faces defeat or despair, he neither let his team feel down nor showed any signs of disappointment. Instead, he cheers them up and reminds them to charge it to experience, know what went wrong, and prevent it from happening again. There was also a time when he treated lunch for the team despite the loss and told them "Porket ba natalo tayo wala na tayong karapatang magcelebrate?” International competitions are challenge for him. There are a lot of factors that stresses him out and most of them are the paper works and the deadlines. For everyone's information, the process of requesting a fund from the government is not easy and fast. It takes so much time that sometimes the funds arrive after the competition. As the coach, it's his duty to process the necessary papers. It sometimes forces him to go back and forth from school to the city hall just for this purpose. He endures the stress and fatigue just so his team would be able to participate overseas. His hard work always pays off and always gets the team to the internationals. As a reward for himself, he explores the host country during the competitions. In conclusion, Mr. Mamongay is a simple yet effective coach. His coaching style is so efficient that the team was able to take home multiple trophies and medals from national and international competitions. He was the man that re-started the team from scratch and built it to be more successful. That's why he deserves to be recognized as "Best Coach Ever".
