Skip to main content

Sportcheck: Five proposals given stamp of approval

THE Cabinet Committee for Sports has endorsed five proposals based on the recommendations of the Sports Ministry and National Sports Council (NSC).

The committee agreed in principal that a special budget be allocated for disabled athletes who represent the country in various competitions, and at the same time to attract more disabled people to be involved in sports.

"A high performance programme has been set for the disabled athletes and, therefore, we have agreed in principal that this group be given special attention," said Deputy Prime Minster Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is also the chairman of the committee.

Najib also mentioned that a joint working committee involving the Sports Ministry, Ministry of Education and Higher Education Ministry be formed so that a comprehensive programme can be implemented.

"These three ministries will work hand-in-hand, and come out with the one programme that will look into sports development and a combined training programme. With this, there will be continuity even after an athlete leaves school."
The committee also announced that a total of 346 elite athletes and a 5,344-member back-up squad have been identified by the NSC.

These athletes will be prepared for the 2009 and 2011 Sea Games, 2010 Asian Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 London Olympics.

But Najib reiterated that the Sea Games will no longer be a priority as some of the sports introduced by the host nation is just a one-off thing.

"The Sea Games is not an important target but instead will be used as platform to expose junior athletes." said Najib.

Najib also acknowledge that parents' involvement in producing champions is vital.

"Parental support in producing a champion is very important, and one of the resolutions at the recent Sports Convention was that parents should be given bigger roles in the development of an athlete," said Najib.

NST
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’

Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
12 comments
Read more

Organising Major Sports Events Can Inspire Sports Culture Among The People - Khairy

PUTRAJAYA, June 5 (Bernama) -- Organising major sports events can help inspire sports culture among the people and ensure a healthy lifestyle said Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Khairy said the Tour of Malaysia cycling race organised since 1963, for example, can encourage more people to take the sport in a more competitive way or just for recreation purposes. "A study carried out by a world renown medical journal, The Lancet, revealed that 61 percent of adults in Malaysia do not engage themselves in active sports. "A study by the Health Ministry revealed that only 25 percent of Malaysians exercise," he said in his speech when launching the 2013 Tour of Malaysia (Jelajah Malaysia) at the Youth and Sports Ministry, here, Wednesday. "Cycling, though not as popular here as in countries like Denmark, the activity is becoming popular among the people as can be seen through an increase in sale of bicycles for recreation," he sa...
Post a Comment
Read more

Badminton: Fans rooting for all-Malaysian semis

Reports: RAJES PAUL KUALA LUMPUR: The home fans will be rooting for an all-Malaysian men’s singles semi-final between Lee Chong Wei and Liew Daren. But Chong Wei is more fancied to advance than Daren in quarter-final matches against Indonesian Simon Santoso and Dane Peter Gade-Christensen respectively at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil today. Yesterday, Chong Wei defeated Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh 21-9, 18-21, 21-7 in a second-round match that saw the world number one struggling to adapt to the draught in the stadium in the second game. And Daren continued a fairy tale run in his home Open, blowing away a toothless Hsueh Hsuan-yi of Taiwan 21-14, 21-12. Although Choong Wei had to slog for the win over Tien Minh, the top seed and defending champion felt that he was playing better by the day. “I got off to a good start but found it hard to cope with the draught. I tried to catch up after losing my momentum but that did not happen and I decided to conserve energy for ...
11 comments
Read more