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Misi cungkil jurulatih tempatan kelas dunia




MAJLIS Sukan Negara (MSN) yakin Malaysia mampu melahirkan jurulatih tempatan bertaraf dunia dalam tempoh dua tahun lagi.

Ketua Pengarah MSN, Datuk Zolkples Embong (gambar) memberitahu, sasaran tersebut adalah realistik melihatkan kepada misi dan visi baru Lembaga Kejurulatihan Kebangsaan (LKK) yang diketuai pengerusinya, Dr. Ahmad Muner Che Muhammad.

Terdahulu, Dr. Ahmad Muner, bekas Timbalan Pengarah Pusat Sukan Universiti Malaya (UM) dilantik sebagai pengerusi LKK bagi meneruskan misi melahirkan jurulatih berkelas dunia di kalangan anak tempa- tan.

"Jika kita lihat sekarang ini, semua sukan kita yang berkelas dunia seperti badminton, lumba basikal dan memanah, kesemuanya menagih khidmat jurulatih asing.

"Ini yang kita mahu ubah. Kalau boleh kita mahu semua sukan di negara kita mendapat kepakaran daripada jurulatih anak tempatan.

"Kita ada ramai jurulatih yang bagus dan berbakat, cuma mereka tidak mempunyai asas pengetahuan dari segala bidang seperti sains sukan, pemakanan dan sebagainya.

"Jadi, dengan pelantikan Ahmad Muner, saya harap LKK mampu melahirkan jurulatih yang mempunyai pakej lengkap dari segi kualiti, pengetahuan, pengalaman dan kepakaran," kata Zolkples.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar Majlis Perasmian Konvensyen Instruktur Sains Sukan dan Bengkel Training of Trainers yang disempurnakan oleh Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Wee Jeck Seng semalam.

Sementara itu, Dr. Ahmad Muner berkata, misi paling utama LKK kini ialah untuk menentukan penanda aras kepada kualiti jurulatih yang akan dilahirkan dalam masa dua tahun lagi.

"Setakat ini kita sudah ada 299 juru- latih Tahap 3 yang memiliki kepakaran atau pengetahuan dalam bidang sains sukan dan juga sukan spesifik.

"Jumlah ini mungkin sedikit tapi bagi saya apa yang lebih penting ialah kualiti, bukan kuantiti. Kita mahu melahirkan jurulatih tempatan yang berkualiti dan akan terus berusaha ke arah itu.

"LKK akan cuba mencontohi program kejurulatihan yang diterapkan oleh negara maju seperti Australia, Kanada dan juga Britain untuk merealisasikan sasa- ran kami," ujar Dr. Ahmad Muner.

Menurutnya lagi, untuk melahirkan lebih ramai lagi jurulatih berpakej lengkap ini, LKK perlu mengkaji dahulu latar belakang dan pengalaman calon-calon ini supaya dapat disalurkan kepada sukan yang tepat.

"Kita ada ramai jurulatih dari kala- ngan guru-guru sekolah dan pensyarah universiti yang datang dari latar bela- kang yang berbeza.

"Tapi mereka ini hanya tahu tentang teori sahaja.

"Disebabkan itu, LKK menyediakan pengetahuan kepada mereka untuk mempraktikkan kepakaran mereka di bidang sukan ynag betul. Ia mungkin memakan masa sedikit dan kita kenalah bersabar," tambahnya.

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