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Pendekatan baru cungkil bakat

MALAYSIA akan melaksanakan pendekatan baru untuk mencungkil bakat pada usia muda dalam usaha melahirkan atlet negara bertaraf dunia.

Demikian tegas Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, semalam.

Beliau berkata, pendekatan yang digunapakai selama ini seperti melalui sistem pendidikan bagi melahirkan atlet negara dilihat kurang bersesuaian.

"Seseorang atlet seharusnya bermula di peringkat umur yang lebih awal dan fokus sukannya mestilah bersesuaian dengan bentuk badan dan sebagainya," katanya selepas mengadakan lawatan ke Stadium Hoki Tun Razak, Jalan Duta semalam.

Ahmad Shabery berkata, di sesetengah negara seperti China, pemilihan atlet dilakukan di peringkat kanak-kanak lagi dan kerana itu mereka mempunyai jumlah atlet yang besar.

"Dua sekolah sukan yang kita ada sekarang (Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil dan Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar) juga tidak sepatutnya memberikan tumpuan kepada semua jenis sukan," katanya.

Menurutnya, pendekatan sekolah-sekolah itu bagaimanapun mampu melahirkan atlet-atlet yang hebat seperti Datuk Lee Chong Wei (badminton), atlet lumba basikal dan memanah.

Namun, beberapa atlet lain bertaraf dunia seperti Datuk Nicol Ann David (skuasy), Shalin Zulkifli (tenpin boling) dan Nurul Huda Abdullah (renang) pula lahir daripada kaedah lain.

Ahmad Shabery berkata, satu badan akan ditubuhkan untuk mengkaji pendekatan itu dengan lebih mendalam dan ia juga akan dibawa ke mesyuarat jawatankuasa bersama Kementerian Belia dan Sukan, Kementerian Pelajaran dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi dalam masa terdekat. -KOSMO

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