KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- The national volleyball squad to the December SEA Games in Laos, although in group B, is determined to give its opponents a tough match and has engaged a coach from Thailand to strengthen the team.
Team coordinator Shamsaimon Mohd Sharif said the coach, who led Thailand to win a gold in the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, started work in July and would be with the national squad until December.
"Under his guidance, the 18 national squad trainees for Laos have shown remarkable improvement," he told Bernama Friday.
He said the participation of Malaysia's volleyball team in Laos was more of an exposure to its players and, for that, the team did not have a medal target.
The last time the national volleyball squad won a medal was in the 2001 edition in Kuala Lumpur when it got a bronze and after that did not participate in the SEA games anymore.
Shamsainon said the national volley ball squad did not participate in the SEA Games in Vietnam (2003), the Philippines (2005) and Thailand (2007) because there was no allocation for the team as it was in category B where the association would be required to pay for the team's expenses to the event.
The association would be refunded for the expenses by the Malaysian Olympic Council if the team won a gold or silver medal, he added.
For beach volleyball, Samsainon said Malaysia would be represented by Beh Shun Thing and Luk Teck Hua in Laos.
The pair won a bronze in the edition in Korat in 2007 and was also the winner in the Indonesian Volleyball championship the same year.
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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 ...
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