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‘Itu hak mereka’


FAIRUZIZUAN (kiri) dan Mohd. Zakry (kanan) membuat keputusan untuk keluar daripada BAM.


“SEMOGA berjaya.” Itu pesanan Pengarah Prestasi Tinggi Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM), Datuk James Selvaraj kepada dua pemain beregu negara, Mohd. Zakry Abdul Latif dan Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari yang membuat keputusan untuk keluar daripada badan induk tersebut.

Menurut James, keputusan yang dibuat oleh kedua-dua pemain berkenaan adalah hak mereka dan beliau hanya mengharapkan agar Zakry dan Fairuzizuan boleh berjaya meskipun telah bergerak sebagai pemain bebas.

“Keputusan di tangan mereka. Mereka yang memutuskan untuk keluar daripada BAM, kita tidak boleh buat apa-apa.

“Saya harap, prestasi mereka akan terus meningkat biarpun sekarang ini mereka bergerak sebagai pemain bebas,” kata James ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.
Bagaimanapun, James tetap menyuarakan kebimbangan terhadap Zakry dan Fairuzizuan kerana bagi beliau bukan mudah sebenarnya untuk menjadi pemain profesional.

James berkata, banyak cabaran yang perlu dihadapi mereka contohnya tidak akan mendapat latihan yang sistematik seperti mana ketika bersama BAM dan sukar untuk mereka mempertahankan kedudukan ranking dunia.

“Lihat sahaja Mohammad Hafiz Hashim, ranking dunia dia jatuh sejurus keluar daripada BAM Januari lalu.
“Kini, mereka sudah keluar daripada BAM, tidak ada siapa yang akan memantau latihan terutama dalam aspek tahap kecergasan mereka, corak permainan mereka dan motivasi mereka.

“Ini yang membimbangkan saya, kerana dua pemain ini masih berpeluang untuk layak ke Sukan Olimpik sekiranya bekerja dengan lebih keras lagi,” jelas James.

Kelmarin, Presiden BAM, Datuk Seri Mohd. Nadzmi Mohd. Salleh mengumumkan bahawa Zakry dan Fairuzizuan telah mengemukakan permohonan untuk keluar daripada naungan badan induk itu pada 17 Ogos lepas.

Menurut Nadzmi, kesemua ahli jawatankuasa BAM telah bersetuju untuk melepaskan kedua-duanya tanpa syarat.

Nadzmi berkata, pasangan itu memutuskan untuk bergerak sendiri kerana merasakan sudah sampai masanya untuk memberi peluang kepada pemain baru, selain faktor umur mereka yang semakin meningkat.

Zakry, 29, dan Fairuzizuan, 28, merupakan bekas beregu negara sebelum jurulatih beregu, Rexy Mainaky memutuskan untuk menggandingkan mereka masing-masing dengan Hoon Thien How dan Ong Soon Hock.
Ekoran tindakan beregu itu keluar daripada BAM, peluang untuk mereka memburu tempat pada Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London mungkin terjejas.



Oleh HELMI TALKAH
helmi.talkah@kosmo.com.my

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