Swimming: What are we lacking?
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After Joycelin Yeo's Bronze in the 100m butterfly at the Asian games, our swimmers have failed to make any headway.
Our olympics showing in the last 2 outings have been mediocre at best, with national swimmers failing to even meet their personal bests.
With swimming designated a key sport by the SCC for the last decade of so and every facility made available, one can even say our swimmers are spoilt for choice. Are we then lacking a professional training programme or a really world class coach?
Ang Peng Siong and David Lim have done much to improve the scene but it seems they have hit a stagnation point - SEA games. Anything more regional and our swimmers falter.
Or perhaps the mindset of our swimmers is still too focused on books and academics and ultimately many potential youths decline this sporting route? -
we need chinese imports...
australian also can...
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I dunno abt the rest of you guys but the foreign talent scheme really makes me feel ashamed....
The right way to go is for SSC to get full govt backing to offer careers to budding talents to go professional when they're young.
The current pay is shitty (S-League is one example), the support sucks and the sports organisation spend more time bickering over internal politics (SAAA's sob sob story of Loh Lin Kok vs the rest), rather then focus on the sportsmen.
The Singapore Sports School is the right direction. The govt needs to offer the full financial support and develop this further. Swimming has and should remain a foreign-talent-free sport. -
the more the merrier...Originally posted by hyuuga neji:we need chinese imports...
australian also can... -
$$$ is the only issue. without money, who wana play well for singapore? Li Jia Wei got over $200K by winning a medal... EPL players get paid this amt in a matter of weeks... not medals or trophies.Originally posted by BillyBong:I dunno abt the rest of you guys but the foreign talent scheme really makes me feel ashamed....
The right way to go is for SSC to get full govt backing to offer careers to budding talents to go professional when they're young.
The current pay is shitty (S-League is one example), the support sucks and the sports organisation spend more time bickering over internal politics (SAAA's sob sob story of Loh Lin Kok vs the rest), rather then focus on the sportsmen.
The Singapore Sports School is the right direction. The govt needs to offer the full financial support and develop this further. Swimming has and should remain a foreign-talent-free sport.
and then again, singapore is a small country. so we should concentrate our energy in the corporate society, get into the World Level in terms of other areas like finance and influence. just let the foreign talents do the sports. -
I suspect local sports will soon be dominated by foreigners in 5 to 10 years time.
Years ago, local athletes took pride in representing Singapore because they were the best in the country. Now, local athletes have to compete not just with fellow Singaporeans but also with foreigners brought in specially, for that RIGHT to represent your own home country.
How warped has our country become? -
Gov is smart... purposely warp this sports system one...Originally posted by charlize:How warped has our country become?
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it doesnt mean a thing even if we managed to win 100 medals with foreign imports.
it makes us look so silly. and the worst thing is the big money awards. -
Sometimes competition too strong and we can't beat them. That is why if we are to go outside of SEA Games, we will lose very badly. Not meeting personal best........ many people set records themselves and never break it.Originally posted by BillyBong:After Joycelin Yeo's Bronze in the 100m butterfly at the Asian games, our swimmers have failed to make any headway.
Our olympics showing in the last 2 outings have been mediocre at best, with national swimmers failing to even meet their personal bests.
With swimming designated a key sport by the SCC for the last decade of so and every facility made available, one can even say our swimmers are spoilt for choice. Are we then lacking a professional training programme or a really world class coach?
Ang Peng Siong and David Lim have done much to improve the scene but it seems they have hit a stagnation point - SEA games. Anything more regional and our swimmers falter.
Or perhaps the mindset of our swimmers is still too focused on books and academics and ultimately many potential youths decline this sporting route? -
It doesn't matter that we are small; just look at our population: 4 mil and climbing...Originally posted by mach10:and then again, singapore is a small country. so we should concentrate our energy in the corporate society, get into the World Level in terms of other areas like finance and influence. just let the foreign talents do the sports.
Norway has a population of just 3.5 mil and Trinadad and Tobago over 3mil. Both have soccer teams in the world cup.
It isn't that we are a small country but the fact that we think small and have been psyched up during our youth that sports have no future in SG. That is truly an oversight our education system has mistakenly preached.
That mistake is being corrected right now but more must be done. Money is indeed the right way to go but one cannot compare superstars to our world cup hopefuls: One earns through legitimate clubs and sponsership deals while the other comes from SSC reward schemes.
Which is why it is important to optimise SSC into a financial subsidiary which can 'pay' our atheletes to excel, hence promoting sports as a career. -
If I am not mistaken, FTs have even been recruited into Singapore's swimming team at the current SEA games to beef up the squad.
I think it's a Chinese girl formerly from PRC. -
Yeah, the name certainly looks the part but as she was born in SG, then she remains a SG citizen regardless....unless the parents rejected citizenship?Originally posted by charlize:If I am not mistaken, FTs have even been recruited into Singapore's swimming team at the current SEA games to beef up the squad.
I think it's a Chinese girl formerly from PRC. -
Nope, I think she was born in China.Originally posted by BillyBong:Yeah, the name certainly looks the part but as she was born in SG, then she remains a SG citizen regardless....unless the parents rejected citizenship?
Here's an article on her.
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/11/13/sports/12583549&sec=sports -
Oh.... i was refering to another young girl also blossoming nicely.Originally posted by charlize:Nope, I think she was born in China.
Here's an article on her.
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/11/13/sports/12583549&sec=sports
Well there goes the pride sport of SG....just another foreign talent-cesspool