January 29, 2011 by petz1step
It is very sad to hear from the ST today about an article by Benedict Huang.
He mention of the missing of Singapore football jeyseys in an NIKE store. The Singapore team just got the butt from the national association recently…what a joke. The Singapore football was used to be the top team in ASEAN with players in major regional leagues. The B team of SBA just got dispersed.
Instead we see more “imported” Singaporean sportman/woman in swimming and table tennis now featured prominently in the newspapers of their success and wealth. The only dim light in the dark tunnel is the achievements of Singapore keglers and sailors. Just remembered something about a comment from Li Na, the chinese tennis star on her recovery from break point : ” I was thinking about the prize money”. Is it the same for these ” imported” Singaporean?
Is it the lack of drive and courage in local Singaporean sportpeople, the reason of their own demise? Singapore boast having sports schools, millions dollars training program, sports venue major upgrading and recently Junior Olympics..!!! Are we moving to the correct direction?I believe much have to do with the education requirements of the young Singaporeans in recent years. Ms Leong Kah Wei mentioned of her nine-year old spending hours in schools for supplementary classes. They are made to attend schools, tuition class, KUMON classes, dancing classes…….etc. Instead the old are more involved in sports, an retiree recently just completed his Singapore Marathon run. Running and cycling to a lesser extend have becomes the trend of town. Once, I saw a lady running around the neighbourhood at 2am….strange….lol. I believe success lies with the drive to succeed in the youngs. Where are our Young Lions?