Sergio Lara-Bercial, a visiting speaker at the National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI) Youth Coaching Conference, gave his views on the junior division review that MOE will undertake.
In a career spanning more than 20 years, Widmer has coached swimmers who have broken 20 world records, won three Olympic and 16 World Championship gold medals. However, the National Head Coach and Performance Director of the Singapore Swimming Association, urged parents to "help your child see him or herself as a whole person, not just an athlete".
Are you a super-coach? That was the implicit challenge from Mr Sergio Lara-Bercial at the Youth Coaching Conference organised by the National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI).
Red Sports spoke with Dr Low Chee Yong, Head of Sport Science, from the the National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI), an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, to get a deeper understanding of the science behind the proposed review of primary school sports.
"So it’s a wakeup call. Our students getting straight As are insufficient and in some cases can actually be a hindrance. So getting the three As and the one B, plus representing Singapore at the Singapore school level, are probably better than getting straight As," said Mr Richard Seow.
At AFC Ajax, youth footballers spend 50 percent of their time on football. The other 50 percent? They learn other sports. Only as they age do they gradually specialise on football.
We see a group of primary school boys playing football. We think we can spot who is more talented. In actual fact, all we may be doing is just picking the older boy.
Mr Richard Seow, Chairman of Sport Singapore, was speaking at the opening of the 2017 Youth Athlete Development Conference organised by the National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI) on Friday, Nov 3, 2017, at *SCAPE.
