Eighty coaches invited for a refresher course<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Eighty coaches from 29 sports organizations are
\nexpected to join the refresher course that is to be staged by the
\nNational Sports Council (KONI) as a way of improving their skills
\nin grooming athletes prior to the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA)
\nGames.<\/p>\n
The course organizing committee chairman, Gandring
\nSoegiantoro, told reporters on Wednesday that the coaches would
\nbe given instructions on how to plan a training program and to
\nreview it.<\/p>\n
\"We assume that the coaches are still doing their jobs even if
\nthere is no sports event. So we will only brief them about the
\nmost important matters,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The course will take place in Cipayung in the Puncak area of
\nWest Java, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
Gandring said that the course was being held following KONI's
\nfinding that national coaches had contributed to Indonesia's poor
\nshowing in the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei Darussalam.<\/p>\n
Indonesia failed to repeat its success in the 1997 Games where
\nit claimed the overall title. It only finished third after
\nMalaysia and archrival Thailand in 1999.<\/p>\n
\"The coaches are only one of the reasons why we failed in
\n1999. Our coaches still have many shortcomings. KONI didn't hold
\nthis type of course after the 1997 SEA Games because we felt we
\nhad been very successful in the biennial event.\"<\/p>\n
\"Unfortunately, our coaches do not cultivate reading and
\nwriting habits. They are not accustomed to recording their past
\nexperiences. So they normally envision the training program in
\ntheir minds, but the human mind has only a limited capacity to
\nremember,\" he explained.<\/p>\n
Gandring said that sports organizations had submitted 143
\nnames to attend the course, but that it was up to KONI to make
\nthe final decision.<\/p>\n
\"The training program's chief of technical affairs J.E.W.
\nGosal knows the needs of every sports organization and which
\nkinds of coaches they require. Pak Gosal helped us decide on the
\nparticipants.\"<\/p>\n
The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) and the Soccer
\nAssociation of Indonesia (PSSI) have yet to submit the names of
\ntheir SEA Games coaches for the course.<\/p>\n
Gandring said that the course materials included exercises on
\nhow to arrange a training program combined with information on
\nareas such as sports medicine, psychology and nutrition.<\/p>\n
\"If an athlete is injured during practice, the coach should
\nrealize that the injury is the result of certain factors such as
\nthe unpreparedness of the athlete to commence the training or the
\nfact that the athlete could not cope with the training load. In
\nthis case, a coach needs a little knowledge of sports medicine
\nand its latest techniques,\" he said. (ivy)<\/p>",
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