Jump coaches told to reach higher<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Asian trainers are being urged to improve their coaching
\nknowledge in the bid to improve the region's athletic performance
\nin international events, including in the four major jumping
\ndisciplines.<\/p>\n
\"The main problem in athletic development in some Asian
\ncountries, including Indonesia, is that the coaches have little
\nknowledge about the coaching techniques,\" Ralph Mouch Bahani, an
\nathletic expert with the International Association of Athletics
\nFederation (IAAF), told The Jakarta Post here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bahani, currently based in Singapore, is in Jakarta as a
\nlecturer at a two-week course on jumping disciplines in the
\nCoaches Education and Certification System (CECS), hosted by the
\nRegional Development Center (RDC) at Madya stadium in South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
RDC is an IAAF affiliate with the task of supervising athletic
\ndevelopment in several designated countries, mostly in South and
\nSoutheast Asia. RDC Jakarta has 19 Asian members.<\/p>\n
Twelve jump coaches from Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei,
\nPhilippines, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Laos are
\ntaking part.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's lone representative, national junior team high
\njump coach I Katut Gde Widiana, withdrew due to a family
\nemergency.<\/p>\n
Jumping disciplines consist of the high jump, long jump,
\ntriple jump and pole vault.<\/p>\n
\"Jump is an athletic discipline with complexities. And that
\nrequires the coaches to be able to tackle those complexities,\"
\nBahani said.<\/p>\n
Although acknowledging that an athlete's build was a factor in
\nachievement, he said more important was the guidance of their
\ncoaches.<\/p>\n
\"Physical talent constitutes only a small percentage,\" Bahani
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"Athletes with less physical talent can be trained into good
\nones if guided properly. It depends on the coaches.\"<\/p>\n
RDC director Ria Lumintuarso, another lecturer in the course,
\nsaid being a good coach entailed the ability to formulate a
\ncomprehensive training program for their athletes.<\/p>\n
\"After the course, we will monitor them to ensure that they
\napply their knowledge in their respective federations,\" Ria said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, coach Sri Purwidiati said that her athletes still
\nencountered difficulties in reaching optimum acceleration before
\ntheir jump.<\/p>\n
\"They slow down instead of increasing the acceleration when
\nheading for the jump board,\" said Sri, who coaches long jump,
\nhigh jump and triple jump.<\/p>\n
One of her triple jump athletes is Junaedi, whose national
\nbest mark of 15.69 meters is still far behind the 17.35 of Thai
\nrecord holder Natapon Namkunha. In contrast, the world record is
\n18.29 by Britain's Jonathan Edwards.<\/p>",
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