KONI told to not to generalize in regard to field test results<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A sports expert has called on National Sports
\nCouncil (KONI) officials to avoid assuming that all athletes
\nbeing prepared for the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are in
\npoor condition just because they did not do well in field tests.<\/p>\n
Paulus Pasurney, who is also an expert at KONI, made the
\ncomment on Saturday following the poor field test results in
\nphysical fitness tests conducted by six sport fields --
\nbasketball, tenpin bowling, boxing, diving, golf and karate --
\npreparing their athletes for the biennial Games in Brunei
\nDarussalam.<\/p>\n
After receiving the results, KONI officials hastily called the
\nofficials of 20 sports bodies for a series of meetings, pressing
\nthem for more serious training preparation in the next three
\nmonths before the athletes compete in the Games in August.<\/p>\n
The test results, however, were questioned by officials of
\nIndonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi). They said national
\nplayers Cokorda Raka and Eko Haryanto got poor results but had
\nreportedly scored well in an earlier test conducted by the
\nassociation.<\/p>\n
But KONI's head of athlete development, Moch. Hindarto, said
\nthe council would proceed discussing training programs with
\ncoaches in order to intensify the preparation instead of
\nrepeating the field tests.<\/p>\n
Paulus told reporters on Saturday that the results did not
\nreveal the overall condition of athletes of the other 14 sports
\nbodies.<\/p>\n
\"If all athletes score the same as the two basketball players,
\nKONI should panic. The field test is not the last measure. We
\nwill conduct other tests after several weeks of training,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said some sports -- including boxing, track and field and
\nbasketball -- had prepared their athletes very well.<\/p>\n
\"I also supervise national basketball players from the
\nIndonesia Muda club. During the test, the players did not warm
\nup. That's why they failed,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the first test, which was held last week, had been
\nmodified from its original form. The athletes from the sports
\nthat need aerobics were instructed to run for 3,000 meters, while
\nthe others only had to run for 1,600 meters.<\/p>\n
Paulus said he would accompany Hindarto in a discussion with
\ncoaches on May 8. Paulus led Indonesian shuttlers to victory in
\nthe Thomas Cup in 1998 with only two months of preparation.<\/p>\n
\"I will brief the coaches on how to improve the physical
\ncondition of their athletes,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Track and field<\/p>\n
Separately, one more national record in the men's high jump
\nwas conquered on the last day of the two-day National Track and
\nField Invitational at Senayan Madya Stadium in Central Jakarta on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Arya Yuniawan, 20, of West Nusa Tenggara scored 2.05m, one
\ncentimeter higher than the old record of 2.04m which was set by
\nKetut Widiana here in September 1985.<\/p>\n
Arya joined other young stars who set new national records
\nearlier on Friday. They include Irine Truitje Joseph of Maluku,
\nwho set a record in the women's 200m dash, Kusmiati of Central
\nJava in the women's hammer, Alia Basalamah of Jakarta in the
\nwomen's pole vault and Nunung Jayadi of Jakarta in the men's pole
\nvault.<\/p>\n
Irine, who ran in the 400m, managed to break the national
\njunior record of 56.04 set by her counterpart from Jambi Lisa
\nThenu here in September 1996. Irine clocked 55.79 on
\nSaturday. (ivy)<\/p>",
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