Student football

Student football

From Kompas

I am referring to the Kompas Oct. 29-31, 1994 issues about the
Asian students football championship tournament. Unfortunately
the final matches were not broadcasted on television. We have
good reasons to be proud of the student players who achieved
brilliant success.

The national (senior) team cannot beat South Korea, Thailand
or other Asian countries, and in the recent Asian Games XIII in
Hiroshima (Japan), Indonesia could only rank itself No 11 after
Malaysia. The Sports Committee was disappointed and perplexed at
this failure. There are rumors that Indonesia is exploring the
possibility of cooperation with China to develop sports.

As a sports organizer I would like to raise this question: Why
don't they take the example of the Ministry of Education and
Culture and carry out a training program for the student players?
With only six training centers in Indonesia, the result is
encouraging. If every regency cares to provide a sports arena for
extra curricular programs, potential young athletes could be
recognized and in a matter of five to ten years quality sportsmen
of desired standards could be produced.

T. RUCHIAT

Sukabumi, West Java