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Teo Ser Luck asks why NSAs can’t be more transparent about YOG athlete selections

By Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, MCYS

The Youth Sports Development Committee (YSD) that I chair oversees the funding disbursement for the athletes preparing for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) that will be held in Singapore in August 2010.

Part of the preparation process is to select and train the athletes.
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Teo Ser Luck: “If children are talented in sports, do they know where to go?”

Contributed by Teo Ser Luck

If children are talented in sports, do they know where to go?

Do they know their pathway to success in their chosen sports?

In the readers’ opinion, is the current system, with the Junior Sports Academy, Centres of Excellence and national training centres comprehensive enough to nurture them?

What are the areas we should be looking at to develop this system?

I look forward to your thoughts on this matter.
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Teo Ser Luck: “Are youth specialising in sports too early?”

Contributed by Teo Ser Luck

I often wonder if a child should specialise in sports early because I am beginning to see more and more of such cases.

Well, I can understand if it is a sport like gymnastics but I am beginning to see it in other disciplines too.

Is it any good to specialise so early?

Should a child be given a chance to try all sorts of sports for a few years right into secondary school years before making a choice, say at age 16?

Or should they specialise early so that talents can be developed?

What is more important – building a good foundation through playing more sports or specialising early to be ahead when they are young?

Let me know what you think.
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Ser Luck: What role should media play in local sports?

By By Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

When I was in primary school, I read the newspapers every day without fail. Before you think I had a keen interest in world and social issues at such a young age, it was only the sports pages that I read. Then, we had great coverage on local soccer as we were in the Malaysia Cup. I could name every one of the 18 players, regulars and reserves. At the age of 6, I started to attend soccer matches at the National Stadium, joining in the Kallang Roar. Our local soccer coaches and players were our heroes.
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Ser Luck: “Do we have Singaporeans willing to compete in the Youth Olympics?”

By Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

As host for the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, it comes with some expectation to field a team of athletes for all 26 sports. Do you think we can do it?

I know for sure that some people have never heard of the Pentathlon but it is one of the oldest sports in the Olympic progamme. What about Handball? And where can I find weightlifters?
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Ser Luck: Will foreign talents make or break Singapore sports?

By Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Ministry of Transport

I am asked time and again about my views on foreign athletes taking away the chances of local-born athletes in representing our nation. Recently at a dialogue, quite a few questions were asked on this topic. One of them left an impression. This student talked about how schools are importing sports talent as well.

I am not keen for Singapore to be a trading hub for foreign talents by replacing one with another. A trading hub is about buying and selling. If we take one foreign talent out due to poor performance and replace the person by sourcing for another foreign talent instead of developing our own for succession, that would be solving the problem in the short term. But finding and developing the best talents, regardless of where they come from, is critical if we want to seek a breakthrough in sports. Hopefully, these talents would include the locally bred and born. We have to accept that with globalisation, talents are now everywhere and accessible. So it is a competition in itself to attract them. The more important question, many are also asking, is: would these foreign talents have an impact that would make or break us?
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Ser Luck: Should we do away with sports competitions in schools?

A word from the editor: Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, is a politician, Ironman triathlete, and successful businessman. With a passion for sports and a heart for youth sports in particular, Ser Luck is on a quest to strengthen Singapore’s sports culture. We at Red Sports welcome him to our community as he engages us on the issues close to his heart.

Recently, the IOC President Jacques Rogge and his delegation were in town. One of the members of the delegation read the article in our papers about two schools making sports fun and doing away with competition and medals. The intent was to increase participation and let the young boys and girls appreciate the fun and value of sports. He was very much aligned in that direction and mentioned that it is the practice in some parts of Europe for sports competitions to begin only at 15.
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Ser Luck: “Does Singapore have a sports culture?”

A word from the editor: Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, is a politician, Ironman triathlete, and successful businessman. With a passion for sports and a heart for youth sports in particular, Ser Luck is on a quest to strengthen our sporting culture. We at Red Sports welcome him to our community as he looks to engage us on the issues close to his heart.

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‘Young and growing people must have facilities to develop their bodies apart from facilities to develop their minds. Sports must therefore be an essential feature of our national way of life.’ – Mr. Othman Wok, The First Minister in charge of sports, speech on 7 Dec 1966
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