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At AFC Ajax, youth footballers spend 50 percent of their time on football. The other 50 percent? They learn other sports. Only as they age do they gradually specialise on football.
We see a group of primary school boys playing football. We think we can spot who is more talented. In actual fact, all we may be doing is just picking the older boy.
We have all seen it before – two boys of the same age but one is much bigger than the other. Why? The rate of biological maturation – the two boys grow at different rates. The result? The early developer is usually chosen for the school team over the late developer.
Singaporeans and Japanese sleep the least, at just under seven and a half hours. The Dutch have the longest sleep at over eight hours.
"The core idea is that consistent and cumulative mileage is required if one wishes to participate in long distance events." – Dr Nicholas Foo
Check out his interview as he shares interesting experiences working as a sports instructor at SAFRA and the stories behind the scenes of AVventura.
National Servicemen (NSmen) may have to run 3.2 kilometres instead of 2.4km to pass their Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT).
By 2015, all secondary school students can look forward to taking part in at least three inter-class sports competitions.
