Selangor Youth Joining Kuala Lumpur Development Program

I am sure many of you out there are aware that many Youth Bowlers living and studying in Selangor had taken liberty to join the development program handled by the Kuala Lumpur Association.

It is ok, no problem with this, BUT why are they doing this? Why are they not under the Selangor Development Program? There must be some real good reason that made the decision by the parents.

Maybe these parents would also like to share their experiences and maybe even provide soem constructive suggestions, so that Selangorians will always be loyal to the Association in Selangor.

JUNIOR CIRCUIT 3rd Leg ~ Kuala Lumpur

The 3rd Leg of the Junior Circuit will be held from April 9 till 12, 2009. There are only 7 circuit legs that will be held in Peninsular Malaysia, before the Grand Prix Finals in August 2009.

Waaaaa we are almost halfway into the circuit and yet there is still no news about Selangor Youth Development Progam. Am I wrong or am I not being informed? (my son is selected to the program by the selection committee of MSN)

Looks like it is up to the parents again to provide whatever coaching that they can, frustrated body languages included, to the bowling children.

Now...now STBA04 where are you?

Welcome

This Blog is created to provide an avenue for the parents of youth bowlers and those who have the passion for the game in Selangor Malaysia, to voice their frank and personal opinion, suggestion and experiences on the Youth Development in Tenpin Bowling, currently being handled by the State Bowling Association.

As parents and Bowlers with a real passion for the game, our main intension is to ensure that we provide the best, that we can afford, to our children and our Youth. For many of us our children got themselves involved in Tenpin Bowling, some due to their very own initiatives while some were ushered into the game.

I am very sure that many of us parents are seeing the lackluster manner in which the development of Youth Bowling in the State is being carried out. The current situation is that parents are taking the lead in developing their children bowling career individually, without much help or assistance from the State Association. If it was left to the State Association, with their current style of running the development program, our children will keep falling far behind youth bowlers from other states, particularly from Johor, Perak and Penang, who have a well organized youth development program, whereby the parents are encourage to participate and get involved with the program. Many of the parents in the above states are also part and parcel of the respective State Association officials.

In Selangor, I have never been informed officially, regarding the Association General Assembly. Thus I have never been to the Assembly to voice out my opinion, question the Association Committee or the opportunity to vote capable person into the Committee. I see no transparency in the Association, where a small group of people gets together and vote them, into the State Association Committee. This must stop!

As for the State Association membership, I am very positive that a great majority of the active and paying members are our Youth Bowler and some Bowler’s parent. This is due to the ruling whereby if a Youth Bowler wants to participate in the Sportexcel Junior Bowling Circuit, they MUST be active paying members of a state bowling association. If not for this ruling, I am very positive that the membership count of STBA ’04 will dwindled from day to day.

Thus with the creation of this blog, hopefully all parents of Youth Bowlers in Selangor, could spend a little time, to voice out and contribute to this blog. Maybe we as parent and Bowlers with the passion for the sport can change the attitude and the commitment of the State Association. If there is a need to change the current office bearers by those who have no direct or indirect personal interest in the sport and those who are genuine and with the passion in seeing the development of Youth Bowlers in Selangor, so be it.

Youth Development for the sport Tenpin Bowling needs a huge overhaul. It is needed NOW! ONLY WE, AS PARENT OF YOUTH BOWLERS AND BOWLERS WITH PASSION FOR THE SPORT IN SELANGOR, CAN MAKE THE REQUIRED CHANGE AND ALSO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT IN SELANGOR

Note: Comments can be in Bahasa Malaysia or in English. All your comments, views, suggestions and experiences in this Blog, could become documented evidence that a CHANGE IS REQUIRED, we can then pursue this issue further.

OTHERWISE WE CAN MAKE THIS BLOG A WATCHDOG TO THE STATE ASSOCIATION.