in Kuching. "Geographically, Sarawak is a very vast state and my existing staff cannot be running around the state to look to the needs of all the athletes at one time so if we have people in Sibu or Miri, we can be more complete in the delivery of our services," he said. Tan said he had already identified the people he wanted for the mini satellite centre. They will be 100 percent locals as they "know the people here and local conditions better". "We are looking at engaging two sports psychologists, one sports dietitian and one or two physiologists for the centre and those selected will have to go for a three-month training at the ISN headquarters in Bukit Jalil," he said. If Sibu is chosen as the venue for the mini satellite centre, it will cater for athletes in Sibu, Mukah, Kapit, Sarikei and Bintangor. Likewise, Miri can take care of athletes in the northern region that include Miri, Bintulu, Lawas and Limbang. Tan said it was high time that Sarawak had more mini satellite centres as the state was bidding to host Sukma XV in 2014. "I'm glad to say that we have the most number of experts at our centre...three sports psychologists Nurulisa Poli, Regina Gasin and Chong Siew Kian, one sports dietitian cum nutritionists Karene Lee, and two sports physiologists Joshua Philip and christina Janggui," he said. He said Sarawak was one of the centres selected as pioneer centres for the ISN pilot satellite centre project. Other centres are Pulau Pinang, Bandar Penawar Sports School, Johor, Terengganu, Sabah and Kelantan. Tan said the state satellite centre was also chosen as one of the best for mental toughness training. "That's why the national sports body had decided to bring in the national shuttlers including Beijing Olympic silver medallist Datuk Lee Chong Wei for mental toughness training in Kuching earlier this year," said Tan. Tan is also a personal coach (sports psychology) to Chong Wei. He has worked with the world number one and a half years and accompanied him to the Beijing Olympics last year. "I feel honoured as a Sarawakian to be chosen to work with Chong Wei and I also feel proud that he has won the country's first Olympics silver medal in badminton," he said. Tan finds Chong Wei very easy to work with and said: "He is very humble and understanding. He takes instructions very positively and we work very closely with each other." Tan said the satellite cantre was working very closely with Sarawak state Sports Council, State Education Department, professionals like Dr Ong Kong Swee and Dr Chin Hon Siong and officials from sports association. The Sarawak Satellite Centre was set up in 2006 and was officially launched on September 11, 2007. The services offered by the centre are sports psychology, exercise physiology, sports nutrition and physical conditioning. Sports psychology covers mental skills training, floatation tank session, motivation talk/camp and athletes/coaches education programme. The areas covered by exercise physiology include fitness testing(field test and laboratory test), ice bath(recovery), sports science colloquium and athletes/coaches education programme while sports nutrition will touch on urine specific gravity, sports drink demonstration, nutrition fuel to win, athletes weigh in-out assessment , on-site education on hydration and athletes/coaches education programme. As for physical conditioning, the specific areas are high performance gym workshop, dynamic warm-up practical session, athletes/coaches education programme and daily workout sessions. The type of sports involved are archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, karate, lawn bowls, sailing, sepak takraw, shooting, silat, snooker, and billiards, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tenpin bowling, weightlifting and wushu. The target group of athletes are in the Elite/Sukma, backup or junior squads, development programme and school sports.
THE BORNEO POST - Thursday, October 1, 2009
Under the MSNS Category A sports for Sukma XIII are weightlifting, volleyball, judo,lawn ball, archery, athletics, pencak silat, table tennis, swimming, diving, taekwondo, tennis, tenpin bowling, boxing and wushu. Category B sports are cycling, gymnastics, golf, women's hockey, canoeing, karate, fencing, shooting, optimist sailing, petanque, and squash while badminton, netball, football, men's hockey, sepaktakraw, rugby and kabaddi under Category C. The categorisation of the sports is based on the achievements in the previous Sukma. Tan believes motivation is very important to prepare for the Games in Melaka from May 29 to June 8 next year. "We organised a motivational camp at Camp Pueh in Sematan in June for team building and mental training," he said. A similar camp was organised in July in Miri for the coaches, he added, and the motivational speakers were Dunstan Tan, psychologists Dr Ong Kong Swee and Dr Chin Hon Siong, and Lee. Tan said team building was the main agenda for the camp and coaches were encouraged to work towards a common goal-to do well Sukma XIII. His officers are now helping out at the elite centers in Kuching before going to Sibu, Miri and Bintulu to hold motivational sessions there. The team of experts will accompany the state Sukma contingent to Sukma XIII.
Pusat ISN Satelit Sarawak telah mula beroperasi sejak 01 Mei 2006. Pada awalnya pusat ini beroperasi dengan menumpang bilik gymnasium yang telah sedia ada di Dewan Suarah Kuching. Unit pertama yang ditubuhkan di Pusat ISN Satelit Sarawak ialah Unit Psikologi yang di ketuai oleh Encik Frederick Tan selaku Ketua Pusat. Selepas penubuhan Unit Psikologi, pusat ini mula menawarkan perkhidmatan Unit Fisiologi yang diketuai oleh Encik Joshua Philip. Selepas setahun 8 bulan kemudian, pusat ini telah dilancarkan dan dirasmikan dengan bangganya pada 11 September 2007 oleh Y.B. Datuk Liow Tiong Lai, iaitu Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan.
Pada masa kini, Pusat Satelit ISN Sarawak masih beroperasi di dewan suarah bersebelahan dengan Pejabat Majlis Sukan Negeri Sarawak. Bilangan kakitangan ataupun tulang belakang Pusat Satelit ISN Sarawak pada masa ini ialah seramai 9 orang, yang terdiri daripda 6 orang pegawai sukan, 1 orang Penolong Pegawai dan 2 orang pembantu tadbir. Pusat ini berdiri teguh dengan perkhidmatan Sains Sukan yang terdiri daripada, 3 unit perkhidmatan, iaitu Unit Psikologi yang mana menyediakan perkhidmatan psikologi sukan kepada atlet dengan membina dan memantapkan keupayaan mental mereka, Unit Fisiologi menyediakan perkhidmatan untuk melihat sejauh mana ketahanan fizikal atlit melalui ujian yang dijalankan. Manakala Unit Pemakanan Sukan pula menyediakan sokongan pemakanan kepada atlet bagi memenuhi keperluan pemakanan dalam meningkatkan prestasi sukan yang optimum.
Pusat Satelit ISN adalah cawangan yang menawarkan perkhidmatan sains dan perubatan sukan di peringkat negeri. Pendedahan awal ini adalah wajar bagi atlet di peringkat negeri agar implementasi asas sains dan perubatan sukan dapat dimanfaatkan bagi mencapai kecemerlangan sukan dari peringkat akar umbi ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi. Misi Pusat Satelit ISN ialah memperluas dan mengukuhkan asas sokongan sains sukan dan perubatan sukan di peringkat negeri. Manakala objektif khusus ialah, memperkenalkan ISN sebagai pusat kecemerlangan dalam bidang Sains Sukan dan Perubatan Sukan di peringkat negeri. Memberi perkhidmatan yang berkualiti dalam bidang Sains Sukan dan Perubatan Sukan. Menjalankan penyelidikan dan kajian dalam bidang Sains Sukan dan Perubatan Sukan di peringkat negeri. Merancang dan mengendalikan kursus-kursus profesional dan akademik dalam bidang Sains Sukan dan Perubatan Sukan bagi meningkatkan kualiti dan kompetensi pegawai-pegawai di peringkat negeri. Bekerjasama dengan Institusi-Institusi Profesional dalam bidang berkaitan Sains Sukan dan Perubatan Sukan di peringkat negeri. Akhir sekali, membantu menyelaras program-program di peringkat negeri dari perspektif Sains dan Perubatan Sukan (Program Bakat, Sukan Teras, Pelapis, Program Mengenalpasti Bakat, ‘TID’, dan Program Kawalan Dadah). Pusat Satelit ISN Sarawak akan terus berjuang dan membantu atlit-atlit negeri ini dari aspek ketahanan fizikal mahupun mental dalam sukan. Ini semestinya terbentuk daripada acuan sains sukan hasil daripada adunan ISN yang tidak pernah jemu memberi perkhidmatan yang terbaik kepada atlit seterusnya membantu mutu dan kualiti pembangunan sukan di negeri ini.
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