After Joycelin Yeo's Bronze in the 100m butterfly at the Asian
games, our swimmers have failed to make any headway.
Our olympics showing in the last 2 outings have been mediocre at
best, with national swimmers failing to even meet their personal
bests.
With swimming designated a key sport by the SCC for the last decade
of so and every facility made available, one can even say our
swimmers are spoilt for choice. Are we then lacking a professional
training programme or a really world class coach?
Ang Peng Siong and David Lim have done much to improve the scene
but it seems they have hit a stagnation point - SEA games. Anything
more regional and our swimmers falter.
Or perhaps the mindset of our swimmers is still too focused on
books and academics and ultimately many potential youths decline
this sporting route?
