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Patriotic Athletes

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Football relies on brains as well as brawn. So why are the SEA Games athletes receiving military-style training at Batujajar?

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MILITARY training has nothing to do with performance on the sports arena. No football team from any military unit has ever done well at the national level. There are Army Football Associations in several cities, but they have never shone on the field. So applying the military recipe to the selection of this year's national under-23 soccer team for the SEA Games in Palembang seems totally inappropriate.

The training, referred to as character buildin

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