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PB Djarum training, audition system could be used as a model: Lawmaker
Among the top shuttlers who were discovered by PB Djarum are Tontowi Ahmad, Alan Budikusuma, Susi Susanti and Kevin Sanjaya Putromuljo.
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Indonesia's PB Djarum badminton club logo. (pbdjarum.org/pbdjarum.org)
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he House of Representatives Commission X overseeing sports has lauded a training and open audition programs currently being held by leading badminton club PB Djarum for reaching out to many potential athletes from remote places, including from poor families.
Andrea Hugo Pareira, a lawmaker from the Indonesia Democracy Party of Struggle (PDI-P) praised PB Djarum, saying that the training system and open audition could be a model for other sports as well.
“The road to become an excellent athlete is long and difficult. PB Djarum has been willing to take that road and has been producing many of the country’s top athletes,” he said.
Yoppy Rosimin of PB Djarum said the club had been holding open auditions in many cities in search of potential talent from all over the country. The players who pass the series of tests will train at PB Djarum’s badminton facility in Kudus, Central Java.
“We were able to reach potential athletes from remote places as well. Families with financial constraints could also take their children to train with us for free,” Yoppy said as quoted in a media statement sent to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Of the 216 athletes, 39 have joined the national training program with the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI).
Among the top shuttlers who were discovered by PB Djarum are Tontowi Ahmad, Alan Budikusuma, Susi Susanti and Kevin Sanjaya Putromuljo.
The House Commission X had invited sport scientists, universities’ school of sport representatives, sports think tanks and sports clubs to discuss the revision of the National Sports System Law, which is currently ongoing.
Commission deputy chief Dede Yusuf, a former taekwondo athlete and movie star, said their suggestions could be used to improve the national training system.
“The commission wants to learn more about a proper training system so we could develop the system and apply that to all sports,” the Democratic Party politician said.
In attendance were leading badminton club PB Djarum, the Liga Kompas Gramedia U-14 junior soccer league, Indonesia Education University (UPI) sports training experts, the Sports Teachers Association, Riau province’s Center for Students Education and Training, and sport scientist from Semarang State University.
