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Sarawak recognises role of psychology in sports devt, says Abd Karim
BY MATTHEW UMPANG ON AUGUST 10, 2022
Abdul Karim (centre) set to beat a gong to kick off the ASPASP International Congress, as Jamil (second left), Morshidi (second right) and other of�icials look on.
KUCHING (Aug 10): Sarawak is looking into investing in sports psychology to ensure its new generation of athletes is well-equipped to face the stresses of high-level competition, said Minister of Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
He said the Sarawak government has always placed the main objective of making the state into a sports powerhouse in Malaysia as one of its top sporting priorities.
“Putting emphasis on sport psychology in our development is one of the areas which can help us achieve that target,” he said at the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian South Paci�ic Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP)
International Congress at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here yesterday.
The minister revealed that the state government’s support in organising the congress is a small step towards achieving these objectives.
“I am therefore hopeful that future Sarawakian athletes will bene�it from the effective exchange of knowledge in this congress.
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“This knowledge can also be shared with younger athletes in the age-group competition levels by their coaches, so that they will have strong
psychological fundamentals to develop from,” he added.
The international congress, which is taking place from Aug 9 to 11, aims to provide avenues to establish collaborative networking within the sport psychology community across the various Asia Paci�ic regions.
It also intends to enhance the role of sport psychology in ful�illing the needs and demands of athletes and non-athletes in order for them to be successful competitively.
The congress is attended by 143 foreign and 74 local presenters and delegates, as well as 127 undergraduate students from UiTM Sarawak, Institute of Teacher Education Tun Abdul Razak Campus and Institute of Teacher Education Batu Lintang Campus.
The local presenters are from universities and institutions in Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia while the foreign presenters are from universities and institutions from China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and India.
Also present during the opening ceremony were UiTM Sarawak rector Dato Jamil Hamali, Sarawak State Sports Corporation chief executive of�icer Morshidi Fredrick and othe of�icials.