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No. 00292

October 18-24, 2003

Street Talk

 

Why Tanzania’s star does not shine in sports

When it comes to sports Tanzania is an underdog even by Third World standards. What is bedeviling this nation when it enters the field?
by Raymond John

Samora Lucas - Arusha

Juma Kasoga - Arusha

John L. Sirikwa - Arusha

Rashid H. Rashid -Arusha

Team leaders and other sports officials are actually the culprits behind the poor sporting image of Tanzania. Most leaders put forward their own personal gain thus sacrificing the overall performance of our teams.

Also inadequate preparation, fear of costs and time factor do adversely affect our teams.

May be we should seek sponsors in terms of companies, institutions and even the Government so as to raise the standards of our teams.

Tanzania’s poor sports performance is due to the fact that, people here go into sports in their mature age. I mean, we should cultivate the sporting spirit since childhood, games should start in primary or even kindergarten schools.

There are also very low incentives for our sportsmen which is discouraging and make them not to be serious while playing.

Our sportsmen are too dependent on various factors and thus causes them to lack self confidence. There are no sporting programmes for children at school and our institutions lack the relevant sporting facilities.

Most of the best sports people are in rural areas where they remain unnoticed but even when they come to urban centres a sudden environmental change drastically affects their performance.

Lack of proper sports trainers, good play grounds and facilities highly contribute to the declining standards in sports. Lack of sound financial support and the current multi party system of politics are also among the outstanding negative factors.

 

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