Singapore is a sports weakling because of lack of will, not size

[ionzu]

That said, the majority of mothers in Singapore will rather send their children to tuition classes and retarded little mozart lessons, than sweat and blood training.

Our climate also too cock to train in certain sports, maybe ah-kua indoor sports like ping pong still can

then we have chosen the wrong sports to compete in. certain sports are geared towards attributes that we lack.

for the sports that we compete in, singapore should make better use of modern sports-coaching technologies to help our athletes achieve greater results.

it requires a whole ecosystem of corporate and government sponsors, olympic class coaching, training facilities, sports technologies, willing and able athletes and supportive parents.

there is no overnight miracle to a gold. i am glad singapore won a bronze, and also glad that it was ONLY a bronze and not silver or gold. because this proves, that while we can import talent, it takes something more to achieve the gold.

i believe it takes a singaporean.