No.44 May 2005 |
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In Marathon and long distance running events,
various countries are striving for achieving better performance results.
Modern sports science and technology, financial incentives for the marathon
runners, and growing popularity of these road running events new talented
athletes are emerging every year and gradually improving the standard
of the events.
At the same time, it has been observed that
the performances of Nepalese marathon runner's at the national and international
level competitions are not promising in comparison to the runners of other
South Asian countries. In spite of the efforts made to improve the performance
standard, very little success has so far been achieved in this regard.
Lack of marathon training and coaching know-how and scientific knowledge
amongst the coaches and marathon runners seems to be the main drawback
for its development. It is also noteworthy that the concerning associations
and other sports authorities do not have clear visions for the development
of marathons and long distance running in Nepal.
Taking this all into consideration, the National
Association for Sports Health and Fitness thought to conduct the three
day marathon coaching clinic for the coaches, physical education teachers/students,
sports teachers and the runners giving the clinic's title as "Modern
Technology of Marathon Training". This coaching clinic was organized
to mark the "International Sports and Physical Education Year-2005"
called by UN & ICSSPE.
Topics for the Course were as follows:
All the lectures were delivered by Diwakar Lal Amatya-MSC,
Athletics and Sports Science and the president of NASHF. The coaching
clinic was reported by most of the daily newspapers and one of them as
follows: The Kathmandu Post
Wednesday, March 29 (PR): - A three day coaching
course on modern technology of marathon training concluded today. The
training organised by National Association for Sports Health and Fitness
which was participated by 43 coaches, physical education teaches/students
and schools. The president of Association said that the training was organised
to inform Nepali coaches and players on the changing international norms
of modern marathon. President of Nepal Amateur Veteran Athlete Committee
Mr. Ram Krishna Verma gave away the certificates to the participants.
On the same day 23 successful trainees of Kinanthropometry Level "1"
and "2" were also awarded ISAK certificates by President of
NASHF Mr. Diwakar Lal Amatya.
Here are some of the comments and suggestion
made by the participants:
1. Pradeep Maharjan (Headmaster-Mangal Higher Secondary
School/Phy. Edu. Lecturer):
Students in our University and Campuses go through the theoretical lessons
and practical sessions. Although marathon is not the part of degree
program but many of the topics are included in this clinic are closely
related with scientific research findings. After joining the clinic,
I came to realize that the University should take an initiative to introduce
this kind of practical and appropriate approach to make our academic
system more practical oriented and which will make the students more
competitive in their working field in future.
2. Lila Kumar Shrestha -Athletic Coach (Nepal Police Force):
I’m very much excited that the knowledge I got from this clinic
will be valuable in my coaching career for our marathon runners. The
knowledge I got from this is very useful and practical oriented. Especially
as all the handouts were given in Nepali language and lots of the material
and tips on coaching marathon are excellent with scientific research
findings. Mr. Diwakar Lal Amatya
President - National Association for Sports Health & Fitness 16/1 Nakabahil, Lalitpur, Nepal. Email: dlamatya@ntc.net.np ![]() http://www.icsspe.org/portal/bulletin-may2005.htm |