Poor turnout for practices

After conducting a random survey, the Inkslingers team found out that only about half of the students who signed up for a number of the sports clubs turn up during practices.

“Usually we get forty to fifty people signing up for our Volleyball Club during registration day but only half of them turn up during trainings,” Sayaka Hashimoto, secretary of Volleyball Club, said.

The Women’s Futsal Club experiences the same thing.

“It is very frustrating because we aren’t able to form a proper futsal team. There were a lot of girls who joined the club and then quit. So, there was really no one to play with,” said Aseel Omar, captain of Women’s Futsal Club.

“During our last futsal practise in December, only five people came for practise,” she added.

When asked why a lot of students skip practices after joining a sports club, Aseel says it is probably because they are busy with their studies.

“The hot weather acts as a factor too. If the activities could be conducted indoors, it would be easier for people to play sports,” she says.

Meanwhile, Sayaka thinks that timing is the reason why students skip practices.

“Our trainings are usually conducted at night. So, it is very inconvenient for students who live far away from college to come here just to practise,” she says.

Taylor’s University Manager of Sports and Recreation Centre P.L. Murali said Taylor’s would send emails to students who registered for sports clubs to ask them to come for training.

He went on to say that students usually ignore these emails.

(By Nurul Ain Jamaluddin)