Singapore Sports School
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Lavender33:
You can always ask his school to sign your son up for the National Inter-Primary Schools Badminton Championships. This event is held at the begining of the year and will be good for DSA if your son is in the top 3. Hence you should find out the exact date for the registration and indicate your interest with the school.
The admission criteria by the school mentions that \"priority will be given to applicants who have competitive experience in representing their schools or who have the talent or physical attributes to succeed in the sport.\"
My son currently undergoes training with a private badminton centre. Quite happy that he is progressing well there. Unfortunately, his primary school does not have badminton for its cca and he wont be able to fulfill the school representation requirement. What can we help him with to make-up for this? Will the Sports School consider favourably achievements from private competitions in the same way as school competitions?
:scratchhead:
Check with his coach they should be able to advise, unless they are coaching for recreation and not competitive baminton.
You can check this site for more info -
http://www.schoolsports.sg/spssc/badminton/announcement -
looking4Tutor:
Hi, thanks for sharing the site
You can always ask his school to sign your son up for the National Inter-Primary Schools Badminton Championships. This event is held at the begining of the year and will be good for DSA if your son is in the top 3. Hence you should find out the exact date for the registration and indicate your interest with the school.Lavender33:
The admission criteria by the school mentions that \"priority will be given to applicants who have competitive experience in representing their schools or who have the talent or physical attributes to succeed in the sport.\"
My son currently undergoes training with a private badminton centre. Quite happy that he is progressing well there. Unfortunately, his primary school does not have badminton for its cca and he wont be able to fulfill the school representation requirement. What can we help him with to make-up for this? Will the Sports School consider favourably achievements from private competitions in the same way as school competitions?
:scratchhead:
Check with his coach they should be able to advise, unless they are coaching for recreation and not competitive baminton.
You can check this site for more info -
http://www.schoolsports.sg/spssc/badminton/announcement
I took a look ... I think it's school team events so it will not be applicable for Lavender33 as his kid's school does not offer Badminton CCA (you need at least a few players to cover singles, doubles ... etc for team events) -
I think you will be able to find other kids who play badminton in the school as well, and they can all sign up for inter school competition together. That’s what they do in my school for tae kwon do, where we don’t have a cca, but several people who train outside come together and form a team, so they do compete in nationals.
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twilight:
I think you will be able to find other kids who play badminton in the school as well, and they can all sign up for inter school competition together. That's what they do in my school for tae kwon do, where we don't have a cca, but several people who train outside come together and form a team, so they do compete in nationals.
Hi twilight, good point!
There might be a problem though, in Lavender33's case, he's hoping to use this to qualify for Singapore Sports School. For you to do well in Badminton doubles, you need the 2 players to practise together and not individually. Even assuming that his kid is playing individual and is winning all matches, if the school loses out during first round ... his kid is only playing with very few schools in the zone level. But it's certainly worth a try
Hi Lavender33,
It might be a feasible option, so do check with the school Do take note what I said about Doubles above ... the identified doubles players should have regular training together if they want to do well.
Would you update me on the situation? My ds is facing same situation as yours (taking private badminton and school does not offer Badminton CCA).
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Sorry for confusing info. My boy told me today that the COE is for soccer only. The JSA is for badminton. He say the P6 kids who are in JSA trains in SSP. Not sure if there are other training centers.
Coast,
Regarding your question. Before, the actual open house, SSP already run trials for the various sports. These kids either signed up themselves or they could be invited by SSP coaches to go for trial. So it’s good to keep a lookout in April or so for the trial dates. Some of these kids are from the JSA which already trained in SSP or some are in the school tournaments. But anyone can sign up.
My advise is to increase visibility by joining the JSA, if possible. I think the coaches also go to competitions for talent scouting. Basically, competition is good as it will help the child knows where he stands and how much he
wants to put in to develop further. You need passion in the sports to survive the regimentation in SSP. I don’t think they work on the mode of giving priority to some. Just do well when you have to perform and that should be okay.
Someone suggested changing to school with badminton. Yes great idea.
Other useful info you many want to know is that in the event that the student gets serious injury and cannot play/ compete anymore, he can continue to stay in the school to complete his studies.
The school is also constantly looking for possible tracks that these young athletes may want to go into in future as they are too young to decide now if they will have a sports career. Hence, the various thru train programs and also the porosity of the system that allows the kids to move laterally in the various tracks. I think this make sense and give the child a lot of space to think for himself what he wants to do. Basically, it’s a very youth centered learning institution in the sense that they want to nurture and develop the student holistically as a person. -
dovetail:
Hi Dovetail,
There are not many kids doing fencing so the number who go for trial could be small. How many are they getting to enter the academy?
Have a great time at the open house. Let me know if eventually, your son get an offer and if you decide to let him join. Usually, those kids that have good PSLE results have a big dilemma whether to stay mainstream or go specialized independent. The top schools also offer them a place via DSA or via their good results. Currently, the kids in my boy's class range from 230 to 265 for PSLE score.
:celebrate:
We were told at the Open House that there will only be 12 vacancies for Fencers next year - 6 girls and 6 boys. However, this number will decrease the year after.
The school hasn't completed their hiring of the Fencing Coaches yet, so they will only hold the trials after the coaches are confirmed. Meanwhile, we are to continue participating in national tournaments and where possible, international tournaments to build up our portfolios.
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ANobleNerd,
There is a Peter Lim Scholarship for sports. Pri/Sec school kids can apply. Pri gets 3000 per year and Sec gets 2000. they are giving 150 and 100 scholarships to Pri and Sec kids respectively. You can check it out. Money can help to defray your cost for your kids training. No harm trying.
The closing date is maybe end of this month. I don’t have the details in hand. -
Thanks for that pointer, Dovetail!
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It’s called Singapore Olympic Foundation - Peter Lim Sports Scholarship
Closing date is 1 July 2011
It should be 2K for Pri and 3K for Sec. -
dovetail:
Hi dovetail, thanks for sharing such useful infoSorry for confusing info. My boy told me today that the COE is for soccer only. The JSA is for badminton. He say the P6 kids who are in JSA trains in SSP. Not sure if there are other training centers.
Coast,
Regarding your question. Before, the actual open house, SSP already run trials for the various sports. These kids either signed up themselves or they could be invited by SSP coaches to go for trial. So it's good to keep a lookout in April or so for the trial dates. Some of these kids are from the JSA which already trained in SSP or some are in the school tournaments. But anyone can sign up.
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