| Fadhil Yunus |
BRUNEI Darussalam Sports School Council (MSSSBD) head coach Rosni Hajah Yahya emphasised the need for more exposure matches whether it is local or regional following a 59-25 defeat to the Sri Lanka School Team at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex yesterday.
The main challenge currently faced by the team is the difficulty of having a complete squad for training due to academic commitments.
“It is challenging and as a coach we follow their times. If the players are free and if they’re finish school like at 5:30pm, only then we can start training,” said Rosni in an interview.
“Training is not enough for them and we need more time for training,” continued the head coach.
However, Rosni welcomed the exposure match against the Sri Lanka School Team and hoped that there will be more invited teams from overseas to allow them to play these kinds of matches despite not gaining exposure by sending the team overseas.
“In view of today’s match, we have less communication because the players rarely met,” said Rosni.
She added that their weaknesses were a lot of unforced errors because of lack of training.
Brunei Darussalam Sports School Council (MSSSBD) and Sri Lanka School Team pose in a group picture. – KHAIRIL HASSAN
The team train five times a week but the main limitation is they could not assemble a complete squad.
“They showed their abilities today and from there we can see what we can add again.”
Asked what her plans were: “Keep on training and get more exposure whether it is local or regional.
“We will conduct more training as planned and try to develop netball by finding players who possess the competencies armed with their physical ability which is hoped,” continued Rosni.
“As a manager and head coach, we in MSSSBD hope that they can cope with training and studies because for us their first priority is academic.”
“Past players have succeeded and some of the players can be considered as icons because aside from training they can devote their time to their studies,” she concluded.
The Sri Lanka School Team will conclude their exposure series against the national team.
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