For one to have more of a chance of becoming a successful sport star and develop through the ranks, they should have at least had some kind of basic grounding at school level. Developmental stage is key for a sport person. This is where identification of potential and liking for a particular sport code is nurtured. Over the years, teachers at primary and secondary school have played a pivotal and marked role in identifying and nurturing talent from an early age.
Teachers have been a critical cog wheel in sport development and their non-involvement in extra-curricular activities, in particular Sport, will be detrimental to the country. One can dismiss this, but over time we will realise just how this stand-off has affected Sport development. Like I have posited, teachers play a great role in identification at the early stages and they ground and nurture potential. This is not happening as much as it used to, thus there will be a gap. Those youngsters who might have been identified to be athletes will go through the gaps.
