What does a BAM
ID mean to the boys? They may not realize it but you can sense the zeal for it
like a holy grail of badminton. I see it more like an aspiration for the boys
to avail themselves the opportunity to be up there with the cream. Again I go
back to this maxim, “To run as fast as a gazelle, you must be in the herd of
the gazelles.”
It’s also a
ticket to participate in BAM sanctioned tournaments, like a tertiary pool for
BAM to search for grass root talents. The secondary pool being Bukit Jalil
Sports School (in which national juniors are picked from) and the primary pool,
the national back-up squad. Of late, BAM is also keeping their eyes open for
worthy independent players who are scattered all over private clubs with
reference to ex-BAM players who quit from the national team.
Therefore, the ID,
looks as though it’s a passport and a stepping stone to BAM’s institution of
badminton albeit not essential but it’s something advantageous to have. The
boys may not understand the significance of it yet but they know it has an aura
of status by having one. The important thing is, they know to live with it,
they have to work very hard. That to me is a reason enough as any to have an ID.
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