Top Talent Needs Special Care

[Jangle]

Close marking of junior athlete preparation programmes, which is essential to progress, is urgently required. It should come from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), which should take a pivotal position in the development of outstanding talent. With the economic situation in the country and, by extension, the high schools, being as tight as it is, the governing body should not be seen to leave all things to the school management system. That is a direct recipe for the loss of talent which, in the absence of proper nurturing, can reach nowhere.

In that regard, Foster's Fairplay calls on the JAAA to take a hands-on approach to the reservoir of talent, wherever it may be. With that in mind, remedies can be applied before such withdrawals, as that which has befallen this young athlete, become reality.

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