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School sports: Football competition set-up needs fine-tuning to achieve goal
Coaches, educators weigh in on how to balance encouragement and competition
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Singapore Sports School players (in red) celebrating on the way to beating Meridian Secondary School in the National School Games B Division final in April 2018.
ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Simple tweaks to the National School Games (NSG) football competition format could curtail lopsided scores in future games, school coaches and educators told The Sunday Times.
A recent preliminary-round B Division game where the Singapore Sports School (SSP) beat Assumption Pathway School (APS) 32-0 sparked debate over fair play and the purpose of school sports.
