By G. ARAVIND http://www.sports247.my/2013/01/nazreen-is-an-unpolished-diamond/
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| Muhammad Nazreen Abdullah |
“My coach (Yang Zhuliang) told just to give it my best shot and that puts less pressure on me to do well in the competition,” said the 15-year-old diver
The pint-sized Nazreen started diving when he was nine and joined Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) when he was in Form One. He has been training for only about three months under Zhuliang but said he can see the improvements.
The divers train every weekdays and on Saturday morning before they head back home.
“It’s tiring when you train every day after school and go back around 7pm. Then I have my shower before going for prayers and having dinner. At night I try to spend some time on my studies before going to bed,” said Nazreen.
Despite the tight schedule, Nazreen still hopes to represent the country in the senior level if he is good enough to do so.
“I want to compete in the big tournaments like the Olympics and hopefully I will be up the level,” he said.
The hard work has clearly paid off and his achievement speaks for itself after he finished ninth in the platform B event (14-15 years) at the World Junior Diving Championships in Adelaide, Australia last October.
“My parents’ encouragement was the main reason behind me doing well and they have been really supportive since I joined in 2008.
Meanwhile, Zhuliang expects this year will be very important for the junior divers as some of them will be promoted from the backup to the elite squad.
“We have to train the juniors in the 10m platform event which is very difficult to master and at the same time we also have to deliver in the upcoming SEA Games (December)”
“It’s a step by step process as we shouldn’t rush them to show immediate improvements. So we will focus on the SEA Games for this year before turning our attention to the Asian Games next year.
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