UNS — Happy feeling shroud the basketball team of Faculty of Sports (FKOR) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta. The team has just carved an achievement in the Pekan Prestasi Mahasiswa Nasional (PANTASI) 2021 (National Student Achievement Week) held by the Faculty of Sports Science (FIK) Universitas Negeri Semarang (Unnes). UNS basketball team won 1st place in women three players game and 2nd place in the men three players game which both held online.
The students who participated in the team were Jisinta Pradita Ramadhani, Siska Lestiani, Sheila Ayuningtyas, and Nanda Amalia in the women team, and Aldo Saputra, Ali Prakoso, and David Kurniawan in the men team. They are Physical Education, Health and Recreation Program (Penjaskesrek) students, and they received supervision from Ahmad Septiandika Adirahma, M.Or., for the men’s team and Baskoro Nugroho Putro, M.Pd., for the women’s team.
Baskoro stated that he is proud of this achievement because his students could carve some achievements amid the pandemic. He is also grateful for the support provided by the faculty for the team.
“My feeling and other faculty members, and the students, of course, we are proud because we could achieve something amid the pandemic and in a competition recognized by Ditjen Belmawa. We are also happy because the faculty always supports what we do,” Baskoro stated to the uns.ac.id team on Friday (30/7/2021), one day after the announcement.
To the uns.ac.id, Baskoro also stated that in participating in the competition, the team experienced various challenges because of the Community Activity Control Order (PPKM) policy. They need to convince the Deans to allow them to use the court for training. All training was conducted under health protocol, without physical contact, with a minimum number of people, and for a limited period. Their efforts did not get wasted and brought fresh news for UNS for their achievements.
In the future, Baskoro hopes that there is a basketball competition that could be held offline. “My wish, truthfully, is for an offline basketball competition. Because basically, basketball is two teams playing in the court, showing their skills, until we determined which one wins,” he hoped. However, Baskoro is aware that under the current condition, there is a probability that the government will continue the activity limitation order, and many activities will stay online. “(Under that condition) I hope there is more competition like this. Thus, it could relieve the longing for competing, and as a means to achieved something during the pandemic,” he added. Humas UNS
Reporter: Zalfaa Azalia Pursita
Editor: Dwi Hastuti
