Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Vuvuzela horn


During the World Cup this year held in South Africa, the heated debate of the restriction of the Vuvuzela horn this year is still ongoing. Both spectators and players have complained about the noise given out by the Vuvuzela horn. For spectators from other countries, the horn disrupts the peace needed to watch a football match and for players down in the pitch, many of them would have a wavered concentration and poor performance due to the high noise level. Even after the game, players would not be able to get enough sleep because there would still be an incessant tooting of the horn from another match away from the hotel.

The good points of the horn are as follows:

1) The horns are a motivational force which drives the players of South Africa to fight on for their country.

2) The horns, if used properly, can be a musical instrument that produces good and loud monotone music.

3) It gives a European feel to the atmosphere.

The bane:

1) The horn disrupts peace and quiet.

2) The horn gives players who are not use to the sound a poor performance and disables them from communicating within the pitch.

3) The horn might lead to poor hearing or loss of hearing because of the decibals it releases.

All in all, I feel that the FIFA officials should put a ban on the use of the Vuvuzela horn because performance would be sharply sliced.

Posted by Ho Siu Joon Jones at 2:50 AM