Eduardo Aguilar permanently shifting from central focus in conversation.
He said he doesn’t like to talk about him. “I am not in the middle. The club is here because it allows me to work this way. Comfortable. They accompany you ”, he extended behind the phone to The Austral Opinion.
In december he called him Gregorio Martinez, current coach of the Argentine women’s basketball team, and advised him that he was summoned to be part of the staff of the new National Training Project (PNF), which was launched so that women’s basketball continues to grow throughout the country and that aims to consolidate to the national teams.
The Santa Cruz coach said: “That they have called me up is very nice and also to be able to share it with all the people who are there and who have passed through the club. With my students, with the leaders, with the families.”
“And I have to put my family in a painting,” he added. My wife has been by my side for 18 years and she can put up with all of them ”.
The news shook him. It was unexpected. “As the years go by, you get excited about this opportunity. I didn’t see her close today. Because being so far it costs much more. The project is very comprehensive. “
“Being virtual gives you the possibility of working with a large number of players. I see that as very positive. We have a nice working group and they welcomed me very well. We are in operation practically every day,” he confessed.
But Aguilar, lists different factors that had an impact. He joined the project 15 years ago San Miguel And the significant growth unleashed new skills and challenges. The club was and is in the crosshairs of the federal basketball environment.
“We grew, we started from scratch. We incorporate more coaches. We form large executive committees. As the club grew we were aiming for other objectives “.
“We began to participate in everything there was, both for women and men. In 2012 we began to compete with national teams. Santa Cruz in the Argentines, who organized the Argentine Basketball Confederation (CABB), “he commented.
“In 2014 we started to participate as a club. Thank God we have done well. We have been to different finals. It’s very important. It makes them observe you and the work of our club can also be known “.
“We are very firm, with a great project from pulguitas to maxi. Always with the same philosophy. I value everyone very much. They are really, of excellence. We lack the field. It is our desire”, explained the “Chino”.
In San Miguel we have everything. We only need our own court. Is our longing
“San Miguel competes as equals with any team in the country. We have a lot of practice to match certain issues, “he admitted.
He is even the technical director of the Santa Cruz women’s basketball team. He is connected with all the teachers in the province. He uses scouting as a fundamental tool and said that “it is something common.”
“The tournaments give you a great overview and knowledge of all the teams and the girls. Now there is a lot of information and you have to take advantage of it. “
“Respect for competitiveness, perhaps with the National Team we are a little further away. One step below the major provinces (Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires), but we are growing.”
“We have many things to train in the province and everything is very organized. There are possibilities,” he said.
During the pandemic, he trained with different training clinics across the country. He acquired a lot of information.
The style
Aguilar wants his teams to pressure the rival all the time. “If possible on the entire court and throughout the game. Don’t let him think. Let them not play at the rhythm they are used to. I identify with that. We train him a lot. It is something of every day. There is a lot of emphasis on the fundamentals. We are marking the ideas ”, he explained.
And when his players have the ball, the technical director instills that there is a dynamic game, fast transitions and that everyone can participate and the ability to define. “Then you adapt to the style of players you have,” he said.
The roots
While studying physical education at Comodoro Rivadavia, he was an intern at Gymnastics and Fencing of César Maurino -He was on the squad that got Green’s promotion to the National League in 1989-.
He also remembers practically all the names of the teachers who marked him throughout his basketball career (he started playing at the age of 8 in the gym Juan Bautista Rocha and never strayed from discipline).
But when he mentioned Carlos Asencio made a special emphasis. “He was my first teacher. I want to share it with them too. It is very special for me ”, he concluded.
Your work at CABB is just beginning. A long way awaits you in this extensive project. With its incorporation, Santa Cruz is present.
