Active play in offense and defense
When I was a child, I often fell and was injured. In the run of the athletic meet, I was running behind. Leo Vendrame, the men’s basketball team (Nobeoka Gakuen Koide, B League 1st Division = B1 = SR Shibuya), recalls, “I was sick.” It was the basket that started in the third grade of elementary school that made the sleeping athletic ability bloom. “I enjoyed being able to do more things one by one,” he said.
Originally from Fukuoka prefecture, my father is Brazilian. It was not noticed until junior high school, and there was no voice from local strong high schools such as Fukuoka University Ohori and Fukuoka Daiichi. “I want to be the best in Japan” to Nobeoka Gakuen High School, which has won the national championship. Hiryu Okamoto (B1, Niigata) and others are among his classmates, and he is “blessed with good members.” While working hard, he improved his strength and achieved the “three high school crowns” of the national polity, national polity, and winter cup as an ace in the third year. After working at Tokai University, he entered SR Shibuya in 2016.
Since I was a student, I have been a shooting guard who mainly goes to get points, but my role at the Tokyo Olympics is a point guard who plays the role of the team’s command tower. In addition to a sharply cut drive and intense defense, it is necessary to have a pass to save friends and a calm judgment.
In the warm-up game against Hungary on the 7th, he contributed to the victory by scoring three steels, which is the most in the team, and a three-point shot that changes the flow. “I want to show aggressive play such as intense defense even in the actual performance.” All the opponents in the first league are superior, but they believe in themselves and stand on the court.
[Photo]Leo Vendrame playing in the warm-up game against Belgium on the 9th = Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture (provided by JBA)
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