“Everyone knows what’s missing.”
Before the Tokyo Olympics, the Japan Women’s Basketball National Team played against Puerto Rico in the final international warm-up game, winning 94-59.
Captain Maki Takada said, “We had our basketball from the start for 40 minutes against Belgium, but it is a reflection point that the start was not good today,” said the improvement point in the first word of the post-match press conference. “I had a good experience,” he said. “If you do that kind of thing at Olipic, you won’t be able to win and it will be a wasteful match, so I hope I can make use of what I experienced today.”
Among them, Takada gave a defense to the harvest points obtained through these two games. As Takada says, in Japan, everyone on the court will aggressively defend from a high position, steal 12 steals against Belgium and 10 steals against Puerto Rico, and develop a fast basket from there. It was.
“The harvest is an aggressive defense, and if you do a defense that makes the most of your mobility, you can invite the opponent’s mistakes, and from there you can create an offense and basketball that will lead to the rapid development of Japan. I was wondering when I played against this team, but when I tried it with the team that actually participated in the Olympics, it worked. We are shorter than any other team, so we took advantage of that. It was a good harvest because I had to do it. “
Commander “I want to show you a strong, fun, and clean basket at the Olympics.”
Ramu Tokashiki of Ace was not able to recover from the injury in time and was removed from the members, and the Japanese national team switched to a small lineup to make up for the lack of height inside with transitions and 3-point shots, but the accuracy with each training camp Is definitely higher.
Takada said about the degree of perfection of the team at the moment, “I think that 70 to 80% is done at a good time,” but said about the remaining 20 to 30%. “Today’s first quarter was about half, so there’s more work to be done and some things to improve. Everyone knows what’s missing, so we’ll practice and prepare for the rest of the time. I want to
Commander Tom Hovasse also said about the postponed year, “There were many injured and retired players, but basketball needs adjustment in such sports, so it can’t be helped.” “I’ve made a lot of adjustments, but I think I’m playing an interesting basketball now. I want to show you a strong, fun, and beautiful basketball on a big stage at this opportunity of the Olympics. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the Olympics.”
Of the 12 athletes who will challenge the Tokyo Olympics, only five athletes, including Takada, have experienced the Rio Olympics. Of course, tactics are important, but Takada said, “I think I’m nervous, but I think that having fun is one of the points. I will continue to tell the team that we will play ourselves while having fun in a good way. I want to. “
And since the Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators, he strongly said, “There is loneliness, but what we should do is the same.” “We will challenge the tournament for the gold medal. We have to do the same, so we want to perform ourselves on the best stage and fight with the engine fully open from the first race.”
The Japan Women’s National Team, aiming to win the gold medal, will face the French national team on July 27, then the US national team on the 30th and the Nigeria national team on August 2.
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