Being the best at something is never easy, although when talking about statistical sections, multiple aspects can always influence so that a not very large sample does not have to be replicated in the long term. The so-called mathematical variance. But this is not the case Carla Viegas, who can not only sign four seasons with excellent numbers in long distance shooting, but it must be remembered that he began to show flashes of quality in Nacional when he was only 13 years old and is still a junior. 32 triples in 65 attempts. Those are his figures in the first 15 days of Challenge Women’s Leagueor what is the same: more shots scored than in the entire 2020/21 season, when she was already the best shooter in the Group B of Liga Femenina 2 in its debut in the category, and with more success. And the only secret is constant work and enjoying what she does.
Seeing a girl, in the first year of the cadet category, playing regularly in the First National, the third category of Spanish women’s basketball at that time, in the 2019/20 season, was not and is not common; however, what of Carla Viegas it has never been ‘normal’. He not only enjoyed minutes in a team that played for promotion until the last game, but already then stood out greatly for his success and mechanics from the triple. ask viegas about its beginnings always lead to the same words. Dani Viegas, their father, is the great culprit along with the usual instinct of children to replicate what they see in their parents. And from seeing him so much he jumped onto the court, began to sneak the ball through the hoop and, little by little, once he was perfecting his technique and accuracy, he moved away until he reached the triple. And there she continues, without having turned 17 (born on 12/27/2005), having fun and giving recitals.
In his first year in FEB competitionsIn the 2020/21 season, which she began at the age of 14, she managed to score 28/63 three-pointers, a 44.44% accuracy rate, the highest in Group B, only surpassed in the entire Women’s League 2 by four players, although only one of them with a volume of shot higher than yours. It may be luck, you can think; “Anyone can have a good season” or the majority were “unopposed shots”. But no, the following campaign, in the premiere in the demanding Challenge Women’s Leaguesigned 58 hits in 115 attempts, being the only player in the three highest categories (and probably also in the lower categories, but there is no data) who scored more than one out of every two triples she shot: 50,43%. And it couldn’t be a coincidence.
It is true that whoever could think that this success could be fortuitous could only be one type of person: the one who does not know Carla Viegas. There are many positive words with which one can define the sniper of San Pedro de Alcantara, but without a doubt one of them is work. In addition to completing the training sessions as one more senior, the foreigner, both during the season and out of it, does not forget her shooting routine, introducing new exercises and trying to improve in different aspects that make her a better basketball player.
The performances of Carla Viegas had not gone unnoticed by anyone in Spain, however, due to the pandemic, the player had only had one international appearance with the Spanish National Team in the FIBA U16 Challenger held in San Fernando (Cádiz) where, with a specialist role, he already left sparkles, but due to the format by groups in different venues it was not a tournament with great focus. That changed last summer, with the U17 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary. Viegas started again with a similar role, as a specialist, which Cristina Cantero, the coach, used coming off the bench. But in the first match, against Canada, He has already begun to earn a superior role. The sampedreña scored three key triples to raise the match against the North American team and signed 11 points in the same minutes.
spain would end the tournament with a silver around his neck and falling only to USA in the end. Viegas was the second highest scorer for the team (11.7 points per game) and the third most valued, finishing as the fifth with the most minutes, close to 20 per game, and signing a 23/51 (45.1%) triple , the best percentage in the history of the U17 World Cup, if we talk about players with 50 or more shots taken, and the highest number of hits from beyond the arc with the current competition system. The revalidation season All the spotlights were on Viegas in October after her feat in the summer, but nothing changed in her. The secret? Work and keep having fun every time you’re on the hardwood. It is true that, in case anyone was clueless, his World Cup performance has made the defenses focus even more on her, but it is not easy to stop her. Her particular mechanics, taking the shot from above, something unusual for women, means that she can carry the shot with little space; and that makes it very fast. At the halfway point of the competition, the player of the CAB Estepona Garden of the Costa del Sol He adds 32/65 in triples, which represents a 49.2% success rate that makes him a candidate to end up as the best shooter of the season, but it will not be easy.
Viegas records are only surpassed in terms of percentage by Alba Orois (Club Joventut Badalona), yes, with a much lower sample: 8/15. Only six players can say, having played 15 games, that they average at least two three-pointers scored in LF Challengeand the best percentage is held by the malagueña. zoe hernandez (30/64), alba pena (31/88), Anne Senosiain (33/76), Virginia Saez (33/99), Masters Gala (34/75) y Celia Garcia (35/108) are, together with the junior from CAB Estepona Jardín de la Costa del Sol, who move in those figures. The numbers show that this season more and better than three are being shot: in 21/22 only four players scored 58 or more three-pointers and no one went over 64 of Andrea Boquete, figures that could be widely exceeded this campaign. In addition, 12 are the players with an accuracy rate above 40%, nine of them shooting at least two triples per game. Tough competition for Viegas, who increasingly includes a repertoire of shots for his game and before he turns 17 he can say that he has accumulated 67 games in FEB competitions and 118 triples scored
