Joe Touomou is optimistic about the success of the project which he believes could produce other talents like Serge Ibaka. ” Congo has always been a great basketball nation. I am from Cameroon and I remember great players like Tigam and Mbochi who carried the country’s colors high. It is time that we give, after the generation of Serge Ibaka, the chance to young Congolese to carry the flag of the country very high. It starts with the coaches. They are the ones who allow these players to grow in the game “, he explained.
The technical director of the NBA Academy and expert from the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) took advantage of his stay in Brazzaville to discuss, on June 2, at the Etienne-Monga gymnasium, with the Congolese coaches on the improvement of their conditions. from a technical and tactical point of view. The interview organized by the Brazzaville Departmental Basketball League allowed the Congolese coaches to learn about training. The opportunity was given to them to go to the academy he runs to learn and improve their intelligence quotient in basketball.
On a practical level, with the young basketball players of the Arise basketball academy, whose contact was established, he demonstrated how much children need the expertise, maturity and game knowledge of the trainer to reach the expected level.
The NBA is everywhere, he explained to young people who have taken a practical test, who have opportunities to seize to be able to show recruiters, through work, that they are the best in their categories. ” The children who deserved will be selected to play in the NBA academy. It’s a process. We want to bring young people who can eventually, after three years, be able to represent the nation “, he wished.
Arise basketball academy hailed the initiative. Eric Binyio Ndtoungou also explained that his structure began its activities in January 2022. The goal is to create a platform in which it accompanies children who wish to practice basketball by giving them the BABA of basketball and eventually detect the talents as far as possible and create bridges so that these young people can go elsewhere to develop their talent.
This academy has young people who were already playing in a club that it helps to improve their skills. During the holidays and before the competitions start, the young people work at the academy and return to their clubs during the sports season.
« We have an agreement with the clubs, so that even during the season, our young people have two or three days in the academy. The most important thing for us is to develop the skills, the knowledge of the game. Placing young people is a medium and long term job and today we have the opportunity to have a Fiba expert and other who are there and support us in this project commented the president of Arise basketball academy.
2023-06-05 14:56:41
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