Six of the 18 technicians in the top continental competition are national. In Liga Endesa, 16 out of 18. “Ingenuity, talent and method” and training, the keys
The German derby on Thursday, on the first day of the Euroleague at BMW Park, spoke Spanish. Pablo Laso He won the game with his Bayern against Alba de Israel Gonzalez. “We have Hispanicized German basketball,” celebrates the Cantabrian, heir in Berlin of Aito García Reneseswhich recounts: “Pedro Calles (EWE Oldenburg), Jesus Ramirez (Löwen Braunschweig), until recently Diego Ocampo (Skyliners Frankfurt)… We are very well regarded here.” And not only there: the top continental competition starts with six Spanish coaches (out of 18) on its benches, something never seen before.
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Because the two German teams are joined by the four national teams, no foreign coach in Real Madrid (Chus Mateo), Barcelona (Roger Grimau replaces Saruns Jasikevicius), Baskonia (Joan Peñarroya) and Valencia (Alex Mumbrú). On that list could be Xavi Pascual, who continues to lead the Russian Zenit, expelled from the Euroleague. EITHER Go to Plaza, in the legendary AEK in Athens. In the Endesa League, it is close to full, 16 out of 18, in contrast to the number of Spanish players, which does not reach 30% one more year. Only Veljko Mrsic (Breogan) and Jaka Lakovic (Gran Canaria) break the norm, both former ACB players. The conclusion seems obvious: “There is a Spain seal on the benches.”
pronounces it Juan María Gavaldápresident of the AEEB (Spanish Association of Basketball Coaches), who reasons the reasons – “Ingenuity, talent and method” – and vindicates the training: “There is an enormous self-demand that begins with the Higher Coaching Course itself, which is the of the highest level in Europe and the World”.
Peñarroya, with Baskonia. ADRIAN RUIZ HIERRO
Like the Balkans years ago, Spain is now a technical export machine. Not only at the first level. There are more than 400 spread around the world, in places as remote as Costa Rica or China. “We have dared to take the leap outside, maybe that happened less before,” he admits. Israel Gonzalez. One of those pioneers in packing his bags was Piti Hurtado. In 2013 he became the first Spanish coach in the Japanese league (Levanga Hokkaido), two years later he also coached in Venezuela. “The dominance of the generation of the 80s took a few of us abroad, but what is happening now has to do with the last 10 years, with a less technically gifted generation,” reasons the Movistar commentator who mentions Sergio Scariolo, “the epitome.” “He is the shuttle of all this, the hand that rocks the cradle. Many countries hire Spanish coaches because they have been won by Spain,” adds Gavaldá. “The successes of the national team help us to be promoted, as well as the level of the ACB, which is very high,” adds González.
Because there is a common style that is more of a way of understanding basketball. “Jordi Fernandez “He has put that seal on an NBA team like Canada, order against individualism, leading it to win a medal in the last World Cup,” Gavaldá highlights another clear example of the Spanish coach’s bravery: “Jordi is the example. He left as a young man with a suitcase to a Campus in Las Vegas and is about to become the first Spanish coach in the NBA.”
Alex Mumbrú, during a recent Valencia match. Alvaro Carbrera
“The fact that there are six Spaniards in the Euroleague is a consequence of the very broad tactical control that the representatives of the Spanish school have exercised, not leaving any loose ends, having everything quite tied up and, above all, the ability of the small schools to insist on the pass, to find the best option. We are not great scorers, but we are players in all positions who know where to put the ball. There are very few selfish players and that is a product of how basketball is taught in our country,” explains Hurtado, who He talks about the method, the “playbook” against individualism, of “sublimating intelligence due to the lower physical capacity we have always had.”
Grimau, with Barça. SERGIO PEREZ
But, to understand this phenomenon you have to look deep down, at grassroots basketball, the key to so many things. “I never cease to be surprised by the people from below, anonymous people who do a priceless job. Educating and making basketball grow, they ‘amaze’ with the content and tactical and technical wisdom. People who then have their jobs, some of them at a high level, lawyers , teachers, who do it in their free time. They are the key, hand in hand with the clubs and the Territorial Federations,” develops the president of the AEEB, who fights for all of them to have labor recognition and so that, when they go abroad of the country, their training is recognized.
Behind Spain, and far away, some of the countries that tyrannized the benches. Serbia, Greece, Italy and Turkey each have two coaches in the Euroleague. In the Endesa League, the best on the continent, it is a common phenomenon of recent times. In the 14/15 season all 18 teams started with Spanish coaches and in the 18/19 season they were all but Svetislav Pesic at Barça.
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