The former CABB Director of National Teams spoke about World Cup trends and how Argentine basketball can adapt to them.
Facundo Petracci took to the 3×3 Radio microphones on the morning of UCU Play to talk basketball. The situation of basketball in our country and the world cup became the triggering topics for the conversation.
Regarding the World Cup, he spoke about the disruption of Germany and Latvia, and the trend of space in the game. However, he highlighted teams like Brazil who have slowed down, who have achieved their own DNA. Regarding the style of play seen, mention was made of the vertical game shown by Argentina in its last presentations. From there, the subject of the selection process arose until they did not qualify for the World Cup and Olympic Games, of which Facundo was a part until just before the Bahamas-Canada window, as director of team selections. Guest emphasized the change that took place in the latter process as positive, particularly in the interior positions, although he mentioned that he would like to see another pure point guard within the team.
The path of the players
In this regard, Petracci spoke about the next litter that will be the future of the team, most of which are looking for a course outside of national competitions. In this regard, he mentioned the following: “Argentina has a matrix that has partially defined the DNA until this administration, which is the main work of the clubs. We are in a time when visibility is lost, while other sports are gaining it. As a second point is the mirror that historically had to look for something else is the national league and it has stopped. I believe that the quality of the product is not the same, because the budget is lacking and the situation in the country is not helping. It is necessary to redefine the talent route , because the previous path was training club, the one that stood out was encouraged by a league club, and if the league is too small for you and you dominate it, you move, as is the case with Campazzo and Deck who late. Now I think the route is not clear”.
Finally, he spoke about the specificities of sports management and the moment of Argentine basketball. “Now the biggest challenge is to manage the present while thinking about tomorrow, because today you have the problem of the national team but you have to think about tomorrow, because you have a two-year challenge. At that point I think we failed”he declared.
Source: Tycsports

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