The Argentine point guard spoke to 3×3 Radio during the Campus Pro Camp he organized with Laprovíttola at CeNARD. He spoke about the event, Argentina’s tour of Europe, what’s to come for Real Madrid and the present of the National League.
Facundo Campazzo spoke to 3×3 Radio within the framework of the “Pro Cam” Campus, which he leads with Nicolás Laprovíttola. It took place from Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 11 at the CeNARD (National High Performance Sports Center) facilities located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez. The event brought together 130 men, women and youth from different parts of the country in pursuit of their personal and sporting development. It was attended by Sergio Hernández, journalist Germán Beder, Eduardo ‘Chiche’ Japez and more sports personalities.
The Argentine point guard recognized that they were close to the attendees, mainly for the enjoyment of each of the parties. “We try to be as close as possible. Let them see that we are one more and that at some point we were in their position. It is how I would have liked them to carry out a campus if I participate in one”, he said on the 3×3 radio. And how does Campus Pro Camp work? “Our goal is for them to take away a good experience, another piece of learning or a phrase from a coach. We look a lot at the men’s body language, noticing how they are, if they are happy with themselves and what they feel. There were 130 boys, a band There is a “Very good staff. Very good kinesiologists. It is a very good level of work, similar to that of the National Team when we got together.”
Facundo Campazzo on the work of the National Team: “I have a good feeling”
Argentina unfortunately came off three years of bad team tournaments. He cannot qualify for the 2023 Japan-Philippines-Indonesia World Cup; fell in the final of the International Pre-Olympic Qualifier in Santiago del Estero and is therefore absent from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Thus, a streak of six consecutive appearances in the highest competition was snapped.a season that included two podiums (gold at Athens 2004 and bronze at Beijing 2008) in addition to fourth place at London 2012.
Despite no competition, Argentina’s team met again in Europe with Pablo Prigioni as coach. They lost the first game against Portugal, but got revenge in the second match against each other. They also defeated Great Britain and South Sudan (78-61), the latter in their game against the United States in Las Vegas. It closed with a tight loss against Spain (76-72) in Guadalajara.
Campazzo, the current captain of the National Team, spoke about the tour: “I have very good feelings. A lot of credit to Pablo (Prigioni) for the work done. Also to the group that was motivated to meet in July even though there was no tournament. We are motivated to be present thinking about what is to come.” And he added: “If we want to qualify for the World Cup and for it to take us to the Olympic Games, or if we want a good AmeriCup, or FIBAwindows, we have to come together. How to achieve this? Come together, work , have an idea.”
The point guard pointed out that this meeting had to be held to refine the details and raise the level of the Argentine team: “We needed to come. We needed to come together to get to this. I think we all left very happy with the situation. Now we have to work in the clubs to continue improving and be good when we get together again. There is still room for improvement for everyone “The little ones and the older ones too. I think we have to create an identity, for that we have to be open. That is why we always tell them that they are curious, so that they are not afraid to talk to us. .”.
The absence of Paris 2024, a source of motivation
One of the big blows was missing out on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Regarding this, he mentioned: “I haven’t seen too much because you see it and you think ‘it should be there a little bit’. I’ve seen games, I really liked the level that was there”However, he also mentioned that you have to use that anger to motivate yourself and fight for classification. “We have to turn anger into energy and work to achieve it,” He disputes this.
His perspective on the National League and what needs to improve
To have a good National Team it is necessary to have a good league. Internal competition is what, ultimately, ends up nurturing a team. It allows its best players to show themselves, improve and eventually jump to the biggest competitions. This is how the best generation of Argentine players was founded.
Campazzo spoke about the National League level: “It is something that has to improve. Because there are so many teams, the level drops a bit. You have many young people who have projections to go to LEB Oro -First FEB since 2024-25- or minor leagues. One understands it because there are many reasons to move, but I think the National League needs to be competitive at a higher level. The higher the level of the domestic league, the higher the level of players that will go to the team for a FIBA window or. there will be competition. “.
Source: Tycsports
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