The absolute basketball selection has launched an interesting initiative with the birth of “Spain B”, a second team of the national team announced on Wednesday by the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) in a statement. The selection will be directed by Jaume Ponsarnaucurrent coach of Surne Bilbao Basket of the Endesa League, and arrives with the aim of facilitating the transition between the training categories and the absolute in the best possible way.
The second team, which will feature the supervision of the national coach SERGIO SCARIOLOwill work, during this summer, in parallel to the concentration of the absolute selection in Madrid and Malaga, during the preparation for the Eurobasket 2025.
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Scariolo admitted, in statements to the Federation, that it is a very important project for the National Team: “It is a very important project for us. We want the male selection to have a second team that is considered the tank team of the absolute. “
“The treatment of its players will be basically the same as in the absolute. Both selections will train in the same facilities and maintain intense contact, with the close collaboration of their respective technical bodies, ”he added.
Scariolo valued the figure of Ponsarnauformer assistant for the absolute with whom he achieved The gold in the Eurobasket 2015 and the bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games.
“Not only has a great capacity to achieve results demonstrated, but also at the time of train young people and improve their players. “
