The national basketball team was not mentally ready for the second game
In an interview with IRNA on Wednesday, Davood Pourkaveh added: “American basketball is not comparable to Iranian basketball, and although American basketball players have much better conditions in terms of physical, playing, planning and preparation, but Wednesday’s game showed our athletes against this team.” The team was not ready to win and this feeling had an adverse effect on their efficiency and energy.
He pointed out that the opposing team did very well in the discussion of rebounds and defense and a lot of pressure was put on Iran, he continued: The players of the national basketball team appeared better in the second half and found each other on the field and compared to the half First, they offered a better game.
Pourkaveh clarified about the points scored by the two teams in the second half and the increase in the distance between these points: The opposing basketball players advanced the game system to three points and brought the whole ball to the net, and this caused the difference in points to increase.
The former national team coach said: “Our country’s players were not very weak because this is the level of Iranian basketball. They put the ball under the net but could not score, which was due to the strength of the American team and the mental condition of Iranian players.”
Pourkaveh also said about the performance of two Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari players in this match: Behnam Yakhchali is more technical in position 2 and his performance will be limited by being in position one, but both he and Mohammad Jamshidi played well against the United States.
He also added about the future match of the national team with France: “France is a team that has defeated the United States, but the athletes of the national team will undoubtedly play better against France, considering the match they had with the United States, and less difference in points with this European team.” will have.
“The Olympics are not an opportunity to gain experience at the national team level,” he said. The current athletes are in the next Olympics and that is why the result is more important in the Olympics.
Regarding the preparation of the national basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics, Purkaveh said: “Iranian basketball needs a think tank so that in addition to evaluating athletes and making the right decision to select delegates, it can also examine opposing teams and provide appropriate intellectual support in competitions.” Be present.
He reminded: “If proper training camps are considered for the national team, a more acceptable result will be achieved for this team in the Olympics, because other teams plan to participate in the Olympics in a principled and basic way. Iran has a good team in basketball, but The rest of the teams have entered the Olympics with better conditions than our country’s team.
Pourkaveh also pointed out that the two current players of the national team are from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Rasoul Mozaffari was removed from the team at the time of sending him, and said: “This province has given a high capacity in basketball in all age categories and it is necessary to cultivate talents.” Plan and arrange the issue of sponsorship of its various teams.
The former coach of the national team stated: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari talented athletes are migrating from this province due to lack of sufficient support, and if the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari team participates in the Premier League competitions with a good sponsor, conditions will be provided to support this team in the province. شد.
According to IRNA, the Iranian national basketball team on Wednesday in its second game in the Olympics against the powerful and star team of the United States and lost with a heavy score of 120 to 66. Our team had already lost to the Czech Republic.
In their last match in the group stage of Olympic basketball, the Iranian team must face France on Saturday, August 30, at 5:30 AM.
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