Al Jazira’s coach, the Syrian Muhammad Qudsi, revealed three technical factors that led “Abu Dhabi Pride” to achieve its first victory in the basketball league, after winning, the day before yesterday, over its guest, Al Dhafra (75-59), in the penultimate round of the preliminary round of the tournament.
Qudsi told Emirates Al-Youm: “Most of the team is made up of young players, and since the middle of the second leg of the preliminary round, it has been able to demonstrate the experience gained, especially against the leading teams, based on three basic technical factors that led to achieving victory, which was to stay away from pressure as the team was competing. Its first season, in addition to the continued support of the club management within the strategy of building a future team, gave the players the opportunity to hone their contact experiences, especially since the team includes six members of the youth team, and thus, facilitated the task of competing in this category. Omariya against teams that include high-level foreign professional players.”
He added: “There is a third factor. Since the middle of the second leg, the team has been showing the extent of its development in implementing the ideas and plans required of it on the field, especially from the defensive aspect, which has gradually contributed to the development of performance not only in terms of scoring rates, but also in the ability to deal with… Foreign professionals, and closing the defensive gaps that clearly appeared in our first matches in the first leg.”
Qudsi pointed to the clear improvement in performance rates, especially in the recent matches, and said: “The last two matches before facing Al Dhafra presented a clear picture of the extent of development in the performance rates of Al Jazira players. After the scoring rates in the first leg were limited to 60 points per match, they increased.” This percentage gradually increased in the return phase, which coincided with the required defensive improvement, and this was clearly evident in the match with Al-Nasr (86-111), and was followed by another defensive improvement despite the loss to Al-Bataeh. (58-72).
He concluded: “The club management is happy with the development of our young players and the tangible results of the strategy of building this team, which relies with all its components on national elements.”
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