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The break from the competition during the Eid holiday this season seems to have been really utilized by the Satria Muda coaching staff to see more broadly the world of basketball. After having brought in one of the physical trainers from Spain, Guillermo Martin, last month, now it is the turn of their head coach, Youbel Sondakh, and his assistant, Cesar Camara, who are leaving this week.
Youbel explained that their arrival in the land of the Matadors was of course with various agendas. One of them was to visit the Real Madrid team training base and meet with their head coach, Chus Mateo.
“In addition to wanting to see firsthand how their training facilities are, I also got a lot of references about basketball. Starting from technical to non-technical, but what I really underline is about how their program is in developing young players. This is what I really want to know and then of course we will try to apply it in SM later,” said Youbel when contacted by telephone. In addition, the man who has Manadonese blood also said that he was quite amazed by the physical form of the Madrid players, both the young and the seniors. "They are very, very disciplined in terms of physicality. That is also what Cesar and I have absorbed for the SM kids. They are fast and strong in understanding everything in basketball. In addition, I think their skills and IQ are also honed because the number of games here is more. The point is that while here there are many new perspectives on basketball," he added.
Another agenda is to see Dame Diagne, as we know, Dame this season is not included in the SM Pertamina roster to then study in Spain.
"I actually half accompanied him haha, so I wanted to monitor directly how his training portion and program are here. He joined the Zentro Basketball team in Madrid, morning and afternoon training then there is a match. So actually his program is a little different from Avan's because Dame here, apart from individual training, also trains with his teammates," explained Youbel.
"In addition, Cesar and I also met with our technical advisor, coach Luis Guil. Yes, there we exchanged ideas and discussed not only about SM technical matters but also the development of the players this season. Of course, this new knowledge will be a very valuable additional ammunition for us," he concluded. (FR)
