The national team of Ukraine gave way to Denmark and Romania and was able to victory over Azerbaijan.
“They were preparing for Denmark, but could not close their leaders, and then the psychology of youth basketball is already working, when it is difficult to return a little, to overcome yourself and the opponent. Therefore, they “swam” and could not return to the game.
There can be many questions in terms of dedication. They all want, they all work, but there are questions about the perception of information and because we transfer it to the site. This applies to all the games we played. Both attack and protection. We are preparing for the opponent, but they still need to remember everything and try to perform in the game.
We lack stability in the game, although in the last match with Romanians we have already started to establish some of our interactions. The boys began to feel each other. Perhaps the reason is that we had a short gathering. In the first games, we had microtrauma players, plus playing time we shared that all the boys played to look at them. In fact, there were two games that are very difficult to play some schemes.
The group is not weak, the teams are all equal, but there are no obvious favorites, such as Montenegro, Estonia, Croatia, Poland, which are formed and already look like U-20 national teams. Men who have just grown early and rapidly grown. Whereas we look like young men somewhere, the U-18 national team.
I repeat, by attacking most of the match with Romania and the other half with Azerbaijan, we already felt each other better. But the same Romania sold 62% three -point for the first three quarters, while 25% were scored with us. It beats the guys. Plus, we helped them with the losses.
The same problems remain in defense: protection one in one, on the ball and without the ball, a little “fall asleep” on the pick, see whether the ball is hit in the ring or not, “crumbles” the setting of the back. These are all skills that are very difficult to correct in the training process in a short time.
We need a lot to train, but we try to talk to the guys, I fully trust them, I fully believe in them. The whole coaching staff trusts and believes in the team, we work and try to be the best version of ourselves in every next match.
They are the best we have, they are the national team of Ukraine in their age. We have other boys, but are they better than those guys who are now in the national team? This is a big question. I understand that every parents, coaches have the idea that it was possible to take another boy and so on, but the coaching staff made a decision and these guys are on the team. I think they are the best we have now. And we fully trust and try to instill this faith in ourselves.
Now we do not have enough faith in ourselves, in our actions, in our power, in our throw and so on. We need to nurture the victorious philosophy so that the boys go out and be sure of themselves as much as possible, in the partner to whom they give to the transfer so that they understand that they can trust him.
Tomorrow we have a match with Georgia. I hope the boys still feel confidence. To defeat such commands as Georgia, we need to be focused on our actions all 40 minutes. From the very beginning, from the first second, the focus on the opponent, on the preparation that was for the game, on the schemes we studied, on the defense we prepared.
If the boys will withstand completely and do the plan for the game, then I think everything will be fine. At least I hope to it.
We finish the group stage with Portugal. The team is interesting, non -standard, two rear players are very fast, mobile, albeit low. They have an active form of protection. It will be very difficult, but now all our thoughts in the closest match with Georgia. ”
Source: Sport.ua