Coach Reece begins Brunei's '15 Strong' programme
Sunday, January 16, 2011
THE search is on for the best cagers in the country to fill the roster of the national basketball team as they had their first training sessions earlier this week. Kevin Reece, the national basketball coach, had revealed that the motto for the new year was "15-strong" where only the best 15 players would be selected and developed to represent the Sultanate.
So far so good for the American as he looks to rectify any problems that have arisen since last year.
"First we'll have to address the issues. We need more leaders from our point guards as they are not giving the ball enough to the big man. We also have to work on our freethrows and scoring on our fastbreaks. We need to get better in all of that," said Reece, during an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.
"Our defence also needs work. We want to tweak to get it better so that we can sustain it for 40 minutes and it's important that we move back to the basic fundamentals," he added.
There were also new additions to the training scheme making it a bigger pool for selection but the new faces will face a tough task ahead to show that they belong, compared to those that have already fit into the system.
"We have some new faces and they have yet to adapt. They will have to work on their defensive stance and we're also working on our fitness as a team. Some may be struggling in certain areas but we're getting stronger," said Reece. Read More…
Source: The Brunei Times
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