Bin Al Habib: Winning and losing accounts are not among our priorities

4 gains for the basketball team despite the exit from the Arab Championship quarter-finals

• The young player in the national team Mahmoud Waseem during his participation with "Al-Abyad".

  Photography: Ashok Verma

• Mounir bin Al Habib: “Staying away for long periods of time from external participation due to the pandemic conditions has put negative burdens on the psyche of our players.”

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The coach of the first national basketball team, Dr. Mounir bin Al-Habib, revealed four gains achieved by "Al-Abyad" despite his exit from the quarter-finals after losing, the day before yesterday, against the Algerian team "66-73", in a match that brought them together at Al-Nasr Club Hall. Dubai, in the version

The 24 Arab men’s team championships, most notably the acquisition of a new generation of players who are able in the near future to return the Emirates Basket to its normal position, the youngest of whom is Aziz Khalifa (17 years old), and the most brilliant of them is Hamed Abdul Latif (21 years), who went through his first international experiences in his career with the national team. .

Bin Al Habib told "Emirates Today": "The accounts of winning and losing are not among the priorities of the technical staff's concerns, as much as giving young players the opportunity to harmonize with the elements of experience, and to obtain the benefits of strong friction with the elite Arab teams on the level of the continents of Asia and Africa, in a tournament in which a champion participates. Africa and Asia, the Tunisian and Lebanese teams, as part of the strategy to complete our ambitious project in rebuilding a renewed team, capable of returning the UAE basketball to its normal position.

He explained: "The team's list was marked by the presence of an actor on the field of six young players between the ages of 17 and 23, Aziz Khalifa, Hamed Abdul Latif, Mahmoud Waseem, Mahmoud Asad, Abdullah Hassan and Rashid Ayman, in a difficult test against the Arab stars of the game, during which they confirmed The talent they enjoy, and that they are up to the ambitions to supply the team with young blood towards restoring the Emirati basket to its luster, returning it to the Asian championships, and abandoning the current classification level that placed the UAE team in the second Asian level.

He added: “This group of players is the product of the clubs’ effort, and we in the national team and clubs are working in one crucible in terms of supplying the teams with new names and talents, especially since the presence of this young blood along with the elements of experience opens the door to the widest in order to motivate the state’s players to be present. in the national team list.

The following are the four gains identified by Bin Habib from the participation of the UAE national team in the Arab Championship:

14 minutes for young blood

Bin Habib said: “The language of numbers and statistics is the real measure that is based on evaluating performance, despite leaving the quarter-finals, but we succeeded in acquiring a renewed team, not only because the average age of Al-Abyad players is the youngest among the participating teams, but also In confirming the young blood that it is up to the responsibility, with the active participation of our young players on the field, with a playing rate of 15 minutes.”

Talent "Hamid"

The coach of the national team confirmed that the current championship witnessed the birth of a new talent in the Emirati basketball, and said: “The young Hamed Abdel Latif (21 years old) succeeded in presenting a vivid picture of the talents produced by the state clubs, after Hamed, especially in front of Algeria, presented one One of his strongest matches in the tournament, with his participation in 28 minutes of play, during which he managed to score 16 points against the giants of the Algerian national team.

restore confidence

Bin Al Habib indicated that restoring the factor of confidence for the UAE players was one of the most important goals set by the technical staff, explaining that “a long-term stay away from external participation due to the pandemic conditions was one of the factors that put negative burdens on the psyche of our players, but the victory over Jordan, And presenting strong levels until the last moments against Algeria, represented a golden opportunity for the Emirati player to regain his confidence on the field.”

«Gulf and Asian»

Bin Al Habib drew attention to the fact that many teams invested their participation in the tournament, as a final preparation station before the completion of the World Cup qualifiers, the size of the teams of Lebanon and Jordan, in a tournament that at the same time provided an opportunity that is difficult to repeat for the national team to obtain the optimal preparation for the upcoming benefits. Bin Al Habib said: "Work on this team started several months ago, with the aim of preparing for the Gulf Games next May."

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