Georgians at the Junior NBA World Cup Qualifiers

Georgians are participating in Junior NBA World Cup Qualifiers Baketball camp with 17 countries of the continent. The camp was opened on April 30, in Rogla. With the decision of the Georgian Basketball National Federation, a coach – Jaba Bakradze, the best player of the previous Junior NBA GBF League – Luka Alavidze and other featured players – Gega Tsulaia and Mariam Gogichaishvili arrived in Rogla to participate in it.

The children are participating in various basketball activities and trying to present their capabilities as much as possible. A Camp’s goal is to set up European team for Junior NBA World Cup. The best players of this camp, will play in Europian team and will go to the world championship in Orlando, USA in August 2018. Coaches will also be selected for the Europian team. Two coaches for the girls’ team, and two – for the boys.

As for the Junior-NBA World Cup, it is the first global youth basketball tournament. U-14 teams from the 70 countries will participate in it. The World Cup will be held separately for girls and for boys. 16 regional teams will compete in each tournament, of which 8 teams are from USA and 8 are from the rest of the world.

Mariam Gogichaishvili – This practice is a big step forward for our career in basketball. There are different exercises that are not held in Georgia. I will remember and use all the exercises for the future. As for my goal, everyone has one goal here- to travel to Orlando. We are doing our best to reach that goal.

Gega Tsulaia – It is a very interesting camp  and will definitely be useful for the future. We have studied many things that we will use in different tournaments.

Luka Alavidze – there are really good exercises here. European coaches carry important exercises for our development. We have had great experience from both coaches and children. My goal is to go to Orlando after the camp.

Jaba Baqradze – There are lots of new information and a different style in this camp. The coaches carry different activities. Europian coaches also have a chance to carry their own exercises, which is very good for self presentation. As for the children, there is a huge competition, all of them work really hard. I would like to point out that Georgian players are doing very well. I hope, any of them will take place in the European team. Thanks to the Georgian Basketball National Federation for such a good opportunity.