THE Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), through its president Elisa Aguilarpresented this Thursday the new growth lines that will mark the future of the Spanish basket in the years to come. An ambitious party plan that aims to leave the last bad guys behind … results and whose fundamental axes are national talents abroad, the new role of Chus Mateo as national coach, the increase in the budget and the final fireworks that will be the Eurobasket of 2029, where Madrid and the Santiago Bernabéu They will host the opening match of the tournament in front of what could be as many as 80,000 spectators.
Aguilar first presented the new structure of the FEB. Matthewin office since last September, will also occupy the position of Sports director male, while his inseparable assistant, Paco Redondobecomes the training coordinator for the men’s teams. Another notable novelty is that Oscar Vianaphysical trainer of the senior women’s team, becomes responsible for the new physical preparation and performance sector, which will work with players from 12 years old to those of the first team.
One of the most attractive proposals is the creation of a new network of scouts who will closely follow all the Spanish pearls competing in USAespecially in their college league (NCAA)and which will be orchestrated by Daniel Gomezmember of the Phoenix Suns. Players like Baba Miller, Aday Mara and Álvaro Folgueirasamong others, are starting to stand out on the other side of the Atlantic and Aguilar and Mateo will meet them to explain their place in the national team.
“The main objective of this new structure is to follow the development of our young talents, but also to ensure that they feel the warmth of the federation, that their feeling of belonging to ‘The Family’ is reinforced and that the characteristics of the game and the values that characterize us are instilled in them,” he explained. Aguilar.
Indeed, the president will travel accompanied by the bus to several American cities, such as Boston, Detroit, Houston and Portland. All this before landing new Yorkwhere they will meet representatives from the NBA and the WNBA. The increasingly imminent arrival of the American league in Europe increases expectations around this match.
Aguilar didn’t just expand on sports. He also announced an increase in the budget for the FEB In 2026, the year when this figure will exceed 33 million, more than double that of 2018 (16). Growth that will remain high until 2029, the year when Spain, with Estonia, Greece and Sloveniawill welcome the Eurobasket. The opening match at the Santiago Bernabéu and the hope that Spain has a more renewed and more ambitious team seem to be many incentives to show, for the moment, a moderate hope for the big international event.
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