U21 wheelchair basketball at CeNARD

The Argentine Under-21 basketball team, led by Juan Domínguez, concentrates for four days at CeNARD to build the team with a view to the 2022 Parapan American Championship in Colombia. players who have already been shortlisted. My idea is to travel the country, meet players, meet them to live together and train; and then with those who show a better level to work again ”, synthesized the DT who took office in March and is also a Club Sica coach.

“There is an important evolution in the country, we want to give continuity to the inferiors and we are very happy with so much commitment. For example, there were already seven players who changed their personal chair in order to raise the level of training and play; Although the Sports Department has a program that allows elite players to change orthopedic elements, they have already committed to its development. And little by little the progress is being noticed ”, commented Domínguez.

And he advanced: “We will continue to see young people from all over the country, our strategy in this period is to recruit and then go on creating preselections. The sporting objective is the Parapan American, but above all we intend to add many players with National Team level and strengthen them. Today we are proud to say that two talents like Iván Gómez and Ignacio Céliz have already gone to play in Europe ”.

The list of concentrates under Domínguez’s command is made up of Brian Bordón (a native of San Juan), Valentín Gómez Piñero (La Pampa), Lucas Muller (Entre Ríos), Tomás Mansilla and Juan Piquet (Buenos Aires); Lisandro Zarza (Misiones), Enzo Castillo (Río Negro), Thiago Martínez (Neuquén), Jorge Villalba, Santiago Valenzuela and Santiago Galván (CABA); and Josue Osandaburu, Darío Carballo and Tomás Molina (Córdoba).

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