MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Abraham Carrión is “happy to have so much work” despite the difficulties that may arise from combining his position as coach of Amiab Albacete, current champion of Spain and Europe in wheelchair basketball, and the men’s team, which has “rebuilt as a team and as a family” to get a ticket for the Paris Paralympic Games after the disappointment suffered two years ago at the European Championships in Madrid.
“We have had little time to rest because as soon as I finished the European Championship I started with the Amiab, but that means that things are going well, that we are working well, so I am happy to have so much work,” Abraham Carrión told Europa Press. that in the summer he did not have much free time due to having to prepare for the European Championship in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
In this sense, the Andalusian coach believes that, “on a sporting level”, it is not difficult for him to combine the two positions “because normally the breaks in domestic league competition are the ones that coincide with the national team.” “It is difficult to make it compatible with personal or family life, for those who suffer absence, because even if you are at home, you are working more hours than you should,” he indicated.
“But it is an honor and a pride to be able to be the coach of the European and League champions, of a team that is committed so much to a project as solid as Amiab’s, and also to be the national coach, absolutely. So you can’t say no to either of those two things,” he added in this regard.
Abraham Carrión celebrated having already achieved Paralympic qualification after achieving continental runners-up status in August, a success that came after the “bittersweet Europe” they had in 2021 in Madrid and which also left them without a World Cup. “We had just taken over the national team, we hadn’t been at the helm for even two months and being left out and all that was a ‘thorn’ in the face and it was very important for the national team to get back to the top and be able to continue competing in international competitions,” he noted. .
“For us, being already classified for Paris, given how difficult it was this year, was the most important thing, but then comes the European runners-up and being able to have played in the final and fight for the gold, which is tremendously important because what the body What the coach wants is for the players to always measure themselves against the best and for Spain’s name to be in all international competitions and in the most important ones,” he stressed.
In addition, “there was obviously more pressure” for this ticket for the Games after what happened in 2021. “But it was self-imposed because we had been the worst result of the national team in the best of the last 10-12 years. It came as it came and it We had to accept, we were the ones most responsible and we were the ones who achieved it,” stressed the national coach.
“We had put ourselves under that pressure that we had to improve results and that we had to show that both the coaching staff and the national team deserved to be in a higher and better considered position. I believe that the work of the players has been exceptional and we have rebuilt ourselves as a team and as a family,” Carrión commented.
Now, at the national level, he does not hide that as current champion, they can start “with that band” of being the favorite in a Division of Honor in which they have so far won their first three games. “You defend titles and you are obliged, but I think that against such good teams and in such a competitive league, with the reinforcements that some have made, talking about favoritism is quite difficult,” he stated.
“We consider each game as a new moment of development and of demonstrating all the work of the week because for us the most important thing is to work well during the week and then we consider that basketball, or the sport itself, is sincere. Sometimes It’s not fair, but it is sincere, and if you have done things well, you will have a chance to win,” the Jerez native warned.
This year, the Spanish league will have the presence of Canadian Patrick Anderson, signed by Bidaideak Bilbao and considered the best player in the history of chair basketball. “For chair basketball in Spain this means fulfilling the dream of many of us who have been here for many years. It is sharing the court with the best player of all time indisputably, I believe that in few sports there is such clear unanimity as in this case,” he considered.
“And then I think that the greatest benefit is going to be for the League and for the Spanish BSR because Anderson is the most and best recognized player in the world, but at the same time the most watched. So it means that all of Bidaideak’s matches in Those that Patrick plays will be seen around the world to a greater extent and in a notable comparison with previous years and that is good for our league,” he added.
“DON’T GET LOST IN THE FUTURES AND FOCUS ON THE PRESENTS”
Amiab have also won the European Cup and this year they are aiming for a treble that has not been achieved since the German Lahn-Dill dominated between 2004 and 2006. “Anything you can use to motivate and have an incentive, to look ahead away from a competition and that makes you work daily, we use it. Every player and coaching staff would like to go down in history for an important event, but for us it is more important that we do not get lost in the future and focus on the present.” , he asked.
“First we have the previous group phase, which was difficult for us last year, we lost against Lahn-Dill and against Galatasaray, so this year it will be even harder because all the teams at the international level have strengthened themselves. Yes We have the luck and the good work to reach the ‘Final Four’, we will begin to dream that if we manage to win those two games, we will make history,” remarked the coach of the La Mancha team.
Finally, he referred to the current state of chair basketball in Spain, which is “growing a lot” thanks to “a joint effort from everyone.” “The players are becoming more professional, they are getting better and they bring more spectacle. The clubs are growing more at an administrative and logistical level and they can provide the players with the possibilities of only dedicating themselves to training and playing to be better. The coaches They are better trained, so they can present a more dynamic concept and social networks make everything plural and immediate,” he celebrated.
“Now it is easier to talk to a potential sponsor because you can tell them that in one weekend so many people have seen you, you have appeared in so many places and each week you have so many visits. All of this makes it more global, faster and more immediate and Although the romanticism of before is lost a little, it is gained in other things, which is what we want, which is for it to be a professional sport and to be represented as such,” he said.
2023-10-25 14:49:55
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