Mai Yamamoto is the world’s number one in the U23 World Cup, participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a young ace with a wealth of experience
Asuka Hirasue who appeals with unique agility and speed
Opening in Belgium from June 21st“FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Cup 2022” The 2022 3×3 Basketball Women’s Japan National Team will hold a training camp from June 3rd to 7th.Stephanie Mawuli, who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last year, and Mai Yamamoto, who is ranked 3rd in the domestic ranking (both Toyota Antelopes), players who are active in the top 10 and W league players, and 4 A month“19th Asian Games (2022 Hangzhou)”We convened 15 people, including the 3×3 female U23 Japan national team candidate who selected the members (* postponed for one year due to Korona-ka), and prepared to challenge the world.
During the off-season, W-League players have to improve their condition and start by grasping the 3×3 rules again. A 3×3 coach who cannot enter the bench or give instructions during the match. Coach Makoto Hasegawa“We are able to communicate well and have individual characteristics. We are trying to maintain that.”It was getting better day by day while the players were solving each other.
3×3 is Yamamoto’s first since last year’s Olympics“It’s fun after all”On the other hand“It’s been a while since I’ve forgotten it, and the members have changed, so I find it difficult to match.”And piled up again. Yamamoto is an Olympian and is the first player in the history of Japanese basketball to win the world’s best at the 2019 FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup. As a necessary element to win in the world“The accuracy of the shot, including increasing the probability of a 2-point shot (* 5-person 3-point shot is 2 points for 3×3, otherwise 1 point)”I will give you.
The only female 3×3 representative from Japan who was not given a national quota at last year’s Olympics, she participated in the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying 2021 and won the ticket with her own hands. At the time of the member selection, one of the candidate players was Asuka Hirasue (Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits). Even though she has five players, she was selected as a candidate for the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup last year and won the Best 6th Man Award in this season’s W League, making a leap forward. but,“Honestly, I was wondering whether to participate in the training camp.”Is called.Run the top of 3×3 in the same position“There was an ace named Yamamoto, and I was losing confidence.”That is one of the reasons. However, the staff and friends of my team pushed me back,“Whether or not I can remain as a member is a later story, and I participated in the training camp with the first thought of my own growth.”I am enthusiastically working on it.
It is 3×3 for the first time in over a year,“I don’t have enough knowledge and I still have to study. But I can’t be Yamamoto, so I want to play the one and only thing that I have.”Talks about enthusiasm.One and only“I am challenging with agility and speed with the feeling that I do not want to lose to anyone.”I was attracted to the charm of 3×3, which has new discoveries every day.
At the time of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, you have to choose between 3×3 and 5 people. However, as long as the schedules do not overlap like this time, it is possible to aim for participation in both, and retired Naho Miyoshi has embodied so far.Yamamoto also wants to inherit her will“It’s a lot of fun to have a 5-person system and 3×3, and I can grow with both, so if possible, I’d like to achieve both as I do now.”I will be greedy in the same way as.
After the training camp, we will select players including sub-members and head to the Austrian expedition to test our skills before the FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Cup 2022. Therefore, we will decide the final four members and aim to be the best in the world.
