The Algerian national team of handi-basketball began a training camp for the next African Nations Championship. The competition is scheduled for October in Angola.
Algerians will set foot in Angola with a double objective: to defend the continental title won in 2011 in South Africa and qualify for the World Cup-2014 of Handi-basketball.
“This penultimate gathering before the African challenge will focus much more on technical and tactical work and players will be subject to a number of tactics and combinations of game competition, an average of two times a day,” said the national coach Toufik Meddour.
“The second stage is a continuity and sequence of preparation, which began in August. We have in our possession a rich effective (the best current players). In this group, we considered the classification aspect (important in Handi-Basket). In each classification, we met liners to work at home and have plenty to choose to compose, each time a competitive team, “said Toufik Meddour.
“There is a harmony between the players who found the taste to work together, after almost rebirth of the national A team, whose activities have been frozen for almost two years. In addition, the fact that the national championship (dv I) begins on September 20, will allow players to play a few games, and have several hours of competition in their hands, “ relieved coach Meddour .