Head coach of MFM Girls’s Basketball Crew, Ochuko Owolabi, has cautioned that expectations ought to be modest for Nigeria’s girls’s nationwide basketball crew forward of the FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Match 2026, citing insufficient preparation as a serious concern.
Nigeria’s girls’s nationwide crew, Nigeria girls’s nationwide basketball crew, will take part within the qualifying match scheduled to happen in France as a part of preparations for the subsequent Girls’s World Cup.
Nevertheless, Owolabi believes the present degree of preparation could make it tough for the crew to carry out at its greatest.
“With out correct preparation, it will likely be tough for the crew to carry out strongly,” Owolabi stated.
The basketball coach defined that worldwide competitions require groups to spend ample time collectively in coaching camp with a view to develop sturdy understanding and chemistry on the court docket.
“Basketball is a crew sport that requires gamers to coach collectively persistently,” he famous.
Based on him, restricted time spent collectively by gamers earlier than main tournaments typically impacts crew coordination and efficiency.
“If the gamers don’t have sufficient time to coach and construct chemistry, it turns into an enormous problem throughout competitions,” he added.
Regardless of his considerations, Owolabi expressed hope that the crew might nonetheless ship a optimistic efficiency if the gamers adapt rapidly and work onerous throughout the competitors.
“In fact I shall be glad if the crew performs nicely, however realistically expectations ought to be average,” he acknowledged.
Nigeria has established itself as one of many dominant forces in African girls’s basketball, profitable a number of continental titles in recent times.
Nevertheless, Owolabi insisted that sustained success on the world degree requires constant planning, correct tenting and ample preparation.
“Preparation is essential if we wish to compete with the very best groups on this planet,” he concluded.
