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Mario Palma : I am working on a plan to make Jordan a hard number in the World Cup
Mario Palma : I am working on a plan to make Jordan a hard number in the World Cup - Aug 22, 2009 (by Omar Shafaamri)
Coach for the national team basketball Mario Leonel Palma , the Portuguese, the great pride of training an impressive array of players, the heroes who have been credited with the first in Jordan to reach the World Cup.
Mario Leonel Palma in an expanded meeting with the press, the first Thursday at the headquarters of the Federation of Basketball Hall of HRH Prince Hamza Al-Hussein Youth City, said he would work during the coming period to prepare a technical plan and an integrated program for the preparation of the national team to participate in the World Cup Turkey 2010, so as to be capable of developing a whole team, in order to be a hard number and a stubborn opponent to all participating teams in the World Cup.
The Portuguese coach, postponed his departure to leave for Portugal, in order to hold further meetings to agree on the features of the plan with officials of the Olympic Committee.
Dream realized
Palma began his speech in the open press meeting saying: 'out to the global project started 3 years ago and has achieved success by qualifying to the World Cup, everyone seeks the world, but few teams can, and we were able.'
He added: 'I left Angola because I was looking for a new challenge, and over 7 years, there has dozens of tournaments, and won the Angola NT Africa 4 times, and qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics more than once.'
about Jordan said: 'For me it was a new experience by all standards, and I remember when I saw the first local league match before the middle of 2006, I said then that there is a good base of players and we can develop and achieve the goal, and now made the dream a reality, and all proud of what has been achieved Jordanian '.
He returned to 2007 and 2008, said: 'We were not ready for the challenge of the Asian championship in Japan, we had a lot of injuries during the preparation phase, and oSama Daghles joined the team late, but in 2008 I had the opportunity to work intensively with the team, and I had more time to develop players, and now Jordan, who became one of the best Asian teams. '
He continued: 'We were in China candidates to win the tournament, and not only qualify for the World Cup, winning against Iran was to us twice, and were tired, even though the luck was not with us and if we have luck then we would went to extra time, then we are qualified to make the final and the championship,' referring to the definitive sign that the the Nashama were the best, as 'pointing to the basket 13 more towards the corrected more than their opponents.'
The importance of developing Pivot Position
And the weaker party in the national team, Palma said: 'The problem for Jordan is that it does not have to play the pivot like the other Asian we competed in Tianjin , although we have achieved a great achievement that we have been able to fight teams such as China, with its tall players to a greater extent than to the length of our players.'
However: 'We have the Aymen Idais,Zaid alkhas and Abbas Brothers , who are a great group at the center of the player free inside and outside the region, but we need to play the pivot of the largest and longest-style Jamal Maaitah, the latter is not useful to us because he had two operations in recent months.'
Palma said: 'We have been able to defeat Lebanon 3 times in a row, and this is a great achievement because the Lebanese have gone to China, a battalion of professional players, some of them have already played at the highest level, and their aim was to win the tournament and were candidates for that.'
I credit the players
And the credit for this achievement Palma said: 'I say very clearly here that I credit the players who worked hard and sacrificed farness from their families and were the perfect example of exemplary behavior and enthusiasm and sincere loyalty, and they deserve to be an example for generations to come, and I expect the new Federation, to provide these heroes what they deserve attention and appreciation. '
The old coach: 'I am very proud because I was the coach for these heroes over the past 3 years, and I am greatly honored that I will be responsible for them until the World Cup next year.'
Basic reasons for the success of
He continued: 'The second is due the credit of the Federation of Basketball, which has provided me everything I need from the camps and participants in the various countries of the world and provided me all the circumstances to work in a climate model and did not miss the part of the support was supposed to get it, but got him.'
Palma singled out President of the Federation of the former basketball Tareq Zu'bi , who as a friend, and said it 'set a good example of leadership and secure achievement', adding: 'Nor can I forget the staff who worked with him both the technical, administrative, medical, or sustained me in the cadres and staff. '
The reasons for his achievement, saying: 'What was possible for the Federation to achieve success without the support of the Olympic Committee stood firmly behind the national team at the William Jones, and the officials provided us with all the requirements during the Asian Cup, they did so because they believed the project, and we goodwill. '
He also said: 'This is a victory for Jordan basketball players and former coaches who have worked so hard they had delivered to us the torch so we continued the Road .'
Key role of the press
And the fourth, Palma said: 'When I came here the press were not satisfied with my work, but after that the improved results and found that the press was very fair and believes in team and looks forward to completion, and the support of the press if we are to achieve what we have achieved.'
He continued: 'I feel that the Whole Jordan going to the World Cup with us, not only the team, so that every person who relates to Basketball helped us , if not now In the past, and let me provide an example of the Sports Manager in the city of Al-Hussein Youth Radwan Al-Abbadi is one of the supporters of the team, he has a special relationship with the players, to follow up on the training ground in the hall, Prince Hamzah, moment by moment, and therefore he preferred to achievement. '
Plan for the future
Palma said, and the future: 'I have a plan for the World Cup can not be any plan to succeed, especially if it is a huge and extraordinary, without a special budget monitoring, as well as the cooperation of everyone.'
He added: 'next season will be exceptional, as the great benefits of the clubs must not coincide with the known benefits team, and we have to use the state of cooperation with Zain Club who has a 9 or 10 players for the international format, it must be concerted efforts so that we can assemble the team Over 12 months, as we have done over the past 16 months. '
He continued: 'I have begun an ambitious plan for the month of October the next, through the team's camp will be held in Europe, in the month of November will join the players their Clubs, and placed a special program for Zain through partnerships in the international tournaments, Dubai and West Asia and Arab clubs The tournament, in order to give him the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup for clubs, which will be organized from next year, will be held after the conclusion of Fiba World Cup Turkey 2010 at least one month, after which it must continue assembling the team for the masters. '
He explained: 'This is the public perception of my point of view and should not Forget Local league must be strengthened by foreigners, so do not lose sight of the importance of capacity to foreign competition, as if we were able to improve the club and its achievements, we will be able in turn to increase the team together, and we must remember we will not go to Turkey for the cruise, but to compete vigorously in search of a win in every game, regardless of the strength of the NT who were going to play against him. '
Palma pointed out that the task is not impossible, the evidence that 'we recently played 3 games in Italy, and we know with certainty that the difference between us and them is not big, and I will work to develop a program and plan of action and I will be presenting The new Federation that the program needs to have huge budget and implementation of many of the details, and will not impose I will say one thing on my mind and leave the decision-makers. '
I know the border and committed to contracts
And whether the new Federation did not wish the continuation of the same coaching staff, Palma said: 'I am a professional coach and I know what my responsibilities and the border, and if the new Federation will be made up of non-continuing problems, they will be giving me a full contract, which expires at the end of the World Cup, and applied to my contract applies to the aide, Mario Gomez, who is now one of the best assistant coaches in the world, and not my own to continue the pre-3 years in a row in the same position .
Coach for the national team basketball Mario Leonel Palma , the Portuguese, the great pride of training an impressive array of players, the heroes who have been credited with the first in Jordan to reach the World Cup.
Mario Leonel Palma in an expanded meeting with the press, the first Thursday at the headquarters of the Federation of Basketball Hall of HRH Prince Hamza Al-Hussein Youth City, said he would work during the coming period to prepare a technical plan and an integrated program for the preparation of the national team to participate in the World Cup Turkey 2010, so as to be capable of developing a whole team, in order to be a hard number and a stubborn opponent to all participating teams in the World Cup.
The Portuguese coach, postponed his departure to leave for Portugal, in order to hold further meetings to agree on the features of the plan with officials of the Olympic Committee.
Dream realized
Palma began his speech in the open press meeting saying: 'out to the global project started 3 years ago and has achieved success by qualifying to the World Cup, everyone seeks the world, but few teams can, and we were able.'
He added: 'I left Angola because I was looking for a new challenge, and over 7 years, there has dozens of tournaments, and won the Angola NT Africa 4 times, and qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics more than once.'
about Jordan said: 'For me it was a new experience by all standards, and I remember when I saw the first local league match before the middle of 2006, I said then that there is a good base of players and we can develop and achieve the goal, and now made the dream a reality, and all proud of what has been achieved Jordanian '.
He returned to 2007 and 2008, said: 'We were not ready for the challenge of the Asian championship in Japan, we had a lot of injuries during the preparation phase, and oSama Daghles joined the team late, but in 2008 I had the opportunity to work intensively with the team, and I had more time to develop players, and now Jordan, who became one of the best Asian teams. '
He continued: 'We were in China candidates to win the tournament, and not only qualify for the World Cup, winning against Iran was to us twice, and were tired, even though the luck was not with us and if we have luck then we would went to extra time, then we are qualified to make the final and the championship,' referring to the definitive sign that the the Nashama were the best, as 'pointing to the basket 13 more towards the corrected more than their opponents.'
The importance of developing Pivot Position
And the weaker party in the national team, Palma said: 'The problem for Jordan is that it does not have to play the pivot like the other Asian we competed in Tianjin , although we have achieved a great achievement that we have been able to fight teams such as China, with its tall players to a greater extent than to the length of our players.'
However: 'We have the Aymen Idais,Zaid alkhas and Abbas Brothers , who are a great group at the center of the player free inside and outside the region, but we need to play the pivot of the largest and longest-style Jamal Maaitah, the latter is not useful to us because he had two operations in recent months.'
Palma said: 'We have been able to defeat Lebanon 3 times in a row, and this is a great achievement because the Lebanese have gone to China, a battalion of professional players, some of them have already played at the highest level, and their aim was to win the tournament and were candidates for that.'
I credit the players
And the credit for this achievement Palma said: 'I say very clearly here that I credit the players who worked hard and sacrificed farness from their families and were the perfect example of exemplary behavior and enthusiasm and sincere loyalty, and they deserve to be an example for generations to come, and I expect the new Federation, to provide these heroes what they deserve attention and appreciation. '
The old coach: 'I am very proud because I was the coach for these heroes over the past 3 years, and I am greatly honored that I will be responsible for them until the World Cup next year.'
Basic reasons for the success of
He continued: 'The second is due the credit of the Federation of Basketball, which has provided me everything I need from the camps and participants in the various countries of the world and provided me all the circumstances to work in a climate model and did not miss the part of the support was supposed to get it, but got him.'
Palma singled out President of the Federation of the former basketball Tareq Zu'bi , who as a friend, and said it 'set a good example of leadership and secure achievement', adding: 'Nor can I forget the staff who worked with him both the technical, administrative, medical, or sustained me in the cadres and staff. '
The reasons for his achievement, saying: 'What was possible for the Federation to achieve success without the support of the Olympic Committee stood firmly behind the national team at the William Jones, and the officials provided us with all the requirements during the Asian Cup, they did so because they believed the project, and we goodwill. '
He also said: 'This is a victory for Jordan basketball players and former coaches who have worked so hard they had delivered to us the torch so we continued the Road .'
Key role of the press
And the fourth, Palma said: 'When I came here the press were not satisfied with my work, but after that the improved results and found that the press was very fair and believes in team and looks forward to completion, and the support of the press if we are to achieve what we have achieved.'
He continued: 'I feel that the Whole Jordan going to the World Cup with us, not only the team, so that every person who relates to Basketball helped us , if not now In the past, and let me provide an example of the Sports Manager in the city of Al-Hussein Youth Radwan Al-Abbadi is one of the supporters of the team, he has a special relationship with the players, to follow up on the training ground in the hall, Prince Hamzah, moment by moment, and therefore he preferred to achievement. '
Plan for the future
Palma said, and the future: 'I have a plan for the World Cup can not be any plan to succeed, especially if it is a huge and extraordinary, without a special budget monitoring, as well as the cooperation of everyone.'
He added: 'next season will be exceptional, as the great benefits of the clubs must not coincide with the known benefits team, and we have to use the state of cooperation with Zain Club who has a 9 or 10 players for the international format, it must be concerted efforts so that we can assemble the team Over 12 months, as we have done over the past 16 months. '
He continued: 'I have begun an ambitious plan for the month of October the next, through the team's camp will be held in Europe, in the month of November will join the players their Clubs, and placed a special program for Zain through partnerships in the international tournaments, Dubai and West Asia and Arab clubs The tournament, in order to give him the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup for clubs, which will be organized from next year, will be held after the conclusion of Fiba World Cup Turkey 2010 at least one month, after which it must continue assembling the team for the masters. '
He explained: 'This is the public perception of my point of view and should not Forget Local league must be strengthened by foreigners, so do not lose sight of the importance of capacity to foreign competition, as if we were able to improve the club and its achievements, we will be able in turn to increase the team together, and we must remember we will not go to Turkey for the cruise, but to compete vigorously in search of a win in every game, regardless of the strength of the NT who were going to play against him. '
Palma pointed out that the task is not impossible, the evidence that 'we recently played 3 games in Italy, and we know with certainty that the difference between us and them is not big, and I will work to develop a program and plan of action and I will be presenting The new Federation that the program needs to have huge budget and implementation of many of the details, and will not impose I will say one thing on my mind and leave the decision-makers. '
I know the border and committed to contracts
And whether the new Federation did not wish the continuation of the same coaching staff, Palma said: 'I am a professional coach and I know what my responsibilities and the border, and if the new Federation will be made up of non-continuing problems, they will be giving me a full contract, which expires at the end of the World Cup, and applied to my contract applies to the aide, Mario Gomez, who is now one of the best assistant coaches in the world, and not my own to continue the pre-3 years in a row in the same position .
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