22 February 2022 | Basketball

The 2022 FIBA National Youth Camp kicked off on Monday, 21st February at the Africa Bible University in Lubowa.

The camp is aimed at equipping youth coaches with skills to identify and nurture talent and also imparting game basics to young players.

Nour Amri, a FIBA Instructor, and Joe Touomou, the NBA Academy Technical Director and Fiba Expert are in charge of the training during the camp that brings together 20 coaches and 30 players.

The camp was launched by Ambrose Tashobya, the President of FIBA Africa Youth Council, and 3×3 Basketball.

"This program is intended to create a good base for youth development in Africa and this year, we are glad to partner with Key Instructors in the growth development of the game who will participate in the implementation of this program.

"We have two Instructors that have come in, one from FIBA and the other from the NBA who will equip the coaches and later on the kids with basic knowledge about the game," he said at the launch.

[caption id="attachment_5931" align="aligncenter" width="3201"] Bernerd Ogwel and Ambrose Tashobya[/caption]

The event was also attended by National Council of Sports General Secretary Bernard Ogwel, FUBA President Nasser Sserunjogi, as well as camp conductors in  Nour Amri and Joe Touomou.

"As a country, we have a program to develop players at the age of U14 through our Technical Directorate. We work with them for two years and prepare them for the U16 [Tournaments] at Zone V and AfroBasket.

"We realized that they reach this level (Zone V and AfroBasket) when not well prepared so we need to have such Youth Camps to develop them when they are still young. We believe that such programs will go a long way to prepare us to achieve," said Sserunjogi.

At the end of the camp, the best 15 players will be selected for the Regional Camp and will be joined by the best performing coaches.

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