Basketball Ladies Scouted as Kenya Academy of Sports Elite Camp Enters Residence Stretch
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 19 – The ongoing Kenya Academy of Sports Elite Camp in Nairobi is gathering momentum as gamers engaged in inter county warm-ups to gauge the sport scenario.
Disciplines concerned have been soccer and basketball for each girls and boys hosted on the Agha Khan High School.
So far, the coaches are impressed with the result, noting that already some ladies in basketball have been scouted and are set to hitch Zetech Sparks subsequent 12 months. (2025).
According to Moris Ombilo, one of many ladies coach and likewise the tactician who manages Kenya Basketball Federation Premier League aspect Zetech Sparks, the Kenya Academy of Sports Elite camp has come in useful.
“We have already scouted girls from this Elite Camp who are set to join us in January because they have already finished Secondary School, so some of them you will see them in Zetech University,” Ombilo, who was stationed in Kisumu through the regional camp, disclosed.
Basketball has 31 girls and boys every and Ombilo described the Elite Camp as the very best factor to occur to the younger upcoming gamers.
“It’s amazing to have these talents here. The players are pushing themselves and the coaches have done an amazing job. We thank the Kenya Academy of Sports for giving opportunity these young souls to showcase their talents. It’s wonderful to watch 14, 15, 16 years old play very good basketball.”
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Legendary Harambee Stars captain Musa Otieno says the one justice the gamers can get is to be integrated within the nationwide Under-17 and 20 groups forward of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers.
“Justice for these players is if they can be absorbed in the Under 17 national team since we now have a structure, if they are needed the federation can contact the Kenya Academy of Sports and they will get the data,” Otieno, a former Harambee Stars assistant coach revealed.
He added, “This is something that we have been lacking. When I retired at the age of 37, we did not have good structures, but now the system is there and is a good opportunity for the players to get scholarship in the USA and other counties.”
The boys are scheduled to play FC Talanta in a pleasant match on Friday and Musa says his younger turks are raring to go.
“The inter house competition was important because these players come from different parts of the region, and for us to give them a trial of themselves because we will play a friendly against FC Talanta, so this is to gauge them and so far, so good,” Otieno stated.
Otieno, a retired center-back is eager on producing high notch defenders from the Elite Camp.
“When it comes to the department of defending, we defend and attack as a team. Since I retired, we have had good center backs the likes of Brian Onyango, Joseph Okumu, David Cheche Ochieng, Musa Mohammed. As a coach I will concentrate more on the defensive side and I know that is a department I can do better after playing for many years,” Otieno acknowledged.
Otieno was nevertheless upset with colleges that declined to launch gamers for the vacation camp.
“The challenge that we had is that some of the schools did not release their players, and that is not good because they are denying our young talent a chance to be tapped.”
