« They told us 3-2 but forgot to count a basket. We won 4-2. We promise, we don’t cheat. »Melina Martino and her partners in the senior women’s 3X3 tournament all know each other thanks to basketball at the Avrillé club. ” 3X3 is another style of play, another endurance. We just run, there are fewer stoppages. The ball turns more “. Three players per team, half a pitch, 10 minutes of play and 12 seconds to score with each possession: the principle of 3X3 is simple.
From the streets to the Olympics
The departmental basketball committee was keen to promote the discipline by organizing on the forecourt of the IceParc several tournaments according to four age categories, open to licensees from the department. On the sidelines of the three ephemeral courts installed, the public and players could stroll through an ephemeral village where activities were offered around basketball and the world of street art. While the music drowns out the noise of the matches, spectators enjoy the matches in a festive atmosphere.
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But for players, the pleasure of discovery does not replace five-on-five basketball. More spontaneous, the summer version of classic basketball, leaves less room for the development of game systems. ” The 3X3, it’s summer, more for fun »Recognize Enzo and Séraphin. The two senior players evolve throughout the year with the Brissac club in Pre-National. But with the Covid-19 pandemic and the end of the amateur championships, it was not easy this year to practice basketball. ” We haven’t played since November. It was the lack of basketball that drove us to participate ».
Born from City stadiums, 3X3 basketball has been booming in recent years and appears to complement traditional basketball. ” It’s a more invigorating sneaker with more urban aspects. There is a spirit of freedom. But now it’s not quite street basketball. Discipline is defined by rules, a framework Says Christian Juret, elected to the Organizing Committee.
After two years of Covid-19, basketball clubs have lost ” almost 15% “Of their licensees in Maine-et-Loire in 2021.” During the pandemic, many seniors turned to other sports such as cycling or running. It is up to us to ensure that they stay in our clubs. With the organization of this Open, we wanted to give back a dynamic to basketball and clubs, to finally get out of the slump that we have all known. ».
He hopes that the Tokyo Games, where 3X3 will make its debut as an Olympic discipline, will serve as a showcase for basketball and will help attract new players to clubs at the start of the next school year.
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