Pontumio juniors, a six-member team that is not shrinking: “They don’t play that many minutes even in the NBA”

He Pontumius, the rapper club in women’s sports in the area of ​​Ferroterra, the players have an unforgettable season ahead of them. And that is what, according to his coach David Varela, the team had to face almost the entire campaign with five playerssix at best.

“This is a generational problem, although between mini and pre-mini we have more than 40 girls, eight started in juniors, and due to a combination of circumstances there were fewer of us at the end. This is no longer a a small place, with a lot of basketball traditionbut with a small population, the pandemic did a lot of damage,” emphasizes the group’s coach, who, in his opinion, was congratulated for the effort made by the other rival groups throughout the campaign.

“We are waiting almost the whole season with six players; They don’t even play that many minutes in the NBA and that forces you as a coach to propose a defense in the zone to avoid wear and tear by pressing all over the pitch and also conditions you in attack,” Varela delved into the limitations his players have had to face this campaign.

However, emphasizes the technician, “I am.” proud because there was an evolution and they took responsibility. And that is that the most positive thing in grassroots sports, according to the coach, are moments like those experienced as a result of this situation in the match played in Betanzos. “Whatever a very sporting gesture because we were left with four players on the field, and the opposing coach asked one of his players not to participate in the game in the last three minutes of the game,” he says.

Thus, from the eumés club, they realize that what they have learned is worth more than the obstacles they encountered in a “traumatic and beautiful experience”, the club president qualifies, and they are already focusing on continue to work on strengthening the base of the sports group and overcome the problems that arose from the pandemic, which did not prevent the junior team, he says, to do everything on the field to “defend the good name of the club” and earn the respect of the rivals who were measured.