Women’s senior national team, D’Tigress, will begin close camping ahead of the FIBA Afrobasket Women’s Championship slated to dunk off on 18th of this month in Mali.
This became imperative following the request by the team’s technical crew led by Sam Vincent.
According to the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the decision is to beef up preparations and perfect their technical and tactical plans for the championship after some lapses were noticed at the end of their third game.
Speaking on behalf of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the Vice President, Babs Ogunade, explained: “This decision is in the best interest of all parties involved. The team is now at the business end of their training and it is expedient they perfect their plans during this camping exercise before we travel on Wednesday.
“At this crucial time of their training, they cannot afford not to have the maximum level of concentration. We are going to leave no stone unturned just to ensure that we at the federation level play our part in ensuring that they girls are trained in the best condition available.”
The team will hold an open session with members of the press after their training on Tuesday before departing for Mali.
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