Coordinator of Youth Categories in Kosovo Basketball Federation (KBF), the American coach, Chris Dial, continued with the gatherings of U16 and U18. The exercise with these two generations took place on Monday, at the gym "1 Tetori", in Prishtina. Present at the exercise were 60 boys, 30 of which were under 16, and the other 30 were under the age of 18.
The main purpose of these gatherings is to select the best basketball players for the U16 and U18 NT of Kosovo, with which KBF aims to participate in the European Championship next year. Since the return from San Marino, where Kosovo was announced runner up for the U16 European Championship, in Division C, this is the second time for Dial to organize such gatherings for U16 and U18. “We have no time to lose; we have to work hard in order to build a worthy NT to compete in the European Championships. We learned a lot from our participation in San Marino, now we have a clear picture; therefore since our return from the European Championship we began work with these two generations. After today’s gathering will follow the weekend ones, where we’ll also work with these guys, "said the American coach Dial.
Next year, KBF aims to participate in one of women’s competition, organized by FIBA Europe. This was also confirmed by Dial, a coordinator for men and women of youth generations. “Very soon we will begin with the gathering of the girls. I believe that we will start from the end of September, or the beginning of October. So far, we have collected information from the field and we are on the verge of developing an action plan on how we see the development of girls NT. Afterwards, we will begin work with young girls. I am sure that we have young girls that with hard work and utmost dedication can become quality basketball players "concluded Dial.