News: Gilas To Play National Team, Pro Clubs In 10-Day New Zealand Training Camp The Philippine national men’s basketball team is set to undergo a 10-day training camp in New Zealand as part of their preparations for their FIBA Asia Championship campaign. The same group of players who went to the Lithuania camp will depart on July 9, Tuesday, for the New Zealand trip. The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas players will then buckle down for training the very next day at Napier, New Zealand, where they will have a five-day training camp with former New Zealand national team coach Tab Baldwin, who also helmed the national teams of Lebanon and Jordan. The camp will be highlighted by games against NBL teams on July 12, 13 and 14. “It will be a tiring camp for the team. In the days where there will be no games, we will have twice a day practice. For the game days, it will be practice in the morning, game in the evening,” coach Chot Reyes said during the team’s practice Monday evening. The team will then travel to Wellington on July 15 and play games against other NBL teams on the 16th and 17th. They will then proceed to Auckland on July 17 and battle the New Zealand national team, nicknamed the Tall Blacks, a day after. The team returns home to the country on July 19. Original Link: interaksyon/interaktv/gilas-to-play-national-team-pro-clubs-in-10-day-new-zealand-training-camp
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:00:36 +0000