Coaches will often prefer a more successful social fabric than superstars • Reviews will always hit, at least until receipts arrive • Tonight, the Israeli national team will open the European Championship qualifiers, and we're already curious: Is Oded Ketch Bush's mix the right recipe?

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Before the last World Championship, Nano Ginzburg, Czech coach, decided not to invite David Yelink, one of the senior players in Czech basketball and for the past four years Andoras major player of the Spanish league.

The actor himself was angry, Thomas Sturanski, the big star of the team and Jelinek's best friend, tried to imply a coach who would change his decision - and the local journalists of course visited. But Ginsburg was up to it. "Apart from that, I had four players in positions two and three," the Final Food podcast recently explained. "He's no better than them, maybe even better than them, but I felt that if I brought him too much. "I called him and told him exactly what I told you, and reinforced" They've been running with me for a long time and the chemistry between them is good, so I decided that these would be the summons. "

Ginzburg. People understand // Photo: Gettyimages

The results are well known: The Czech Republic surprised everyone and finished in sixth place, one place above the big US. At the end of the championship, Storanski approached the Israeli coach and told him: "You understand people, you played it with the decision."

Almost every time a coach is selected, no matter what his name is and what country he works in, publishes the national roster, questions and criticisms are raised about the summons, especially those left out.

Since the appointment of Oded Ketch as head coach of the Israeli national team in October 2017, the questions, criticism and questions have increased. At first it was unclear why Amit Simhon, who in 2018-2016 was one of the best Israelis in the league, was not invited. Then it was Igor Kulashov who came from US colleges with high expectations and showed good ability at the beginning of his tenure in Maccabi Rishon Lezion, and yet he did not get the chance.

Ketch. Think before any summons // Photo: Ginny Agency

"The social fabric of the team is more important than the team," says Dr. Oded Kravchik, a mental coach who in recent years has worked with Omri Caspi and several other senior players in the Premier League, and in 2008 also worked with the Israeli national team. , Because they come short-term and need to be the most coordinated and fulfilling there is. Although people don't always look at it, it's something that must be taken into account when inviting faculty. "

Kravchik explains that if there are players who are not socially qualified or who do not know how to function as substitutes or complementary players - it is better not to call them. "To me, a team is like a trophy: it's a short task. All you have to bring is the people who are best for you. If you are inaccurate - you won't have time to fix. A team coach needs to think about how he builds the right lineup, even if some of the players are less Good on paper, but they are more teamwork oriented and can contribute in the role he designates. "

Garden and Timor. "Everyone needs focus" // Photo: Oded Karni

"As much as bumpy"

Dror Cohen, assistant to Ketch's team, commented: "Of course, first of all we take players who are in good shape and fit the coach's method, but beyond that we take players who can function well even if they are 10-9 in rotation. There are cases where we think players will not get Their role in the team well, so we might prefer someone else instead. "

"As a coach, you try to run into as many bumps as possible," Cohen adds, "so you plan it in advance to avoid problems. In the past, there were excellent players who didn't know how to properly position their team, which is why they didn't succeed. It's an important consideration when deciding Who to time. "

Reviews will always be and questions will always be asked, but as we have seen, summoning the 12 best-fit players does not guarantee a proper mix and match for the near-term goal, which of course does not contradict the fact that some mistakes have been made and players could have contributed more to group success than players who were summoned. .

"As a team coach, you want to have a wide roster because of the injuries. With the large amount of games available today, you know how to deal with all the problems a wide roster can create," Ginsburg concludes. "In the team, it's a whole other story. "We were successful in the World Championships because all of our players were solid and everyone knew what their role was and played it almost perfectly."