Damascus-SANA
Long-term strategies developed by the Army Club to expand the base of judo practitioners for years, and succeeded in attracting many young talents, whether through the central club in Damascus or through its training centers and subsidiary clubs in the governorates.
The Army Club, known as the reservoir of sports talents in Syria, provides support for judo, as well as the rest of the games approved for it according to a systematic program of work. It has moved with other games to work in the form of sports academies to prepare and qualify young talents, according to the supervisor of the game in the leading club, Firas Abu Ras.
In a statement to SANA Sports Bulletin, Abu Ras said, “Expanding the practice of judo among young age groups on the widest scale has been one of the club’s priorities during the past six years centrally and through the training centers spread in Damascus and its countryside and the clubs of the regions in the provinces, namely the clubs of the coastal region, the northern region and the central region, with the aim of forming teams From different age groups, where the focus was previously on the categories of men, women and youth.”
Abu Ras added: The club’s strategy has paid off after these years of achieving its goal by including a large number of small talents, which in turn constitute the main reserve for the higher categories. The number of game players of these talents has reached almost 200 players within each sub-club or training center affiliated with the club, as we have achieved with this Talents won the Republic Championship titles in the past and current seasons, in the general arrangement of the cubs and juniors categories.
In turn, the coach of the game in the Central Army Club, Suleiman Al-Rifai, pointed to the distinguished level presented by the players within the small groups in the recent Republic Championship, which is a good indicator for achieving advanced results in the upcoming tournaments locally and abroad.
Al-Rifai indicated that we are preparing our players within a long-term training program that takes into account the differences in technical and physical levels in order to prepare them for the coming years to be international and Olympic champions within an integrated sports project that enjoys the club's support throughout the training period, expecting that they will compete strongly for advanced positions in local and foreign championships.
Their young ages did not confuse their expressions that described their attachment to the game and their affiliation with their club, expressing their challenge to their competitors in the upcoming tournaments on the championship mat and achieving first places.
Hana Sokoor
