Basketball Federation of India (BFI) President Aadhav Arjuna on Thursday introduced that the first-ever senior nationwide 3×3 basketball championship might be held from September 22 to 24 on the Jawaharlal Nehru indoor stadium right here.
He made the announcement at a press convention on the indoor stadium.
Thirty groups will take part within the occasion which might be performed on half-court that might be arrange as per FIBA requirements. Plates have been imported from China for ground masking, and had been being fastened on Thursday.
Talking to Sportstar after the presser, he stated that there’s a plan to start out a Nationwide 3×3 basketball league and that a couple of corporates have proven curiosity in sponsoring and offering other forms of assist for the initiative.
“This might be enjoyable to look at. It might even be stated that this occasion is being carried out as a take a look at run earlier than establishing the league,” he stated.
He added that there’s an ongoing effort to tie up with North America’s Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) to ascertain franchise-style academies in India.
“BFI will deal with all the things – infrastructure, lodging, taking good care of the gamers and all. NBA has to deal with the manufacturing (of gamers). It’s position is to impart its teaching and coaching strategies to the wards thereby creating, producing class gamers.”