Students of the Volga Academy of sports became Champions of Tatarstan in basketball among men's teams. In the tournament with 10 teams, the University team "Academy of sports" held eight matches and won.
Meanwhile, the rivals of the "academicians" were very serious. In particular, in second place in the final standings is "UNICS-2" - the youth team of the Kazan club-colors, which defended, according to the head coach of the" Academy of sports " Olesya Matvienko, several students of the University. But the main positive effect of participation in the tournament, according to Matvienko, in another:
- This is an important start for us, as most teams are staffed by adult players. Play men's power basketball is very useful for students. Another thing is that in technical terms, and functional training, we far surpassed rivals.
Participants of the championship of RT became good sparring partners for our team during the preparation for the matches of the first home round of the championship Of the Association of student basketball. A victory in the tournament and the first trophy of the season, for sure, will add confidence in their abilities. The opponent in the first two home matches (which will be held in the gym of the educational and laboratory complex on November 25-26) of the "Academy of sports" is the national team of Vyatka state University.