The head coach of the basketball team Al-Sharjah, Abdelhamid Ibrahim, confirmed that a 48-hour period is not enough to prepare his team for the match against Qatari Al-Arabi, which takes place this evening at 7 PM on the court of Al-Ahli Youth Club. The match is part of the second round of the second group stage of the 'West Asia Super League' (Gulf Zone). In this game, Al-Sharjah seeks to win a victory that will shake up the group standings and put them in the race for the top spot. Last Saturday evening, Al-Sharjah played a tough match against their neighbor Al-Bataeh, as part of the fifth round of the preliminary stage of the general championship. The team, nicknamed 'The King', suffered during the game to secure a win with a score of 108-105, which left their players under physical stress, according to Abdelhamid. The coaching staff was forced to give the players a one-day recovery period and compensate for the lack of training by using artificial intelligence and video data analysis. Yesterday, the team had only a light session as preparation for the match against Al-Arabi. Abdelhamid told 'Al-Ittihad Al-Youm': 'The insistence of the Basketball Federation on fixing the league schedule and not responding to our demands to reschedule our match against Al-Bataeh placed a heavy physical load on our players in a match that was won with difficulty. Due to the time constraint, we had to sacrifice training sessions to allow our players to get the necessary recovery time.' He explained: 'We gave our players a day off after the match with Al-Bataeh, which we used effectively through video technology and artificial intelligence to analyze Al-Arabi's data and guide our players on the style we will adopt in our difficult match against Al-Arabi, which relies heavily on the physical strength and body contact of its players. This game holds legitimate ambitions for us to shake up the group and enter the race for the lead.'
