Basket – Caen BC. Moïse Diamé, good and rebound
Through Aline Chatel
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A fan of numbers, Moses Diame remember this one very well. On April 13, 2013, he grabbed 23 rebounds in 27 minutes against Sorgues-Avignon. “I held the record for the last 15 years from Pro A to N1, he smiles. Since then, Pourchot has done better. »
From the top of his 2.22 meters, the immense Vincent Pourchot does not however compete over time with Moïse Diamé and his 2.06 meters. The pivot of Caen BC is a rebound machine. He captured 14 and then 13 in his team’s last two games. If his average this season is 8.3 prizes per game, Moïse Diamé has exceeded the 10 mark nine times.
Technique, physics, instinct, vice…
Why is he so strong in this exercise? “First there is my playing position near the basket and my body, he advances as the first explanations, the most obvious. Then it’s a bunch of little things. Rebounding is an art. It does not improvise with the Senegalese.
It’s the position, the instinct, the knowledge of the opponent, the observation of the players when they shoot… You have to know how to read the trajectories and know how to fight against your direct opponent to be ideally placed where the ball falls.
To recover a missed shot, so as to afford a second chance or to annihilate an attack, everything lies in the alliance of the body and the head. “Both are strongly present. There are rebounds that we take because we have more determination, others because we have put the little shoulder that will unbalance the opponent. »
“We don’t do the same sport as the outsiders”
In the racket, the fight rages. This is not to displease Moïse Diamé. “As I sometimes say to outside players, we are in the same team but we don’t play the same sport. It has nothing to do. When it comes to taking the best position, the show has little to do with a nice shot.
It looks like the fight between two adults over 100 kilos. Who will still have the will to fight for the best position in the 38ᵉ minute? This is an area of the game that requires self-sacrifice and sacrifice.
Moïse Diamé, inspired by the best rebounders during his basketball training, takes undisguised pleasure in this task. “It amuses me,” he said. It’s something that I’ve always liked to do and in which I’m doing not too badly. An exercise far from being as simple as it seems. “It’s not the one who jumps the highest who takes all the rebounds. It’s a bit more technical and complex than that. But I’m not saying that I do magic either…”
Fabrice Courcier’s vision
The little extra of Moïse Diamé is his “science of investment”, according to Fabrice Coucier. The CBC coach praised the “very good reading” of his player, who has long reconciled the high-level basket with his job as an engineer. “Because of his central position in the defense, he often finds himself under the circle. Afterwards, it is the accuracy of his placement that makes the difference. He has athletic qualities but he is not overpowered or hyper vertical either. .” Led by its interior, Caen is the team that takes the most rebounds in N1. “Controlling the rebound is a key point in our defense.
Caen BC will once again count on its head rebounder this Friday, February 11, 2022 for its last game of the regular season at home against the Federal Center.
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