Bilbao Basket takes a walk | Bilbao Basket
The men in black medical examination before starting on Monday an intense pre-season loaded with friendly matches
he vacations ended this Thursday for the Bilbao Basket players. Several men in black paraded through the IMQ Zorrotzaurre Clinic to undergo the pertinent pre-season medical check-ups. The Miribilla franchise shared several moments on social networks in which new faces were seen such as Xavi Rabaseda, Francis Alonso and Ignacio Rosa and others who were set up in Bilbao such as Álex Reyes undergoing physical tests. While the entire squad gets in tune, Jaume Ponsarnau’s boys are scheduled for Monday to start training. the first contact for a group that has seven new faces It will be -Nikola Radičević, Denzel Andersson, Michale Kyser, Emir Sulejmanovic and the three in addition- who will have to adapt to the dynamics of his five teammates who will continue to be part of Surne for a year More In addition to Reyes, Ludde Håkanson, Andrew Goudelock, Tomeu Rigo and Jeff Withey.
Under the supervision of Dr. Pablo Aranda, a specialist in Sports Medicine at IMQ, the Surne players underwent a complete study. First, an assessment at rest that included cardiac and pulmonary auscultation, resting electrocardiogram, and blood pressure measurement. Then it was the turn of the maximum effort test with lactates to “indicate the range of demand for each player” based on the functioning of the heart. The players culminated the checkup with an “isokinetic assessment” that tested leg strength.
eight friendlies
With their sights set on the ACB premiere on September 30 against Joventut, Surne will face up to eight warm-up matches in up to four locations over the next month and a half. Laredo, a classic in the summers of Bilbao Basket, will host the first test of fire for those from Ponsarnau, which will be measured in Porto on August 27. From September 1 to 5, the squad will meet in Paredes, near Porto, to play the Paredes International Cup tournament. There they will play three games, again against Porto (September 2), in addition to Sheffield Sharks (3) and Budivelnyk kyiv (day 4). After the Portuguese ‘stage’, Bilbao Basket will measure their strength against an ACB rival like Breogán. This meeting will take place in Lugo on September 10. After another week of training in the town, Surne will travel to Torrelavega on September 17 and 18 to play two matches in a tournament that will also include Carplus Fuenlabrada, San Pablo Burgos and the local Grupo Alega Cantabria. The last duel will be the defense of the Euskal Kopa against Baskonia, in a match with a date and venue yet to be determined.