An Olympic discipline since last summer, 3X3 basketball is booming in France and the Sarthe basketball committee intends to take advantage of this enthusiasm to develop its practice within the clubs of the department. “It’s a basketball that appeals to a new, younger audience” Explain Frédéric Melocco, member of the 3X3 commission of the committee. “More fun, faster, more spectacular, the 3X3 has logically taken off and it is now the future of affiliated basketball clubs.“. Provided you succeed in structuring your practice.
For that, the committee decided to create a specific championship. “We even created it last year to take the temperature. We did a day but with the covid everything stopped. So we gave it back to school. This is our first 3X3 championship and it’s starting pretty well“. This championship is made up of five days with a qualification of the best teams in a regional open, then in a national open final. In Sarthe, thirty teams participate, that is to say a hundred players and that represents a great potential of new licensees. “Everything is in place, communication is made so that those who play like that from time to time and who say to themselves “oh yes, I like that, I love 3X3”, want to join a club whether in 3X3 or 5X5“.
Ultimately, the committee hopes that 60% of the 50 Sarthois clubs will have a 3X3 section and to accelerate this dynamic, and ensure that there are as many practitioners as possible, licensed or not, the committee is aware that it is also necessary develop infrastructure. He plans to renovate dozens of outdoor sites.