Franco Barroso
The blocks are a subject of high competition so far this season. Cristian Scaramuzzino (205-C-1992) (Estudiantes Olavarria) and Martin Bonja (198-F/C) (Estudiantes Concordia) and Franco Barroso (207-C-1994) (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata ) are the competitors.
The table has as leader Barroso with 1.39 , Scaramuzzino with 1.30 and Bonja 1.18, average blocking per game, being Bonja the youngest of the contest.
The current leader
Barroso has been one of Fabian Renda 's bets for the arming of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata y Esgrima de La Plata. A club that combines many young people with experienced players, and where the leadership of the center has been fundamental.
With 28 games played he has landed blocks in 21 of them. The most outstanding game was against Estudiantes de Olavarria in the opening game giving 5 blocks on October 15, then on January 31 against Villa Mitre repeated the recipe.
This season what I did was to emphasize the physical. Taking advantage of my size commented the former Athens and Echague. Barroso is a faithful believer of the management of the times, it is not just thinking of going up , according to the center: Managing time in defense, is what has made me be as a leader in blocks .
Barroso highly values the work of the attendees and the reports prior to each game: Although one already knows in the league to be faced. They have a lot to see what the assistants do and the work I'm doing with the physical trainer
The escort on the board
Scaramuzzino is second in the category of blocks and his coach Cristian Colli has him as a reference for his leadership in the group, as well as for that work that from the defense begins the armed offensive of the Olavarria team.
Sometimes I think about that leadership thing that started his words as the pivot. You must work the power of the jump, the faster you can take off the jump you have much easier to cover, but the most important thing is the timing. To be able to cover the player up. This started watching him and seeing him when he was young with the (Juan) Pipa Gutierrez when I was young. It is high and wingspan arms is important to block
Scaramuzzino has blocked in 20 of the 28 games. It should be noted that in the last 3 matches he has had 3 against Qulmes, 4 against Zarate and 4 against Estudiantes Concordia, figures that made him approach the leadership of the category.
There are many players who are neither tall nor have wingspans, and they cover up a lot because they have timing to read steps or precise situations commented the Olavarria player. Physically I work with power exercise. Scouting, I see how the players enter, which is their skillful hand, in the game I am aware of that to be able to apply that timing that is one or two seconds no more
The youngest
The 2.05-metre young man has assumed defensive roles before the departure of Derrick Newton, the confidence given to him by Alejandro Elizalde has generated a key ingredient to place Studiantes in cutting-edge positions in the Southern Conference. In 28 games he has dealt 33 blocks.
Studiantes is one of his favorite victims. On January 9 he gave them 3 blocks, and then in the victory at Bataraz's home on February 12 he sent them 1. Bonja has 28 games with 21 of them giving at least 1 , and being his best performances with 3 blocks in a day before: Lanus and Pergamino (28 and 30 October); Rocamora (25 November) and Olavarria.
This year I have a very defensive role, which helps to defend the center; it is to watch the game throw a help and more than anything else there come the blocks that I put commented the pivot of Estudiantes Concordia. I don't look at the statistics much. I see that I go there, but I don't care much.
The fight of the three teams is tough: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata seeks with Barroso and his boys to get in the middle of the table, Scaramuzzino continue in the vanguard of the South with Olavarria, and Bonja continue helping Estudiantes Concordia to get into the fight for the top positions of the table.
The interesting thing about this , is that apart from the logical competitions of the teams by the table, these individual matches give an additional flavor to what is clearly an exciting season of La Liga Argentina 2021-22.
Tags : FRANCO BARROSO, GIMNASIA Y ESGRIMA LA PLATA, ARGENTINIAN BASKETBALL
