In preparation for the National Sports Festival to be held in Saga two years later, junior high school students were coached by the Japanese national team that won the silver medal in women’s basketball at the Tokyo Olympics. Four OG members of the Toyota Motor Basketball Club, including Naho Miyoshi, a former Japanese national team member who won the silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, came to teach. About 100 junior high school students from Shiroishi Town, Takeo City, and Kohoku Town participated in the morning and afternoon sessions. Focusing on the basic menu, I also taught practical techniques such as shooting to dodge the opponent with left and right steps.[Captain of Ariake Junior High School Basketball Club Nagai Kose]“I want to be able to master what I learned today so that I can use it in a match”[Tokyo Olympics representative Naho Miyoshi]Instead, I would like to face the basket, and hope that some of the players who will represent Japan in the future will come out from among the members who played today.” This event is organized by Toyota affiliates in the prefecture, It was carried out as part of a project aimed at expanding the base of the sports culture to be promoted for the national sports of Japan.
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