BEIRUT (Lebanon) - A Sports Performance Specialist (SPS) program was organized by FIBA Regional Office - Asia in Mongolia from 2-3 October.

The Sports Performance Specialist Program (SPS) is the Regional Office's initiative that aims to empower local physical trainers in Asia and to promote strength and conditioning in the national teams and local clubs.

“Condition training is important for players to take their skills to the next level," said Tugsjargal Sambuu, Secretary General of Mongolia Basketball Association (MBA).

"The Sport Performance Specialist program is very important for Mongolian basketball players, trainers and coaches. The Mongolian Basketball Association is happy that our coaches are learning how to train Basketball players from SPS Level 1. We hope it will be continued.”

The objectives of the SPS program are to instruct coaches, athletes, and stakeholders regarding the strength and conditioning of the Basketball game; spread awareness through education to have better return on investments for basketball clubs and managements; have a pool of local candidates to hire qualified strength and conditioning coaches for planning and implementing programs across national teams and clubs; improve the athletic capabilities of the national teams and Clubs by building young generations with proper biomechanics/human movement; and decrease injury incidence among players.

"I have learned many new things about strength and conditioning training and the difference of load on the players in different competitions," said Telman Battulga, a participant of the program.

This is yet another SPS program organized by FIBA Regional Office - Asia, with the first ever program being hosted in Lebanon. Other programs were then later hosted in Palestine, Qatar, Maldives, and Syria.

The Regional Office, through this program, is aiming to lay the foundation of physical training, through education, to elevate the standard of strength and conditioning coaches in basketball.

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