This week on the Taking The Charge podcast is Henrik Dettmann, the head coach of Finland’s senior national team as well as a member on the FIBA Competition Commission Youth Basketball.
This week we talk to Henrik Dettmann about the following topics:
3:35 - How the Finnish players are doing around Europe
4:30 - State of the Finnish team and the next generation of youngsters
6:30 - The two games to start the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers - in Stockholm against Sweden and then at home against Croatia in Espoo.
8:15 - General thoughts about the FIBA windows.
9:30 - Qualifying for fifth straight FIBA EuroBasket.
11:30 - The background on Mikael Jantunen leaving Utah in the United States to come back and play in the FIBA window in February 2021
14:25 - The FIBA EuroBasket 2022: Playing in Group D in Prague with Serbia, Czech, Poland, Israel and Netherlands.
16:35 - Youth teams in Finland - with all three U16, U18 and U20 teams being in Division B
20:30 - Duties of the FIBA Competitions Commission - Youth Basketball
23:30 - Suggestions to improve the youth events
26:45 - The structure of youth championships around the globe
30:35 - Calls for FIBA U20 European Championship to be discontinued
33:30 - The FIBA U15 and U17 Skills Challenges
35:55 - Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on youth development in countries
38:25 - Situation in Finland during Covid-19 pandemic
40:00 - Other suggestions for the Youth Commission
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Taking The Charge: Henrik Dettmann - Finland/FIBA Youth Commission