Emirati handball is in danger during the next 5 years

Athletes affirmed that Emirati handball will face difficult challenges during the next five years, in light of the ages of the first national team players at a rate of 36 years, and the current season of the youth stage, the primary tributary of the national team, is limited to only three clubs, stressing that the results of the recent teams, whether men and before the Asian Junior Championship raises the alarm, as they say.

They told «Emirates Today»: “The game is facing great challenges and a difficult fate in the coming years, based on the recent results of the national teams, including ninth (white) solutions in the Arab Cup (achieved a single victory and an orphan draw), as well as the lack of the human element in light of the limitation of the current season league for the youth stage to the clubs of Sharjah, Al -Wasl, and Al -Qahm, besides pushing the junior team to participate A lifetime category is older than him and experience to complete the quorum of the championship. ”

They explained: «The diligent clubs pay the tax of the failure of other clubs that cannot fulfill their obligations to support the Emirati sport in general and the handball specifically by finding talented elements, and the required human increase in a game that witnessed its beginnings as there are more than 30 clubs, and my role in the rise and landing system for the first degree, and the second and third degrees.

They added: «The lack of clubs in the club is borne by the entire sports system, as the shortage in general leads to a relatively weak league and is unable to fulfill the development of the levels of players, which in turn reflects the results of the national teams, including the elections of the junior national team in the 13th place in the Asian Championship last August.

The junior stage “guide”

Sports analyst and handball coach locally and externally, Dr. Mohamed Abdel -Razzaq, stressed that “the Emirati handball did not appear in the Arab Cup in Kuwait at the required level, because there are teams that re -replaced themselves and went to naturalization to compensate for weaknesses, in a return that negatively affected the ability of (white) players with large ages.” He added: «The junior stage clearly reveals the future of the game, as the current season’s league is limited to nine clubs: Sharjah, Kalba, Al -Wasl, Al -Ain, Khorfakkan, Al -Nasr, Al -Batal, Al -Ahly youth, and Al -Dhid, which means that the future is subject to a few clubs.

He explained: «The Federation of the game does not bear the failure in the process of training and polarization of talents from the clubs, especially since the team is the product of the fruits of clubs, and in the absence of a sufficient number of clubs, the talents coming from a relatively weak league, and are able to supply the first team will be limited to limited numbers, in addition to that the youth stage is currently there are three clubs that make the future of the game face major challenges in the coming years.

He concluded: «The last Asian championship of juniors reflects the great work that the development of the Sunni stages needs, after the team last August in the last position, and the federation is finally calculated to go to contract with the technical expert Assem Abdel -Tawab, who started his duties in supervising the development of national teams and competitions along with the affairs of referees and coaches, due to his long experience in the field of Egyptian handball, which is its teams Senior Africa and the world. ”

Sports system

For his part, the former and media coach, Fayez Babbouj, stressed that the sports system is required to assume its responsibilities in addressing the phenomenon of the absence of the game for many clubs.

He explained: «The limited budgets for team games in clubs put a handball like the rest of the games in front of the dangers of cancellation or freezing the game, and thus the loss of many talents that find it difficult to continue their practice of the game, in the same way what we are currently witnessing by the men’s league to six clubs last season, and the return of the unit to join this season to be the seventh team.

He added: «Al -Ittihad, in turn, bears part of the responsibility in the inability to address the interests of the clubs and relax in the use of laws that protect the national element from the players, and from them a reminder to reach legislation that limits the presence of foreign professionals, residents and newborns who are professionals on the field, making the basic elements of the team pay a precious tax when they appear in the (white) shirt, as it finds itself for long periods on a bench on a bench Her clubs. ”

He concluded: “The decline in the current competition between three clubs as a maximum of a maximum, which makes the Emirati league show a weak level compared to the countries of the region, and reflects in its results on the survival of the same names in the lists of national teams for long periods.”

Youngness is a solution .. however

The coach of the national teams, Khaled Ahmed, said that the game is in a difficult stage due to the average age of the first -class players, and the absence of work in the small stages, especially in youth and young people.

Ahmed said: «The big loophole between the first team and the deficiency of the human increase in the youth stage and the lack of talents in the juniors makes the game facing great challenges, especially in light of the direction to rely on the resident players.

He added: «The current trend in support of the Sunni stages teams with four players residing has its negative aspect, unless it is used in moderation with the citizen element, especially since we are in front of a future season for the junior stage that witnesses the presence of 36 players at the least of the category of residents. We have to benefit from them without neglecting citizenship talents, which allows during the next five years to a better selection to naturalize players who are able to serve the national team for long periods.

He concluded: “The last Asian club of clubs, and the achievement achieved by the Sharjah Club is due to the diligence of the club itself, but we have to think about the complete system in making the league appear at a strong level by expanding the scope of competition in the league title between many clubs.”

Recommendations

• Reducing the presence of foreigners, residents and state births on the field to support national elements.

• The sports system is required to restore the activity of the game to serve the Emirati sports.

• naturalization must go in parallel with the development of citizenship talents in clubs.

• Lack of club numbers is borne by the sports system … and the league is unable to develop players.