It wasn’t the Bronx. Nor the fictional court of Mallorca dominated by Bo Cruz/Juancho Hernangómez in Netflix’s media ‘Garra’. this Saturday afternoon street basketball conquers the center of Alicante in 3×3 modeOn a fun-festive day organized by the Ministry of Sports as part of the European Week of Sports.

This made it possible to confirm how this sport continues to arouse passions in one of the busiest areas of Alicante. There, adults and children alike imitated their idols in a sport that is still alive thanks to recent successes, such as the Spanish men’s team at the Eurobasket, where they won gold.

In the city, the event coincides with the countdown to the start of the season. HLA Alicante Even the Maisonnave at LEB Oro, for example, approached the club’s mascot, who took pictures with anyone who needed his presence. Basketball fans and curious passers-by alike were fascinated by this modality, with a smaller pitch and therefore higher movement speed; this is what was already Olympic at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo and will happen later. Repeat in Paris in 2024.

After that many restrictions for two years in the sports appThis movement, made in such a neuralgic area of ​​the city of Alicante, serves to re-promote the promotion of sport as the main tool in the fight against increasing obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, in favor of a healthy life based on physical exercise and adequate nutrition. Special attention is paid to the youngest with an outstanding presence at the Alicante 3×3 basketball event.

In this initiative, which was promoted by the European Commission and supported by the Supreme Sports Council in Spain, various events were organized free of charge, regardless of age, for anyone who wanted to participate, as well as basketball courts. their physical condition.