Build character

CSKA has continued to participate in the new season of the joint social program presented by the Euroleague and the clubs – One Team. The army club collaborates with the boarding school of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

We remind you that the board school is for daughters of military personnel who are serving in remote military garrisons, also from single-parent and large families, the children of deceased military men and combatants who have been awarded state awards for performing military duty.

The newest guest to visit the cadets was CSKA guard Mikhail Kulagin. The girls born in 2007 had the luck to talk and train with the Euroleague champion. By tradition, the participants were offered several interesting basketball exercises aimed at developing skills and, more importantly, their team spirit. After all, all cadets are active athletes, many are basketball players. The new One Team group learned of mutual support not only on successful tasks, but also in case of mistakes and misses. In the exercises performed one on one with an opponent it was important to “turn on” your ingenuity and get to the basket, using your trickery and cunning to a greater extent than basketball moves. The star guest helped the girls achieve their goals at the master class and tried to support them when something didn’t work out. Time was also given to work on the girls’ self-esteem, in one of the games it was necessary to tell the army guard about their qualities and what they would like to improve upon, for example, to conquer their laziness or be less shy.

The clinic ended with a traditional long autograph session and photo shoot with Kulagin. No one wanted to leave without signing their game shoes and taking a selfie with the champion.