{"id":116251,"date":"2024-08-02T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=116251"},"modified":"2024-08-02T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:09:45","slug":"the-goals-to-win-and-bring-honor-to-israel-gal-raviv-looks-ahead-to-the-u18-womens-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/the-goals-to-win-and-bring-honor-to-israel-gal-raviv-looks-ahead-to-the-u18-womens-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The goals to win and bring honor to Israel&#8221; Gal Raviv looks ahead to the U18 Women&#8217;s European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gal Raviv is undoubtedly one of the most prominent players on the Women\u2019s Israel Under-18 team and on this Saturday the squad will open up the European Championship in Portugal against Finland. The talented point guard played at a prep-school in the United States over the past two years and was chosen as the MVP of the Grind Session League along with being named as the most improved player, and even won the MVP award of the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>Just before she heads to play college basketball, Raviv will have a chance to prove herself on the biggest stage in Europe. The 17-year-old was selected as the outstanding player of the Baltic Cup Tournament (preparatory tournament for the European Championship) which was won by the blue-and-white along with scoring the winning basket in one of the games. <\/p>\n<p>Just ahead of the European Championship, the Sports Rabbi spoke with the talented floor general about the national team, playing in the United States as well as women&#8217;s basketball in general and Israel in particular along with the goals that Raviv is aiming for in her career.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_115940\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115940\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"763\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000-7-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000-7-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000-7-610x465.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-115940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gal Raviv &#8211; Photo Credit: FIBA<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cI feel great and I think we have great potential as we have an excellent team. We\u2019re coming to win. We\u2019ll take it game by game. Go into the first game, get past that and move on from there,\u201d Raviv began. \u201cI feel good, the coaches have my back and I feel that our team in general is a good team  and we have good potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raviv spoke about the significance of representing the country during the war, \u201cWe are going to represent the country at such an important time, we are coming in as a team with the goal of winning and bringing honor to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last season Raviv played at the Bella Vista School in Arizona which is a high school that prepares female athletes to be able to compete at the college level, \u201cI played in a prep school in the United States, I had a good year and I decided to go Quinnipiac University in Division I. We had a good year as a team, we struggled a bit at the end, but apart from that we had a good year.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_115946\" style=\"width: 1206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115946\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1196\" height=\"1254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299.jpg 1196w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299-768x805.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299-610x640.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353299-1080x1132.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1196px) 100vw, 1196px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-115946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gal Raviv &#8211; Photo Credit: Gal Raviv&#8217;s Instagram<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRaviv was chosen as the season&#8217;s outstanding player, the most improved player and the All-Star game MVP while her team reached the league finals, \u201cI am happy with the season. In the end, the All-Star game is a basketball game, so you come to play basketball and whatever happens, happens. In the final, we could have given a little more, but we came up short. All in all everything is fine and we moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guard spoke about making the transition to Quinnipiac and playing at the college level, \u201cThis will be my third year in the USA, I feel good and excited to start the season. I want to connect with the girls, get to know the team and get to know the players and also come to play basketball. I\u2019ll be concentrating mainly on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, women&#8217;s basketball is on teh grand stage in America following Caitlin Clark&#8217;s entry into the WNBA, but can such hype be created in Israel as well? \u201cIt is amazing to me to see everything that is happening to women&#8217;s basketball in terms of fans, viewers and really in terms of everything. Can this happen in Israel? I really hope so. We have a little more to get there, but I really hope we will get there.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_116255\" style=\"width: 1162px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116255\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped-610x800.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Caitlin_Clark_Fever_2_cropped-1080x1417.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Clark &#8211; Photo credit John McClellan<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRaviv believes that a big women\u2019s team tournament contribute to awareness about women&#8217;s basketball in Israel, \u201dOf course, it can definitely help and we will do everything to make that happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year old doesn&#8217;t have a true role model, but she enjoys watching the various point guards, \u201cI don&#8217;t know if I have a role mode but I like to watch and learn. I like to watch Kelsey Plum from the WNBA. She\u2019s a specific player, but in general I like to see both men\u2019s and women\u2019s point guards that I can learn from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raviv looked at the state of Israeli basketball and what some of the issues are in her eyes that need to be looked at with a keen eye, \u201cIn the Premier League, I think that in terms of foreigners there is a bit of a problem, but of course we try to improve that every year. I just hope it will get better with a new chairperson coming in and I hope that will help us with this.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_115951\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115951\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kelsey-plum-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kelsey-plum-2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kelsey-plum-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kelsey-plum-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kelsey-plum-2-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-115951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelsey Plum &#8211; Photo Credit: WNBA.com<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAs for import players, Raviv believes that two is the ideal number but also had a caveat, \u201cIt&#8217;s not just the amount of foreigners, it&#8217;s how much time they are given and how much they play against the Israelis and how much the Israelis play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some of the Israeli women\u2019s club teams play in the EuroCup they are not playing in the top competition in the continent which is the Euroleague and the question remains can one make that leap, \u201cIt really depends on who the players are, but by and large yes, if you build a good team, with good players then yes, I think it&#8217;s realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before heading to the US and prep-school, Raviv played The Academic College Levinsky-Wingate\u00a0(Wingate Campus) which an accredited institution of higher education that offers students combined academic and professional training for employment in the fields of movement, training, rehabilitation and sports and for teaching Physical Education. That team played in the second division as a 15-year old Raviv was facing serious completion at such a young age.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_115942\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115942\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"955\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297-610x470.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/5859590484723353297-1080x832.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-115942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gal Raviv &#8211; Photo Credit: Gal Raviv&#8217;s Instagram<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cFor me that was already a long time ago, about 2-3 years. That experience gave me the chance to play with girls and women who were bigger than me, more physical and faster. This is also what I expect in college, I expect to get stronger and of course improve while gaining more experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, more and more Israeli players are going to college, among them are Yarden Garzon and her sister Lior, Emmi Rinat, Romi Levy and many more, \u201cI spoke to some of them for a little bit, in my opinion it&#8217;s something that is personal and it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been thinking about for a long time to do. That&#8217;s also one of the reasons why I moved to the US. By and large, it&#8217;s a place where you can get a degree, also play basketball as well as getting incredible exposure that, unfortunately, is not available in Israel. It&#8217;s an excellent place to continue your career or start it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise what Raviv\u2019s biggest dream and goal is down the road, \u201cMy biggest dream is to reach the WNBA and the Euroleague. Not after this season but after a few seasons. but right now the number one goal is the European Championship and playing as best as we can to reach our immediate goal in front of us.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_115935\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115935\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47.jpeg 1290w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47-610x406.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-30-at-15.38.47-1080x719.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-115935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel U18 Women &#8211; Photo Credit: Gal Raviv Collection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gal Raviv is undoubtedly one of the most prominent players on the Women\u2019s Israel Under-18 team and on this Saturday the squad will open up the European Championship in Portugal against Finland. 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