Basketball Serie A. Coach Tabellini, Menetti’s deputy, talks about the retreat «Team building at the pond? Cold water, but it becomes a group ”
The protagonist
Treviso Basket arrived in the middle of the week of high-altitude training, at the gym in Domegge di Cadore, 800 meters, while the logistics base is in Calalzo: everything is proceeding in the best possible way, the team alternates between sessions in the gym and outdoor training and episodes of team building, such as the other day’s collective excursion to a nearby lake. “Water a little cold but it was very nice – explains the deputy of coach Max Menetti, Francesco Tabellini, the Greek and Latin teacher who just yesterday celebrated his 38th birthday – we are looking for an agreement both technically and which will be useful to us especially in moments of difficulty during a season that will certainly be stressful, but also at a group level, so that the players are able to express their characteristics, even being together off the pitch. And in this sense, the retreat up here is helping us to get to know those around us better, appreciating aspects that are not noticed on the pitch. After 10 days of work, with a consolidated staff, we are all giving our best, in terms of commitment and attitude. In this the climate around 20 degrees helps us, here we sleep well, above all there is no humidity in Treviso, even if I, an Emilian from the deep Po valley, I confess that I am used to much more … ».
A half new team needs to be together.
“I prefer to see the glass half full, in the sense that Treviso Basket is half that of last year: the club managed to confirm a large part of the backbone, not only Italians but also a couple of foreigners who were protagonists of a superior season to expectations like Russell and Sokolowski. And this makes us believe that the old team spirit can be passed on to new players ».
How are the days divided in Domegge?
«In Treviso we did a day of double training alternating with a single one, here instead there are two days in a row with the double then one with the single alternating with excursions. Basically we don’t want to push hard to avoid being overloaded at the first appointments, which are close enough, but modulate the work over time. In short, the goal is to be brilliant right from the start to take advantage of the characteristics of our basketball. Once back home and in view of the friendly matches (the first on 25 with Kapfenberg, ed) maybe we will increase the loads a little ». –
Silvano Focarelli