Start of the training camp for Petrol Olimpija

In the Stožice Arena, the Petrol Olimpija team gathered for the first time this summer, and started with the preparation period for the new season. At the first practice, only Luka Samanic was missing, as he will join the team this week. Šamanić was at the European Championship for boys U18, as he played for the Croatian national team, which finished with the championship on Sunday.

Next to the newcomers, Marvin Jones, Jalek Felton, Marko Simonović, Miha Lapornik and Jan Rebec, at the first practice, there were also players, that won the national championship last season – Erjon Kastrati, Bojan Radulović, Igor Tratnik, Jan Špan, Dražen Bubnić, Mirza Begić, Roko Badžim and Issuf Sanon. Jan Barbarič is still in the rehabilitation process after the surgery to his knee, and he will join the practices in the end of the 2018.

Almost new, is also the coaching staff. Next to the head coach Zoran Martić, Stipe Modrić and Gregor Hafnar, two former Dragons, will be at the head of the team. With their basketball experience, Modrić and Hafnar will be a great help for Martić when we talk about the individual work with players.

Team will stay in Ljubljana until August 15, when they will travel to Rogla. At the edge of Pohorje, the team will stay for ten days, and then return to Ljubljana, where it will continue with the training process.

Zoran Martić, head coach of Petrol Olimpija:

“Players came to the training camp in different conditions. Some of them were already a bit tired as they were working hard and preparing for the season, and some of them were a bit out of shape, as they took the summer to really rest their body after a long season. In the first days, we will focus on finding out the shape that the players are in, as we will try to adjust the training camp, and try to make it harder for them, day by day. This first week will be a good preparation period for the training camp in Rogla, which we will done in the second half of the August.”

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Petrol Olimpija začela s pripravami na novo sezono

Košarkarji Petrol Olimpije so v ponedeljek v Areni Stožice začeli s pripravami na novo sezono. Na uvodnem treningu so se zbrali vsi košarkarji, z izjemo Luke Šamanića, ki je v nedeljo s hrvaško reprezentanco sklenil nastope na evropskem prvenstvu za reprezentance do 18. leta.

V ogrevalni dvorani Arene Stožice se je v ponedeljek prvič to poletje zbrala ekipa Petrol Olimpije in začela s pripravami na novo sezono. Na uvodu v pripravljalno obdobje je manjkal Luka Šamanić, ki se bo moštvu priključil v tem tednu. V nedeljo je Šamanić namreč zaključil z nastopi na evropskem prvenstvu za fante do 18 let in bil eden izmed najboljših posameznikov v hrvaški reprezentanci.

Poleg novincev v moštvu, Marvina Jonesa, Jaleka Feltona, Marka Simonovića, Mihe Lapornika ter Jana Rebca, so bili na prvem treningu tudi košarkarji, ki so minulo sezono osvojili naslov državnega prvaka – Erjon Kastrati, Bojan Radulović, Igor Tratnik, Jan Špan, Dražen Bubnić, Mirza Begić, Roko Badžim in Issuf Sanon. Jan Barbarič še okreva po operaciji kolena, treningom pa se bo priključil pred zaključkom koledarskega leta, kljub temu pa je prišel na prvi trening pozdravit nove in stare soigralce.

Praktično povsem prenovljena pa je zasedba na klopi Petrol Olimpije. Glavnemu trenerju Zoranu Martiču bosta v prihajajoči sezoni svetovala nekdanja Zmaja, Stipe Modrić in Gregor Hafnar, ki bosta v veliko podporo tudi pri individualnem delu z igralci.

Ekipa bo v Ljubljani ostala do srede, 15. avgusta, ko se bo odpravila na Roglo. Na obrobju Pohorja bo moštvo ostalo deset dni, sledila bo vrnitev v Ljubljano in nadaljevanje s trenažnim procesom v slovenski prestolnici.

Zoran Martič, glavni trener Petrol Olimpije:

"Vsi košarkarji so na priprave prispeli v drugačnem stanju. Nekateri že malenkost utrujeni, saj so, ne glede na počitniški čas, garali in se pripravljali na novo sezono, nekateri pa so si privoščili daljši dopust, morda zaradi poškodbe, ali pa dolge sezone, ki smo jo lani sklenili z naslovom državnega prvaka. V prvih dneh priprav bo poudarek torej predvsem na tem, da ugotovimo, na kakšni ravni je pripravljenost naših igralcev. Nato bomo skušali trening čim bolj individualizirat, saj želimo, da vsi delajo z enako intenzivnostjo. Na nek način bo ta prvi teden predpriprava za najtežji del priprav, ki ga bomo imeli v drugi polovici avgusta na Rogli."