Start of the preseason for Igokea

The head coach Dragan Bajić is currently with North Macedonia National Team is currently absent, but will join the team soon and meanwhile his assistant coach Marko Barać will lead the team of Aleksandrovac.

This autumn Igokea will again face challenges on two fronts, ABA League and the Basketball Champions League, where they have achieved excellent results the season before. What makes Barać happy is that all of the players have gathered at the first practice, which helps him to form team chemistry.

“Just like every season we are beginning our preparation period with the parallel work on physical condition, as well as tactical-technicall elements. This season the situation is specific, since Bajić is not here, but we are in touch everyday and we will be working according to the plan, that we have created together, as well as according to the fitness coach’s instructions,” Barać told.

There have been plenty of familiar faces in the first practice. The players that have remained in the squad are captain Marko Jošilo, Darko Talić, Dalibor Ilić, Milan Vulić, Kosta Kondić and Stefan Fundić, while Antabia Waller has recovered from the ankle injury, suffered in January and will be wearing the jersey of the Aleksandrovac squad.

New faces on the squad are Aleksa Radanov, Markel Starks, DeShawn Stephens, Nikola Tanasković and Stefan Đorđević.

Especially interesting is the guard James Robinson, that is coming back to the team after four years. There will also be four players from the youth categories, one of them will be Vuk Bošković, who has already had some minutes with the senior squad.

“We have done a good job by now, so since day one we are working in full capacity, which is very important since every late arrival spoils the planned program of work. We have six tough weeks ahead of us and we need to exit them ready to answer all of the challenges that await us on two strong fronts,” Barać told.

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Početak pripremnog perioda za Igokeu

Nešto više od mesec dana prije početka nove sezone, Igokea je počela da se priprema na nove izazove koji slede.

Prvi trener Dragan Bajić koji je trenutno sa reprezentacijom Sjeverne Makedonije i igra prvu rundu kvalifikacija za odlazak na Svjetsko prvenstvo je odsutan, ali će se vratiti u skorije vrijeme, dok će u međuvremenu ekipu voditi njegov pomoćnik Marko Barać.

Igokeu iduće jeseni ponovo očekuju velike borbe na dva fronta, Ligi šampiona i ABA ligi, u kojima je prošle sezone ostvario odlične rezultate. Ono što raduje Baraća jeste činjenica da će se svi igrači pojaviti na prvom treningu, što njemu i Bajiću mnogo olakšava posao u vezi sa uigravanjem ekipe.

„Kao i svake godine pripremni period počinjemo paralelnim radom na fizičkoj spremi kao i osnovnim tehničko-taktičkim elementima. Ove godine situacija je donekle specifična jer nema Bajića, ali smo u svakodnevnom kontaktu i radićemo po programu koji smo zajedno napravili kao i po uputstvima kondicionog trenera,“ rekao je Barać.

Na prvom treningu biće nekoliko dobro poznatih lica. Ostali su kapiten Marko Јošilo, Darko Talić, Dalibor Ilić, Milan Vulić, Kosta Kondić i Stefan Fundić, dok se Antabija Voler oporavio od povrede skočnog zgloba zadobijene na susretu sa Megom sredinom januara pa će i dalje nositi dres Aleksandrovčana.
Nova lica u timu su Aleksa Radanov, Markel Starks, Dešon Stivens, Nikola Tanasković i Stefan Đorđević.

Posebno zanimljiv je bek Džejms Robinson koji se vraća u ekipu nakon četiri godine. Ujedno, biće priključena i četiri igrača iz juniorskog pogona, a jedan od njih, Vuk Bošković, već je upisao minute za seniore.

„Odrađen je dobar posao do sada, tako da već prvog dana krećemo sa radom u punom kapacitetu, što je jako bitno jer svaki naknadni dolazak igrača malo poremeti predviđeni program. Čeka nas teških šest sedmica iz kojih moramo izaći spremni da odgovorimo na sve izazove koji nas čekaju na dva jaka fronta,“ istakao je Barać.