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The candidates to the Lithuanian national team, who started the ten-day long preparing cycle will go to to the first friendly tournament in Italy on Monday (06.19). The players will meet Czech republyc, Venesuela and Italy in the town of Rieti. The team will be coached by Valdemaras Chomičius.
The coach has been working with the young players for a week and he is glad to see their enthusiasm. "I like them a lot. There are no talks. All of them are completing their tasks 100%. Men are working without reserving any forces." - the coach said to www.rinktine.lt
The training process is observed by the head coach of A.Sireika. The coaching board has decided, that Giedrius Gustas, Tomas Delininkaitis and Marijonas Petravičius won't go to Italy and they will join the main camp of the team, which will start on 25th of June.
"G.Gustas, T.Delininkaitis and M.Petravičius has enough of playing time in their clubs. What will we win, if they will have some playing practice in Italy? We have players, that have to be checked in the international game, to see how they react to the various situations on the court," - V.Chomičius said.
When asked, how the players from U.S. universities adapt to the lithuanian style of the game, the coach cleared out that the training process started with the precising of the fast breaks, so there are no big problems.
"As we have not so many schemes, there is no difference, which country the player was playing in"
According to V.Chomičius, in the tournament in Italy the main goal of the national team is to check the players, but the coach always wants to win, so the teem will be seeking for victories.
Twelve players are going to Italy, and they will be managed by V.Chomičius, R.Kuncaitis and A.Kosauskas.
The players:
Guards:
Vytenis Jasikevičius
Darius Pakamanis
Gediminas Maceina
Forwards:
Stepas Babrauskas
Artūras Jomantas
Aurimas Kieža
Jonas Mačiulis
Vladimiras Severovas
Valdas Vosylius
Centers:
Darius Šilinskis
Tautvydas Lydeka
Pavelas Čukinas
The coach has been working with the young players for a week and he is glad to see their enthusiasm. "I like them a lot. There are no talks. All of them are completing their tasks 100%. Men are working without reserving any forces." - the coach said to www.rinktine.lt
The training process is observed by the head coach of A.Sireika. The coaching board has decided, that Giedrius Gustas, Tomas Delininkaitis and Marijonas Petravičius won't go to Italy and they will join the main camp of the team, which will start on 25th of June.
"G.Gustas, T.Delininkaitis and M.Petravičius has enough of playing time in their clubs. What will we win, if they will have some playing practice in Italy? We have players, that have to be checked in the international game, to see how they react to the various situations on the court," - V.Chomičius said.
When asked, how the players from U.S. universities adapt to the lithuanian style of the game, the coach cleared out that the training process started with the precising of the fast breaks, so there are no big problems.
"As we have not so many schemes, there is no difference, which country the player was playing in"
According to V.Chomičius, in the tournament in Italy the main goal of the national team is to check the players, but the coach always wants to win, so the teem will be seeking for victories.
Twelve players are going to Italy, and they will be managed by V.Chomičius, R.Kuncaitis and A.Kosauskas.
The players:
Guards:
Vytenis Jasikevičius
Darius Pakamanis
Gediminas Maceina
Forwards:
Stepas Babrauskas
Artūras Jomantas
Aurimas Kieža
Jonas Mačiulis
Vladimiras Severovas
Valdas Vosylius
Centers:
Darius Šilinskis
Tautvydas Lydeka
Pavelas Čukinas
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