Today, on 18th February 2021, Anastasiya Verameyenka, the leader of the Women's National Team, bronze medalist of the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket-2007 attended the regional seminar "Step to the future" in Gomel. The seminar was attended by basketball coaches and players, who were born in 2009 and 2010, from Gomel, Svetlogorsk, Kalinkovichi, Rechitsa, Zhlobin, Dobrush, Chechersk, and Korma.
Anastasiya started playing basketball in Gomel and today she shared her memories with the players. Boys and girls organized a real press conference and acted as young journalists, who were interested in whether Verameyenka wants to found a basketball school or produce her own brand of basketball shoes, is it difficult to be a tall girl, asked about the challenges she faced going from one team to another, which coach in her career was the best, what country is the most interesting, in what club would she like to play.
Yanina Tarasova and Ivan Tuminok from Zhlobin, who prepared a whole notebook of questions, were awarded special prices – balls with Anastasiya’s autograph.
Yanina Tarasova: "We were reading about Nastya and watching videos on the Internet until 01 a.m., and we were extremely thrilled before this meeting".
In addition, Yanina also prepared a gift for Anastasiya – a drawing of Anastasiya Verameyenka.
After chatting with the special guest of the camp, the second day of the seminar was completely theoretical and practical under the leadership of Zlatan Presic.
The event in Gomel ended with a basketball skills contest and Varvara Pleskachevskaya and Uladzislau Satyrov became the winners (both from Gomel).
The project partner – "5 element" company.
NOTE:
This seminar gives a start to "Step to the Future" – a large joined event of the BBF and FIBA Europe which will take place in all regions of our country. Now, the target audience is youth coaches. The main lecturer is the Serbian specialist Zlatan Presic, the head coach of the Belarusian Women’s National U-18 team, and the coach of the BC "Horizont". In 2019 and 2020, the FIBA Europe campaign "Her World, Her Rules" was successfully held in Belarus under his guidance. The project was dedicated to young players who were born in 2007-2008; the best players continue their studies at the Republican State Sports School. The first stage of the project has already been held in Gomel from 17-18 February 2021. Zlatan Presic will visit Brest, Vitebsk, Mogilev, Molodechno, and Minsk. It is also planned to host a large final training camp for the best players selected by the experts.
We would like to remind you that in 2018-2020 within the framework of the joint project of BBF and FIBA Europe "Step to the Future" two large-scale festivals of basketball skills were held for young Belarusian athletes, including regional selection stages and finals, which were held at two arenas of the capital – Falcon Club Arena and the Sports Palace respectively. In addition, in the summer and autumn of 2019, the training camps for children were organized in Volozhin and Minsk with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Belarus; the main lecturers were the American experts Chris Dial and Justin Berry, representing The Basketball Embassy. In 2020, a large-scale festival, 3x3 basketball tournaments were held for young Belarusian athletes at the recreation center "Prival "and "Zeleny Bor", as well as basketball skills contest "Basketball on Christmas" in December in Mogilev.
Participants of the seminar in Gomel:
Girls
Varvara Pleskachevskaya (Gomel) 2009
Yauheni Korolenok (Gomel) 2009
Valeriya Lyakhavets (Gomel) 2009
Lizaveta Vladzimirava (Gomel) 2009
Anastasiya Politsina (Gomel) 2010
Sofiya Shishkina (Svetlogorsk) 2009
Aliaksandra Shulga (Svetlogorsk) 2010
Ksenia Shabetnik (Rechitsa) 2009
Viktoriya Kanyushenka (Gomel) 2011
Veranika Dzemkova (Kalinkavichi) 2009
Yanina Tarasava (Zhlobin) 2010
Boys
Yaroslav Hest (Svetlogorsk) 2009
Platon Shurmel (Rechitsa) 2011
Tsimur Zhelezko (Rechitsa) 2009
Uladzislau Satyrau (Gomel) 2009
Tsimur Matveenko (Gomel) 2009
Yauheni Kurylenka (Gomel) 2009
Uladzislau Pisarenka (Kalinkovichi) 2009
Aliaksander Borisenko (Gomel) 2009
Andrei Lichman (Gomel) 2009
Fiodar Dreko (Gomel) 2010
Ivan Tuminok (Zhlobin) 2010
Coaches
Yulia Shurmel (Rechitsa)
Marina Lasitsa (Rechitsa)
Iryna Bliznets (Rechitsa)
Aliaksandr Verkhaturau (Rechitsa)
Iryna Tsehlenkova (Rechitsa)
Sviatlana Shishkina (Svetlogorsk)
Kamarou Henadziy (Svetlogorsk)
Ihar Zhautanski (Kalinkavichy)
Oleh Andrachyk (Kalinkavichy)
Siarhei Barisevich (Dobrush)
Uladzimir Malutsin (Zhlobin)
Yulia Hurina (Chechersk)
Valiantsina Malevich (Korma)
Ihar Marozau (Gomel)
Yehor Minkevich (Gomel)
Aliaksei Linderau (Gomel)
Anatoli Rahazenko (Gomel)
Maryna Minkevich (Gomel)
Natalia Tsitsenka (Gomel)
Yauheni Rybkin (Gomel)
Andrei Chvankov (Gomel)
Zinaida Minkouskaya (Gomel)
Photos by Tatsiana Pugachevskaya
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