In a wish of making softball popular all over Croatia, Lorena Oreščanin our club member, and assistant coach for kids, this week started to represent softball in a place called Gornja Stubica. Presentations was helded in primary school, and for the begginig only for girls from age 10 to 14.
Lorena is 18 years old, and this year she finished her high school. She plays softball for three years and coaches for a year.
Interesting thing is that Lorena went in primary school in Gornja Stubica, and she haded idea to start softball there. People from Croatian softball Assosiation thinked about that idea and aprooved it.
Croatian softball Assosiation financed gym where practices will be held, they gave all necesary equipment (gloves, balls, bats…) and they will also finance her travelling from Zagreb to Gornja Stubica.
After full week of presentations Lorena helded a first practice, where even 36 new girls came!
Next thing coming is preparing girls for first friendly tournament in Zagreb. Lorena is excited to work with them and can’t wait for coaching those girls. She looks forward for spending her time with new perspective Croatian softball players!
U želji za popularizacijom softballa van Zagreba, Lorena Oreščanin članica našeg kluba, igračica i pomoćna trenerica mlađih dobnih kategorija započela je sa prezentiranjem softballa u OŠ Matije Gupca u Gornjoj Stubici. Lorena ima 18 godina i završila je Športsku gimnaziju, trenira 3 godine te se trenerskim poslom bavi godinu dana.
Naime, Lorena je osnovnu školu pohađala u Gornjoj Stubici te je predložila da se softball uvede u taj mali kraj Zagorja. Loreninu ideju su razmotrili ljudi iz Hrvatskog softball saveza te odobrili istu.
Savez je dao svu potrebnu opremu, financirao školsku sportsku dvoranu u kojoj će jednom tjedno Lorena voditi treninge, te također financirao Lorenine putne troškove iz Zagreba za Gornju Stubicu.
Nakon cjelotjednih prezentacija obavljenih samo sa djevojčicama 4., 5., 6. i 7. – ih. razreda na prvi trening tog tjedna došlo je čak 36 djevojčica. I više nego zadovoljna prvim odazivom, Lorena se veseli daljnjem radu sa djevojčicama. Prva očekivanja su odlazak na prijateljski zimski turnir, a dotad ju kaže čeka puno posla sa novim nadama Hrvatskog softballa.
