Having overcome the famous crisis of the seventh year brilliantly and without shocks, the marriage between Tinet Prata and Prof. Valter Durigon enters its eighth year with satisfaction. In fact, there are many seasons in which the professor, full professor of training theory and methodology at the University of Verona, took care of the form and perfect physical efficiency of the yellow-blues.
“We had a long chat with coach Di Pietro and, even though we already knew each other, it seemed right to put the decision on the continuation of my relationship with the club in his hands. In fact, I believe it is right and correct that it is the staff who are convinced of working with me because it can happen that coaches have different ideas than mine on athletic training or work with trainers they trust.”
Having gained the trust of the new yellow-blue coach, Durigon began to prepare and agree on the work to be done both in this period of tradition and in the preparatory one.
“I gave a task to the guys from the pre-existing group: – underlines Durigon – they will have to be ambassadors who make it clear by example how our system works in terms of intensity and precision in work. I had an excellent impression of the new arrivals on the human side: they convey a lot of enthusiasm to me and, in recent days, they call me several times to better understand the work they are doing. They are often not used to a certain type of load, but I heard them happy and proactive.”
Esteemed university professor, writer of books on physical training, top-level trainer in other sports such as rugby, but also full of artistic interests as a painter and trumpet player. How do you manage to keep the stimulus high year after year?
“My work is a continuous challenge and putting myself to the test every day gives me great energy and motivation – explains the secret Durigon – There is always this sense of change that pushes us to do our best to organize the work in the best possible way to find the perfect physical efficiency for athletes. Efficiency that must allow the coach to transform it into effectiveness in the sporting gesture on the pitch. Some things can go well, others must be improved and others abandoned: there is never a group, a season, a job that is the same as another. The system we use is tried and tested, but that doesn’t mean it can’t improve. The search for continuous improvement is the greatest stimulus one can have.” Words of a sixty-seven year old with the motivations of a young man.
