Training, athletic test, analysis, exams in University of Chieti, in collaboration with the Sports Medical Department and many courses for the #OrangeBlue riders during this first strong and important training camp. At the end also a Japanese Book gifted to all the Italians riders and staff to reinforce the cultural link between the two soul of the team.
The 20th of December in the Hotel Dragonara of San Giovanni Teatino, it ends officially the NIPPO Vini Fantini training camp, with many trainings day, Athletic Test on road and in University and also with many hours of lessons in which the team build the basis for all the innovations introduced by the team for the new season.
First day of training camp have been useful for very first important athletic test and many hours of bike training. The #OrangeBlue have keep doing all visits in continuity with the 2015 season in collaboration with the University of Chieti and the Sports Department.Thanks to the work co-ordinated by Prof. Ripari in 2016 test will become more and more focused and athletes will be studied both by University and from their students, that will have accost the team analysis during their lessons. Also important the work of monitoring from dott. Cocco of Laboratorio Alto Sangro that supports the team with his analysis all the year.
In this strong training camp also an intensive work and the athletic basis for the season as been managed by the Sports Trainer Gianni Tendola and by his staff with also few lessons about the use of the sharing platform Selfloops. Thanks to this platform all data of the daily trainings of all riders will be monitored by the Sports Trainers and Sports Directors wherever the athlete will be training each day.
Many lessons also about nutritional rules for the year to be always at the top of condition, with suggestions from the University of Chieti dietician, to help also during races with a correct integration and hydratation. One very interesting moment of lessons has been done by Marco Rosso, a manager of the multinational Valagro. Riders discovered how it works a great company but mainly what is a leader, the difference between a group and a team and the right attitude to improve performance and reach the goal, without having “Alibi” for the fails.
The #OrangeBlue training camp closed with a Christmas cheers and with a gift to all italians riders and staff members: a book to learn Japanese language and culture, at least a little. While Japanese riders, that will be 4 this year in the team with the national champion Kuboki, are already studying Italian, is an important signal that also the Italian staff is learning how to communicate as best as possible with the Japanese side of the team.