The Pallacanestro Varese season has officially begun. The day for the red-and-whites started in the morning with the usual medical exams, which all the players underwent at our partner facility, the Beccaria Multispecialty Center, before moving on to basketball practice in the late afternoon.
Under the guidance of Coach Giannis Kastritis and his staff, the team held its first preseason practice, which was attended by all players on the roster except for David Duke Jr., who was absent for a perfectly valid reason: The American player has just become a father and will join his teammates in Varese in the coming days.
It was a positive first training session, a good way to start building up stamina, get back into the swing of things, and—above all—begin to develop on the field the chemistry that will carry the team through the coming months. There was no shortage of enthusiasm, energy, and a willingness to work on a day that marks the first real step of the new season.
For the Red-and-Whites, this marks the official start of a journey that, over the coming weeks, will see training loads and intensity gradually increase, alternating daily workouts with preseason events. It’s a long journey full of experiences to be had, with a clear goal from day one: to be ready for the challenges awaiting Varese in Italy and Europe.