Even at this time of the year, I have been spending time across Italian handball courts.That gave me the chance to listen to the mood of the handball community and see with my own eyes what is going on.
Are we sure we are as Italian handball on that sweet, slow death path as somebody calls it? Unfortunately the answer would be ..yes , if you take into consideration the latest facts and events.But at the same time by talking to friends who are working so hard daily on the court, I have realised that there are still some energy, passion and a never give up attitude which says loud and clear that " Pallamano is not dead yet ! "
Italian handball is eager for innovation, a change of direction.I meet regularly with coaches, very young coaches too who wants to study, they want innovation and interaction in order to succeed.On the other hand, I have seen more mature coaches going back to the court eager to experiment, to find new way to improve the game. Though it is up more to individual initiatives at this stage.
We are in need of a new leader who could pick up all this energy and then lead properly the handball community.
We also need a new team of young handball officials whose priority would be to grow the sport at grassroot levels across Italy. That should be done by proper clear planning, transparency and with enough economic funds.
We have to give the right priority to clubs, coaches and officials.
We are here to stay if in the arenas we are going to talk more and more about meritocracy,skills and structures available for clubs.
We are here to stay if we are going back to talk about transparency,credibility of the sport and of individual responsability.
Mind you! We might have reached the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quantity and quality but our dream is still alive and kicking!
In a nutshell, we have to change direction, we can do it , we have the right skills to do it.
Italian handball can make it! Viva Italian handball!
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