GAME ANALYSIS OF SLOVENE\u27S CADETE HANDBALL NATIONAL TEAM ON YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN NANJING 2014

Rokometaši v starostni kategoriji do 17 let (U17) na državni ravni tekmujejo v kadetski ligi pod okriljem Rokometne zveze Slovenije. Hkrati pa začenjajo tudi z uradnimi tekmovanji na mednarodni ravni. Najpomembnejša turnirja sta zagotovo evropsko in svetovno kadetsko rokometno prvenstvo, kjer se mladi seznanijo z velikimi turnirji. Prav tako pa ne gre zanemariti mladinskih olimpijskih iger, ki so dober približek tradicionalnih. Igralcem ponujajo vpogled v olimpizem, glavni cilj pa je predvsem mladim približati šport ter jih medsebojno povezati skozi igre. Slovenska kadetska reprezentanca igralcev, rojenih leta 1996/97, je od vsega začetka kazala potencial ter dobro organiziranost. S spremembami skozi sezone (selekcija) se je izoblikovala ekipa, ki je postala močno konkurenčna na mednarodnih turnirjih. Naši igralci so leta 2013 v Utrechtu osvojili zlato medaljo ter si s tem zagotovili mesto na mladinskih olimpijskih igrah. Te so se odvijale leto kasneje v kitajskem mestu Nanjing, kjer so slovenski rokometni reprezentanti osvojili 1. mesto ter tako postali prvaki olimpijskih iger mladih.Cadet League is a league under the auspices of the Slovenian Handball Federation, in which play players under the age of 17. The most important tournaments are certainly the European and World Cadet Handball Championship, where young players get familiar with big tournaments. We must not neglect the Youth Olympic Games, which are a good proxy for the traditional Olympic Games. Players are offered an insight into the Olympic worldthe main objective is to connect young people with sport and to interconnect them through games. Slovenian Youth Team (players born 1996/97) showed potential and good organization skills from the very beginning. With changes throughout the season, changing players and the coach, has created a team of players that is a strong competition on tournaments. In Utrecht in 2013, our players won the gold medal and thereby guaranteed themselves a place at the Youth Olympic Games. The games took place a year later in the Chinese city of Nanjing, where Slovenian national handball team’s players swept the competition and became the champions of the Olympic Games