From Benedetta Bocchetti, young sister of Sara Bocchetti (a player with an impressive CV including many appearances in Italy), to Benedetta Bocchettiwinner of as many youth championships in two seasons – one in the under 17s, the other in the under 19s – and a title in a senior tournament: the Serie B one. For the eighteen-year-old winger from Campania, the upcoming season will be the third season with the colors rossoblù at home La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso with the full confirmation of its presence within the A1 group entrusted to coach Mimmo Sabatelli and a continuous rise which is increasingly placing it in the honors of the basketball news for its individual characteristics beyond the obvious blood ties.
EVIDENT GROWTH «When I chose to accept Campobasso’s proposal – explains the interested party – I knew that I would have ample opportunities for growth and I am happy that, in these two years, it has emerged. I am also happy for the personal growth in managing emotions, not only from a technical point of view. So, if I projected myself onto this third season with the rossoblù, it is because I am part of a valid club and an environment that offers me the incentive to want to continually progress.”
NOT ONLY TRIPLE Moreover, to perfectly summarize her improvement path, there are also the words of coach Gabriele Diotallevi who, on more than one occasion, recalled how, in the last tournament, Bocchetti – in addition to her undoubted characteristics as a deadly shooter from the three-point arc – has also added notable ideas near the basket. “During the year – the outside player reflects – a bit all of us, also due to injuries, have had to make some adjustments, but thanks to the coach who has helped us so much in this path, each one has added further skills to their characteristics”.
WISH LIST Projecting ourselves towards 2024/25, for Bocchetti there is the desire to «try to win a third scudetto, the second in a row in the under 19s, because we have all the abilities as a central defender and to be able to do well also with the A1 group, which, given its composition, both among the confirmed and among the new entries, has all the qualities to be able to have its say.” «Personally – he continues – the aspect that strikes me most in this experience is that of being able to compare myself with them, players, but even before that very valid people, who I respect a lot, and who in general have represented important points of development for me. reference. I have a really good relationship with all of them. I knew Pallas (the pivot Kunaiyi, ed.) even before Campobasso due to the fact that she had played together with my sister Sara in Vigarano and this was a truly special aspect.”
PUBLIC SUPPORT If almost all the seniors have always highlighted the importance of the rossoblù public in their experience in the #steelflowers universe, even more so the juniors experience the relationship with the club’s supporters in an even more visceral way. «The public is something fundamental. They followed us everywhere and, like my companions, they showed me great closeness, strong support and considerable support.”
NEW PHASE Now, for Bocchetti, there will be the opportunity to go even further. In the life of a student with the transition to University (in these days she will complete her final exams), but also in everyday life. «I will enter the dimension of living outside the context of the boarding school – she recalls – and therefore I will have to take further awareness and moments of growth. It will necessarily have to be a year of broader horizons also from a basketball point of view, where I hope for a constant and more substantial technical improvement». An aspect that, translated into specifics, will have to pass «through being able to further vary my range of action in terms of conclusions and try to increase, at the same time, my vision of the game».
GIACCHETTI IBERICA Between Thursday and Saturday, Emma Giacchetti was busy with the Italian under 17 team, of which she is captain, in a tournament in the Canary Islands. Specifically, for the Azzurre, there was a success over France (65-59), a dry defeat with Spain (74 31) and a exploit (71-50) against the Canary Islands selection. For her part, the rossoblù point guard scored, respectively, eight, three and six points.
DOUBLE CALL-UP On the front, however, of the under 18 blues, double call-up branded Magnolia. She will already be among the 15 who will be at the gathering in Montegrotto Terme, in the province of Padua, selected by the technical commissioner Luca Andreoli Emanuela Trozzola. For her part, instead, Emma Giacchetti among the eleven elements available, also in consideration of the world commitment with the under 17.
