Mantas Sernius takes reins of Zalgiris youth team 1

After a recent reshuffle in the coaching ranks of Zalgiris-2, Mantas Sernius is set to take over as head coach.

The 35-year-old specialist is currently the Lithuanian women’s national team head coach and has previously coached Betsafe-LKL club Pieno Zvaigzdes.

Sernius has also coached in the youth level, as he took silver with the Under-16 national team in the European championship in 2016. He now inherits a Zalgiris-2 roster with five players who had important roles on the silver-winning squad – Rokas Jokubaitis, Erikas Venskus, Laurynas Vaistaras, Martynas Arlauskas and Arnas Adomavicius.

Zalgiris sports director Robertas Javtokas had high hopes that under Sernius guidance, the youth will be tutored purposefully and will have the opportunity to aim for the highest goals.

“Although he is still a young coach, he has already achieved quite a lot and has already had a close look on the main team’s practices. He understands Sarunas Jasikevicius’ system and will try to instill it on Zalgiris’ youth players. We hope that he will gel with the team quickly and guide the most talented youth in Lithuanian basketball.”

Vytautas Pliauga and Darius Sirtautas will continue with roles in the coaching staff of Zalgiris-2.

Comments

  1. Darius

    Mane neramina 1 dalykas, ka pastebejau plika akimi, todel patikrinau ir pamaciau, kad Zalgiris Eurolygos turnyre tarp visu komandu meta maziausiai tritaskiu metimu. Tada patikrinau ir LKL cempionata, rezultatas tas pats, ir tarp LKL komandu esame patys paskutiniai, ir cia metame maziausiai tritaskiu tarp visu komandu. Jei pernai Zalgiris eurolygoje buvo paskutinis pagal ismestus tritaskius, tai uztai pagal pataikytus buvome pirmi. Siemet gi tritaskiu Eurolygoje ismetame dar maziau, bet labai blogai, kad ir pataikymo procentas sumazejo. Ka tai sako ? O sako tai, kad musu Jasikevicius neturi geru deriniu ismesti tritaskius metimus. Juk pagal si rodikli esame paskutiniai abiejose lygose. Eurolygoje Zalgiris vid ismeta tik 14 tritaskiu per rungtynes, tai ziauriai mazai. Palyginimui Chimki meta vid 33 tritaskius, skirtumas milziniskas. Nesakau ka daryti Jasikeviciui, bet kazka keisti reikia. Zalgirio puolimas turi buti ivairesnis. Jaska privalo kazka sugalvoti, kad Milas, Grigonis ir kiti gautu kamuoli tritaskiui metimui mesti. Ir tam padaryti reikua nustoti vaikyti Milakni ratais aplink visa aikstele, yra kitu budu.