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Miodraga Lazića (1955) Volonter / Volunteer

17 Aug , 2022  

Volontiranje predstavlja angažovanje pojedinaca ili grupeljudi koji dobrovoljno pristaju da pruže usluge određene vrste. Volontiranjem se obično bave verske, humanitarne, socijalne organizacije i uglavnom su sve nevladine. Međutim, iako sport mnogi doživljavaju kao profitabilnu delatnost najveći broj sportova jedva preživljava. Tako je i sa streljaštvom. Ko ne veruje može da proveri u kakvim uslovima rade naši strelci, iako spadaju među najbolje u svetu i doneli su nam toliko medalja. Tako je voluntarizam i dalje osnova njihovog postojanja.

Verovatno zbog svega je važna priča o Miodragu Laziću koji je obnovio posrnulo streljaštvo i osnovao klub Valjevo 1880 sećajući se istorije moderne srpske države i valjevskih vojvoda. Međutim, njegove ambicije kao čoveka zaduženog na nivou opštine za razvoj sporta su mnogo veće. Tako je sa sestrama Arunović, Jelenom i Zoranom i Brankicom Zarić, našim najboljim strelcima pokrenuo kamp pod radnim naslovom „Zajedničke letnje pripreme“ sa idejom da okupi strelce iz više klubova na kondicionim pripremama pred predstojeću sezonu.

Kao ljubitelj prirode i lovac kamp je smestio u planinarski dom na planini Medvednik, a poznavanje staza i bogaza je iskoristio za trening. U svemu mu je pomogao saradnik i trener iz kluba Valjevo 1880, Nikola Janković, kao i Brankicin muž, Vladimir Krstekanić, džudo trener iz Kikinde. Tako su deca iz pet klubova Valjevo 1880, Olimpik, Kikinda, Akademac i Dragan Jevtić Škepo da rade na svojoj aerobnoj sposobnosti, ali i brzini i fleksibilnosti, koja je podjednako važna za strelce kao i oštro oko.

Ipak kao najvažnije mi se čini da je važno to što deca koja su učestvovala nisu platila ni jedan dinar svoj boravak, jer tako dolazimo do onoga što je nestalo u našem sportu, a to je volonterska akcija koja ima za cilj unapređenje sporta. Činjenica je da se sve suviše komercijalizovalo, da roditelji za bilo koje treniranje moraju da plate od 3 do 5 hiljada dinara mesečno. Upravo ova akcija pokazuje suprotno, da je moguće da stvari funkcionišu drugačije ako postoji dobra volja i ideja da nešto pomerite unapred.

Jedva čekam sledeću sezonu da nas pozovu da vidimo kako sve napreduje i da ponovo pričamo o osnovnim vrednostima u sportu koje podrazumevaju poštovanje, fer plej i odgovornost, a kojima smo prisustvovali. Sve me to podseća na nešto što su me davno naučili da najbolje možete da upoznate sebe podržavajući druge, što sam primetio kod Miodraga pričajući u svim izazovima sa kojima se suočio u realizovanju ovog projekta.

Volunteering is the engagement of individuals or groups who voluntarily agree to provide certain services. Religious, humanitarian, and social organizations usually volunteer and are mostly non-governmental. However, even though sports are perceived by many as a profitable activities, the majority of sports are barely surviving. It’s the same with shooting. Those who do not believe can check the conditions under which our shooters work, even though they are among the best in the world and have brought us many Olympic medals. Thus, voluntarism is still the basis of their existence.

Probably because of that, it is important to the story of Miodrag Lazić, who restored the fallen archery and founded the Valjevo club in 1880, remembering the history of the modern Serbian state and the Valjevo dukes. However, his ambitions as a person in charge at the municipal level for sports development are much more significant. So with the Arunović sisters, Jelena, Zorana, and Brankica Zarić, he started a camp for our best shooters under the working title “Joint Summer Preparations” with the idea of ​​gathering shooters from several clubs for pre-competition preparation before the upcoming season.

As a nature lover and hunter, he set up the camp in a mountain lodge on the Medvednik mountain and used his knowledge of the trails and mountains for training. He was helped in everything by his associate and coach from the Valjevo 1880 club, Nikola Janković, and Brankica’s husband, Vladimir Krstekanić, a judo coach from Kikinda. So the children from the five clubs Valjevo 1880, Olimpik, Kikinda, Akademac, and Dragan Jevtić Škepo are working on their aerobic capacity, but also speed and flexibility, which is as important for shooters as a sharp eye.

However, it seems to me that the most important thing is that the children who participated did not pay a single dinar for their stay because this is how we get to what has disappeared in our sport, which is a volunteering action aimed at improving the sport. The fact is that everything has become too commercialized, that parents have to pay from 3 to 5 thousand dinars per month for any training. However, this same action shows the opposite: things can work differently if there is goodwill and the idea to move something forward.

I can’t wait for the next season when they invite us to see how everything is progressing and talk again about the fundamental values ​​in sports that include respect, fair play, and responsibility, which we witnessed. All of this reminds me of something I was taught a long time ago: you can get to know yourself best by supporting others, which I noticed with Miodrag talking about all the challenges he faced in realizing this project.


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