Dragan Travica

Fantastic video but now you have to make a new one ... especially after this wonderful first russian's season! Dragan Travica is became really a champion!

Il Drago italiano!

There are two basketball fans which came at this clip and site by mistake :)

Very talanted player,he has everything - heavy serve,height,soft and fast touch,good defense & block and he is very young and clever..I really like him and Italy should be proud to have a fantastic setter like him! 5* ofcourse NightFox :)

Great setter, nice video ;)

I hate this player...Video is good ;D

very nice movie! I like it, and as always I can't thank you enough for picking italian players to make movies^^ Now, my consideration about Dragan... It is strange, because in Italy I saw people that adore him, or that don't like him. I remember that before the WL I commented to a friend that I didn't like him much, and she answered that, instead, she did. Now is the opposite xD I think - to mention a difect - he lacks of precision, at least in confront to Valerio (because in confront to Boninfante Dragan is THE precision xD). And I guess that's is what who wants Valerio back complain the most. But he has many other qualities, and imo he fits well in Italian NT. And also in Macerata! He is a fighter, and has a great enthusiasm. We all now how important his the attitude for a player, expecially if he is the setter. And that make him a quite good diggers, considering he is 2.00m tall. He is usually enough lucid, I honestly like enough his distribuition. May be he overuses the opposite (or Savani) and sometime doesn't use enough the MBs, (other difect) but I noticed that he is improving a lot from this point of view. Having good MB in the team defintly helps. Yesterday more than 30% of the sets were to MB. And I like his pipe too! He is smart. He can do effective second touch, both "fast" touches and tips. He can attack. He has a very effective serve, scoring many aces and putting the other team in trouble. It's not rare that he stays long on a serve run. He is defintly helpful in block. It's a very useful thing not having a "hole" in the first line. And more than once he prevent the other team to smash a ball when we received on the other court, blocking it. The last three points can be sinthetize as "he brings points and can create trouble the the opponents". Something that it's always useful!!! And now he also has a plus, he is playing the whole season with two of our 4 OH, may be even 3 of 4, if we count Kovar :D And with a very good coach, imo ;)

I do really like this player and I'm so happy he joined the national team... He's a smart and talented setter, his game is very difficult to read. I'm sure he will improve his skills in the next years and become our leader,as Andrea Giovi said in a funny interview :D Anyway,the video is really good,great job NightFox :)

WOW!!! this is now, my favorite movie!!!!!!

thrid best setter !

Now other monsters play :) The whole Netherlands team from the 90s was a monster :)

i started watching volleyball when some monster were still playing.. and Blangè is one of that monsters

Kjeld: yes Peter Blangé!! What's the matter?

Blangé *-*

I had already posted this in Zaytsev Fanclub, but i do it again 'cause it's pretty eloquent imo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VckK1GqKres

I think once we had the same conversation but for Lasko as I remember.. Dragan is what he feels he is.. If he feel he's italian, so he is.. :) Also he's very good player I should say so.. :)

About Dragan's nationality: he was born in Zagabria (Croatia) but he's been living in Italy since he was 20 days old :D That's the reason why he considers himself 100% Italian. Recently in an interview he said that his origins are Croatian ad he's proud of that but he feels Italian 'cause he's spent all his life here: he thinks, speaks, dreams and writes (he has a blog-site and contributes with articles to many italian sports magazines and newspapers) in Italian. He's proud to play for Italy, he has never thought of any other NT he could play for...and when he wears Italy's shirt he feels like he has that shirt "sewn up on his skin" (i'm quoting his own words). For me he's Italian, and it's pretty evident when he opens his mouth and speaks...end of the story. :)

I like this guy… I mean, he’s so kind! He’s definitely one of the nicest players, outside the court, I’ve ever known. I’ve got a lovely memory of him and his kindness with fans and supporters (especially with me haha) after WL’s match against France in PalaCatania last Summer. Talking about him as a setter: he has improved so much in the last 2 years and he can do better and better… no doubt about that! IMO Vermiglio is still superior in terms of experience (no wonder since Valero is 10 years older than Dragan), ball-control skill and, mainly, defence. BUT I like Drago pretty much; he’s the best setter we have at the moment. He sometimes reminds me of Peter Blangé, mainly when blocking (although Drago’s service is a bit better and more powerful than Blangé’s one); and similarity between them is even clearer to me when I see Travica setting for Lasko or one of his OH…don’t know why, but reminds me of Peter and Zwerver (Ron, of course) or Peter and Van der Meulen :) … perhaps my alter-ego here, Henrique :D, may say something more about that. The only thing I don’t like of Travica is that he often tends to “forget” about his MB, ignoring them too many times during a match and insisting only on opposite and spikers. In that, he differs from Blangé who, instead, used to play with Posthuma or Held a lot more than Drago does with Bira/Buti or Mastro or Fei. :) But, in the end, I like him …and, if I can be absolutely honest with you, the reason why I like this boy the most, is because he’s constantly at war against his shaver, razor and shaving foam (as well as his brother-in-law)! :D Thanx NightFox ;)

probably he's the best setter in Italy for now. but he also has moments when he's lost and doesn't know what to do

O.o ok, my bad... i know their fathers played in Italy so i think was the same.. sorry about that

Kjeldhor, Zlatanov is born in Sofia and live until his teens here, he went in Italy after CSKA refused to take him to train with them. Vencislav Simeonov is born in Plovdiv. They are not like Travica or Zaytsev, they should have been ours ;)

@Wilfredo: yes, he have double nationality, but he say he feels italian (born and growed up in Italy, he doesn't speak Croatia language) and he'll play only for Italy, like Juantoregna says he's a cuban and he'll never play for Italy (same for Lasko, Simeonov, Zaytchev, Zlatanov... all of this guys were born in Italy from some foreign players)

Hmm nice movie.I like this fast balls in the middle. :D

eRKa, the line judges were waving their flag, like somebody touched the antenna. When I my team has to ref. i always pick line judge. Kjeldhor, could Travica have also played for the Croatian team?

lol I didn't noticed that

can someone tell me what was wrong with action in 3:06 min.? look at the refrees. for me movie is not the best. but maybe because I don't like this guy. too much sets on double block. anyway u made a lot of work with it, good job NF :)

his father is form Croatia and he played in Italy, Dragan was born in Italy so he got italian nationality

Yes he does Nočná líška :) I thought, that Dragan is from Serbia, so my fault :) He is croatian

Great movie and great player!!! Why only 4.6 for this video?? 5* ;)

Does he has a serbian origins or something like that ? His name is unusual for italian. Rachel is right, his serving skills are fantastic.

It pleases me his attitude on court, his leadership is indeed a good quality, so important to a setter...besides, among setters, Travica is the best server in my opinion.

the italians in this website... most of italians dislike him... that's reason why i don't consider myself an italian -.-'

The italians wanted a movie about him, now you got it. When I was making it I didn't expected to be so good. But I noticed that the opponent's block can't read his game or if it does it's really hard for them.

i love his mind... he's a leader

nice movie :) *5

Video of the month!!! Great volleyball Nočná líška :) 5* You gave here sets, spikes, blocks, services and almost every action was complex. You put here good music too. I Like these summer hits. These hits really fit to v-movies

My number 2 favourite setter.. Very very very good.. TY NightFox :D :) ..5*

Dobrze prawicie koledzy z Bułgarii :D

Бог на арабски е Аллах, Славея :)

всички които завършват на ал(л)а(х) го хвалят ;) анадъммо? :D

Genius setter and complete also:) Great movie NightFox!

Машалла е хваленето, май, евала си е чок гюзел :D

Ти нали беше християнин бре! Стига го хвали тоя Аллах.. :p

Evala :)

Nice but why without spikes :( ?

GOOD VIDEO!!

Браво фокси :)

he's growing right