The Coaching Staff

Coached by people who’ve actually done it.

Former professionals. Championship winners. National-team coaches. Every session is built on careers, not content.

🏆 25+ yrs pro career 🏁 15 European seasons 🎯 3 championship titles 🎓 National-team coaching staff 💪 10+ yrs elite S&C

Founder & Director

Savo Djikanovic

Founder & Director · Skills Academy

15 professional seasons across Europe — including Budućnost, Olympiacos, Hemofarm, Igokea and ETHA Cyprus — gave Savo the foundation to build a system rooted in real standards. Skills Academy is the programme he wished had existed.

Yugoslav Cup Champion ABA League Champion Cyprus National Champion

25+ years in professional basketball
15 seasons across European leagues
Competed in Euroleague environments
Clubs across 5 countries

Teach fundamentals. Build habits. Develop winners.

The Staff

Specialists for every part of the game.

Skills, strength, mentality, and youth development — each coach a dedicated expert in their lane.

Dragan Pejic

Head Youth Development Coach

Former pro across Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia & Albania. Member of Montenegro’s national youth coaching staff. Known for discipline, precision and building complete players.

Pro career 4 countries National youth staff Fundamentals & structure Long-term development

Dino Ramusovic

Skills Development Coach

Faculty of Sport & PE graduate (Belgrade). Coached across Montenegro, Turkey & international programmes. Blends sports science, psychology & advanced technical training.

Sports science background Footwork & shooting Video analysis & game IQ Custom dev plans

Stevan Bojanic

Skills Development Coach

Youth coach across top Montenegrin programmes — pioneers, cadets & juniors. Contributed to camps, student leagues & development initiatives. Known for energy, fundamentals & character building.

Pioneers to juniors Character & discipline Camps & student leagues

Dejan Vujisic

Head Strength & Performance Coach

10+ years with elite athletes across basketball, football, martial arts, tennis & handball. Prepared national-team athletes for European & World Championships. Movement quality, speed, strength & injury prevention.

National-team prep Movement mechanics Speed & explosiveness Injury prevention

Behind the Platform

The person who built this online academy.

Not a coach of the academy. The one who took 20+ years of knowledge and made it available to every player, anywhere in the world.

💻 Platform Builder

Andrija Djikanovic

Digital Founder · Savo’s Son

Savo spent 20+ years on courts across Europe. Andrija made sure those 20 years could reach a player anywhere in the world. As Savo’s son, he built the entire digital platform from scratch — the programme structure, the membership, the online experience. He’s not on the court. He’s the reason you can train like our players do, without ever being in Montenegro.

Built this platform Product & design Player experience Coaching experience

Why This Staff

Not coaches on the internet.

Real credentials. Real careers. Real standards behind every session.

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Pro careers, not podcasts

Our coaches played at the highest European levels — ABA League, Euroleague environments, multiple national championships. Standards come from the source.

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Specialists, not generalists

Skills coaches coach skills. Strength coaches build performance. Youth coaches build character. Every rep is handled by someone who does exactly that.

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A system that produces players

Players from this system have advanced to national-team pathways — not theory, but a proven pipeline built on real careers and real results.

Train with coaches who’ve been there.

Your player doesn’t need another YouTube drill. They need a system built by people who’ve done the work at the highest level.

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