Viime kausi oli Nikkisen osalta rikkonainen,
\nsill\u00e4 armeija sotki kuvioita aina tammikuuhun asti eik\u00e4 mies p\u00e4\u00e4ssyt
\nharjoittelemaan ja pelaamaan t\u00e4yspainoisesti ennen kev\u00e4tt\u00e4. A-poikien
\nhyv\u00e4t suoritukset alkukaudesta sek\u00e4 pudostuspelipaikka \u00e4\u00e4rimm\u00e4isen
\ntasaisessa nuorten SM-sarjassa j\u00e4ttiv\u00e4t hyvin n\u00e4lk\u00e4\u00e4 my\u00f6s seuraaville
\nkausille.<\/p>\n
-Kev\u00e4tkausi oli omalta osalta
\n nousujohteista tekemist\u00e4. Meill\u00e4 meni syyskausi yll\u00e4tt\u00e4v\u00e4nkin hyvin ja
\nvaikka kev\u00e4t hieman heikommin, niin p\u00e4\u00e4sy pleijareihin oli hieno
\nsaavutus, kertoo Nikkinen.<\/p>\n
Siirtyminen nuorten SM-sarjasta miesten Divariin
\noli Nikkisille ensisijainen vaihtoehto. Vaikka ensimm\u00e4iset divaripelit
\novat vasta edess\u00e4, on Nikkisell\u00e4 jo pieni aavistus siit\u00e4, mill\u00e4 tasolla
\nDivarissa menn\u00e4\u00e4n.<\/p>\n
-Kyll\u00e4 t\u00e4ss\u00e4 vaiheessa pit\u00e4\u00e4 ehdottomasti katsoa,
\n mihin rahkeet riitt\u00e4v\u00e4t ja olisi ollut todella h\u00f6lm\u00f6\u00e4 olla tarttumatta
\ntarjottuun tilaisuuteen. Odotan, ett\u00e4 Divari on kovatasoinen sarja ja
\nuskon, ett\u00e4 eroaa nuorten SM-sarjasta juuri fyysisyydess\u00e4\u00e4n.<\/p>\n
Koko ik\u00e4ns\u00e4 hy\u00f6kk\u00e4\u00e4j\u00e4n\u00e4 pelannut Nikkinen n\u00e4kee
\nvahvuudekseen joukkuepelaamisen ja monipuolisuuden. Parannettavaa l\u00f6ytyy
\n pelaajan mukaan puolustuspelaamisessa sek\u00e4 hyvist\u00e4 testituloksista
\nhuolimatta my\u00f6s fysiikassa.<\/p>\n
Aktiivinen kes\u00e4harjoittelu on maistunut
\nNikkiselle erinomaisesti. Toista kes\u00e4\u00e4 Otto Pihkalan ohjauksessa
\nharjoitteleva Nikkinen arvioi omaksi vahvuudekseen erityisesti
\nnopeustreenit.<\/p>\n
-Harvoin kes\u00e4ll\u00e4 on n\u00e4in hyv\u00e4lt\u00e4 tuntunut. On menty kovempaa kuin ennen ja olen kyll\u00e4 tyk\u00e4nnyt.<\/p>\n
Tavoitteet ensimm\u00e4iselle divarikaudelle ovat selv\u00e4t.<\/p>\n
-Ehj\u00e4 ja terve kausi on ensimm\u00e4isen\u00e4 tavoitteena.
\n T\u00e4ht\u00e4imess\u00e4 pelipaikan vakiinnuttaminen, sill\u00e4 kova on halu p\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4
\npelaamaan ja katsomaan riitt\u00e4\u00e4k\u00f6 rahkeet.<\/p>\n
Westend Indiansin miesten edustusjoukkueessa ensimm\u00e4isen kautensa aikuisten sarjoissa aloittaa 20-vuotias Samu Nikkinen. Menneell\u00e4 kaudella Nikkinen pelasi Indiansin A-pojissa nuorten SM-sarjaa ja ker\u00e4si tehoja hy\u00f6kk\u00e4\u00e4j\u00e4n tontilla piste per peli tahtia. Valmistautuminen kohti ensimm\u00e4ist\u00e4 divarikautta on sujunut hyviss\u00e4 merkein ja kova kes\u00e4treeni on sopinut Nikkiselle.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miehet-edustus"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 09:16:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westendindians.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}