 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Petracca akaberekwa naElvira naTony Petracca musi wa4 Ndira 1996 uye ane nhaka yeItaly. Akazivikanwa semutambi wenhabvu ane hunyanzvi pazera diki paakamiririra Victoria pazasi pegumi nemaviri. Akatamba nhabvu yake yejunior nePark Orchards Football Club, Warrandyte Nhabvu Nhabvu uye Beverley Hills Nhabvu Nhabvu. Kunze kwebhola, aive nehunyanzvi mumitambo yakawanda yaakatamba kusanganisira cricket, nhabvu netennis, asi kunyanya basketball. Hutungamiri hwake hwakazivikanwa achiri mudiki paakagadzwa semubatsiri-mukuru wechikwata cheVictorian Primary Schools VPS chebhasikiti. Akaratidza muU-16 Victorian basketball side uye akasarudzwa muAustralia under-17 squad pamwe ne2014 NBA nhamba-yechishanu dhizainiuye mutambi weUtah Jazz, Dante Exum. Basketball ndiyo yaive mutambo wake wakanakisa semudiki, zvisinei, akafunga kutevera basa renhabvu pachinzvimbo aine makore gumi nematanhatu kuti agare muAustralia uye ave padyo neshamwari nemhuri. 