Women's Volleyball Team, Aiming for 1st VNL Win

Aiming for 1st VNL Win... Women's Volleyball Team Focuses on Regaining Confidence Ahead of Departure

Lost all 24 games in VNL over the past two years... Move to Brazil, the battle site, on the 7th and prepare for the 1st week match.

New coach Morales said, “It will be difficult if the attack is concentrated on a specific position… Everyone will be together.” 파워볼게임

The women's volleyball team, aiming to regain its pride, conducted intensive training, showing its will to win about two weeks before the opening of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL).

The national team, led by new coach Fernando Morales, shed a lot of sweat by practicing organizational skills, defense, and serving for about two hours during an open media training held at the Jungang Girls' High School gymnasium in Bukahyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the 1st.

The focus of training was on regaining confidence.

In the mini-game, Coach Morales ordered the attackers to “spike with peace of mind without worrying about being blocked.”

He also encouraged free play, saying, “I want to see the mistakes and the process.”

Coach Morales met with reporters after training and said, "The national team has been training with a mix of starting members without fixing them.

Since the VNL competition period is long, various players must work well together."

In addition, he introduced, "In particular, the national team has shown good performances in defense, serving, and receiving, but there has been no aggressive play, and we have tried to make up for this."

Instead of the typical attack pattern focused on both wings, the national team found a way out with a variety of attack routes, such as a center pipe attack.

Coach Morales said, “If the attack is concentrated on a specific player or a specific position, the game can become difficult,” and added, “Everyone must work together.”

Fifteen of the 16 players participated normally in training, and Apogee spiker Lee Seon-woo (Cheong Kwan-jang) devoted himself to his personal training due to pain in his right shoulder.

Regarding Lee Sun-woo's physical condition, Coach Morales said, "We are checking his condition every day," and "He will improve his performance through separate training."

The Korean women's volleyball team recently performed disastrously at international competitions.

Korea suffered the humiliation of losing all 12 games in the VNL for the past two consecutive years and fell to 40th in the FIVB world rankings.

In addition, at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held last year, they failed to win a medal due to poor performance, including being caught by Vietnam, which they considered to be one step below them.

In order to escape the crisis, the Korea Volleyball Association attempted to change the atmosphere by appointing Puerto Rican coach Morales as the new coach last month.

The national team selected 16 representative players on April 4 and trained at the Jincheon Athletes' Village in North Chungcheong Province from the 15th.

The national team, leaving on the 7th, will play the VNL preliminary matches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the 14th to the 19th, in Arlington, Texas, USA from the 28th to June 2, and in Fukuoka, Japan from June 11th to 16th.

Korea's first opponent is China, ranked 6th in the world.

Regarding the game against China, Coach Morales said, "Right now I'm focusing on our team," and "We'll do a full-scale analysis after arriving in the country."

“The first game is very important as it has a big impact on the team atmosphere,” he said.

“We will do our best to perform well as we face an Asian team.”