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Coaches see with good eyes the U-20 Pan American Cup
LIMA, Peru, June 15, 2011 – Preparing their teams for the
upcoming world championship is the main purpose of some of the
coaches but all of them talked with enthusiasm about the birth
of the 1st U-20 Women’s Pan American Cup that kicks
off on Thursday at Miguel Grau Coliseum during the usual press
conference held before the Technical Meeting.
Braulio Godinez, Costa Rica:
“We are in a renovation process after the senior’s worlds in
Japan 2010 with some players going out and we are bringing here
some of the substitutes. We hope to have soon with us coach
Xavier Perales, an Argentinean based in Spain, assigned by FIVB.
The tournament should help the growth my players individually
and also collectively ang get some rhythm for the senior Pan
American Cup in Juarez, where four of these players will join
the main selection”.
Wilfredo Robinson, Cuba:
“The objective of Cuba is to consolidate our regular team for
the world championship. Our team has good height and good
attacking power and serve and we will try our best to have a
good strategy preparing for the fundamental event which is the
world championship also in this country. We have to take the
Dominicans with care, since that’s a team who defeated us in the
NORCECA Junior in 2010 and the Argentineans who defeated us at
the Baja California Cup this year, as both teams are in Pool B”.
Wagner Pacheco, Dominican Republic:
“Our purpose is to prepare the team the right way for the World
event here in Lima. This Cup is good to achieve that goal since
we will be facing some good and tough teams and we have not had
many warm-up matches, so this I very positive. The world
tournament will be the tougher. There are three strong teams and
anything can happen. I come looking for a medal. ¿Which one? I
don’t know. It depends on our work.”
Juan Andrés León, El Salvador:
“The main objective is to give a good show since this country is
joining the world of volleyball. We finished second in the
Central American Junior and because of the ranking we were
included in the Cup with the absence of United States. We know
that our expectations are limited but we are confident that the
experience will be a good one and the girls can transmit it to
their teammates in clubs and schools about how volley is and the
way to compete. That’s the way we can help a country that needs
logistic support and the structure for its sport system.”
Victor Garcia, Mexico:
“We are here with a U-18 Team preparing for the World
Championship in Turkey next August. This Cup is another phase of
our preparation but we hope to qualify to the finals, to finish
among the top-four, even though our girls are younger, it is a
challenge for us, because we want to finish among the top-eight
in Turkey.”
Natalia Málaga, Perú:
“As any other coach I want to have the best place for my team
and at the same time it serves a lot as preparation for the
World Championship. My goal in this Cup is to be among the
top-three, and that’s the same also for the world event. We will
use every match to fine tune some details and lead the team to a
good performance.”
Yonathan Rojas, Venezuela:
“Most of the players are around 16 and 17-years-old and is
projected for the next cycle ot the Rio de Janeiro Games in
2016. The important thing for us here is that our girls learn
and get the experience to be prepared to compete with strength
and psychologically prepared.” |
