Teams ready to battle in Sub 18
Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica.- November 18, 2019. The XIII U18
Central American Women's Volleyball Championship is ready to
start this Tuesday, November 19, in this city, after
finishing the preliminary interview conducted by the
President of Afecavol, Edgard Alvarado and José Luis
Jiménez, Secretary General of Afecavol.
The coaches of the six participating countries talked about
the importance of this tournament that marks the way for
future selections, as well as serving to instill values and
raise awareness of the new players.
José Fontés, from Belize: “We have a young team, we have
some players who were in School Games, in addition to eight
players who were in the U20 in Honduras; I think it is a
team with a lot of future, but also a reality, we come to
compete and fight every game to win. The work that begins
here is to demand, not only to play for play, but to feel
that they are players and that they know how to value and
define the actions ”.
Henry Rodríguez, from Costa Rica: “The Costa Rican team has
been very well prepared, they have trained for quite some
time and they have also played a lot. They are players who
in 3-4 years will be National Team players and have a very
good technical level; some of them have played the local
tournament that extensive and have a high volume of play. In
these ages it always happens that there is pressure, they
are local, but I hope they impose themselves on that. This
event is almost the most important in the high performance
pyramid for national teams”.
Sady López, from El Salvador: “It's a very difficult
category, the group is new, they haven't had experience, for
most of them it's the first time in an international
tournament. We have made aware that they come to represent a
country, to give the best of each of them, in order to
achieve an objective that is to be among the first three
places. The emotional aspect affects a lot, there are many
ups and downs, they do not maintain a rhythm of play,
suddenly the team falls, and it is due to lack of experience.
”
David Aldana, from Guatemala: “This group that has come
together has a lot of talent, the way of preparation has
been totally changed, they have also instilled a bit of the
values of the past such as greeting or fraternizing,
concepts such as maximum concentration must be planted and
that they are representing their country. The fact of
bumping into someone big may be that it motivates them to
play better or lowers them, and in that the concentration is
fundamental ”.
Caterine Leiva, from Honduras: “We have prepared quite well,
we only have two players who repeat in this category, we
have 10 rookie players, but they are very dedicated and
responsible girls, who have given their best effort in each
training and come to reap the fruit of this work that has
been done. We come with good expectations, they are girls
but they have to learn to play as women. We have to play
with everything, we come to fight, we are the champions of
this category ”.
Claudia Noguera, from Nicaragua: “This category is very
important because from here will come players who have a
future in the other teams. We believe that we have a good
base, they have been developed in national volleyball, in
junior and mini volleyball categories, even some were in Sub
23 and children. It's hard to stay focused, emotionally
there are casualties and ups in the same game, but that's
what it's all about, working with them especially the
attitude within the game. ”
Game calendar day 1
Siglo XXI Gym, Ciudad Quesada
Tuesday, November 19
15:00 Honduras v Belize
17:00 Guatemala v Nicaragua
19:00 Open Ceremony
19:30 Costa Rica v El Salvador
