At the end of the joint training between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina, staged at the Eurosuole Forum yesterday, Friday 6 October, the red and white coach Chicco Blengini spoke about the team, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses after the triptych of very intense commitments. In fact, in the two days before the regional derby, the team had already taken to the field within friendly walls, with reduced ranks and filled with the promises of the cantera, to train with Sieco Service Ortona and Erm Group San Giustino.
Chicco Blengini (coach):
“Against Grottazzolina we interpreted better those game situations that we are able to develop at this stage. We are finishing the seventh week of work and obviously there are discussions that are now difficult to carry forward. The attitude seemed good to me, we shouldn’t focus on the result if we compete with teams ready to make their debut in the Regular Season and who field all their starters. I’m interested in other aspects, such as growth in reception. We held up in this fundamental despite the presence of two very strong hitters in the Yuasa Battery. We play by introducing many young players who are moving well, improving and are of great help. I am satisfied with the progress in reception, but the leap in quality must be made in defense even if we are not at full strength. We need to recover more balls and we cannot think about the break phase by relying only on blocks and blocking technique to avoid the hands out. First of all you have to know how to defend. Thelle’s positive performance? I liked Jakob, he is trying to adapt to my requests, which are quite a few, and to a different type of volleyball. He finds himself in the situation of having to develop plays with the utmost care from a tactical and technical point of view. We need to give him time to metabolize his tasks. It’s already tiring to settle into a new country, with a language to learn and a different lifestyle. It’s stimulating for him, but there are too many things to handle and I’m trying to limit the input. I want to accompany its growth gradually. I asked him for a simple game, with attention to the way of lifting, the progress I expected came, he also served better. I’m trying to get to know him as much as possible for an optimal exchange of requests and information. She still has a long way to go, given that the level of Italian volleyball is very high, but from what I’ve seen Thelle never holds back and is taking the right path!”.
