In the group of spikers, largely renewed this year, the 2002 class Alessio Paolucci remains in Macerata. Arrived last summer from Volley Libertas Osimo, where he had been noticed in the Serie D and B championships. With him also the free 2003 Jacopo Ravellino, originally from Ancona and landed in red and white together with Paolucci but coming from Volley Game Falconara in Serie C. For both it was a season of growth, the hitter under the wing of imported players, for Ravellino as the second of a veteran of the Med Store Tunit Macerata, the free Simone Gabbanelli.
“I am very happy”, Paolucci admits, “This confirmation allows me to continue on the growth path started last season. I didn’t find much space but I know I have improved, thanks to the experience of my teammates and the help of a trained staff. This year, the idea of working with the new coach Gulinelli excites me, I got to know him in the championship finale and I know he is a coach who will do a lot of work to get results. I am confident that also thanks to his help this year I will be able to make the leap in quality “. Macerata the best environment to grow, “I found the perfect climate to work, relaxed, calm but with a lot of ambition. The teammates gave me a lot of advice, at the same time even though I was among the youngest, I always felt part of the group and taken into consideration ”.
Ravellino also shares the comments on the new coach, “I found him very prepared and helpful, like all the staff and the team. I am happy with the confirmation, I found myself very well in Macerata; at the beginning of last season I was a little afraid of the leap from category C to Serie A, but thanks to the work and the team I was able to integrate. ” This year you will find some teammates along with various news, “I’m looking forward to playing with this team. Let’s start from a united block, that of last year, plus the addition of level players who will be able to teach me a lot; for my part he will renew the commitment to listen to the most experienced comrades, learn the best and always improve myself “.
