Today started with another light training in the morning: stretching, abdominal and shoulders stabilization with Nicolas, and 30 minutes in the gym. Some little injuries are coming back, we train on a concrete floor in the morning and it is a bit colder than what we are use too. But our physio Jérémie takes good care of the players.
We will play our third match against FRAM, a young team (18 years old average), and presently ranked 6th at the Slovenian championship. Four of their athletes are also playing for the Slovenian junior national team and even though they are smaller, their abilities are impressive. Our guys seemed to loose concentration during warm up and under-estimated the opponent. And as you can guess, this turned out to be a big mistake!
This was our worse performance of the tour so far. 43 direct errors in 4 sets, including 19 serving errors. The athletes that did not play as much last night had the chance tonight to really work, but they missed this opportunity. Our middles still had problems reading the plays. The match ended 2-2
(25-21 ; 20-25; 21-25 ; 25-23). The guys went back to their old habits and started missing their serves and giving points, habits are hard to change!
We will take the day off tomorrow. Rest in the morning and the afternoon free. The guys will take the time to make some of their Christmas shopping done! Our next match will be Saturday afternoon, against Varazdin (pronounced Varajdin), Croatian champion.
Have a good weekend!
Have a good weekend!
Vincent Pichette
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