Atai: I apologize to the volleyball family and the people/I am to blame – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, citing the Volleyball Federation, the meeting of the technical committee of the Volleyball Federation to review the performance of the men’s national teams in the Nations League 2023 and the national youth team in the 2023 World Championship and the future plans of these teams began at 10:30 today (Saturday, July 31) under the chairmanship of the referee.
The head coach of Iran’s national volleyball team, while presenting his team’s performance report in this meeting, said: Iran’s volleyball team is present in this group, and some places are empty. We must see everything in its place. Player production does not happen with one person. From the generation of Polish champions in 2017, only three players are currently in the team its adults are present
Behrouz Atai stated: Volleyball belongs to all of Iran and everyone’s heart beats for this discipline, and if I am born 10 more times, I will follow the same path. I was the head coach of all age groups and I have been in this field for 40 years, but I have never been bothered as much as in the last month. In sports, there are defeats and victories, but the torture should not be endless. The French volleyball team won the League of Nations championship in the previous period and fell seven places this year, Iran also fell by the same amount, but was the pressure on the two teams the same? Of course, I believe that if we had won five matches, we would have been seventh, and if we had won three matches, maybe the situation would have changed.
Stating that the two youth and adult teams are not very comparable, he said: Iranian players are not present in the prestigious leagues of the world. Iranian volleyball has lost its quality since 2019 and neglected proper investment.
The head coach of the national volleyball team continued: In order to improve the quality of the team, we used Pavel, who was the former coach of the Polish national team, and Isa Sangdavini And we used Kambiz Yaqoubi in training. Yanas We used it with updated exercises. Amin Ismailnejad injured his leg two days before sending to Japan and did not perform well in the first week. In the preparation plans, China and Serbia requested a friendly meeting, and we did not consider China suitable, and Serbia was canceled, and we had two preparatory meetings in Turkey, which were not enough. Always talking about the lack of a good start in the League of Nations may woman And that the country’s league is short and there is a gap of two or three months. Players move away from the competition.
Referring to the 65 group practice sessions of the Iranian national volleyball team before the start of the League of Nations, he said: “We invited 30 players and Milad Ebadipour requested leave considering that he is an international player and plays in other countries.” Amir Ghafoor himself wanted to say goodbye to the national team. Similar to the above performance wonderful Oh you Hadesh and Valizadeh was a phenomenon in these competitions. Maliki’s altar, Sarlak and Fallah had minor damages. Saber Kazemi was also not ready and we liked Mobeen Nasri and Golzadeh, but we made them available to this team to help the youth team. Maybe Khanzadeh was present in the last two matches, we would have won.
Atai by reminding that three matches are five set The Iranian team was in the last week of the League of Nations, he said: “We didn’t play well in only one match against the Netherlands in the last set, while we didn’t have the main players like Amin, and in the match against France, two passers scored points together, but Amin could have scored twice as many points.” Overall, I am satisfied with my work group. The support of the volleyball community will make it easier for the technical staff to make decisions. I apologize to all the volleyball family and people, and I am to blame. It is never closed in the Federation hall and experts can tell the weaknesses and I will be happy to hear the recommendations of friends.