Description of the state of the national volleyball team to participate in the League of Nations by Atai – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, the 2023 Volleyball Nations League in the men’s group will start on June 16 and will end on August 1 with the introduction of the top teams. The Iranian national team will experience its fifth appearance in these competitions.
Behrouz Atai explained about Amin Ismailnejad’s injury: Amin landed badly on his leg during group work while defending and got a slight sprain that needs to rest for about four days and this prevents him from serious training. Of course, he will go through weight training and physical preparation, and hopefully he will return to serious training soon. and is currently being treated under the supervision of a doctor.
He explained about the changes in the national team camp: We sent a list of 30 players to the World Federation to participate in the League of Nations and we used 25 players in various stages and in training. As we get closer to the final stages of camps and competitions, we will remove some players to add legionnaires and Shahdabis to the team. Of course, this does not mean the complete removal of the player and they are temporarily out of the camp. We will continue our group exercises with the new group to reach a final decision. I hope we can use more players during the Nations League.
Atai further emphasized: Every player who leaves the camp will receive a training program to maintain his fitness and we can use these players when necessary. We are trying to continue training with 16 to 17 players in the camp and have more intensive training so that both the players’ preparation and team work can be done better.
Stating that today (Saturday, May 23) is the last practice of the national team in the first stage, he said: We will have a one-day rest. We have three training sessions until the time of sending to Turkey, and we will leave for Turkey on Wednesday morning with 16 players, and we will have weight training in the evening of the same day.
The head coach of the national team said about the other programs of the national team in the Turkish camp: On Thursday morning we will have a light practice and in the evening we will have a three-hour ball practice. Two days later, our friendly matches are against the Turkish national team, and we have light training in the mornings, and we will return to Tehran on Sunday, May 31.
Referring to the quality of the Turkish national team, he said: “This team lost to Cuba in the selection of the final stage of the League of Nations and was a very good team in the world championships.” We played three matches against America and we will certainly have a good preparation game with this team. These friendly games will be an acceptable benchmark for the national team before sending to Japan.