Iranian volleyball is in danger of losing the Olympics/announcing the reasons for defeat against Japan – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Adel Gholami said about the defeat against Japan and winning the runner-up title of the national volleyball team in the Asian Championship in an interview with Mehr reporter: In Asia, teams like Japan, South Korea, China and Iran competed with each other, and sometimes we were better in some competitions. Sometimes they were the best team in the field. Since 2000, when the new volleyball started in Iran, volleyball has always been progressing, but in the last few years, the trend has progressed in such a way that it is not possible to hope for the progress of Iranian volleyball in the future, and this is a worrying issue.
I do not believe that the player has the right to comment
In response to the fact that the players of the national team do not accept Atai as the head coach and whether the time has come to change the head coach of the national team, he said: I did not see the national team’s training for a single day, so I cannot talk about this issue. But unlike many friends who believe that players do not have the right to comment, I am completely against it and I think this issue is very important and one of the most important issues in volleyball, because the players must follow the coach’s orders on the court, so if Any mental reason technical staff did not accept, we cannot say that they do not have the right to comment. Because the players work with this system and if the conditions are not ready for them, they should speak. But since I didn’t see even one day of training of the national team, I can’t make a comment that will help the national team.
If the players technical staff do not accept, they must speak
He emphasized: But if such an issue is really raised, the players themselves should speak. In the age of Kovach The players had a problem with him, we ourselves talked to the federation about this and narrated the issues. After he left Iran, the situation of the national team improved. Players should voice their problems as they work with this system.
Atai’s results are the best judge
Regarding the continuation of cooperation with Atai in the national team, Gholami noted: I think the referee has enough experience and understands the issues more than us. We have to check Atai’s performance in these two years to conclude whether he has done well or not. I think he has achieved good results in the 2 years he has been leading the team. The team led by Atai has won the championship in Asia and has advanced to the finals of the World League. Of course, some may say these results, performance technical staff but in any case, these results were achieved during the time of Atai.
Volleyball is no one’s paternal inheritance
He said: Considering the results that the national team has achieved recently, volleyball fans want a foreign coach. Volleyball is no one’s father’s inheritance and everyone knows very well that this field with international successes makes people feel good and when this does not happen, everyone gets upset whether they like it or not.
It is impossible for a high-quality foreign coach to come to Iran
The former national volleyball player of Iran noted: But in this situation, I think it is impossible to entrust the leadership of the national team to a first-class foreign coach because the federation has no money. When the physical education organization gives a certain amount as a budget to the federation and the expenses of this federation are twice the budget, how can we expect the federation to attract a first-class foreign coach who earns 30,000 to 40,000 per month as a head coach? The budget allocated to volleyball is equal to a normal sport.
The flow of coming to work technical staff Iran is beyond sports
Gholami said: In the last two years, there has been a trend in Iranian sports that I don’t know where its origin is, and I think it is beyond sports. This trend is based on the fact that it should technical staff Iranians come to work. Does Poland, which is one of the top volleyball teams in the world, use Polish coaches? We have four to five very good coaches in Iranian volleyball who work really well, but it is not the right process to require the technical staff to be Iranian.
Iran is not the origin of volleyball
V Stated: Iran is not the origin of volleyball in the world; In the future, they may do some coaching from the golden generation of Iranian volleyball, but they need to see a course in Europe. What Japan did to the players, we must do to the coaches. 2011 Velasco He came to Iran and there were some Iranian coaches with him who got to know the current world volleyball science. The head coach of the adult national team must be aware of the current science of volleyball in the world. The result that Velasco He was not very different from other coaches with Iran’s senior national team, but what changed Iranian volleyball during his tenure was the change in structure. He changed the minds of players and coaches.
The federation does not have the money to hire a foreign coach
Gholami emphasized about the appointment of a foreign coach: the federation does not have the money to choose a foreign coach to lead the team; Therefore, Atai may be changed and an Iranian coach may come to work, it may even get results with that coach, but will the structure of volleyball change?! Is there an acceptance in our volleyball that coaches go to the training of other coaches and learn something from them?! We cannot fool ourselves, these issues have not been accepted in Iranian volleyball yet.
Coaches in Iran accept it They do not learn
V Stated: In sports, no coach can claim to be the best. During the junior tournament in Argentina with Velasco I met him and he said that I am still learning and for two months in America he met and learned from the coach who was the founder of volleyball. The coach who changed the structure of Iranian volleyball and is old, but he is still learning. Does this thinking exist among Iranian coaches?!
Only the golden generation can change volleyball
He said: “We dare to say that the only people who can mentally change Iranian volleyball are the golden generation of Iranian volleyball, so I ask all my friends to turn to coaching after their playing period ends and change the mentality of this generation as A world-class coach changed our minds.
The great volleyball players left
Regarding the return of Saeed Marouf, he said: Saeed has not given up volleyball yet and continues to play as a player, so we cannot blame the federation for not using him. But unfortunately we lost some players like Farhad Zarif. Why shouldn’t Saeed Maarouf be in Iran even during his playing career? We should not deceive ourselves, we lost some players and they had to go to another country. Those who stayed were because of some affiliations, otherwise the conditions provided for athletes outside were very ideal. In the same Asian Championship, Alizadeh sat on the bench as a coach, I heard people saying that he has no experience and why should technical staff Be! This is completely wrong. If Alizadeh and his ilk are not with the national team, who should be? He was the national team player and has many years of experience.
The team was not mentally ready to play against Japan
Gholami said about the reasons for Iran’s defeat in the Asian Championship against Japan: One of the reasons why the team failed in the Asian Championship against Japan was because in the League of Nations, when the team lost in the first few games, we did not have patience and a pressure Unfortunately, we added twice to the national team and the technical staff technical staff He mistakenly rode the wave of cyberspace and put pressure on the team. If these pressures were constant, but this series was very intense. In the finals of the Asian Championship, this pressure showed itself so that the defeated team entered the field technical staff And the players were not ready to play the final.
With this situation, the Olympic quota was also jeopardized
The former national team player mentioned about the 2024 Olympic quota: unlike some who believe that the team can win the Olympic quota, but I do not have this opinion, because now three teams have approached us in the ranking, it is not predictable at all, and maybe Russia will The return matches, if this team is added, we will go one step back. Now the three teams of Holland, Turkey and Cuba are close to us in the ranking and this has sounded the alarm for volleyball. Therefore, we cannot sleep on the wind that we will get the Olympic quota through the ranking and we must change our thinking.
If they do not accept the arbitration, they should agree to withdraw
He said: “Unfortunately, the talks that are being discussed now are mostly related to personal interests, which do not help the national team.” We either accept an arbitrator as a boss or we don’t. If we accept him, we should let him make his own decision, if we don’t accept him, we should agree to leave him. I can criticize Ata’i but I can’t say fire him because it’s not within my authority. The talks about the future of the head coach of the national team have become more personal.
Volleyball juniors must be added to the senior team with the program
Gholami said: Be sure that the former players of the national team are more compassionate towards volleyball than many people, and if the space is ready, they will help the national team. Iranian volleyball has fallen asleep while we have very good technical skills. In the youth category, we have good players in the national team, but they should be added to the senior category with a plan and little by little. A player like Pouria Khanzadeh is the capital of Iranian volleyball, but we should not treat this player in a way that takes away his confidence. Iranian volleyball youth should be added to the team according to a set procedure, and this issue should not become an additional burden for Iranian volleyball.
Not having a “B” team in volleyball means disaster!
He said: “The big teams of the world plan in the world league in such a way that they play with the main players in the first weeks and win, and in the final weeks they play with the reserve players and win.” Some teams plan the opposite of this process. There are many tournaments in volleyball and I really wonder why there was no “B” team this year. This was a disaster for Iranian volleyball and we must find out why. If they put someone like Mehdi Mahdavi next to the “B” team to use the experience of an experienced passer, he would know how to go forward with Pouria Khanzadeh and this could help our volleyball a lot. Unfortunately, many great volleyball players were left out.
We do not have an ice bucket in Iran
The former national volleyball player of Iran noted: Japan is an exceptional team in the volleyball world, this team with four national players wins in all games, but do we have the recovery tools of the Japanese team?! Definitely not! No one knows these things. Currently, the main issue in sports is recovery, we don’t have an ice bucket in Iran that the player can use after the game. The players of the Japanese team each have a coach who has specific duties. Iranian volleyball used Siamak Afrozi for 10 years, he could have earned 300 to 400 million monthly in his personal office, but he worked hard for all of us, in the end, under what conditions did he leave the national team!
Why the national team player to fly business Should he fight?
Gholami further pointed to Mohammad Mousavi’s complaints about the condition of the national team’s camp and said: When Mohammad Mousavi talks about the conditions of the national team’s camp and complains about the lack of supplements, this should not be taken as a negative aspect, but the reason for it should be investigated. Why the national team player to have a flight business Should he fight? Because the federation has no money, and if it had sufficient budget, it would not spare any of the facilities. It is not possible to expect from the national team without these facilities. The players of the national team do not get a salary. A player like Mohammad Mousavi has been in the national team since 2007 until now, critics should check his income from the national team in these 16 years, while other players in the world receive a huge amount of money for being in the national team. Every victory in the world league is rewarded, but because of the embargo, no reward is given to Iranian players. The player must be motivated.