Mousavi: For the success of the national volleyball team, we must work more than 150% – Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr news agency, Iran’s national volleyball team in the fateful year of 1402 participated in four important events of Nations League 2023 in Japan, Holland, America and Poland (June 16 to August 1), Asian men’s championship in Iran (August 27 to September 4). He will participate in the Asian Games in China (September 28 to October 4) and the Olympic qualifiers in Brazil (October 8 to October 16).
The preparatory exercises of this team started at 11:00 today (Sunday, April 27) with the presence of Dr. Mohammad Reza Davarzani, President of the Volleyball Federation, Milad Tagvi, Secretary General, members of the team’s technical staff and 19 players in the Volleyball Federation Hall.
Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, on behalf of the players, said at the beginning of this exercise about the upcoming year for the Iranian national volleyball team: We all know that we have a difficult year ahead. The Olympic qualifiers will be held this year, and in order to raise the team’s ranking, we must be successful in all matches.
Emphasizing that the players should do their best to provide a quality game, he said: “If we have an injury, we should be careful, but fatigue should not be an excuse for lack of work in training, because sometimes fatigue will cause us to lose in matches.” This has happened for many years and although you are younger and more experienced than when we started the tournament, you have played in the Iranian League and the World League and you know that the journeys are long and the matches are tough. All the teams are coming with full strength because the VNL matches are important for Olympic selection.
Mousavi continued: If we always tried 100%, this year we have to try more than 150% to be able to get results.
Referring to the volleyball federation’s constant support for the national team, he clarified: Dr. Davrezni has always supported this sport, but this year they should support the national team more. The most important issue is the flight, I know the economic conditions and the price of the tickets, but if it is possible to send the players on a business flight, the players will not be tired, of course if it is possible. Also, if possible, more preparatory games should be considered for the team, so that we can get results with good training and preparatory matches even in the first week of the League of Nations. For this, we need the cooperation of the federation, technical staff and national team players so that we can have a successful presence.