16-DECEMBER-2013
NATIONAL TEAM AIMS HIGH

Men’s National Team will begin its preparation tomorrow at Póvoa de Varzim Sports Hall, with the first 2013/2014 season training.

“In this first week of training we’ll dedicate to our game strategy, based on speed, block and defense. We’ll have extra attention to serving and the better management of serving in the matches’ moments, as this particular chapter is more and more important in a high level of competition. In a general way, we’ll have physical work in the morning and technical in the afternoon, complemented with specific work in the training’s final stage”, stated the National Head Coach, Hugo Silva.

Saturday, the team is to escape the daily routine as the workgroup is set to “visit” the Mountain of Freita.
“It will be a moment to bond as a team. Everyone is to undergo this activity, even the FPV Director encharged of the National Team, which reveals the importance of the group relation and the strengthening as a team, in order to being capable for every challenge. We’ll have the collaboration of a specialized team, as José Moutinho (forerunner of Trail in Portugal) and his team, to help us with this fitness work. The group activity will finish with our Christmas lunch, which will be important also to recover for the afternoon workout”, he concluded.

The first training session of preparation for the 2014 World Championship European Qualification – 3rd Round is set to tomorrow at 16h00.

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