'Champions Are Full of Boundaries'Ambitiously Picked Daily Setters'"Not 100% Yet'
Oct 23, 2024
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KEPCO Vixtom will play the men's Dodram 2024-2025 V-League match at Suwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 23rd.
Korea Electric Power Corp. picked a setter for the Asian quarter this season. Ha Seung-woo was excluded from the military enlistment, and as Kim Kwang-guk retired, there was no setter to trust.
In the end, the choice is to utilize the Asian quarter. He started to fill the gap by recruiting Japanese Yamato Nakano.
I was adjusting in the cup competition. KEPCO finished the preliminary round of the Cup with three losses. Overall, the attack was not resolved, with Lim Sung-jin and Seo Jae-deok not able to show 100% of their appearance. After the cup competition, he prepared for the season by paying special attention to the chemistry between the setter and the striker.
Ahead of the first game of the season on the 23rd, KEPCO coach Kwon Young-min said, `In the cup competition, Lim Sung-jin and Seo Jae-deok failed to train properly due to injuries. It should have been done even if it didn't fit because the main setter changed. I focused on working with Yamato after the cup competition, but it came up more than the cup competition."
Coach Kwon continued "It's not 100% yet. It is about 70 to 80 percent. However, Yamato did not view the sluggishness in the cup competition as a problem. Coach Kwon said "It's not a Yamato problem, but it's better for strikers to handle the ball."
Meanwhile, he will play his second game against OK Savings Bank in the opening game. Coach Tommy Tilikainen also cited stopping KEPCO's Yamato as a key point. Coach Tilikainen said, `The point is how to stop the main striker, but as much as Yamato is technically good, the focus is on refraining as much as possible."
Coach Tillakainen continued "Korea Electric Power Corporation has been a team that has been good at blocking and serving for several years. It's a good team to counterattack, so I think we should do well with speed or our own weapons. On the other hand, I think I have to deal with it smartly and smartly. I don't think I should get blocked a lot" he warned.
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