Should Pepper Savings Bank Set a New Foundation Record…Winning will boost your self-confidence
Dec 22, 2024
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Cho Ji-yeon, manager of Pepper Savings Bank, showed his will to win the most in its history ahead of the third round match against IBK Industrial Bank of Korea in the women's team of Dodram 2024-2025 V-League at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 22nd.
Pepper Savings Bank joined the women's team as the youngest team in the 2021-2022 season. In the first year, it remained at the bottom with only 3 wins, 28 losses and 11 points, and in the 2022-2023 season, it was better than the first year with 5 wins and 31 losses and 14 points, but it also stayed at the bottom and swallowed the disappointment. The 2023-2024 season was 5 wins, 31 losses and 17 points.
This season is different. Pepper Savings Bank is already in fifth place with five wins (one loss) and 16 points as it heads into the middle of the third round. The team seems to be solidifying little by little under the guidance of coach Jang Ji-yeon.
The six wins are a wall that Pepper Savings Bank has not crossed for the past two consecutive seasons and a new record for the most consecutive wins since its foundation. One may think that there is only one win left, but while being conscious of the most wins in the foundation, it may lead to pressure and fall into an unexpected losing streak.
Coach Jang hoped that the players would not dwell on their six wins. He `Honestly, I'm not conscious of winning the most. I've come across it as an article, but it's always the same. If you do your best one by one, the multiplier will go up."
"On the contrary, it can come as a burden. I thought it was one of several games because there was still a game left in the future, and I said let's play faithfully and prepare for today's game. If you prepare well and win, you will naturally follow the record. When the wins follow, the players will increase their confidence even if they don't say it,' he added.
Starting with IBK Industrial Bank, which ranks fourth, Pepper Savings Bank will meet with third-ranked Chung Kwan-jang on the 26th and second-ranked Hyundai Engineering & Construction on the 29th. It is a schedule to meet the top teams one after another, and if they win for the sixth time and more, the players can raise their confidence even more.
Coach Jang said, `Rather than looking at the next three games particularly differently, there is always something to prepare for the opposing teams. It is important to implement it. In the end, in order for us to increase our performance, I think we will play a good game if we try to play against teams that are higher than us without any pressure," he said emphatically.
IBK Industrial Bank is the only team that Pepper Savings Bank has not lost a single set this season. Coach Jang said, "(The opponent's main catcher) should reduce Victoria's attack success rate as a whole. Our receiving should go well and our performance should come out. I don't know who will come out as a starting, but I trained with the different colors of the Chunshin Tong Setter and Kim Ha-kyung Setter. I hope the training results come out well.'
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