Press in Langley
The competing delegations participated at the Preliminary Inquiry session and also were presented at the General Technical Meeting. Some of the teams look for the regional supremacy but at the same time there are others that want to develop their young players and improve on the confederation ranking.
Bahamas head coach, Raymond Wilson: “We see a team doing much better. We want to be very competitive. We have some veteran players with an average age of 25 years old, but also we have two 16 year old players on the team and we are trying to give them the chance to prepare and gain experience.”
Canada head coach, Glenn Hoag: “This is a very important event for us, because we are at home and we expect to conclude a pretty good summer. We expect to more volleyball in Canada and hope to do it very well and play our best in this event. The World League was a very great volleyball experience and we’ve tried to build the team to this competition to get ready to qualify and to get progression.”
Cuba head coach, Rodolfo Sánchez: “I think this will be a beautiful experience. Team is OK and our guys are excited to get on the court. This is also a great opportunity for me to be with the senior team. It’s also my first competition at the máximum level in volleyball. I hope to get the besto of it and gain a good experience.”
Dominican Republic head coach, Osiel Vazquez: “The Norceca Championship is very important. In our country we are trying to improve our position in the Confederation rankins. We are bringing an U23 team that will also compete at the Age Group World Championship in Brazil and that team is at 90 per cent here.”
Guatemala`s coach, Reider Lucas Mora: “Our main objective is to get out to the court and give our best here, because it will help us to improve our ranking in Norceca as well as to have the chance to get one of the six places in this zone for the Central American and Caribbean Games and we also want to give a chance to our youngest players.”
Mexican coach, Sergio Hernandez: “We have the wish to continue with the preparation for the World League qualifying contest. We also expect to have a good performance and continue to improve as a team. This competition is also great to see who of our young player have the chances to be part of the Senior Team and explore the possibilities to extend our roster.”
Puerto Rico`s coach, David Aleman: “Obviously the first tournament we had officially was the Pan American Cup in Mexico City and that helped us to evaluate many things. We have some changes in our roster and we hope to get in to the best four of the tournament. All matches are difficult, and so We must be mentally prepared and we will look to win our Pool”.
Saint Lucia`s head coach, Joao Carlos “Cafe” Campos: “This competition is very important for us because is an opportunity to be at the international level. We also have the purpose of popularize volleyball in Saint Lucia to reach kids and schools. I love challenges and I feel honored to be with this team and playing against the best of the region is a motivation in this job.”
USA head coach, John Speraw: “We are excited to get started. We haven’t had the opportunity to compete very much this summer, so the chance to come up here and play the number of great teams that are in this tournament is a great opportunity for us.”
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