New Akari Chargers’ coach Taka Minowa within the PVL All-Filipino Convention. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Japanese coach Taka Minowa and Ivy Lacsina are embracing the challenges that include their switch to the Akari Chargers, beginning with enhancing their marketing campaign within the 2024 PVL Bolstered Convention.
After being shipped from the Nxled Chameleons, Lacsina shone in her first recreation as a Charger, pouring in a game-high 20 factors to assist her group overcome the Capital1 Photo voltaic Spikers, 25-18, 27-25, 22-25, 25-14, of their first Pool B recreation on Thursday at Philspors Enviornment.
It was additionally a successful debut for Minowa, who was a part of the cope with Cams Victoria, Kamille Cal, and Dani Ravena, to fill within the wants of the sister groups.
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The Japanese coach admitted it was laborious to go away his first group, which he believed was doing higher after ending eighth within the PVL All-Filipino–only a rank decrease than Akari.
“In Nxled and Akari, once we examine the potential, it’s actually totally different. Nxled [was] doing higher, that’s why they had been capable of make it to rank eight final convention. With Akari, I could make it extra tactical due to the potential with actually good gamers,” mentioned Minowa.
However now that he’s with the extra stacked Chargers, led by Ced Domingo, Grethcel Soltones, and Michelle Cobb, he’s desperate to unlock their potential by enhancing the squad’s chemistry, particularly with Akari import Oly Okaro.
Akari Chargers’ Ivy Lacsina within the PVL Bolstered Convention. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
“Now’s the time to make it like one group. We simply began. I can’t anticipate something. We nonetheless need to maintain working,” he mentioned. “We have to maximize this time to be higher and now have a reference to Oly. As a coach, that is my objective: the mix with Oly and integrating her with Akari.”
Okaro solely had a restricted coaching time however she confirmed a glimpse of what she may supply to Akari, ending with 16 factors off 14 assaults, one block, and an ace.
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Lacsina, for her half, is grateful to be with Minowa of their switch as her coach makes the transition simpler.
“The one changes I needed to make after I joined Akari had been with my teammates. We now have veterans right here, so constructing connections is absolutely necessary. It grew to become simpler as a result of Cams, Dani, and Kamille, who I’ve performed with earlier than, helped me,” mentioned Lacsina.
“Coach Taka additionally assigned me to be the sport captain. So even when I make errors, I can’t present my teammates that I’m annoyed or have low morale. My mindset is that I would like to steer the group,” she added.
Lacsina seeks to enhance her recreation forward of Tuesday’s match towards a bounce-back-seeking Choco Mucho facet, which obtained swept by Cignal.
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“We all know they’re one of many prime groups, so we’ll work even tougher, particularly on what we lacked on this recreation. We’ll face them figuring out that we will do it and we’ll give our greatest,” she mentioned.
