Philippine volleyball is rediscovering its glory and reigniting its spark with knowledgeable teaching, inspiring a nation’s ardour because it units its sights on the worldwide stage.
Volleyball within the Philippines is a ardour that brings folks collectively, fills arenas and evokes desires. Volleyball has been part of Filipino life for years. However whereas the game is liked throughout the nation, reaching success on the world stage has been a problem. Now, with the assist of FIVB Volleyball Empowerment and skilled coaches, the Philippines is discovering its method again and aiming increased than ever earlier than.
Volleyball holds a particular place within the hearts of Filipinos, with the game thriving throughout collegiate and membership leagues.
Packed stadium for the match of Staff Philippines.
“The scene is somewhat vibrant, notably within the college and collegiate sector the place there’s, immediately, a captive viewers throughout the pupil physique and the academe,” stated Donaldo Caringal, Secretary Basic of the Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation (PNVF).
The power from educational establishments has been matched by the rise of membership leagues, notably for girls’s groups, which have garnered large assist from followers nationwide.
“A number of membership leagues have additionally established their presence, amassing big spectatorship primarily for the ladies’s groups,” Caringal shared.
Regardless of the game’s widespread attraction, constructing a unified and constant nationwide programme has been a problem. With college and membership leagues working on impartial schedules, aligning coaching durations for the nationwide groups has usually confirmed troublesome.
“The business success of each college and membership leagues introduced vibrancy to the game but additionally posed challenges to formulating and implementing a constant nationwide coaching programme,” Caringal defined.
This fragmentation meant gamers struggled to completely decide to nationwide call-ups, a scenario that additionally affected seaside volleyball.
“For seaside volleyball gamers, the attract of pursuing a membership volleyball profession generally impacted their momentum on the sand courts,” he added.
The volleyball and seaside volleyball groups are referred to as ‘Alas Pilipinas’ – Alas is a Filipino phrase for volleyball time period ‘Ace’.
Nonetheless, the Filipinos’ love for volleyball has by no means wavered. This ardour has laid a powerful basis for progress, which the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment programme is utilizing to information the nationwide groups ahead. With strategic assist and skilled teaching, the programme is unlocking the potential and aiming for fulfillment on the worldwide stage.
The focused teaching assist has been a turning level for the Philippines’ nationwide volleyball and seaside volleyball programmes. By bringing in skilled coaches and implementing structured coaching methods, the assist has revitalised the groups, setting the stage for constant progress and improvement.
“The teaching assist platform has jumpstarted the nationwide groups with the goal to enhance participation and rank factors, set up a constant programme schedule, and provoke a change in mindset that offers a lot significance to the nationwide crew,” defined Caringal.
Italian coach Angiolino Frigoni is on the helm of the Philippine males’s crew that can compete on the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Males’s World Championship.
One of many standout points of the programme has been the introduction of coaching strategies tailor-made to suit the distinctive context and wishes of the Philippines. These strategies, whereas up to date to worldwide requirements, are sensible and related, guaranteeing gamers can adapt and excel.
“The introduction of coaching strategies that are up to date, but related to the context and peculiarities of the Philippines’ set-up has confirmed to ship a giant distinction, ultimately leveraging the gamers’ performances,” Caringal stated.
An emotional Jovelyn Gonzaga hugs her accomplice Cherry Rondina after successful their first-ever worldwide gold medal in seaside volleyball.
The influence of the assist is clear within the outcomes. In 2022, only a month after arriving within the Philippines, coach Joao Luciano Simao Barbosa helped the ladies’s seaside volleyball crew obtain a historic milestone by securing the nation’s first-ever worldwide seaside volleyball medal.
The Seaside Professional Tour Futures in Subic noticed an all-Filipino gold medal match within the girls’s occasion, a second that showcased the potential of the nationwide programme. In addition they made their mark on the 2023 Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China, ending in fifth place.
Gold and silver for the Philippines on the Seaside Professional Tour Futures.
The boys’s crew additionally secured notable outcomes, successful bronze on the 2023 Southeast Asian Video games in Cambodia and a silver medal on the 2024 Seaside Professional Tour Futures in Nuvali.
In volleyball, the Philippines has seen outstanding achievements since receiving FIVB’s assist. The ladies’s volleyball crew has earned important medals, together with a bronze on the 2024 AVC Problem Cup, in addition to bronze finishes on the 2024 SEA VLeague in each Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
The boys’s volleyball crew has additionally made its mark with bronze medals on the 2024 SEA VLeague in Manila, Philippines, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The identical assist that contributed to those outstanding successes may also be seen within the recognition of particular person athletes, equivalent to Julia Morado-De Guzman and Angel Canino. Each gamers obtained Dream Staff honours in the course of the 2024 AVC Problem Cup for Girls, with Morado-De Guzman being named Finest Setter and Canino recognised as Finest Reverse.
Jia Morado-De Guzman wins Finest Setter on the 2024 AVC Problem Cup for Girls.
Internet hosting main volleyball occasions has performed a major position within the improvement of the game within the Philippines.
“Internet hosting occasions, each volleyball and seaside volleyball, has at all times prompted the necessity to subject a aggressive crew to play at house. This has likewise resulted in higher publicity for the game as a household leisure platform, which might additionally ignite extra curiosity for extra folks to choose up the game, on various ranges,” Caringal stated.
The visibility generated by internet hosting such occasions has created extra alternatives for followers and members to have interaction with the game.
Wanting forward, the Philippines will host the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Males’s World Championship, a significant milestone for the nation. Internet hosting these prestigious occasions additionally supplies distinctive alternatives and challenges for the nationwide groups.
“The internet hosting immediately supplies a slot for the Philippines to take part within the competitors, whereas the FIVB and Volleyball World will present an 8-year empowerment program for NF-Philippines after the occasion,” Caringal defined on laying the groundwork for long-term improvement.
Coach Angiolino Frigoni giving directions to his Alas Pilipinas gamers.
The assist has been key in serving to the nationwide groups take advantage of these alternatives.
“FIVB’s assist is designed for sustainability, the place periodized ‘tranches’ are supplied to cowl preparatory actions, occasion assist, post-event reporting and audits, and empowerment tasks lengthy after the occasion has been accomplished,” Caringal stated.
Latest adjustments within the construction embody aligning the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) calendar with FIVB’s, strengthening PVL’s partnership with the nationwide federation and securing crew homeowners’ dedication to assist the nationwide groups.
“With this, PVL has strengthened its partnership with PNVF by getting the crew homeowners to decide to assist the Nationwide Staff Program,” Caringal said.
The programme has additionally attracted extra company assist, serving to enhance the picture of the nationwide groups.
“Company companions and types have change into increasingly more to assist NF Philippines, which has additionally helped enhance the picture of the nationwide groups,” he stated.
“Athletes, coaches, officers, and even spectators at the moment are much more conscious of the game’s world influence, which additionally results in extra curiosity in how respective stakeholders can play an vital position.”
Alas Pilipinas captain Jia Morado-De Guzman in opposition to Vietnam.
For athletes, FIVB’s involvement has elevated their standing and opened new alternatives.
“It augments the notion of athletes for the game, with the status of someway being affiliated with the game’s highest governing physique, for instance, taking part in FIVB-level occasions. It additionally sparks aspirations for them to discover extra aggressive platforms, by totally understanding the game and the journey related to achievement.”
The targets for volleyball and seaside volleyball are clear: enhance participation, enhance rankings and develop extra specialised gamers.
“We goal to extend participation to submit higher rankings for each disciplines, enhance the variety of seaside volleyball gamers and develop FIVB-level volleyball referees,” Caringal stated.
“We aspire for a future the place the game is loved and celebrated domestically, whereas additionally receiving worldwide accolades as the house of excellent volleyball and seaside volleyball gamers, competent referees and technical officers, and the very best and most memorable host cities of FIVB and Volleyball World occasion properties.
“PNVF is grateful and honoured to obtain the assist of the FIVB, and we stay up for persevering with an incredible partnership within the years to return,” Caringal concluded.
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