Alojzy Świderek: we were so close

- We were so close- continued coach Świderek. – We have been preparing to every single match with strong focus on the following one. We did not look forward. The same assumption was at the final match. We tried not to think of what will be if we win or lose. Our goal was to play the match point by point, till the end. Still, we are only human beings. It normal that finally we started to think about promotion to the Olympic Games. It was a big challenge to handle with. We did not make it.

- Since the beginning of the final match against Turkey we did not play well. We could not deal with the pressure of the game and in the hall. It was not the volleyball we used to present for all the period of the tournament. The were very few moments the game has been developing the way we wished. In 2003 the result was 3:0 and now it is 0:3 – said coach of the national team, Alojzy Świderek, after the final match.

- We were so close- continued coach Świderek.  – We have been preparing to every single match with strong focus on the following one. We did not look forward. The same assumption was at the final match. We tried not to think of what will be if we win or lose. Our goal was to play the match point by point, till the end.  Still, we are only human beings. It normal that finally we started to think about promotion to the Olympic Games. It was a big challenge to handle with. We did not make it.

Even though we lost in Ankara, the national team will face the next targets.  – Now we plan to perform the best we can during the World Grand Prix and get the more points the possible to pull up in the FIVB ranking. I hope all the team members who have began the preparations to the season in Szczyrk will continue their work – said Alojzy Świderek.

- We will continue our strategy – announced the coach. – All the teams which play volleyball on a high level do it in a similar way. I did not invent anything that was new. I only tried to sort out certain things. What I presented after the Olympic Games in Beijing, when I submitted my candidature for the position of the coach of the national team, was being implemented from the very beginning. There was not much time for preparations and changes. Still there is a lot of work to be done. We have to focus on simple elements we get angry with, when we can not perform it well. It is a very arduous work, but we have to spęd more time on practicing these elements on the trainings.

- I would like to thank the girls for the trust and faith in our goals, established before the season. I would like them to continue their work and make it be just a very start of the team, which will develop the female volleyball in Poland – said Alojzy Świderek.