The College of Santo Tomas (UST) found what it takes to beat sturdy opponents and at the moment are getting the hold of driving a scorching run within the males’s V-League Collegiate Problem.
And the Golden Spikers don’t have any plans of letting go of that five-game win streak with the No. 1 spot forward of the semifinals at present of their grasp.
Not with UST coach Odjie Mamon always urging his staff to depart no room for errors. “I advised them that they’re giving the chance to the opponent and [reminded them] what would occur if we now have that (alternative from errors); so they need to let our foe [be the ones to] commit the errors,” Mamon stated after handing Ateneo its first loss, 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15, on Sunday in entrance of a Thomasian-filled Paco Area.
“If the set just isn’t adequate, simply throw [the ball] to the opponents. That’s why I used to be getting annoyed and instantly subbed out whoever was committing errors… there are different gamers on the roster,” stated Mamon, who has been working to steer the Golden Spikers’ away from the “most beneficiant” in errors tag.
Fixing the puzzle
UST, whose solely loss was its opening sport towards La Salle, was the primary staff to resolve the beforehand undefeated Blue Eagles’ puzzle after ending with solely 27 errors, a stark distinction to UST’s earlier video games which is one thing that Mamon was comfortable to see mirrored on the stats sheet.
The Thomasian mentor, who has been known as to guide the boys’s volleyball staff within the upcoming Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China, credited the win to numerous components together with an incoming rookie and their scouting report of what has up to now been a dominating run for Ateneo.
“We studied [how] Ateneo is enjoying [in preparation for the matchup] as a result of the gamers additionally needed to get the No. 1 spot going to the semifinals… that was our motivation,” Mamon stated earlier than revealing to the Inquirer that he could be lacking the playoffs to serve nationwide staff responsibility.
Wanting ahead to main the boys’s volleyball staff’s first look within the quadrennial video games after 49 years, Mamon is assured that he’s leaving the Golden Spikers in good fingers. He stated the UST teaching employees, full of head coaches of different squads, will proceed to implement their program versus the robust competitors forward.
The Golden Spikers’ final elimination conflict will probably be towards bottom-dweller San Beda College on Friday, when Mamon expects to see newcomer center blocker Trevor Valera proceed his wonderful efficiency.
“What he (Valera) is doing is simply enjoying fundamental volleyball so his efficiency right this moment (Sunday) will function my instance to the extra skilled gamers,” he stated.
“[I will say to the others] ‘That is what I need to occur and he’s simply following the system whilst you guys who’ve earlier expertise are doing one thing towards the system,’” Mamon stated. INQ
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