Argentinean Vachino starts
second year as coach of Mexico
Tijuana, Mexico, January 5, 2013 – One year after taking over
the coaching job of the Mexican junior and youth teams, the
Argentinean Estanislao Vachino can exhibit tangible achievements
that suggest a promissory future for the second most populated
country within NORCECA Confederation.
Last year under the tutelage of Vachino, Mexico claimed the
bronze medal at the Youth Continental Championship held at home
in Tijuana and then got the silver medal at the Junior
Continental Championship that took place in Managua, Nicaragua.
Those achievements granted Mexico berths in the 2013 FIVB Youth
and Junior World Championships to be held in Thailand and Czech
Republic.
Vachino, who polished his coaching career in Brazil, is
confident about the chances of Mexico to finish among the top-ten
in the junior world championship mainly because many of his
players have been competing against the senior teams of the
region at events like the Women’s Pan American Cup.
“The experience of those players will be very helpful to
increase our chances of a good result in the Czech Republic,”
commented Vachino after a training session at the High
Performance Center in Tijuana. “We completed a phase of training
with very intense court practices and also work with weights and
at the track facility.”
The authorities of the Mexican National Federation, presided
over by Ismael Acosta, expressed both satisfaction and
enthusiasm about the new trend the national teams are taking
with the coach Vachino.
“We are very satisfied with the results attained last year and
now we are prepared to compete in the world championships,”
Acosta said. “Then we have to continue our development within
the new Olympic cycle that includes the 2014 Central American
and Caribbean Games to be held in our country in the city of
Veracruz.”
The National Federation has embraced a long-term program whose
main goal is to convert volleyball into a massive discipline.
The national teams of age-group categories currently include
players from the states of Yucatan, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon,
Colima, Sinaloa and Baja California. |