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Alyssa Valdez braces for NT duties, calls for unity amid attendance issues


The Women’s National Volleball Team’s buildup towards the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship and Southeast Asian Games has been controversial, to say the least.

Earlier tonight, F2 Logistics middle blocker and National Team stalwart Aby Maraño went on a prolonged rant on Twitter, addressing the rumors of dissent within the team.

https://twitter.com/Abymarano/status/884034174218149889

Observers have noticed how, in the past few National Team trainings, attendance has been lackluster. On some occasions, it was only Alyssa Valdez that attended the practice sessions that ended up being cancelled.

In some tweets, Maraño vehemently defended the National Team, deflecting any accusations that the rest of the National Team members were excluding Valdez.

On her part, Valdez urged onlookers to have patience and understand the players’ situations with their respective club teams.

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“Well, naguusap-usap naman din. i think communication is really the key, and Sir Vince [Francis Vicente] just told us to really communicate. What’s happening inside, it’s just gonna be inside the team,” the 24-year-old shared. “Hindi rin natin maalis na may mga commitments din yung iba sa mga club teams talaga nila, ongoing din yung tournaments nila and crucial games din talaga. So we really have to respect their time also, and siyempre yung katawan nila.

“It’s really important na sound mind and sound body tayo pagdating sa training natin sa Japan and sa dadating na SEA Games and Asian seniors. Yun lang naman, bina-balance lang naman lahat.”

Valdez and the rest of the National Team are hopeful that their two-week Japan training camp will help the team truly come together.

“I think this Japan training, hopefully, will help us para siyempre lahat naglalaro sa club team, so hopefully this Japan training will help us with our chemistry and the jelling of the team,” said Valdez, who is competing in her second SEA Games.

The four-time V-League MVP will be missing Creamline’s last three elimination round matches and possibly the playoffs due to the training camp, which begins on July 17 and goes until August 2.

Valdez is willing to risk possibly her club’s season to serve the country.

“Well, that’s the plan naman, to train with the team for the whole duration of the national team training,” expressed Valdez. “And then when we get back here, we have ilang days lang tapos may tournament na nga kami. That’s the original plan and I think we’re gonna stick with it naman.

“Hindi ko alam kung saan nababasa itong mga nangyayaring ito, pero parang ‘di ko rin alam kung saan lumalabas. Pero kung mabibigyan ng chance, siyempre may commitment din naman tayo sa Creamline, and I think everyone knows naman also na the mother company nila ang nag-sponsor ng trip. So, siyempre, let’s be open to all the possibilities, but the plan is to really train with them naman. That’s all that I can say.

“Definitely, it’s hard for me, kasi commitments are commitments, so you have to balance everything. But I’m really thankful for Creamline na they’re very supportive sa national team, sa teammates ko and sa mga coaches na hopefully naiintindihan din nila na bansa muna over everything else,” Valdez expressed.

“But definitely, if given a chance, kung mapapaghati lang natin ang katawan natin at magagawa ng paraan, bakit hindi puwedeng malaruan natin parehas.”

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Miguel Luis Flores fell face first into sports writing in high sch9l and has never gotten up. He reluctantly stumbled into the volleyball beat when he started with Tiebreaker Times three years ago. Now, he has waded through everything volleyball - from its icky politics to the post-modern art that is Jia Morado's setting.


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