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Puerto Rico subpar reception contributes to failures
- Updated: August 10, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10, 2016 – A subpar reception leading to an inefficient offence has been the main reason of Puerto Rico failures in their three matches thus far in the women’s volleyball tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Coach Juan Carlos Nuñez said that good passing is one of the main assets of his team, something that he has been missing in their losses to the United States, Serbia and China, three major powerhouses in today’s game.
Lang Ping, Coach of China: We played OK today and the team is starting to get into rhythm. We faced some problems to block and defend in the first set but then we got better in the second and third. We can play better than we have shown so far but this is a young team and we have to be patient.
Juan Carlos Cruz, Coach of Puerto Rico: Our reception which is one of our strong areas has not been good and we have not been able to run our quick offence to do some damage. We can’t match the blocking of the strong teams here so we depend on good passing to put in practice our …
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