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Tomoko Yoshihara (Japan) of Heungkuk Life Insurance, the coach of women's professional volleyball, said, "I can't forget the bitter shock loss to GS Caltex three days ago," but stressed, "There should be learning in such a game."
Coach Yoshihara met with reporters ahead of the match against Pepper Savings Bank in Jin Air 2025-2026 professional volleyball V-League home game at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon at 4 p.m. on the 1st. If you lose and take it to the end, you won't get anything," he said.
Earlier, Heungkuk Life won two sets first in an away game against GS Caltex on the 29th of last month, and then lost three sets and suffered a 2-3 upset loss. The match will be held on the same day with the momentum of his bid for his sixth consecutive win losing ground.
Coach Yoshihara said, "There is a sense of resentment, but there is something to learn from such a game. I don't like things like, "The end of losing." "I'm trying to connect learning to the next," he said. "The game wasn't all bad either. We prepared for this game by modifying a few seats," he added.
Unlike Heungkuk Life Insurance, which plays in three days, he said, "We don't win or lose because of the recovery time," regarding the schedule that is mixed with the opponent who plays the first game of the second half after a break of more than 10 days. It could be advantageous or disadvantageous, he said. "We have to overcome those conditions anyway."
In response, Cho Ji-yeon, manager of Pepper Savings Bank, said, "During the All-Star break, we prepared two things that need to be supplemented in the first half and what we need to do in the second half. "I raised a lot of physical parts such as weights at that time (which I couldn't do) because it was so tight," he said.
Coach Jang said, "Among the many things I aim for (the second half of the year) is the efficiency of offense against high balls. He said, "It's not a success rate, but the efficiency is about 17%, but we wanted to raise it to about 20%." He added, "We talked a lot while watching video clips and studying the steps of high-ball hitting players."
On the schedule of playing for the first time in a long time since the 21st of last month, coach Jang said, "So I think the beginning will be important. It was a practice game on its own, but it was different from the actual game. "We practiced as close as possible to the actual game, but today's game is important to raise our sense of play from the beginning," he said.
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