International congresses crowned with success in Valladolid
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The Spanish city of Valladolid hosted this past weekend two great educational activities, namely the first International Congress on Refereeing, which ended on Saturday afternoon, and the XIX International Congress on Volleyball Coaching. Both events attracted the attention of many coaches, referees, players, and fans in three intense days of enriching presentations for any enthusiast of this sport.
The International Congress on Volleyball Coaching had in its nineteenth edition an exceptional line-up of speakers, with the presence of Italian coaches Angelo Lorenzetti and Giulio Cesare Bregoli, the Finnish expert Tapio Kangasniemi and the head coach of the Spanish men’s national team, Miguel Rivera. Their presentations took place at the Río Esgueva Sports Centre.
More than a hundred coaches from all over Spain and abroad came to Valladolid, including coaches from the highest levels of Spanish Volleyball such as Máximo Torcello, Fabián Muraco, Fredinson Mosquera, Salim Abdelkader, Juan Diego García, and José Valle. None of them wanted to miss the opportunity to continue growing and learning from the invited guests.
The first International Congress on Volleyball Refereeing was held at the Río Esgueva Sports Residence, and also featured some important figures, including Scotland’s Alexander James Steel, who served as President of the FIVB Rules of the Game Commission for 15 years, the current president of the Referees Committee of the Polish Volleyball Federation, Wojciech Maroszek, and Portugal’s Avelino Azevedo, a member of the CEV Refereeing Commission and who holds the honour of having officiated the first Olympic Beach Volleyball match in 1996.
All attendees highlighted the quality of the presentations, thanking the opportunity to listen and learn from relevant figures in both fields. Angelo Lorenzetti, one of the guests invited to share his knowledge during the weekend in Valladolid, added by way of closure that,
“the game is always changing, we cannot stagnate, we must always keep learning to adjust to new models of play,”
hence the importance of maintaining the celebration of International Congresses and give the opportunity to all attendees to further their education and knowledge.