Farm Contemporary Foxies throughout a PVL on Tour sport towards Galeries Tower HighRisers. —PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Farm Contemporary might appear to be getting its groove with three straight wins within the PVL on Tour, however coach Alessandro Lodi is much from glad.
The Italian coach imagine his group underperformed to kick off the Cebu Metropolis leg regardless of the 27-25, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of the winless Galeries Tower on Saturday at USJ-R Coliseum
“I don’t care concerning the [win streak]. I by no means speak about wins and losses. We solely speak about issues we will management,” mentioned Lodi after Farm Contemporary rose to a 3-1 document, tying its remaining preliminary opponent, Nxled.
“It’s a course of. It takes a very long time. We have to develop into approach higher than we’re. We have to study loads of new issues. Individuals must make main adjustments as a result of how they’ve been taking part in is nowhere near adequate to compete at a excessive stage within the league,” he added.
Farm Contemporary tries to seize the ultimate outright quarterfinal berth from Pool A towards Nxled on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Trisha Tubu, who topscored with 14 factors, continues to shine below Lodi’s system with Jolina Dela Cruz, Rizza Cruz, Lorene Toring, and rookie setter Alohi Robins-Hardy.
However similar to her coach, Tubu is prioritizing enchancment after a sluggish first-set displaying towards Galeries, which Farm Contemporary received by way of the breaks of the sport.
“Within the first set, we actually felt the jitters. One factor we have to work on is bringing that very same stage of aggressiveness proper from the beginning,” mentioned Tubu in Filipino.
“We’re getting there. It’s nonetheless a course of, however now we’ve totally embraced coach’s system. We belief in what he needs for us,” she went on. “Even our service, we had loads of errors, however we by no means misplaced our aggressiveness. Our aim was to serve exhausting and cut back errors. We’re additionally specializing in blocking and taking part in good.”
Within the ongoing preseason, Lodi needs the Foxies to give attention to their group’s progress, not the outcomes.
“It’s actually a long-term course of. It takes a while. Wins and losses come and go,” the brand new Farm Contemporary coach mentioned. “We all know that we don’t management wins, we solely management our facet of the courtroom and what we do day by day. The complete focus is on the method and what it takes for us to get higher.”
