Signal Corps strengthens its forces
With impressive performances in youth tournaments as well as when playing for Kinh Bac Bac Ninh team in the A-class tournament, Ngo Thi Bich Hue was trusted by the coaching staff and given the opportunity to compete for the Information Corps team in the second phase of the 2024 National Volleyball Championship.
Bich Hue plays in the opposite setter position, is considered to have good height and powerful attacking style. She will, together with her senior Kieu Trinh, take on the opposite setter position for the army team in the upcoming phase 2.
Although there will be pressure and challenges for the 2006-born player, this is also an opportunity for Bich Hue to develop herself, gain experience, and prove herself when competing with her seniors.
Lao Cai Stadium installs "magic eye" technology
Today (November 5), the professional department of the organizing committee of the 2024 National Volleyball Championship installed the Video Eyes Challenge device (magic eye technology) at Lao Cai Provincial Gymnasium.
A representative of the volleyball department (Department of Physical Education and Sports) said: "Before the matches took place, we conducted referee training to ensure professional management. This time, the total number of referees sent to work in Lao Cai is 20. Because there is a "magic eye" system to support the referees, the organizing committee plans to arrange only 2 linesmen to do professional work in each match."
The women's event of the second phase of the 2024 National Volleyball Championship will be held in Lao Cai from November 7 to November 17. All 9 teams have arrived in Lao Cai and have been arranged to familiarize themselves with the field in recent days.
Former Signal Corps assistant coach of PFU BlueCats
Mr. Daitaku Baba worked in Vietnam for 1 year as an assistant coach of the women's Information Corps team in 2014. Recently, Mr. Daitaku Baba was appointed as the head coach of the PFU BlueCats club - the Japanese team where striker Tran Thi Thanh Thuy played for 3 seasons.
This coach used to be an assistant for the Japanese women's volleyball team and had the opportunity to face Vietnam at the 2023 AVC Championship. At that time, the team from the land of the rising sun won 3-2 against Vietnam in the third-place match. That year, captain Thanh Thuy scored 22 points.
This season, in the PFU BlueCats squad led by coach Daitaku Baba, there are 3 foreign players: setter Natthanicha Jaisaen (who played for Quang Ninh in 2023), Thatdao (captain of the Thai team) and American opposite setter Kashauna Williams.
