The former national coach of the German men wants his new team to field three specialists for acceptance. “Nobody plays like that in the whole world“, said Heynen before the start of the Nations League on June 1st in the USA against Brazil: “I hope that we can find a good solution with this. I am convinced of this in the long term.“
Heynen is training a women’s team for the first time. Since the end of January he has succeeded Felix Koslowski in the German volleyball team. “We expect him to be able to develop both players individually and the team as a whole. It will be important for the team to accept the changes“said sporting director Christian Dünnes when the Belgian took office.
Lippmann changes to the sand
Heynen (52) will have to do without Lippmann in the future, who is starting anew as a beach volleyball player. In the position of the diagonal attacker, Heynen is initially missing the important replacement Kimberly Drewniok, who will only be available again for the World Cup from the end of September. “The training is going very well“, reported Heynen, who is now looking forward to the first position determinations in the Nations League.
In the Nations League, the best 16 teams in the world will play out the title at three venues over a period of six weeks. The games in this so-called “Nations League” are important for the world rankings. Germany plays in Bossier City (US state of Louisiana), Brasilia (Brazil) and Calgary (Canada).
Source: dpa