Russia before World League 2013

The comments made by Coach Voronkov are the very same comments made by Alekno before the 2011 World Cup Finals in Japan. Alekno was technically saying that Russia doesn't lack in technique. But what Russia lacked is a sense of team belongingness. That is why he resolved that the players would have to belong to the same age bracket so that they could understand and help each other out -- even in areas outside volleyball. The only holdover from previous Olympic tournaments then is the great Sergey Tetyukhin who promised to take home the Olympic gold for his country. Now that barriers for understanding the complexity of playing against Brazil have been removed, Russia has been enjoying playing volleyball more and more. It helps that these players are getting the best technical and support assistance from the coaching and support staff. And it also helps that they're getting paid hefty sums of money for playing in the Russian League. It would seem to me that regardless of the coach of the national team, Russia will remain strong for many years to come. The coaching system is very well in place and there's a throng of young and tall Russian players who would die just to be part of the NT. (They won the Under 19 World Championships.) Players should just be allowed to play even if their national volleyball committees are not functioning. Russia might be experiencing problems in its economy and politics but these do not deter the team from excelling. I supposed $1M is just fine with them.