It’s time for presentations of what’s to come because Domotek Volley Reggio Calabria, which has just been promoted to Serie A3. The Amaranth club has presented the new sporting director Cesare Pellegrino, other pieces will follow starting from the technical director announced by Antonio Polimeni, to be inserted into the mosaic. For Pellegrino, decades filled with dunks over the elite nets, full Serie A and the blue shirt to chisel with luster a career steeped in satisfaction. Then the bench, teaching volleyball, explaining how to do it, revealing which technical and human characteristics cannot be ignored. Now, with Domotek Volley having obtained residency on the upper floors, the right time to take off the role of coach and put on those of sports director. Sports director on and off the pitch, because Pellegrino loves being in contact with the players, following their evolution, exploring their behaviour, studying individual and locker room dynamics: the best way to understand what is needed to build a harmonious team.
“Balanced and with the hunger to always improve: this is – reveals the new sporting director – the roster that we are building in symbiosis with the club. With Polimeni the deep bond and esteem have ancient roots, we have already worked together and I appreciate both the continuous desire to progress is the human side, the one that matters a lot more to me.” The new manager of Domotek Volley Reggio Calabria then goes into detail about this important step in his professional life: “When I finished the championship I was involved in we talked to each other. Realizing immediately that the prospects for operating well were excellent, I decided to accept the proposal responsibly. What convinced me was the observation of how well the corporate organization was structured. Having had the opportunity, over the years, to get to know many realities closely, I have a deep certainty: what happens in the field it is the mirror of a club, what happens on the pitch is a direct consequence of the quality of a club’s work. Although it has been on the scene for less than a year, that Reggio team, a mix of competence and passion, has forged ahead, growing rapidly. Realizing closely how it was set up, how everyone knows what to do and what their role is; happily becoming aware of the way in which I was welcomed, I had no doubts whatsoever.”
The sports director, a volleyball man by definition, followed their exploits during the sporting year that the Amaranth team had just closed with the sumptuous result of promotion to A3, also attending the playoff matches. The ideas on what the path of the dominant team in Group I of Serie B was very clear: “The management of the group is, for a coach, the most difficult part of his job, but Antonio Polimeni has been smart since the pre-season when he decided to rely, intelligently, on good players he already knew, ambitious people who like challenges, difficult ones.” Ambition, a concept dear to Cesare Pellegrino and which he found when discussing with the club’s top management, in dialogue with the general director Marco Tullio Martino: “Everyone is centered and concentrated, everyone moves animated by the fixed idea of constantly progressing, of perfecting oneself, to get the best. I return to a Serie A context, an environment where I know many players and coaches. The level of the tournament will be high, with two groups, and this new role stimulates me a lot huge amount of videos, but the highlights are not enough for me, I want to see the player under stress on the pitch. The primary objective is a 4 place that attacks on high balls. In US colleges they work very well and the players are as good as in Eastern countries Furthermore, a notable tradition persists in wise teaching on basic fundamentals. Furthermore, another important step, I am interfacing with the League. I want to make the most of this opportunity and give everything for my city which, after 38 years,. thanks to this club, he rediscovered Serie A in men’s volleyball.” From the long experience accumulated on the bench she has gathered the best, also learning a lot from leading women’s teams. A wealth of experience that places him in the ideal position to also express an opinion on the recent championship final which culminated with the leap into the higher category: “Well done, they were good at receiving the stimuli coming from the club and staff, picking up the pace at the decisive moment and keeping it equal to that of the strong Apulian teams, clearly surpassing them just when it was needed to make the season majestic”. The thoughts have a precise direction: “We are working with Antonio on the basis of the team that won Serie B”.
