Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2011 – Wagner Pacheco has been putting his Dominican Republic women’s junior team through its paces ahead of the 2011 FIVB Women’s Junior Volleyball World Championship as the side looks to go one better than the last edition when they arrive in Peru for the tournament in July.
The Brazilian coach has been working with the team five days a week in an effort to improve on the silver medal they won in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico at the last edition in 2009.
Focus has been on both conditioning and on-court training. Veteran stars Marianne Fersola and Brenda Castillo, the latter of whom was a member of the Dominican Republic squad that finished 17th at last year’s FIVB Women’s World Championship in Japan, will join up with the squad once they have finished the season with their clubs. Castillo currently plays for Club Las Criollas de Caguas in the Puerto Rican league while Fersola turns out for Club Murcia 2005 in the Spanish League.
While training will continue, the side will get on-court experience at the Women’s Junior Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru in June before returning to the same country for the FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship from July 22-31.
