PVL: Cool Smashers talk about their first win in Reinforced Conference | ABS-CBN News
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So, kailangan lang namin ng manalong una para magkasunod-sunod siguro.
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Tatrabahoy na yung mabuti yung mga next game namin.
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Thank you, Coach.
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And for MJ, ikaw rin isa sa mga nag-step up for 3-9 ngayong conference nito.
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Ano lang yung feel mo na pati hindi ka makuha ng itong panalong to?
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Siyempre, happy kasi dagdag inspiration namin today.
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Birthday nga ni Coach.
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Ano, 28 na siya, Joe.
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Tapos, inspiration din namin na kailangan namin makabawi from our last game.
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Kasi, andun din naman talaga yung panapos lang din.
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And, kita naman din kanina na everybody had yung better energy.
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Talagang, ano, better effort din talaga from everyone playing.
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Coach, ano po yung update na kay Eliza and Coach kung ba't di sila nakalaro ng first two games?
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May minor injury kasi eh.
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Pero, hopefully, makabalik sila agad sa team namin.
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Yun lang naman yung binigay sa amin din update ng mga PTs namin.
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So, minor injury lang naman.
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So, may timeline about?
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Pero, siyempre, hindi basta-basta mamadaliin.
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Hopefully, makabalik sila agad nga.
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We also have our best player of the game here, Erika Salga.
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Erika, congrats on this win.
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What are your thoughts on your performance today?
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I think I did pretty well.
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I think I had a lot of things I wanted to focus on and improve from Tuesday.
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One of them, just taking smarter shots, hitting higher because, like I mentioned, the defense
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here in volleyball in the Philippines is very scrappy.
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The blocks are getting great touches.
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So, I wanted to make sure that I was hitting a lot higher than I did on Tuesday.
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So, luckily, it worked out.
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But, that was one of my favorites.
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That was one of my focuses.
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Coach, nung last game nga, parang sabi niyo, nag-cool off sa panagos.
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But, this time, parang kita sa mga sets na nabuhay niyo yung parang rallies.
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Ano mas sabi mo sa performance?
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Parang, kung bagay yung fighting spirit this time around ng team?
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Except for set, no?
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So, yun nga, tinitingnan namin yung team namin.
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Kasi, siyempre, medyo iba yung mukhang nasa loob.
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Tinitingnan namin mabuti kung ano ba talaga yung ibubuga ng team.
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Kung ano ba yung i-improve namin as a team.
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Naroon na yun sa first stringer namin.
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Last game, maganda naman yung laro.
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Talagang, breaks of the game lang yung nangyayari.
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So, hindi kami masyadong nalungkot.
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Kaya, buti na lang nakabawi din kami ngayon.
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So, mag-improve pa yung team namin.
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Yun yung target namin.
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Every game, mag-improve kami.
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Wala naman si Eliza in class for the second game.
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Meron ka ulit yung next step after the team.
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Siguro, hindi naman ito parang bago sa'yo for stepping up for your team life.
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Pero, ano lang yung nagiging...
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How many teachers are ready lang na to, you know, contribute and lead the team?
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Siyempre, nag-i-start kami sa practice.
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Pareho-pareho naman kami ng role.
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And, lagi naman din nire-remind sa amin yung coach na leader din kami lahat on and off the court.
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So, whether you're playing or not, you always have a big contribution to the team.
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So, to be ready...
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Kung ano lang talaga yung opportunity nandiyan sa harap, kailangan take advantage lang talaga.
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Pag nakakuha ng set, kailangan paluin.
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So, just really doing my job inside.
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And, really trying to contribute kahit in any area that I can.
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For Michelle, mayroon sa Greenline 2 years, strong starting core, elite squad.
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But, after these first two games, do you think this was the concrete proof that Greenline's second stringers is really ready for the challenge
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even without yung starters?
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So, will you say na Greenline siya complete team dahil solid nga siya from 1 to 16 sa layup?
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Yes, siyempre. Greenline naman isn't just one player.
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So, it's really the whole team.
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We're really one big family.
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And, pareho-pareho naman kami ng ginagawa every day.
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We all have the same program.
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We all have the same training.
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Our coaches treat us all the same.
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So, whenever we step into the court, we all have to perform in the same way also.
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So, kahit naman sa mga coaches namin.
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Hindi nila hinahanap kung sino yung mga wala.
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So, kailangan sa sarili namin.
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Once we're inside, we have to really take this opportunity.
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Especially kami na hindi rin part ng first six before.
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So, we really need to step up.
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Para din sa mga inaantay namin bumalik.
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And, to follow up on that lang din.
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These first two games, medyo mas na-challenge yung Greenline than what we usually see.
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So, what do you think or what did it all come down to for you in terms of yung nag-struggle in the first game?
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And, medyo itutong-tutong?
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Or, why before you got the group here in the second game?
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Na-mention din ni coach kanina na medyo bago pa talaga yung chemistry namin inside.
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So, just really that gel, that chemistry, alam na namin yung galaw ng isa't-isa.
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I think that's what we're really looking and building on right now.
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And, slowly and surely naman, nakukuha naman namin in practice.
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And, masaya din kami na nakikita namin na nag-improve talaga sa game.
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So, no way but up for us.
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And, each and every game, we just really want to perform better.
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Especially with Erica, she's very young.
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And, being here sa Philippines, na na-expose siya sa ganito ka laking venue, such a big crowd.
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So, it's also fun na she also has a lot of input for us.
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And, big contribution talaga siya sa amin.
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For Erica, you mentioned after your first game about playing how the defense here is in the Philippines.
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I guess, how did you take that playing into the second game to help Greenline get this first win?
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Yeah, I think one thing that I learned pretty quickly, especially after playing PLDT is the block touches.
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I think I was swinging too hard and too low.
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So, today, especially it was helpful like AtaMG would even say like, swing high, swing high, swing high.
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So, having my teammates kind of there reminding me, it's definitely a team effort.
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Like, even Eliza came up to me and gave me some offensive, defensive tips.
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So, it's really team conversations and them even helping me out.
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Like she said, I'm new.
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So, here, this is my first international experience.
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So, I just want to make sure that I am looking to our veterans and getting their advice.
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Seeing what they see, even if they're on the sideline, injured.
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They have a great set of eyes.
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They have a lot of wisdom there.
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So, I want to make sure that I'm listening to them and learning from them.
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And, kind of just any feedback that they have for me taking that and just trying to improve my game and play smart.
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I hope you have a great game.
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So, in the end, we appreciate you.
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We just wanted to thank everyone.
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Thank you for being our coach and our personnel.
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You're still a coach.
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Of course, we will be good.
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Our team will be good.
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Of course, we will be healthy.
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Number one, injuries.
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That's the most important thing.
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I also wish that our team will be successful.
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Number one is injuries.
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Because we have a lot of injuries.
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So, hopefully, they will come back.
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And, they will be able to return to the games.
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Ericka, of course, this conference is basically, you know, a lot of the pressure, a lot of the offense is relied on the enforcement.
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But, I guess, for you as a young player, how does it help to have these veteran players?
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And, how do they help keep the pressure off of you knowing that they can also contribute on the court?
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I think it's great.
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Especially, that was a pretty tight match.
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Especially, the first few sets.
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So, just really being able to look to them for composure.
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They're a championship team.
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They're not unfamiliar with pressure.
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So, it's easy to look to them to kind of take the pressure off me a little bit.
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And, also, I have so many other great hitters on the team as well.
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So, it's definitely, it's not just me.
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I think another thing that we worked on a lot this week was taking care of the simple balls so that we could get our middles involved.
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And, run some of our combination plays.
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I think that definitely was impactful tonight versus Tuesday.
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So, I think even there's a lot of pressure on the imports.
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But, one person can't win a game.
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It's definitely team effort.
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So, being able to spread out our offense, run pin-to-pin, and also get our middles involved, I think was a big deal in this win.
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For Coach and MG, nung nakaraang all-Filipino efforts, nung nag-harap-harap pinigayin ng Farm Fresh, medyo berito rin yung nangyari na sila yung nakahuna.
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Very na-challenged din kayo.
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Parang, meron bang something sa Farm Fresh na parang medyo kailangan gamayin pa ng green light?
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Kasi parang nag-level up din sa rin.
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Siyempre, yung Farm Fresh talagang nakaprepare din sila.
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Palagi, every conference, nagpe-prepare sila.
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I think, nagpunta pa sila ng Japan para mag-training this conference.
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Pwedeng baliwala yan.
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Kasi mga blue chips din yung mga players.
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So, I think yun yung nangyayari palagi pag Creamline and Farm Fresh.
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Pero, siyempre, hindi kami magpapabaya.
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Kahit kaninong team naman.
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I think lahat naman, when they come against Creamline, they're more excited.
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And I think they're really, talagang gigil na gigil sila.
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Siyempre na, makatapat and matalo kami.
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Kahit isang set, malaking bagay din yun for their confidence, I'm sure.
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And Coach always says that Farm Fresh talaga.
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They're a young team.
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Nothing to lose sila.
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Talagang, this is ano, they're gaining a lot of experience, a lot of exposure for them.
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They have a good import and a good setter and good spiker.
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So, complete talaga sila.
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Siguro, ano, bata pa lang din talaga.
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A lot of them are fresh out of college.
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So, a long way to go and I'm sure a bright future naman for all of the rookies here in the PVL.
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Were there any first game jitters for you?
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Back in the first game and how did you work on that going into this game?
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I think definitely, especially it being my pro debut.
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But one thing I really tried to focus on to kind of settle my mind was just to kind of enjoy the moment and enjoy the process.
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There really is nothing like the environment for volleyball like it is in the Philippines.
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So, really kind of leaning into like the enjoyment side of things and just remember that like I love volleyball.
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I chose to do this.
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I chose to be here.
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I'm excited to be here and kind of focusing more on that.
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And like I've said before, Creamline does a great job of making sure that us as players, we're focusing on having fun.
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And if we're not having fun, then we're not playing to the best of our ability.
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So, kind of just locking into all of those things.
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Working on like some mindset things before the game just to really calm myself down.
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So, there definitely were some pregame jitters.
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But also some processes to kind of settle that and really kind of change the jitters from maybe nervousness.
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To more excitement.
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And just embracing the process.
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Siyempre magpapahinga kami bukas.
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Kasi buong week kami nag-practice.
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So, magpre-prepare muna kami sa MXLed.
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Kasi hindi din namin alam kung, ewan ko yung import nila kung sino ang maglalaro.
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Kasi parang dalawa yung import nila ang nakikita namin eh.
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So, magpre-prepare muna kami para na-orient nila namin yung games nila para mapaghandaan namin mabuti.
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Every opponent naman namin talagang pinaghahandaan namin.
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Really focus on our next game.
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But siguro what we also have to watch out for is really ourselves.
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And laging binabanggit sa amin ni Coach na more than our opponent, it's really on our side that we're having small problems or small miscommunications.
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And that's what we really have to work on in practice.
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Coach said we have day off tomorrow.
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Thank you, Coach.
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Thank you, Coach.
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Coach, yan na tayo.
