China Volleyball Coach Fulin Hopes to Learn from Iran


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China volleyball head coach Shen Fulin says they can learn from Iran and improve in the future.

China lost to Iran 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-14) in the final showdown of the AVC Men's Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification on Sunday.

“We didn’t play well against Iran. I think my players were suffering rather heavy psychological stress though we’ve done a lot of work for that. Judging from the outcome, I don’t think those mental instructions worked well,” Fulin said in the post-match news conference.

“My players still need to strengthen their coping capacity under great pressure, as well as the ability of understanding and analyzing the game on court. Iran is stronger than us in their systematic cooperation, so I hope we can learn from them and improve in the future,” the Chinese coach stated.