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Chinese tips for Omani spikers.


Byline: Divesh Bhal

The long wait for the arrival of the national volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2.  team coach is over and the sultanate spikers will soon resume their training under the new national coach, Zhang Wu-Ping of China. The new coach arrived in Muscat Muscat, Maskat, or Masqat (all: mŭs`kăt, mŭs`kət), city (1993 pop. 533,774), capital of Oman, SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman. It is flanked by rugged mountains.  recently, where he met Oman Volleyball Association (OVA) officials and the players.

The 52-year-old Zhang was a instructor at the China National Sports Committee as well as the

head coach at the Chengdu Sports University with a rank of a professor before joining the Oman national team. In an interview, Zhang said, AoOman is beautiful. It is a fast developing country. This is my second visit to Oman and I have sweet

memories from my last visit.Ao

Zhang was the coach of the Bahrain national team from 2002 to 2003 and led the team to victory at the fifth GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council.

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 MenAAEs Volleyball Championship held in Muscat in 2003. With the sultanate side bowing out of the FIVB FIVB Federation of International Volleyball  World Championship Asian qualifiers in July, the first task for Zhang is to prepare the team for the GCC MenAAEs Championship, which will be held in Muscat from December 8 to 17. He said, AoBefore I flew to Oman, I met Qiao Yuchauan, who served as the national coach of Oman for the last four years. I discussed the strengths and weakness of the Omani players with him. He gave me some tips and ideas. I think Oman spikers have made good progress under him. However, I will be able to evaluate the standard of the players only after I train them.Ao

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Publication:The Week (Muscat, Oman)
Date:Nov 22, 2009
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