News Volleyball 29/05/2014 «I’m already missing volleyball after three days » When Germannational coach Giovanni Guidetti talks about his favourite kind of sportsvolleyball, everybody feels the big passion the Italian has got for it. TheNorth Italian talked to us about the German recipe of success and hismentality.Giovanni Guidettihas been the coach of the German national team since 2006, but can’t get enoughof his job; Volleyball is his life: “I enjoy to work with young players everyday and construct a team, with my club Vakifbank Istanbul in Turkey and theGerman national team.”Germany has beenplaying till now with a strong and spirited performance at the 29thMontreux Volley Masters and proved big team spirit: The believe for the victoryhas always been one of the big characteristics. “We never give up, even if wehave to fight against a big deficit, we believe in our own power and want towin.” More than just one proof of the big fighting spirit of the team withyoung talents. “It’s not funny to work without a good atmosphere in the team”,Guidetti explained. The German team has been shining here at the MontreuxVolley Masters as a strong collective and not only because of outstandingindividualists. “We want to work hard, even harder as the other teams”, the 41years old Italian explains.The headcoach evencreated a special plan for the season. For once, the players weren’t allowed togo on holidays right away. They had to join the national team first and playthe 29th Montreux Volley Masters and the European-League in Stuttgart. Afterthese tournaments they will get there well deserved vacation. „During holidays,they shouldn’t touch any ball and just free their minds. Only their physicalcondition needs to stay strong.“ After all they have a big goal: The FIVB Women’sWorld Championship in Italy.Guidetti has beenworking with the German team for eight years and with his Turkish clubVakıfbank Spor Kulübü for six years. He had a lot of success with both of them.For example, he became vice European-Champion with the Germans, won the Turkishchampionship several times in a row and the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club WorldChampionship in Zürich in 2013. The Italian lives betweenthe cultures; Guidetti was born and grew up in Italy, where he started hiscareer as a coach, is married to the Turkish national player Bahar Toksoy andlives in Turkey and works a lot in Germany with the national team.Nevertheless, Giovanni Guidetti has never forgotten his roots, at least theculinary ones: “I still prefer Pizza to Döner Kebab and Currywurst.” Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News