The leaders of Euro tour-2018/19 in volleyball in the snow after the first two stages was the team of Tatarstan, which is a master's student of the Volga region Academy Viktor Markov.
Native of Kuznetsk (Penza oblast), where Victor came back to school in the Volga region Academy, he was engaged in volleyball to local youth. In the Academy for two years he played for the student "Academy-Kazan", and then was injured. A year was spent on recovery, after which the question of a professional career has lost relevance. Markov concentrated on his studies, after the master's degree he intends to enter graduate school and defend his candidate's degree. He associates his future with scientific and teaching activities. In parallel, already tries herself in the role of a coach leads the first group in one of the city's sports schools, helping the project "sitting Volleyball", which implements another student of the University Julia Safikhanova. But as a player with a favorite sport, Victor did not say goodbye, taking up winter volleyball.
This type of popular game is actively developing today. And no wonder, beach volleyball has gained a crazy popularity. And in how many countries the summer is too short to give volleyball fans plenty to play. Passion for volleyball in the snow is not bypassed and warm countries. In Europe, fans leave the ball through the net in the cold climb into the snowy Alps. The world Federation held a tournament in Iran last year. There is already talk about the inclusion of the species in the program of the winter Olympic games. Pyeongchang hosted an exhibition match. Under the auspices of the European volleyball Confederation. Last year, the European championship was held in Austria. Qualifying for the tournament are the stages of the Euro tour, following which tickets go to the representatives of the countries occupying the highest places in the ranking.
In December, the stage was held in Russia, the mistress of the competition in Moscow. And it was the Russian stage that became the first one held under the new rules: now three people play on the court, plus one spare. According to Victor Markov, it was made that winter volleyball left" from a shadow " beach. By the way, in Moscow Victor managed to communicate with the legendary American Lloy Boll, the ex-captain of the Kazan Zenit. As part of the American team, ball flew to Russia.
- It's a pity didn't get to play against Boll, - said Victor. - They lost to Romanians in the semifinals. I in the morning for Breakfast met with Lloy, I ask: well, let's play today. So sorry and he throws up his hands: yesterday we lost!
In General, the rhythm of life in Victor Markov is very dense. Sports, studies, coaching. And nowhere can you allow yourself to relax, to cheat. But even such a crazy schedule did not prevent the guy to take part in the competition "I am a professional", organized at the native Department of theory and methodology of volleyball and basketball. Here, Markov made no concessions themselves or competitors. A theoretical test was performed on 100% by correctly answering 45 out of 45 "volleyball" issues. The next two stages didn't win, but on the total amount of points managed to win.
- In creative tasks I was honest, maybe a video about training someone turned out more colorful. But this has nothing to do with the content. And the essay, in my opinion, succeeded. In it, I expressed my own opinion about who the coach is. This is not someone who says how many times you need to do push-UPS or where to run. This is the one who in a difficult situation will give advice on how to act…