Farm Contemporary centered on progress, not win streak

Farm Contemporary Foxies throughout a PVL on Tour recreation in opposition to Galeries Tower HighRisers. —PVL PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Farm Contemporary could appear to be getting its groove with three straight wins within the PVL on Tour, however  coach Alessandro Lodi is much from glad.

The Italian coach consider his group underperformed to kick off the Cebu Metropolis leg regardless of  the 27-25, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of the winless Galeries Tower on Saturday  at USJ-R Coliseum

“I don’t care concerning the [win streak]. I by no means discuss wins and losses. We solely discuss issues we will management,” mentioned Lodi after Farm Contemporary rose to a 3-1 file, tying its remaining preliminary opponent, Nxled.

“It’s a course of. It takes a very long time. We have to turn out to be approach higher than we’re. We have to study a variety of new issues. Individuals need to make main adjustments as a result of how they’ve been taking part in is nowhere near ok to compete at a excessive degree within the league,” he added.

Farm Contemporary tries to seize the ultimate outright quarterfinal berth from Pool A in opposition to Nxled on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

Trisha Tubu, who topscored with 14 factors, continues to shine beneath Lodi’s system with Jolina Dela Cruz, Rizza Cruz, Lorene Toring, and rookie setter Alohi Robins-Hardy.

However identical to her coach, Tubu is prioritizing enchancment after a sluggish first-set displaying in opposition to Galeries, which Farm Contemporary received via the breaks of the sport.

“Within the first set, we actually felt the jitters. One factor we have to work on is bringing that very same degree of aggressiveness proper from the beginning,” mentioned Tubu in Filipino.

“We’re getting there. It’s nonetheless a course of, however now we’ve totally embraced coach’s system. We belief in what he desires for us,” she went on. “Even our service, we had a variety of errors, however we by no means misplaced our aggressiveness. Our objective was to serve exhausting and scale back errors. We’re additionally specializing in blocking and taking part in sensible.”

Within the ongoing preseason, Lodi desires the Foxies to deal with their group’s progress, not the outcomes.

“It’s actually a long-term course of. It takes a while. Wins and losses come and go,” the brand new Farm Contemporary coach mentioned. “We all know that we don’t management wins, we solely management our aspect of the courtroom and what we do each day. The total focus is on the method and what it takes for us to get higher.”