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🏐😍 Jan Zimmermann is the setter of the German national team and at the moment playing for the team of Pallavolo Padova in the Italian Superlega. 💪😎 During the years he has played in Friedrichshafen, Noliko Maaseik, Poitiers, Berlin Recycling Volleys and in one of the top teams in Europe - Sir Safety Perugia. In our podcast Jan shared plenty of interesting stories, including:
✅ Start of the career, most popular sports in Germany, favourite sports of Jan;
✅ Working relations with the spikers, Linus Weber, there is no weak setter, only a weak spiker;
✅ Taking decisions during a match - tactics, shape of the spikers, blockers, result;
✅ Most influential coaches in Jan's career;
✅ The approach of Vital Heynen and the problems in Perugia at the end of last season;
✅ What makes Wilfredo Leon that special? ✅ Bulgarians Jan has played with - Grozdanov, Yosifov, Gotsev, Bratoev, Simeonov, Petrov;
✅ How is the rotation with the setter in Position 1 problematic?
✅ The performance of Padova in the Italian Superlega;
✅ The future of the young players in Padova. Enjoy the podcast! 🔥 🔝
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"The German Maestro | Jan Zimmermann" is an episode of Volleyball Explained. Runtime 27 min. Published February 19, 2022. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.