The German Maestro | Jan Zimmermann

Volleyball Explained

Volleyball Explained

February 19, 202227 min
Volleyball

The German Maestro | Jan Zimmermann

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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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