2007 Women’s World cup:

Fofao, Volleyball Maestro without a conductor baton
Kumamoto, Japan, November 12, 2007- Usually the Maestro of the Concert uses his conductor baton to lead the team of Musicians, but in the volleyball field the condition is different as the Brazilian skillful setter Fofao doesn’t use a baton to lead her players as a captain but she uses her volleyball full mind to lead the concert of Samba in the World Cup with her full sensations.

Fofao already deal with volleyball by sense, as she is thinking that to play volleyball by the mind is much more important than to play with the muscles. By this theory the intellectual setter makes the different combinations by the net that disturb any team and any kind of defense.

Her coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes is very confident with his efficient setter to apply his strategy of tactics because he knows that she is very intelligent to deal with any situation. “I’m happy to see a player of Fofao kind in my team because she is calm and play with her mind.” Roberto said. “In any critical situation she can deal with comfortably because she is intelligent and can read the game and follow up all the weakness points in the opponent, so I rely on her experience to lead the team in the critical situation and I need less interference from the technical area.”

Fofoa is concentrating now on her volleyball career because she had no time to waste to achieve her dreams with Brazil team in the near future with the Olympic Games coming as a main target. “I finished my study of physical education and now I live for volleyball only.” Fofao said. “I spend 8 hours daily in training and in the free time I’m watching volleyball matches everywhere to get more experience, and I have only few hours every now and then to see the movies”.

“My job in the volleyball court usually needs assistance from my colleagues and I’m lucky to play with a group because they have all the volleyball skills that allow them to use my balls effectively in attacks”. She concluded.



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Fofao in action with her sense and skills