Women’s national soccer team head coach Colleen Bell has quickly called up her players to prepare for the 2024-2025 season, which will not feature any major competitions.

Bell began training on the afternoon of the 27th at the Gyeonggi Paju National Training Center (NFC).

In this call-up, which will last until the 3rd of next month, the national team will train without any evaluation games to prepare for the next evaluation game scheduled for the end of February next year and improve their organization.

As it is the A-match period, overseas players have also joined Paju NFC.

Coach Bell met with reporters before the afternoon training session and said, “This is important in that it is a training session to prepare for the training at the beginning of next year,” and defined it as “a preparation period for better performance in 2024 and 2025.”

Coach Bell, who uses training instead of trials to solidify tactics and organization, said, “We tried to hold a trial, but it was canceled due to various details. However, during the call-up period, we will work on tactics as well as the details of the offense and careful coaching of young players.”

“After the 2023 FIFA World Cup Australia-New Zealand, there were important tournaments such as the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou and the second qualifying round for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, but we did not achieve much,” he said, adding, “We will learn from this year and focus on building a better team.”

Bell, who took over the reins of the Korean Women’s National Team in October 2019, believes that with no major international tournaments for the foreseeable future, it’s time for a generational change in the A team.

“The current main players will be aging by the 2027 World Cup, so I called up a lot of new players,” Bell said. “If we continue to call them up next year and the year after, and they improve their skills and play good teams, I think we can do well in the next World Cup.”

However, he once again pointed out the lack of foundation and system in Korean women’s soccer.

“We need to transfuse young blood,” Bell said, “and we want to create an environment where young players can improve their skills when they come out of college and go to the WK League.

“If you look at women’s soccer powerhouses, they either have really strong domestic leagues or most of their main players are playing in the top leagues,” he said. “I think Korea is afraid of that change. As a coach, I have a desire to reach a higher level, but it requires collaboration with various stakeholders.”

“In addition to short-term tournaments such as the World Cup, Asian Games, and Asian Cup, good players can continue to develop if they are supported by regular call-ups.”

In addition to coaching the Women’s A team, Bell will be in constant communication with Park Yoon-jung, who is also in charge of the U-20 team, to help develop prospects into key players.

“I’m open to traveling with the U-20s if the call-ups don’t overlap,” Bell said. The younger guys, like Casey Eugene Fair (Independent), are obviously on the age-group squads as well, so we’ll continue to talk to Park,” Bell said.

“We’re going to continue to monitor the good players to make sure they don’t get lost in the shuffle, and we’re going to work on improving their skills,” Bell said, adding that his biggest motivation as head coach is to make sure the women’s team is of the highest quality and performs well.

The first 20 minutes of training, which began at 4 p.m., were open to the media.

Prior to the training, it had been drizzling with winter rain in the morning, which further reduced the temperature in Paju, but despite the chilly weather, the players were in good spirits as they began their first training session.

A total of 21 players took the field, including Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC) and Kim Hye-ri (Hyundai Steel).

Lee Young-joo (Madrid CFF), Lim Sun-joo (Hyundai Steel), who was called up by Bell, and Lee Jung-min (Mungyeong Sangmu), who took the place of Kang Chae-rim (Hyundai Steel) due to swelling in her right knee, will join the team on the 27th and 28th.

The players ran a couple of laps around the stadium in a row, and Coach Bell ran with them and joked with them.

After warming up with stretches, the team divided into groups of eight and 10, excluding the three goalkeepers, and practiced passing the ball with Sulae in the center. 메이저사이트

Hwang Sun-woo (20-Gangwon Provincial Office) has qualified for a third consecutive World Aquatics Championships medal.

Hwang was the first to touch the touchpad in the 200-meter freestyle final of the men’s general category at the 2024 Swimming (Management) National Selection Trials at Gimcheon Indoor Pool in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, on Sunday with a time of 1 minute, 45.68 seconds.

Second place went to Kim Woo-min (22-Gangwon Provincial Office) and third to Lee Ho-joon (22-Daegu Metropolitan City Office) with times of 1:46.06 and 1:46.07, respectively.

The event is a qualifier for the World Championships in Doha next February, with swimmers qualifying by beating the International Swimming Federation A time and placing in the top two in their respective events.

Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min just missed the FINA A record in the men’s 200-meter freestyle (1:47.06) to qualify for the World Championships.

Hwang, who won a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest and a bronze medal in the 200-meter freestyle at this year’s Fukuoka Games, will try to win a third consecutive medal in Doha next February.

Lee Ho-joon, who reached the 200m freestyle final alongside Hwang at this year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, met the International Swimming Federation A time but missed out on qualification by 0.01 seconds to Kim Woo-min.

Kim, who did not compete in the 1,500 meters at this meet to focus on the 400 and 800 meters freestyle events, showed his talent in the shorter 200 meters and qualified for the World Championships.

She will swim the 800-meter freestyle relay at the World Championships, where she finished fourth.

Lee Yoo-yeon (23-Goyang City Hall) finished fourth in 1:48.04, beating out Yang Jae-hoon (25-Gangwon Provincial Office), who competed at the Fukuoka World Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games this year.

Lee, who was a member of the 800-meter freestyle relay at Budapest 2022 but lost out to Yang Jae-hoon this year, has rejoined the Korean men’s relay team at its peak.

Yang finished fifth in 1:50.70.

However, Yang had won the men’s 100-meter butterfly earlier in the day in 52.70 seconds, which met the Korean Swimming Federation (KSF) standard of 52.74 seconds.

He will now be reviewed by the Performance Enhancement Committee to determine if he can compete at the World Championships.

In the men’s 50-meter backstroke, high school sophomore Yoon Ji-hwan (17-Gangwon Chego) finished first and booked his first World Championships ticket.

Yoon finished in 24.96 seconds, the only swimmer in the field to break the International Federation A record of 25.16 seconds.

Lee Ju-ho (28, Seogwipo City Hall), who had earlier qualified for the World Championships in the 100 and 200 meters backstroke, finished fourth in 25.35. 토토사이트

It’s been a tongue-in-cheek year for South Korean swimmers, especially Hwang Sun-woo (21-Gangwon Provincial Office).

The year began with two training camps in Australia, followed by the national team selection in March, the Gwangju Swimming Championships in June, the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka in July, the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September and the National Games in October.

Even with depleted stamina, Hwang proved that he is unbeatable in the 200-meter freestyle.

Hwang won the men’s 200-meter freestyle final with a time of 1 minute, 45.68 seconds at the 2024 Swimming (Management) National Team Trials at Gimcheon Indoor Pool in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, on Sunday.

He easily met the International Swimming Federation’s A record in the men’s 200-meter freestyle (1:47.06) and secured a spot at the world championships in Doha, Qatar, next February.

After the race, Hwang Sun-woo said, “First of all, I got a time in the mid-1:45s, which is not bad. “My brothers, who competed in the 200 meters, also did well in the off-season, so I’m looking forward to next year’s World Championships and the 800 meters at the Olympics,” he said.

Kim Woo-min (Gangwon-do) was second in 1:46.06 and Lee Ho-joon (Daegu Metropolitan City) was third in 1:46.07.

Lee Yoo-yeon (Goyang City Hall) finished fourth in 1:48.04, returning to the Korean men’s 800-meter freestyle relay after a two-year absence.

“All the athletes at the trials said that it was very difficult for them because they had just finished the Asian Games and the National Championships and they had to compete again,” said Hwang Sun-woo, “but they prepared well for next year’s 안전카지노사이트 World Championships, so it was a good result.

In the 200-meter freestyle, three swimmers – Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min and Lee Ho-joon – broke the International Swimming Federation’s A time.

Only the top two swimmers who meet the A time qualify for the World Championships.

“I feel that the 200-meter freestyle has improved a lot with three swimmers breaking the A record, and if we do our best in our respective positions, good results will come,” said Hwang.

“The 200-meter freestyle is really competitive now, so I feel like I need to stay focused and work hard without letting go of any nerves,” he added.

Hwang is aiming for a third consecutive medal and an Asian record at the Doha World Championships.

After breaking the Korean record in 1:44.47 to take silver in Budapest in 2022, Hwang broke another Korean record in 1:44.42 to take bronze in Fukuoka this year.

Hwang’s Korean record in the 200-meter freestyle, set in the final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, is 1:44.40, close to the Asian record of 1:44.39 set by Sun Yang (CHN) in 2017.

“I’m 0.01 seconds away from the Asian record, and my first goal (in Doha) is to break it,” Hwang said.

A first World Championships medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay is also in sight.

The current Korean record is 7:01.73, set by Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon and Yang Jae-hoon at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Hwang Sun-woo said, “Our time in Hangzhou was surprising to us, but we can improve on it if we look at our individual times. We hope to use the Doha Games next year as a springboard to break into the top six in the relay at the Paris Olympics.” 카지노사이트

The women’s national team, led by head coach Colin Bell, began their final training session of the year on Sunday afternoon at the Gyeonggi Paju National Training Center (NFC).

Despite being in the midst of an A-match, the team will only hold a call-up training without an evaluation game, reflecting Bell’s intention to focus on refining the details of tactics and offense.

“This is the last call-up of the year, but even though there is no match, it doesn’t change my mindset,” said striker Choi Yoo-ri (Birmingham City). I’m going to work hard in training.”

Choi, who missed the second qualifying round for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a torn hamstring (muscle in the back of the thigh) and had to watch her team fail to qualify for the Olympic Games on a screen, said: “I really wanted to play with them. I’m so grateful to my teammates who fought so hard, gave everything they had and played their hearts out, even though the result was disappointing.”

“It’s been a process of adapting to the high-intensity soccer that the coach wants for the past four years, and I think the high-intensity soccer came out to some extent in the last game,” she said.

Choi, who made his Birmingham City debut in the 18th minute of the second half on May 5, said, “I worked hard to show what I have in the 30 minutes I had,” adding, “England has a lot of players with good physicality and speed. I’m learning to bump into them and adapting,” she said of her time in Europe.

Choi Yoo-ri, who laughed and said, “I still have a lot of older sisters in the national team,” said that as the younger players are gradually being called upon by Coach Bell, she is playing a bridge in the middle, saying, “I am working hard to raise the atmosphere with my voice.”

Son Hwa-yeon (Hyundai Steel) commented on the call-up training without an evaluation game, saying, “There is less pressure, so we can perform well in a relaxed situation,” but warned, “If we are too careless, we could get injured.”

Sohn believes that if she can use the call-up to rebuild her fitness and improve her forward pressing and build-up, she will be able to perform well in the next A match.

“We talk to each other a lot and try to fill in the gaps,” she said, adding, “If we play together for a longer period of time, we will be able to exchange good influences.”

Son Hwa-yeon, who scored a hat trick in the second leg of the Hyundai Steel 2023 WK League championship match at Incheon Namdong Stadium on May 25 to lead Hyundai Steel to its 11th consecutive title, reflected, “I had a hole in my right knee, so I rested the first leg, and it was said in advance that I would not play the full time in the second leg.” “I think I put pressure on the second half because there were a lot of goals in the first half,” he said.

Kwon Da-eun (Hyundai Go), who had joined Paju NFC as an extra training partner but was officially called up by Coach Bell in this call-up, said, “I am so honored to be officially called up and to be able to train with my sisters, and I am surprised that the opportunity I vaguely dreamed of has become a reality.”

“I learned different strengths from my legendary sisters,” Kwon said, “and I’m especially motivated to learn more about Ji So-yeon’s (Suwon FC) creative play and mindset.”

Kwon Da-eun, who indirectly felt the atmosphere as a reserve member at the 2023 FIFA World Cup Australia-New Zealand, said, “I’m really eager to prepare well. I want to be responsible and fight hard,” she said, adding, “Coach Bell’s high-intensity training was tough, but I think it helped me. I want to experience more new things in the national team.” 슬롯게이밍

It’s no exaggeration to say that Korean swimming is having a “second coming” these days.

If Park Tae-hwan’s gold medal at the last Olympics was the achievement of a “single genius,” now Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min (Gangwon-do) and Lee Ho-joon (Daegu Metropolitan City) are battling it out in the 200-meter freestyle.

The men’s 200-meter freestyle final at the 2024 Swimming (Management) National Team Trials held at Gimcheon Indoor Pool in Gimcheon City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on July 27 was a great opportunity to see where Korean swimming stands today.

The competition was fierce, even if the times were a bit low due to the fatigue of the athletes who competed in back-to-back events.

Hwang Sun-woo took first place in 1:45.68, followed by Kim Woo-min in 1:46.06 and Lee Ho-joon in 1:46.07.

The three swimmers broke the International Swimming Federation A record (1:47.06) after the national team trials in March this year.

Korean middle and long-distance standout Kim Woo-min also beat Lee in the 200-meter freestyle.

Lee made the final of the 200-meter freestyle at the Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships in July, where he and Hwang Sun-woo finished sixth against some of the world’s best swimmers.

If an event has multiple swimmers with A times, only the top two qualify for the World Championships.

It was the kind of scene you’d expect to see in a swimming powerhouse like South Korea, where a swimmer in the final of the World Championships is eliminated from the domestic trials.

“Now I feel that I have to concentrate hard and not let go of any tension in the 200-meter freestyle,” Hwang said after the race.

The 200-meter freestyle final not only determined who will compete in the 200-meter freestyle at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, next February, but also the 800-meter freestyle relay team.

Fourth-place Lee Yoo-yeon (Goyang City Hall) won in 1:48.04, beating out fifth-place Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office – 1:50.70) to become the new 800-meter freestyle relay swimmer.

“It’s an honor to be back on the national team,” said Lee, who was selected for the relay after a two-year absence. I’ve been training with Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo, and I think I’ve gotten better without realizing it. If we continue to train and compete together, I think we can break the current Asian record (7:01.73) and break into the top six,” said Lee.

Thanks to the emergence of a number of strong swimmers in the 200-meter freestyle, Korean swimming has also reached its peak in the men’s 800-meter freestyle relay.

At last year’s World Championships in Budapest, Korea reached its first-ever medley relay final, and again in Fukuoka this year, finishing sixth.

Their Asian record of 7:01.73, set when they won gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games, was good for third place at the Fukuoka World Championships.

The dream of an Olympic medal has begun to grow in the hearts of the athletes in the relay.

Kim Woo-min said, “We can definitely get into the top six in the 800-meter freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics. Each athlete’s individual performance is improving, so it is possible,” said Kim Woo-min. “If we get into the six-minute range, I think we can aim for the dream moment of an Olympic medal.” 토토사이트