UE assistant coach Rhea Dimaculangan.–UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Former PVL setter Rhea Dimaculangan-Villarete discovered a brand new ardour as an assistant coach with the College of the East males’s volleyball group alongside together with her brother Jumbo within the UAAP Season 87 males’s volleyball event.
UE might have began its season off the unsuitable foot with a 25-19, 23-25, 26-24, 16-25, 16-18 meltdown to the College of the Philippines however Dimaculangan nonetheless had a good time passing her learnings to the younger Pink Warriors and serving to out coach Jerome Guhit on Saturday at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
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“Sobrang comfortable ako kahit ganon yung naging end result ng sport kasi nakakamiss yung UAAP. Sobrang iba yung feeling na pagdating sa UAAP kasi labanan ng faculty spirit so comfortable and nakaka — siguro parang iba na kasi yung feeling ngayon na coach, ibang function na. Medyo nakakakaba pala maging coach,” mentioned Dimaculangan, who performed for College of Santo Tomas within the UAAP in early 2010s.
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Setter Rhea Dimaculangan-Villarete is comfortable to assist the UE Pink Warriors as an assistant coach within the #UAAPSeason87 males’s volleyball. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/9mqUOQ6pPA
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The UAAP Season 72 champion and Finals MVP is concentrated on growing the UE setters together with Andre Bicar — the brother of PVL participant Alina.
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The ex-College of Santo Tomas standout admitted it’s simpler to play than to educate however she’s thrilled to be taught from Guhit and her brother Jumbo and even from the gamers, too.
“Sobrang laking adjustment kasi yun nga kailangan ikaw na yung magtuturo eh tapos kailangan kung anong maobserve mo, ishare mo agad sa mga bata,” she mentioned. “Naging madali siya kasi kuya ko and si coach Jerome yung kasama ko so sabi naman nila no stress basta kung ano sa tingin mo yung naoobserve mo, ishare mo lang din. Ganon yung ginagawa ko.”
Dimaculangan, as soon as, contributed to the rise of girls’s volleyball throughout her prime. Now, she hopes to assist Philippine males’s volleyball attain larger heights.
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“Excited saka natutuwa ako kasi kahit ako natututo ako sa kanila. Natututo ako in a manner na hindi lang sa expertise eh, pati kung paano maging bata kasi bata pa eh kparang ikaw na yung tumutulong para imold in direction of sa pagiging skilled so excited,” she mentioned.
Dimaculangan parted methods with PLDT earlier than the season however she continues to be open to return to the PVL when a chance comes.
“Open pa rin. Truly kung might alternative na dumating why not? Kasi itong teaching dumating lang siya so ginrab ko lang. Why not diba? Ibang expertise naman,” she mentioned.
