The “hammer” Agostini and Baciocco Garlasco unleashed on the market

The left-handed hitter born in 1994 and the 22-year-old striker at the disposal of coach Bertini They come from Aversa and Montecchio Maggiore. The club confirms the veterans Puliti and Giampietri

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After the officialization of the director Alessandro Bellucci, in view of his second consecutive championship in men’s A3 Volley 2001 Garlasco unveils two other grafts, namely Leonardo Baciocco, Ligurian striker class 2000 who boasts six seasons in A2 and A3 (the last played in Montecchio Maggiore) and Filippo Agostini, born in 1994, left-handed spiker of 2 meters, originally from Foligno, ex Aversa in A3.

Baciocco started with volleyball in Lavagna, and then moved to Club Italia in Rome. The experience away from home accelerated his growth: «After the youth academies in Lavagna, at 15 I moved to Club Italia to play in A2 – explains Baciocco – Leaving home at that age is a decisive step. At the beginning it is difficult, then an incomparable formative opportunity. I met Michele Totire, one of the coaches who most influenced my growth and vision of the game and whom I also followed in Santa Croce in A2 ». Coach Bertini will have a young striker in full maturity: «The one in Garlasco will be my seventh year between A2 and A3. I am not yet an experienced player, I am working hard on some fundamentals, such as reception and serve, having only started hitting spin for a couple of years. In volleyball, as in any sport, the more balls and situations you face, the more you learn which is the best shot. For example, in recent years I have been learning to manage the situation by making more use of the hands of the wall ». The next season with Garlasco promises to be important for the Ligurian forward: “I played in A2 when the A3 was not yet there, experimenting with different levels of play and I can say that the top formations in A2 are superior, precisely because of their speed. of game. The next season of A3 promises to be competitive and I believe that some teams will approach the level of the higher series ».

Confirmation for Clean and Giampietri

As for Agostini, here are his first words in the Lomellina jersey: «My distinctive characteristics are those of the second line, but I also contribute to the net. They call me a man of balance. In A3 we need both players with more offensive characteristics and stability: the important thing is to create a team game that is not unbalanced on a fundamental ». The Umbrian hammer finds familiar faces in Garlasco: «In addition to the coach and the staff, I already know several players, such as Puliti, with whom I have remained in excellent relations after the experience in San Giustino. Then I know the CEO Italo Vullo, patron in Massa in the first season out of Umbria in 2015 ». Meanwhile, Garlasco confirms the striker Leonardo “Zlatan” Puliti and the central Lorenzo Giampietri.—

Fabio Babetto