The Montauban Volley-Ball 82 and the Union Nautique Montalbanaise intend to capitalize on the beautiful image that their sports have given to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The Olympic Games are the best showcase for amateur sport. Every 4 years, the French rediscover fascinating disciplines often forgotten by TV channels. Volleyball and rowing for example had an immediate impact thanks to two beautiful gold medals. To the point of having positive repercussions on Montalbanese clubs? In any case, that’s what they hope for.
The MVB82 takes the opportunity to seduce even more
An Olympic gold medal in volleyball, who would have believed it? Arrived without being favorites, the French volleyball players surprised everyone to bring back the most precious of charms. While volleyball is considered the poor relation of French collective sport, the French men’s team will have relaunched (hopefully) an era of success. To the great happiness of Sylvain Chottard, president of Montauban Volleyball 82: “We highlighted their career on social networks, of course we must take advantage of it. We cannot yet say if there has been a great effect on the registrations but it will be up to us to ride this wave “. In any case, the French federation is pushing in this direction: “We received a lot of posters with the main players of the France team, it tries to make a point of honor to attract future members via this great success” . Even if it has been 3 years since the MVB82 has observed an increase in the number of registrations, to the point of “duplicating certain categories where young people are too numerous” according to Sylvain Chottard. He also notices that a volleyball manga titled “Haikyu !!” has also attracted new curious people, just like summer in general, which is a good time to practice volleyball or beach volleyball as a leisure activity. While waiting for the sports festival and the workshops discovered in primary schools to complete. Abundance of good does no harm.
Gold drives the Union Nautique Montalbanaise
This Wednesday afternoon, the Union Nautique Montalbanaise offered the curious free introductions to the practice of rowing in order to welcome new members at the start of the school year. In people’s minds, the gold medal for the men’s pair composed of Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias is an additional source of motivation according to Christine Leclerc, president of the club: “We were proud because they gave a very beautiful image of this sport. which receives little media coverage. We will try to bounce back from this victorious image of the Olympics and I can tell you that our young people are coming back here with a desire to train and reach a better level to follow the example of the champions! ” . Words supported by Jean Duclos, coach of the club: “it allows to talk about it more than usual and the young people precisely need references. Successful athletes can become idols, an example to follow for them”. Emilien, 17, comes to discover this practice. The idea, inspired by his mother who already practices the discipline, was also able to germinate in part thanks to the French exploits: “I could not see the medals live because they took place in the middle of the night, suddenly I saw the replay but in any case it’s motivating. I wanted to discover a new sport and with our victories it made you want even more! ” There too the club received many posters with the Olympic medalists at the head of the gondola. An additional opportunity according to Christine Leclerc “to attract the attention of young people with high level athletes who will make them want to discover and give themselves even more to this sport”. This is all the evil we wish them.
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