In my profession as both a photographer and journalist I have to try and remain neutral but I can hardly contain my respect ,admiration and affection for Argentina's Las Leonas, current World Champions.
It just grows and grows , because of their work ethic, that celebrated heart and passion that is at the core of their successes and consistency , the way they work as a genuine team, how natural and nice they are as individuals and because they are now working even harder to retain their dominance rather than resting on their laurels.
And they have a number of fresh members of a large squad and are not dependent on a dominant core of seasoned , experienced players. The pool of talent from feeders clubs ensures squads will emerge of the highest quality , a vibrant national scene at all levels with strength in depth and a great youth devlopment policy . I believe their approach has them ahead of the rest of the world in terms of their preparations for the Champions Trophy and indeed the 2012 Olympics.
It just grows and grows , because of their work ethic, that celebrated heart and passion that is at the core of their successes and consistency , the way they work as a genuine team, how natural and nice they are as individuals and because they are now working even harder to retain their dominance rather than resting on their laurels.
And they have a number of fresh members of a large squad and are not dependent on a dominant core of seasoned , experienced players. The pool of talent from feeders clubs ensures squads will emerge of the highest quality , a vibrant national scene at all levels with strength in depth and a great youth devlopment policy . I believe their approach has them ahead of the rest of the world in terms of their preparations for the Champions Trophy and indeed the 2012 Olympics.
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Here is my rough translation from the original Spanish) from a recent report on the ESPN website of their current activities.
"En mi profesión, tanto como fotógrafo y journlaist tengo que tratar de mantenerse neutral, pero casi no puedo contener mi respeto profesional y personal, la admiración y el afecto de Las Leonas de Argentina, actuales campeones del mundo. Sólo crece y crece, debido a su ética de trabajo, que celebró el corazón y la pasión que es la base de sus éxitos y de su coherencia, su forma de trabajar como un equipo auténtico, lo natural y agradable que todos son como individuos, y porque ahora están trabajando incluso más duro para mantener su dominio en vez de dormirse en los laureles. Y tienen un número de miembros fresca de un escuadrón de grandes y no dependen de un núcleo dominante de los jugadores veteranos y con experiencia.
Carlos "Chapa" Retegui y su personal, incluso tienen la confianza en el bamnd conjunto de las hermanas para que tanto Luciana Aymar y Soledad García permiso de larga duración y también la creencia de que los jugadores, dos de los mejores jugadores del mundo, puede assimualte de nuevo en el equipo en abril, en el período previo a los preparativos para el Trofeo Champiosn, a raíz de la piscina del Torneo Cuatro Naciones month.The de talentos de los clubes de alimentadores garantiza escuadrones surgirá de la más alta calidad, una vibrante escena nacional con fuerza en profundidad. Creo que en el planteamiento de ellos tiene por delante del resto del mundo en términos de sus preparativos para el Trofeo de Campeones y de hecho los Juegos Olímpicos de 2012.
Aquí está mi traducción aproximada del informe froma original española reciente en el sitio web de ESPN de sus actividades actuales.
Carlos "Chapa" Retegui y su personal, incluso tienen la confianza en el bamnd conjunto de las hermanas para que tanto Luciana Aymar y Soledad García permiso de larga duración y también la creencia de que los jugadores, dos de los mejores jugadores del mundo, puede assimualte de nuevo en el equipo en abril, en el período previo a los preparativos para el Trofeo Champiosn, a raíz de la piscina del Torneo Cuatro Naciones month.The de talentos de los clubes de alimentadores garantiza escuadrones surgirá de la más alta calidad, una vibrante escena nacional con fuerza en profundidad. Creo que en el planteamiento de ellos tiene por delante del resto del mundo en términos de sus preparativos para el Trofeo de Campeones y de hecho los Juegos Olímpicos de 2012.
Aquí está mi traducción aproximada del informe froma original española reciente en el sitio web de ESPN de sus actividades actuales.
BUENOS AIRES - After a week of fitness work in the gym and pool exercises with the new physical trainer, ex Pumas , Alejandro Labonia, Las Leonas began Monday in the CENARD the early work for pitch based field hockey in 2011, ahead of the tournament Four Nations to take place in Mendoza and Rosario next month.
With an almost complete squad, ( just missing Luciana Aymar and Soledad Garcia with the permission of the coaching staff until April ) Carlos Retegui returned to training with the team on pitch in the run up to the Four Nations clash with Australia, Germany and U.S. next month and then the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the Champions Trophy in Holland this summer
"The goal of this team is to be confident to take any title from the above. So we have a base of 70 players, to convey that the new Las Leonas team is a considerable force to be reckoned with " said Retegui at CEard after the first round of training began with 8 members of the Rosario World Champion squad of 2010 and the newer girls who are part of the 2012-2016 Olympic projection groups.
"Today we also have to add to the current 27 Leonas select 30 Olympic and 28 players from the Pampas 11 screening project. This gives us the possibility of having a large squad to choose from many players who have individual and group responsibility, taking the entry level into the actual team even higher, "said Retegui.
Meanwhile, Rosario Luchetti, commented that " Getting back to training it seems a little unusual that we are no longer seeing a squad dominated by older well known established and highly experienced players . While we have still "Lucha " Aymar and "Sole" Garcia, coming back later , in time the newcomers will be the majority following new replacements, fresh talented players joining the squad. This is good because it illustrates the positive growth of hockey in the country and girls who have made the selection from its seeds of earlier development work "
And also talked about the year ahead: "We have happily taken on a lot of additional preparation work, including friendlies to stay in rhythm and match fit. It's very tough competition these days with near-professional hockey now in Argentina and the rest of the world, and we will fight even harder now to defend our position, because otherwise we will lose our place at the top and nobody wants that. "
The players who showed up today on court "Adriana Acosta" at the CENARD were : Belen Succi, Laura Aladro, Julia Simonassi, Silvina D'Elia, Noel Barrionuevo, Mariela Scarone, Daniela Sruoga, Delphine Merino, Carla Rebechi, Giselle Kanevsky, Rosario Luchetti, Carla Dupuy, Josefina Sruoga, Marcela Casale, Rocío Sánchez Moccia, Jimena Cedres, Ana López Basavilbaso, Victoria Zuloaga, Natalia Del Frari, Martina Cavallero, Maccari Sophia, Macarena Rodríguez, Florence Habif, Rocío González Eugenia Canda and Garraf.
The team will train in double shifts in the CENARD but on Monday February 7th, the campus will start in the afternoon due to Mendoza to begin the skills and stay in Rosario during the selection will arrive in Italy to play with the projection equipment.
Then the activity will continue in March in preparation for a tour of New Zealand and Australia, and in May, when the team travels to San Diego to face a test series against trhe United States, their rival to beat for the Pan AM crown.
With an almost complete squad, ( just missing Luciana Aymar and Soledad Garcia with the permission of the coaching staff until April ) Carlos Retegui returned to training with the team on pitch in the run up to the Four Nations clash with Australia, Germany and U.S. next month and then the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the Champions Trophy in Holland this summer
"The goal of this team is to be confident to take any title from the above. So we have a base of 70 players, to convey that the new Las Leonas team is a considerable force to be reckoned with " said Retegui at CEard after the first round of training began with 8 members of the Rosario World Champion squad of 2010 and the newer girls who are part of the 2012-2016 Olympic projection groups.
"Today we also have to add to the current 27 Leonas select 30 Olympic and 28 players from the Pampas 11 screening project. This gives us the possibility of having a large squad to choose from many players who have individual and group responsibility, taking the entry level into the actual team even higher, "said Retegui.
Meanwhile, Rosario Luchetti, commented that " Getting back to training it seems a little unusual that we are no longer seeing a squad dominated by older well known established and highly experienced players . While we have still "Lucha " Aymar and "Sole" Garcia, coming back later , in time the newcomers will be the majority following new replacements, fresh talented players joining the squad. This is good because it illustrates the positive growth of hockey in the country and girls who have made the selection from its seeds of earlier development work "
And also talked about the year ahead: "We have happily taken on a lot of additional preparation work, including friendlies to stay in rhythm and match fit. It's very tough competition these days with near-professional hockey now in Argentina and the rest of the world, and we will fight even harder now to defend our position, because otherwise we will lose our place at the top and nobody wants that. "
The players who showed up today on court "Adriana Acosta" at the CENARD were : Belen Succi, Laura Aladro, Julia Simonassi, Silvina D'Elia, Noel Barrionuevo, Mariela Scarone, Daniela Sruoga, Delphine Merino, Carla Rebechi, Giselle Kanevsky, Rosario Luchetti, Carla Dupuy, Josefina Sruoga, Marcela Casale, Rocío Sánchez Moccia, Jimena Cedres, Ana López Basavilbaso, Victoria Zuloaga, Natalia Del Frari, Martina Cavallero, Maccari Sophia, Macarena Rodríguez, Florence Habif, Rocío González Eugenia Canda and Garraf.
The team will train in double shifts in the CENARD but on Monday February 7th, the campus will start in the afternoon due to Mendoza to begin the skills and stay in Rosario during the selection will arrive in Italy to play with the projection equipment.
Then the activity will continue in March in preparation for a tour of New Zealand and Australia, and in May, when the team travels to San Diego to face a test series against trhe United States, their rival to beat for the Pan AM crown.
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