We are not looking for talents, We have found them and are waiting, When they grow up!
Gazprom-Yugra volleyball club conducted an open training for pupils of sports schools in the city of Surgut. A few dozen guys, with all their hearts love this game, got the opportunity to work with idols. The chance to work out in this format due to the dense calendar of the team does not occur often. But the resulting impulse motivates for a long time, He speaks Coach of the Avers sports school Yuri Mikulik:
“We have been cooperating with Gazprom-Yugra for several years now, Our pupils play in the youth team, In the Superliga Command. Sure, For the young generation, it’s interesting to even just be on the site, Where the elite plays, It is very useful to work with idols. I'm sure, that after such classes no one will miss a single training in the near future in the near future. After all, guys are sick for the team, They go to games. And today they had the opportunity to play with those, who inspires them to further work ".
Yuri Mikulik-the coach of the binder Gazprom-Yugra Maxim Kirillov. Yuri Vasilievich told, that it was almost impossible to kick Max out of the gym - he always came to training: after school, in activation, on vacation. Even when I was sick – worked hard.
"He's exactly the same, how were these young guys today?, I rolled balls in the Super League. Mom somehow came up, asked about him, and I'm showing: "there's a photograph, where he stood a little taller than the banner", – с улыбкой вспоминает Юрий Микулик.
Сам Максим Кириллов вырос из игрока сборной спортшколы «Аверс» сначала в лидера молодежной команды ЮКИОР, and then from 2020 was involved in the Gazprom-Ugra games. The first match was played in Surgut against Enisey in October 2020. He won his first victory in a game against Belogorye in January 2021. From that moment – constantly on the Super League team's roster. Rafael Khabibullin in a November interview with Sport BUSINESS Online called Kirillov a diamond, and stated, that "The moment will come, when they will fight for him. But so far the young player lacks understanding, that you need to train hard, watch your weight, take care of yourself".
Maxim Kirillov himself is modest. Admitted, that still has mixed feelings, when they ask for a photo, or autograph. And he agrees with the head coach to work, it takes a lot to keep growing. The main thing is there is a desire.
“My parents are athletes too., grandparents. sport – it's family, that's why it's never like that, to train carelessly. I always wanted to reach heights in big sports.", – noted Maxim Kirillov.
At the open training he had his own group of guys, with whom he worked. The guys did a warm-up, worked with balls and, divided into teams with Super League players, played a series of mini-meetings.
Young people in Surgut pay a lot of attention. "Gazprom-Ugra", can say, a pivotal city in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug in the development of this Olympic sport. In an application for a Super League team match – from 3 to 5 their pupils. Right now it's Kirillov, Golovanov, Slobodyanyuk. Alexander Evseev is involved, Roman Parkhomenko, Gordey Kachurov. It is not excluded, what among the guys, who conducted a full training session with Gazprom-Yugra volleyball players, new stars of Surgut and Russian volleyball will appear at the Premier Arena. They're playing in the Super League today 9 athletes, who started their journey in the economic capital of Ugra. Among them is Igor Kobzar, silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, 2-multiple winner of the League of Nations.
"Such a workout, I think, very important, primarily for kids. For the guys from the Super League, this is a certain psychological relief: sea of positivity, guys making fun of each other, cheer for the teams, made up of young talents, with whom the adults trained during training. And for young men it is very important to stand next to the masters, gain experience, listen to advice.
We have created an entire volleyball system at Gazprom-Yugra, which, I'm sure, will work for the benefit of volleyball" – Deputy Director of VK “Gazprom-Yugra Vitaly Perlov»
