Denis Litvinov: “This is a serious challenge, But all the more interesting "

We are completing a series of interviews, introducing you to the recruits of the team, communication with Denis Litvinov. His transfer is one of the main in the current off -season. On Denis, a bet is made on one of the rod players, The main mining of glasses. The upcoming season can become a breakthrough in the career of a volleyball player, So let's get to know him better!

Steps in volleyball

I took my first steps in volleyball in my native Stavropol region. The first mentors were Vasily Dmitrievich Sudavtsov and Tamara Kazemirovna Litkovskaya, grandmother of Slavi and Sasha Kostadinov. Thanks to her, I got to Viktor Vasilyevich Serov, and from him - to the Kazan system, where Vladimir Viktorovich Ponomarev studied with me, Maxim Evgenievich Maximov and Vladislav Anatolyevich Babichev.

Then there was a transition to Nova, where in the first season we shared playing practice with Alexander Aleksandrovich Chefranov, and in the second I already had more practice, and the team made it to the playoffs (In total, Denis played three seasons at Nova - approx.. order.). I am grateful to Nova for the opportunity to be visible. Well, matches with Gazprom-Yugra have always been special for me, starting with the game of the season 2022-2023 years, when I played a full match and managed to perform well, and the team won for the first time after a series of defeats.

About the transition, partners and idols

I received an offer to move to Surgut from Rafael Talgatovich Khabibullin, we entered into a dialogue thanks to Evgeny Leonidovich Kuznetsov, Director of Zenit-UOR, I want to thank him for this. We quickly found a common language with Rafael Talgatovich, I accepted his offer almost immediately. We have a huge amount of work to do in the new season., as an individual, and team. This is a very serious challenge for me, but the more interesting. I put her in a positive mood, sure, that we will succeed.

I crossed paths with almost all future teammates in one way or another: or played together, or against each other. We played together with Alexander Aleksandrovich Chefranov and Slavi Kostadinov in “Nova”, with Georgy Serov at the Academy-Kazan, with Dmitry Shevlyakov started their journey in the Zenit-UOR youth team. It's always easier to get used to, when there are familiar people on the team.

I consider myself capable of changing and adapting to different playing styles, different binders - as long as it is effective for the team. And to be equal, certainly, I would like to see Maxim Mikhailov, because I have personally observed, How does he feel about training?, to restoration. Of the other diagonal games, I was impressed by Nikolai Pavlov’s game, Brazilian Wallace, Georg Groser is very impressive, especially powerful serve.

Off site

I'm preparing for the season at home, I spend most of my time with my family in the village of Nikolina Balka, Stavropol Territory, this is, can say, my place of power. This is where I recharge my energy. Standard preparation: training with amateurs, gym, sometimes a beach. In free time everything is also standard: i read books, I watch TV series. Sometimes I play computer games, but every year less and less. This year I tried myself as a fisherman - a good activity, true, shoulders and face burned).

In June, a significant event occurred for me - we decided to legalize our union with my wife Victoria. We met in our village in 2020, when the whole country went into self-isolation. For five years we were together, and now they have started a family. In fact, almost all volleyball players get married in June, when the vacation begins - a kind of volleyball wedding season. So I’m going to Surgut in high spirits!