A pair of Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami, the Japanese national team for beach volleyball women at the Tokyo Olympics, practiced at the actual venue for the first match.
On the 20th, Ishii and Murakami started practicing at 9 am at Shiokaze Park in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, which will be the venue for the beach volleyball game, at the start of the first match of the qualifying league.
The practice is centered on the actual battle format with the Latvian national team pair, and Ishii and Murakami check the feel of the sand while chasing the ball with a light movement, and check how the ball moves in the wind. was doing.
The two seemed to be making good adjustments toward the actual production, such as destroying the opponent with a variety of attacks using powerful serve and slow and fast.
After the practice, Murakami said, "It's a very good venue, and I'm sorry that it would have been great if the spectators came in, but I'm grateful to be able to play here."
The Czech national team's pair, which will be the first match of the qualifying league to be held on the 24th of this month, is a pair that has never been won, and Ishii said, "I want to do my best to serve and defend and win. I think. "