Volleyball special: A spectacular mom and great player, Kim Staelens
"I'm the happiest person all over the world because I have my little daughter and I’m also involved in my other life, Volleyball." That’s exactly what Kim Staelens of the Netherland’s National Volleyball Team said. The wonderful Kim Staelens gave birth to
a baby daughter Lynn six weeks ago and took up the challenge of playing in the FIVB Women’s World Championship.
Staelens is here in Japan supporting her team, while the little Lynn is staying with her granny who flew all the way to take care of the new born. The 28-year-old Kim Staelens is married to Mark Sterken who is also a volleyball player at Tilburg Club in
the Netherlands. Lynn is their first child and everybody thought that new-born child will put a great load on the player. There was a general perception that Staelens won’t be able to join the team for World Championship in Japan this year but she made it.
Thumbs up!
Staelens and her sister Chaine are both key players of Dutch squad. They have put duty and responsibility to their roles in the national team of Netherlands. Before the start of FIVB World Championship 2010, Staelens captured 291 caps and now she is targeting
to achieve the 300 mark.
Staelens has proved that she has true love for volleyball and she is a professional in her field. She attended the training camp and made her presence felt during the practice sessions. She worked really hard in order to convince the coach that she was physically
fit for tough international competitions in Japan.
She expressed her views saying that, "I was practising Volleyball till only a week before going into labour and I used the instructions of my obstetrician and my team physician to take care of my baby. In the last few days I was only setting to my colleagues
without putting in too much effort. The doctor allowed me to do some jogging only 10 days after the birth and I had the strength to do more. I joined my teammates in the training session and saw how happy my coach Avital Selinger was to see me returning so
soon and that also gave me a push.”
The head coach of the Dutch team, Avtial Slinger has faith in Staelens’ performance. The coach couldn’t resist adding her in the squad as the player was full of ambition and proved her fitness.
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