Kathmandu, Nov. 3 -- Lesley de Jonge has been reappointed as the head coach of Nepal's men's senior volleyball team for the South Asian Games, which is set to be hosted from December 1 to 10 in Kathmandu and Pokhara. He had previously coached Nepal during the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia last year. The 29-year-old coach has years of managerial and coaching experiences in the Netherland's top volleyball division, and has spent a lot of time improving his coaching knowledge in Turkey, where he collaborated with the famous Italian expert Giovanni Guidetti.

The Post's Prarambha Dahal had a conversation with de Jonge to talk about his reappointment, Nepal's strategy for the Games, and the country's focus on volleyball-its national sport...