ALAS Pilipinas Women’s buildup for the 2026 AVC Women’s Cup has hit an unexpected hurdle even before the buildup could begin.
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Newly-appointed head coach Tai Bundit is set to be sidelined for the next two to three months after suffering an ankle injury in a scooter accident in Bangkok that required surgery, as confirmed by Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) president Tony Boy Liao.
The development forces the national team program to adjust in its preparations for the AVC Women’s Cup slated June 6 to 14 in Candon City, which was supposed to mark Bundit’s first major tournament at the helm of Alas Women.
With the decorated Thai tactician temporarily unavailable on-site, Alas Pilipinas is now expected to lean heavily on the coaching staff assembled around him to keep preparations afloat while Bundit undergoes recovery overseas.
Interim head coach soon
The revamped staff includes eight-time PVL champion coach Sherwin Meneses, former national coach Shaq delos Santos, longtime La Salle statistics coach Benson Bocboc, and Adamson high school champion tactician JP Yude.
It will be from that staff in which the interim head coach for the Women’s Cup will surface.
Liao bared that the decision on who will be Bundit’s temporary replacement will be decidedc by the new coaches in internal meetings.
“Ipa-plan out muna sino ang pwedeng maging head coach sa inyo for the meantime to run the training. I will be talking with them later and see,” Liao said.
“Siyempre ‘di ka naman makakakuha ng sagot agad kaya mag-uusap-usap muna sila.”
Bundit has already undergone surgery after the freak accident and is expected to finally make his Alas Women head coaching debut come the 6th SEA V.League in July.
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