Paolo Baiardini is the new technical director of Pescara N and PN
Paolo Baiardini is the new coach of Pescara Nuoto and Pallanuoto. After a long negotiation, the agreement is now official. The 42-year-old Roman coach, fresh from the Paris Olympic Games with the Settebello, embraces the ambitious project of the white and blue club. In recent weeks, president Stefania Scolta and sports director Giampiero Lattanzio have worked tirelessly to convince the coach, having identified in him the right profile to bring the white and blues back to the water polo that counts.
After all, mister Baiardini is fresh from the excellent experience on the bench of WP Bari, where he spent three years. Last season, with his team he finished at the top of the group, losing only in game-3 the play-off final to go up to A2. Since the 2022 World Cup in Budapest, concluded with the silver medal, he has been part of the Settebello staff as a video analyst, working together with Sandro Campagna, Amedeo Pomilio and Goran Volarevic. Previously, his career touched the bench of Arechi in A2, but also those of Circolo Canottieri Lazio and Taranto.
It was in Taranto that he met his wife, Alessandra Suma, a sports psychologist who has been working with him for a couple of years. She will also be on his Pescara staff, to work on the minds of the athletes, with activities in and out of the pool aimed at developing the mental strength of the boys and overcoming fears and weaknesses.
“I am very happy to have arrived in Pescara, a place that needs no introduction and that deserves to return to the right dimension” says mister Baiardini on the day of signing. “I will work not only with the first team, but also with the boys of the youth teams and with the coaches who follow them. My activity will be a technical direction, which will involve all the coaches of the various categories, to set up a structure that starts from the bottom and reaches the top. We want to create the foundations not only to return to A2, but also to be able to stay there permanently with our own strength". Then he concludes: "I spoke with the Company and we agree to try to jump up a category right away. Then we'll see what the pool says".
President Stefania Scolta is of the same opinion: "We worked hard to bring mister Baiardini with us and we are happy to have succeeded. We have never hidden: we want to return to A2 and we are convinced that we have chosen the right person to lead the team on this path”.
Adriano De Stephanis
Press Office Pescara Pallanuoto
