Coach Ariss, or how volleyball saved it from the street

Difficult to perceive the life course behind the smile seeming virgin of the problems ofArissnow elderly in the thirties, who considers volleyball as a savior. From the street to the grounds of beach-volleyit is a long match in difficulty, but also in the perseverance that was played to finish today winner and sports coach with his Solution Training For 4 years, in which he has supported beginners and intermediaries to become more efficient and get in shape.

“Volleyball saved me”

Arrived at the age of 18 at Montpellierthe one that is now called Coach Ariss On the Montpellier sand terrains and its surroundings, did not always have a happy life. “When I arrived for the first time here, I was left to myself, because my father didn’t really want me. I did a lot of back and forth to go to clubs from other cities and be able to work, but in Montpellier, I was on the street, ”said Ariss with the knotted throat. Passed by a dozen clubs as a player, it is a life of back and forth and “galleys” that built it.

“When I was outside, one day someone came to offer me to take me drugs, and I refused because I had a volleyball training the next day. But if it had not been the case, I would surely have drugged, and where would I be today? Volleyball saved my life, ”he explains, grabbing his balloons with rage and love. Today he does not forget. Looking at this yesterday from afar, it is not a pretext to be sad tomorrow. If its difficult story has built it, it is sport, volleyball and its family that forge its current shell. “I had returned to something where I said to myself that as long as I did not get out of it, I did not exist. Today I exist, ”he says proudly.

Two dreams for a life

It is a dreamlike duality that gives the tempo of Ariss’s life. “I want to get into the top 20 French players and also become the best international coach that exists.” Currently coach in two Montpellier clubs (Montpellier Beach Volley and theAsbam), it is at the edges of the land of Mauguio-Carnon That it all started: “I was lying around these terrains and I allowed myself to correct and encourage everyone. Little by little I started to coach friends, then knowledge, until the day when someone I did not know came to see me and gave me 50 euros to help him progress. This is where I understood that it was possible to make money with my passion, ”explains Ariss.

Always passionate, but above all focused on the success of his objectives, Ariss sees it as a means of obtaining recognition and gaining credibility. “If I keep a good driving line, I can integrate this famous Top 20 in three years”. Gifted with a dual Franco-Congolese nationality, Ariss sees it as a real opportunity to advance in his career. “France is blocked. The level is very high, so the Congo is also an opportunity to make me a player name thanks to my second country ”. On the coaching side, it is also a circumstance allowing him to give his country a chance to develop in sport: “The infrastructure is not terrible there. I would like one day, to be able to welcome young Congolese here, make them go to school and coach them in this beautiful sport that is volleyball. ”

In the fight of a life, the sand has largely amortized the fall. “Yes, I want life to have done this to me. But on the other hand, I thank her because I am where I want to be and I managed to get out of it. ” Now place in the second set.

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