Del Palo and La Bocha to big football: The story of Javier Telechea

Javier Telechea has a life as linked to hockey as footballthe sport in which he works today and gives him so many emotions with his beloved Los Andes, the club that is a fanatic fan since Chiquito. At the moment He is a field assistant at the Central Rosario of Ariel Holan, another person who knows the stick and bowl very well (He was coach of Lomas, Javi’s house, and the Uruguay women’s team, with which he won the Bronze Medal at the 2003 Pan American Games).

His role within the coaching staff of the Canalla focuses, mainly, in the training methodology and tactical analysissomething that he learned in its beginnings in the hockey, which then improved in the first stage with Holan between 2015 and 2017 in defense and justice and independent, and then perfected in Europe and in the United States again in its return to the stick and the Bocha: “Hockey is a very advanced sport In everything related to training pedagogy, detail attention and use of the video analysis. All this is very useful, knowing how to adapt it, in the world of football. “

“I felt that the 2024 Paris Olympic Games were a perfect closure (USA ended 9), since I really wanted to return to Argentina. I took some months to travel and accommodate, thinking what I wanted to do in the future. I contacted Arielthat he had also returned to the country, And when he assumed in Rosario Central, I joined his coaching staff again. I always knew that at some point he was going to work with him again, “Javier said about his departure from the American women’s team last year and his return to football with Holan.

Of course, Telechea stressed that his experience in the major selection of Ladies of the USA was incredible And he confessed what this challenge served him personally: “It was a beautiful experience. I found an incredible human group, with a lot of desire to grow and progress. We managed to create a great work environment, where you breathe enjoyment and learning at the same time. Personally, it helped me have worked with an international selected to know from inside how high performance is lived and pushed to the highest level. “

Retaking to his current work in Rosario Central with Ariel Holana person who knows a lot from Lomas and his previous steps with him in the Falcon de Varela and El Red, Telechea confessed How you feel to work with him: “It is a totally enriching experience to work with Ariel. It is, without a doubt, the most capable person with whom I worked in my life. How do I know it from a very young age, We have a relationship of a lot of confidence. In addition, knowing the hockey well, understand how I think and accompany me To help me accommodate the world of football. “

“Working in football is entering a completely different world, where half a country is aware of what is happening every weekend. The most challenging, without a doubt, is the permanent urgency for the results. That makes it very difficult to sustain processes and bet on long -term work, “said the emerged in Lomas Athletic Club about the difference between work in hockey and football.

Finally, Javier Telechea He did not close the doors to a possible return to the stick and the bowl And he stressed that he lives ´The day by day ‘: “A few months ago, when I was still in the United States working with hockey, they asked me the same question but vice versa. And I feel that the answer is still the same: I try to always be present in the present. Today, I feel very happy in Rosario, doing a job that I enjoy, that fills me and makes me grow. “