Despite not being able to play GQ qualifier ( ), German NT will practise for about 2 weeks in August, mainly to try out young players and already plan for the next few years. Invited players:
S: Denise Hanke, Lena Möllers, Kathleen Weiß
Opp: Margareta Kozuch, Saskia Hippe
OH: Maren Brinker, Anne Matthes, Svenja Engelhardt, Sarah Petrausch, Patricia Grohmann, Saskia Radzuweit
MB: Corina Ssuschke-Voigt, Christiane Fürst, Berit Kauffeldt, Anja Brandt, Celin Stöhr, Nadja Schaus, Franziska Bremer, Eva Michalski, Rebecca Schäperklaus
L: Janine Völker, Lenka Dürr, Linda Dörendahl
Regina Burchardt stays with her club team to prepare for the new season and I think it could be the same with Beier and Thomsen.
Some new names: Svenja Engelhardt is a 24 year old OH, she studied and played in USA and last season in Schwechat/Austria, next season she will play in Stuttgart. I've never seen her play but what I read is that she is another player who is not strong in attack but good in reception/defense Saskia Radzuweit is 21 year old OH from Hamburg, she has already practised in NT last year or 2 years ago. She doesn't play so often in Hamburg so I don't think she can be good...Celin Stöhr is 18 year old MB from 92/93 Junior NT, she developed very well in the last 2 years and will play in Vilsbiburg next season. She is 1.93 tall and considered one of the best talents in Germany now. As mentioned before, Eva Michalski is 22 year old left-handed MB from Hamburg, but I could imagine that Guidetti would like to try her as Opp. Rebecca Schäperklaus is from 92/93 JNT too, also a very talented player but she changed club very often in the last years and also switched roles too often, she wants to play as Opp but her coaches usually think she is not strong enough for that and want to keep her as MB. Overall she is a talented player, I hope she will find a good way for the future. Janine Völker already was in the team in 2010, last year she decided to leave professional Volleyball and play only 2nd league to concentrate on her studies, but next season she will return to Schwerin's 1st league team.