Zsolt Varga: "I wasn't ready before" | Total Waterpolo Podcast #026

The Total Waterpolo Podcast ► SUPPORT US ON PATREON: ⁠  / totalwaterpolonews⁠   ► SUBSCRIBE: ⁠@total_waterpolo⁠ ► SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1domnXv... ► APPLE PODCASTS: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... On the latest episode of the Total Waterpolo Podcast we spoke to Zsolt Varga, Head Coach of Ferencvaros and the Hungarian national team about his playing career, his coaching philosophy and much more! #TotalWaterpolo #TotalWaterpoloPodcast #waterpolo Running order 01:18 Early beginnings in water polo at KSI 04:16 Realising water polo was his dream 06:34 Failures from the 1992 and 1996 Olympics 10:26 Changing mindset, and role, for Zsolt's third Olympic Games 12:44 Achieving the Olympic dream 14:21 The start of the 'Golden Era' 16:50 Retirement and the journey into coaching 20:01 Returning to Ferencvaros 20:39 A difficult start as FTC Head Coach 28:27 Light at the end of the tunnel with FTC 30:12 Joining the national team 32:37 Coaching difference: FTC vs Hungarian national team 34:26 Moving forward with the national team 38:04 Managing players in a tough playing schedule 41:10 An Olympic gold as a coach as well as a player? 42:54 Quickfire questions Follow us on our social networks ►WEBSITE: https://total-waterpolo.com/ ►INSTAGRAM:   / total_waterpolo   ►FACEBOOK:   / totalwaterpolonews   ►TWITTER:   / total_waterpolo   ►TIK TOK:  / totalwaterpolo   Exclusive Discount Code at Wear Waterpolo Code: PODCAST10 Link: https://wearwaterpolo.com/ Get in touch: [email protected]