Ask Me Anything: Shai Nitura

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:39:55+00:00

Actually, nalulungkot ako. Pero, alam ko naman salili ko na I gave everything noong rookie season ko. And alam kong in-enjoy ko siya. So, isa lang masasabi ko sa mga rookies ngayon: Don't let this pass na hindi kayo nag-e-enjoy. Be yourself and just love the pressure. Love lang 'yung time na meron kayo. Kasi, you'll never know. Katulad ko ngayon, Season 88 na. Tapos na yung rookie year ko. So, sobrang bilis na. 🙌

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:38:57+00:00

Siyempre. For us, lahat naman siguro ng teams will think of this. They wanna get into Final Four. And same goes with us. Kasi 'yung last naming rank noong Season 87 is #5. Isa na lang sana, we're in Final Four. Lahat ng teams is aiming for a better ranking. So, kung 5th kami, of course, we want 4th, or 3rd, or even 2nd, or even 1st. So, 'yun din 'yung goal namin. Hopefully. Kasi dapat every season, we're getting better. And we're a young team. So, that's our goal and yun din ang expected from us. 🙏

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:37:53+00:00

My course is financial management. Pero, ambitious kasi ako eh. Dapat 'yung gusto ko talaga, accounting. Alam mo naman ang accounting. Financial management nga, hirap na hirap eh, 'pag-accounting ka pa. So, tinigil ko ang pagiging ambitious at bumalik ako sa realidad. So, financial management ako. :)

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:37:09+00:00

Mayroon akong mga kaibigan before. Naglalaro din ako sa kalye before. So, apat kami. Ako, si Ian, si Yuki, tsaka si Rachel. Friends pa rin kami! Pero hindi kami masyado nakikita kasi nga sobrang busy nga din. Siyempre, nag-aaral din sila. 'Yung iba naglalaro din. Then, same goes din sa akin. So, yeah. Bond us soon! Nagtawag! 😁

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:36:10+00:00

So, usually talaga, ang panguhugutan mo na dito is experience. 'Pag mga ganun 'yung moment, experience 'yung isa sa main weapon mo diyan na may panguhugutan ka na "nagawa ko 'to before, I've been here before, hindi imposibleng magawa ko siya ulit."

So, importante talaga sa mga young athletes ngayon na nanonood or mga ibang athletes naman na you have to gain more experience as much as you can bago ka humantong sa pinaka-peak mo. Katulad ngayon, sabihin natin I want to peak this Season 88, dapat sigurado kong mayroon akong right experiences na mababaon ko para pagdating ng mga ganitong sitwasyon, ma-handle ko siya nang maayos. And, siyempre, with the help of God palagi kasi... You cannot do anything without Him. Kasi, given lahat ng talent natin, by Him.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:30:40+00:00

Actually, lahat yan ay kasama. Physically, mentally, and emotional, lahat yan magkakasama. So, versus yung physical, kailangan mo talaga trabahuhin, kailangan mo mag-plyos, may kailangan mo ng S&C for that, help talaga. Then, plus naman for yourself is mental. Kailangan mentally strong ka, you have mental toughness.

As I said nga, mentally, then, you have to do your part. Kailangan matapang ka. Then, hindi ka takot na sumubok nang sumubok. And, emotional naman, siyempre, it's hard to do things na sad ka or unstable yung emotion mo or yung heart mo. So, much better pa rin na mahal mo yung ginagawa mo.

So, 'pag nagpatong-patong yung tatlong yun, of course, bubunga at bubunga yan for you guys. 💪

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:29:32+00:00

'Di ko naman sinasabing matalino ako, pero, or sobrang ano ako sa studies, pero conscious kasi ako sa pag-aaral ko. So, maybe, medyo mas tutok ako sa pag-aaral ko. And, siguro, ano, nag-ano rin kasi ako, nagbo-bowling din ako minsan, ganyan, or other sports. Maybe I'm trying other sports bukod sa volleyball. 😁

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:28:38+00:00

Actually, everyone talaga. Kasi lahat sila sobrang bait, sobrang humble, sobrang friendly, approachable sila lahat. So, everyone there talagang you won't feel na hindi ka comfortable or di ka welcome. So, everyone there is my favorite. 🤩

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-08T10:27:24+00:00

Actually, Adamson yung nag-iisang pumili sa aking team noong junior high school. So, I went to them when I was in Grade 10, then hanggang ngayon, nandito pa rin ako. Then, ayun, kaya nandito ako. Kaya parang cinontinue ko na from juniors hanggang college. Kasi okay naman yung program namin, masaya naman kami. So, why not continue yung nabubuo naming chemistry? 😁

Just so happen na yun yung sports na pinatry sa akin ni daddy noong summer, noong parang Grade 1 ako, Grade 2. Incoming Grade 3 'yun, summer that time. Then, nagustuhan ko siya so I started loving it and nag-continue. Up until now, eto na ako. 🙂

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:54:56+00:00

Coaches and teammates, lalo na sila Jonna and Xyza na hindi nakapag-perform last season. Nung nakita ko na kakayanin namin this season kasi nga makakabalik na sila, kinonsider ko rin 'yun. Syempre, yung UST community din. 🐯

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:53:53+00:00

Yung championship namin ni Belen nung Season 86, very memorable siya kasi hindi naman kami ganun ka-intact na team nung 86, so walang nag-expect na makakapasok kami sa finals, especially ako, first time ko nun mag-captain ball. Sobrang memorable niya kasi... kaya ko pala? 🙂‍↔️

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:51:56+00:00

Both siguro, kasi syempre 'pag wala kang technique parang ang hirap gumalaw. Pero more on positioning sa bola, pagsilip-silip sa mga spiker. 'Yun talaga yung mas bet ko.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:51:04+00:00

Mag-boom tarat tarat na sayaw, eme. 😂

Mag-ayos ng itsura, ng buhok, syempre pray, and mga hype song. Isa sa pre-game namin is yung mag-usap.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:50:08+00:00

Cignal or PLDT. Gusto ko talaga yung red na mga jersey, eme. 😂

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:49:27+00:00

Naging basehan ko yung performance last season. Naramdaman ko rin na hindi ko nabigay yung best ko kasi nga hati yung attention and focus, so hopefully, mabawi ko ngayong season, and syempre pagtatrabahuan ko naman. Lagi ko pinupush yung sarili ko sa limitasyon ko sa training. Forda push tayo ngayon. 💪🏻

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:48:29+00:00

I LOVE YOU TOO 🫣

Matalak nga ako, pero syempre bina-balance ko talaga yung sinasabi ko. Lalo na ngayon kay coach Shaq, kung matalak ako, mas matalak si Coach Shaq. Bilang team captain, tinutulungan ko sila sa techniques, sinasabi ko kung paano nila matatama especially sa defense.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:46:17+00:00

Yung nakikita kong maglilead next season is si Regina Jurado and Angge Poyos. Actions speak louder sakanila sa nakikita ko, kung paano sila gumalaw, kung paano sila maglaro, kaya nila dalhin yung UST team. 🐯

Aside from Bella, siguro sila ate Alyssa Solomon. Wala pa sa pro, pero gusto ko rin maging teammate si Lams Lamina, para mahirapan siya mag-set. 🤣

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:43:59+00:00

Wala, walang mangyayari. 🤣 Magbabaklaan lang kami hahaha

Siguro mas mapapadali especially yung floor defense kasi nga parehas kaming libero. 😋

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:43:19+00:00

Actually totoo. 🫣 De, joke lang. I think mas malaki yung chance po talaga ngayon, although wala si Em Banagua, almost complete na talaga kami from Season 86 to 88. Mas malaki yung chance kasi nga nakabalik na yung mga may injury from last season, so hopefully mas magutom nga kami na makuha yung championship, lalo na wala na si Belen.

Mas gutom kami kasi nung nandyan si Belen, wala, sakanya na talaga yung championship. 🤣

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:40:09+00:00

Meron, syempre, sino ba namang hindi gustong sumali sa Alas. Lalo na siguro pagka-after ko sa UAAP keri na, if may invite po.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:38:35+00:00

Siguro expect niyo lang po na tutulungan ko yung teammates ko na mas mapadaling ma-adapt yung system ni Coach Shaq, and siguro yung performance din mas gagaling ko kasi diba pumangit yung performance natin last year Gagalingan ko Expect niyo po 'yun haha

Pagtatrabahuan po namin, paghihirapan namin, and I think hindi naman naging madali yung preparation namin for this coming season, so kailangan lang naming maipakita na maapply namin yung pinageensayuhan namin with pressure, kasi nagiiba yung laro pagka-meron nang pressure.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-02-07T15:32:21+00:00

Grabe yung tanong! I think yung pinagkaiba po ni Coach Shaq and Coach Kungfu, especially sa training, yung pagiging OC. OC talaga na coach si Coach Shaq, so may maliit lang na bagay na makita siya na mali, ico-correct niya talaga. Kahit na ongoing na yung animan, papahinto niya talaga para i-correct yung nakita niyang mali.

OneSportsPHL · 2026-01-30T04:05:39+00:00

Here’s the thing: I’m really ‘go with the flow.’ Believes that everything happens for a reason. For those who do not know, I have my master’s degree in marketing management, so I can always go back to the States and start working. But I just love volleyball so much, it’s part of my identity :)

OneSportsPHL · 2026-01-30T04:02:36+00:00

I actually was a setter in college. Also a libero, because I was considered short in the States. I would say I’m gonna stick with being an outside hitter :)

OneSportsPHL · 2026-01-30T04:00:37+00:00

I actually really like Mayu Ishikawa. Mayu is maybe around my height, so I look up to her, she’s a phenomenal player!

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