Chinese women's volleyball team: new cycle and new challenges

　　3 wins and 1 loss - The first match week of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League ended with a gong and the Chinese women's volleyball team handed over a remarkable answer.

　　There are not only the surprises brought by the new coaches and new players, but also the regrets and reflections brought about by the losses. Entering the Paris Olympics cycle, the new Chinese women's volleyball team is on its way back to the top.

Strong and stable newcomers

　　At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to qualify from the group, and Lang Ping, who had led the team for 8 years, removed the coach.

After selection, the young Zhuang sent coach Cai Bin to take charge of the Chinese women's volleyball team again after a lapse of 12 years, taking on the important task of revitalizing the women's volleyball team.

In mid-April this year, the new Chinese women's volleyball team officially assembled.

　　It is not easy for the newly unveiled Chinese women's volleyball team to compete in the World Women's Volleyball League.

In terms of lineup, due to the absence of Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning due to injuries and the need for the replacement of old and new, the coaching staff has promoted many new faces to the team, and the degree of running-in in a short period of time is unknown.

In terms of the schedule, several teams that played against each other were old rivals with good strength, and the game did cause a lot of pressure to the Chinese women's volleyball team.

　　Although it is a new team, the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team is still there.

In the first game in the Netherlands, the Chinese women's volleyball team withstood the pressure and won the game after losing a game. In the second game, facing the host Turkey, the Chinese women's volleyball team won again, avenging the "one arrow" of losing to the opponent in the Tokyo Olympics. Facing the young Italian team 20 hours later, the Chinese women's volleyball team overcame fatigue and gained a three-game winning streak.

　　The performance of "Newcomer" is gratifying.

On the main offensive line, Jin Ye and Wang Yunwei appeared successively to partner with Li Yingying. In the absence of the two main offenses, the two players dared to fight and fight - Jin Ye started in 4 consecutive games, and Wang Yunhui was ordered to play in danger many times to stabilize a pass.

Although there are still deficiencies at both ends of offense and defense, the two players make up for the team's current shortcomings in the main offensive position to a certain extent.

　　The backbone is still the team's Dinghaishenzhen.

Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu and Ding Xia, who have experienced two Olympic Games, have driven the entire team with their strength and experience - Yuan Xinyue took over the responsibility of the captain, Gong Xiangyu has become a stable second scoring point, and Ding Xia is still the best in anti-counterfeiting tactics. Strong engine.

At the same time, Li Yingying and Wang Yuanyuan, who have been tempered by the Tokyo Olympic cycle, have become more mature. The two won the scoring championship of the Chinese team in 4 games.

In the Paris Olympic cycle, they will undoubtedly undertake more offensive and defensive tasks for the team.

　　In an interview before the game, Cai Bin emphasized that no matter against the strong team or the weak team, he hoped that the team will play energetically and show the spirit of fighting hard and not admitting defeat.

In the face of a strong team, you must have the courage to challenge. When you encounter difficulties, you must resist the pressure and move forward. When you encounter a team of similar level, you must dare to show your sword.

Quick words are still lacking in experience

　　Throughout the first four games, "fast" is the biggest feature of the new Chinese women's volleyball team.

Cai Bin said that his coaching idea is to reflect fast on a comprehensive basis.

　　In terms of offensive organization, after more than a month of training, the Chinese women's volleyball team's style of "pressurizing the middle and opening the sides" has begun to take shape.

In the game, the Chinese team often forcibly organizes tactical fastballs in the case of a pass and a half in place or in counterattacks.

Cai Bin, who was born in setter, mainly focuses on the setter team and the overall combination of the team in training.

In the second pass position, the "faster" Diao Linyu replaced Ding Xia in the main position.

　　Facing the European teams with tall stature and obvious advantages in network port, the fast style of the Chinese women's volleyball team is highly targeted.

In the first three games, the Chinese women's volleyball team often opened up the situation by moving quickly and attacking quickly when the strong attack was blocked.

Coupled with the strong blocking performance and active back row defense, it is often difficult for opponents to find a breakthrough from the Chinese team.

　　However, facing the Asian rival Thailand, the Chinese women's volleyball team has encountered the most severe test since the start of the competition.

Different from European teams, the Thai team lacking height advantage is variable in attack and tenacious in defense. They also win with speed.

Facing the Chinese team, the Thai team relied on the serve to continuously impact the Chinese team's pass, which caused the Chinese team to attack the card round at two points in the front row and made consecutive mistakes.

Although they took the lead through personnel adjustment after losing a game first, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally lost after five fierce games.

　　The basis of quick tactics is a stable pass, which is the shortcoming of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the game.

Cai Bin said that the first pass depends not only on training, but also on the improvement of the psychological quality of the players.

In the previous training, a pass was also one of the training focuses of the Chinese women's volleyball team.

　　The loss after the winning streak revealed that this new team still lacks game experience and key points control ability.

However, the loss of the game is not a bad thing for the Chinese women's volleyball team, which has just embarked on a new cycle.

In the future preparations, how to reduce mistakes on the basis of exerting quick advantages, especially to regain the advantages against Asian opponents, still needs to be constantly thought and worked hard by the coaching staff and players.

Challenges are plentiful and the future can be expected

　　World rankings are more important than ever to Olympic tickets due to changes in the way seats are allocated for the Paris Olympics.

Therefore, many teams sent their strongest lineups to compete in this "Opening Competition".

For the newly formed Chinese women's volleyball team, it is equally important to train the team through competitions and run the lineup as well as strive for victory and points.

　　Next, the Chinese team will also go to the Philippines and Bulgaria to participate in the races.

Compared with the Turkish station, the Chinese women's volleyball team faces more challenges next.

The games against the U.S. and Brazil, the champion and runner-up of the Tokyo Olympics, are tough, and the currently unbeaten Japanese women's volleyball team is also trying to challenge the Chinese team's status in the new cycle.

　　From June 14 to 19, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against Belgium, Canada, the United States and Japan; from June 28 to July 3, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face Brazil, Poland, South Korea and Dominica.

If the total score is in the top eight, the Chinese women's volleyball team will return to Turkey to participate in the finals week.

　　Cai Bin said that the team has made preparations and plans for possible difficult situations.

The main plan of the Chinese women's volleyball team this year is to use the game as a substitute for training and to promote the game through practice.

"Not only playing games, but also training in the interval between several sub-stations, and working hard on all aspects, including comprehensive offense and defense, comprehensive technology, etc."

　　During the preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, due to the epidemic and other reasons, the Chinese women's volleyball team lacked the tempering of high-level competitions for a long time, which is also an important reason for the Chinese team's Olympic defeat.

Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, both veterans and rookies need more high-intensity, high-confrontation games to run in and grow.

　　For the new Chinese women's volleyball team, the start of 3 wins and 1 loss is "just right" - not only increased confidence, but also won more space for the coaching staff to train the team and inspect newcomers in the next step; also saw the shortcomings, for future training and adjustments point the way.

The new season has just started, and I hope the Chinese women's volleyball team can find the familiar "sense of victory" through the game.