In the 2022 Women's Volleyball Asian Cup, China will send the National Youth Women's Volleyball Team who participated in the Asian Youth Championship as the main team to reach the final.

But in the final, the new Japanese women's volleyball team defeated the Chinese team 3-1 again after the Asian Youth Championship, which also reminded the Chinese women's volleyball team: To gain an advantage in the competition of the women's volleyball team in the new era, the Chinese women's volleyball team needs more than It is "Little Zhu Ting". In addition to selecting new and cutting-edge soldiers, it also needs to update the overall style of play.

　　China's new talent suffers a losing streak

　　In this Asian Cup, Wu Mengjie, a cutting-edge Chinese women's volleyball team who had been recruited into the training camp before, joined the team, which improved the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team.

Interestingly, the Japanese women's volleyball team in this Asian Cup also sent young players who participated in the Asian Youth Championship to play.

　　The two youth teams of China and Japan played against each other again. In this final, the Chinese team players exposed the problems of unstable passing, single style of play and impatience in defense.

Although the Japanese women's volleyball team has poor height and other data, they make up for the inherent gap with their overall cooperation and small ball skills.

This is almost a replica of the problem that the first-team Chinese and Japanese women's volleyball teams have played against in recent years.

In a sense, the Chinese women's volleyball team has fallen behind in terms of system and concept in the competition with the Japanese women's volleyball team.

　　The rookie's performance is remarkable

　　Although the national youth players in the Chinese women's volleyball team will still show fluctuations in their status in the international arena, the entire lineup has improved in ability during this Asian Cup.

In the Asian Cup match, the Chinese team can still win the victory through the patience of the tiebreaker in the face of the sudden force of the Vietnamese team.

In the face of the Thai women's volleyball team, which is one level higher in strength, she can also try her best to use her strengths and restrain her opponent's performance.

　　Looking back at this year's Asian Cup, Wu Mengjie's performance of the Chinese team lived up to expectations. In the seven Asian Cup games, she has crushing strength in the No. 4 position, from the height of the jump, the timing of the spike to the ability to pass the ball.

Several new talents also performed well. The second team of the Chinese women's volleyball team still maintained their tenacity in the attack in the face of the Asian powerhouses, including the Thai women's volleyball team who played the main force.

　　In addition to Wu Mengjie, who is superior in strength on the main offensive line of the Chinese team, Wang Yifan, who is the main attack after 05, is also expected to be the captain of the national youth women's volleyball team.

Wang Yifan, as Wu Mengjie's substitute, performed quite well. In the match against Iran, Wang Yifan was not afraid of danger and scored 25 points by himself, showing his good strength.

　　19-year-old Zhuang Yushan also played well at No. 4. She was the only player to score in double digits in the previous six Asian Cup games.

In this Asian Cup, Fugong Wang Wenhan, second passer Sun Haiping, and support Zhou Yetong can also have high-profile performances at critical moments, and freeman Xu Jianan also showed his defensive ability in the game against the Thai team.

　　The Chinese team can't just ask for "Little Zhu Ting"

　　Compared with the players of the Chinese and Japanese teams, the new Chinese women's volleyball team has an advantage in height.

But the two fights showed that to become a star, only height is not enough for a player.

Similarly, in the competition of the team, the stars are often no match for the overall performance.

　　In this Chinese women's volleyball team, the main attackers Wu Mengjie and Wang Yifan are both 1.89 meters tall, while Cao Tingting and Wang Wenhan are both 1.92 meters tall.

Like the first team of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the height of the players can also be ranked among the top in the world.

In the final between the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Japanese team, the Chinese women's volleyball players showed their incompatibility with the Japanese team's defensive intensity.

In contrast, the Japanese new army also has the problem of instability in the competition, but on the whole it has the characteristics of its own small ball proficiency, dense defense in front of the net and fast and resolute attack.

These advantages inherit the consistent technical characteristics of the Japanese women's volleyball team, and also show the Japanese team's heritage in volleyball.

　　Despite this, the Chinese women's volleyball team has been successful in the selection and training of cutting-edge players, and several cutting-edge players have demonstrated their abilities in the Asian Cup.

Compared with the performance of the Japanese team, what the new Chinese lack is the integration of the lineup, the kung fu on the small ball and the experience of the competition.

These are the places where the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to change in concept, and it also needs the Chinese women's volleyball team to pay attention and tilt in the system.

　　Fortunately, the Chinese women's volleyball team has seen the world and began to encourage players to join the international league. They will absorb the world's advanced volleyball experience and concepts, which will be of great benefit to the upgrading of the Chinese women's volleyball team.

　　Text / reporter Chu Peng

　　Photo courtesy / Xinhua News Agency