Combining the old and the new
Our reporter Su Chang
A total of 16 athletes from the Chinese women's volleyball team will compete in the World Championships, and the 14-member list will be generated from them.
These athletes were selected by the coaching staff through this year's training camp and the World Women's Volleyball League inspection.
In the main attack position, the young player Li Yingying participated in the Tokyo Olympics and took on the heavy responsibility of the main attack in the World Women's Volleyball League. Especially in the absence of Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning, coach Cai Bin had high hopes.
In the tactical system of the new women's volleyball team, Li Yingying's other main attacker needs to undertake more first-pass protection tasks. Wang Yunwei and Jin Ye have their strengths in this link.
Although the strong attack ability of the players in this position has been exposed in the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team used the closed training in the previous stage to carry out targeted and intensive training on the first pass and attack of the main attack.
In addition, although the teenager Wang Yizhu has little experience in international competitions, as a rising star, the coaching staff hopes to give her more opportunities.
In the auxiliary attack position, Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan participated in the Tokyo Olympics, and they are relatively fixed starting and auxiliary attacking combinations.
After the test of the World Women's Volleyball League, the secondary offensive line composed of two people is faster and more variable, and the blocking level and offensive efficiency have also been improved.
Yang Hanyu and Gao Yi have their own characteristics at both ends of the offense and defense. When the main and secondary offenses are relatively stable, they will provide more options for arranging troops.
In the coupling position, the experienced Gong Xiangyu performed steadily; Chen Peiyan, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, is a "big coupling" with left-handed offense. She also has certain characteristics and advantages in the height of the network port. I believe her selection will give the Chinese women's volleyball "two points". The tactical change of "change three points" brings new ideas.
In terms of secondaries and freelancers, there are not only experienced veterans Ding Xia and Wang Mengjie, but also Mesozoic Diao Linyu, Wang Weiyi, Yu Jiarui, and rookie Ni Feifan. The staffing and age structure are more reasonable.
Such an arrangement is a decision made by the coaching staff based on the situation of epidemic prevention and control and injury prevention at the World Championships.
According to the regulations, 2 of the current 16 athletes of the Chinese women's volleyball team will compete as "reserve players", but no matter what, I believe they will unite and forge ahead with the goal of winning glory for the country and strive for good results.