She is the "big sister" in this Chinese women's volleyball team, and even if she retires, she still has a high prestige. She is one of Zhu Ting's best friends, and when Zhu Ting is in a low tide period, she will also look for her support. She was one of Lang Ping's once favorite generals. Xu Yunli was recalled by Lang Ping last year to serve as an assistant coach, and in the future, she may be able to transform into a women's volleyball coach or even become Lang Ping's successor.
Xu Yunli has a wealth of experience in the national brand, entered the national team in 2006, participated in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, she experienced 5 Chinese women's volleyball coaches, familiar with various tactical systems.
Lang Ping may retire after the Tokyo Olympics, and who will succeed Lang Ping has become a problem. The current three candidates are Lai Yawen, An Jiajie and Wang Baoquan. Xu Yunli is also a potential candidate, although her qualifications are relatively shallow, but considering her prestige in the Chinese women's volleyball team, in the next Olympic cycle, the Chinese women's volleyball team will at least need her as a teaching assistant, and even play an important role.
In fact, on Lang Ping's successor, An Jiajie did not have particularly outstanding results, he used to coach the Shandong women's volleyball team, and his performance was average. Following Lang Ping as an assistant coach, An Jiajie has experience in leading the team to some competitions, but unfortunately there is nothing outstanding.
Lai Yawen has been an assistant coach for a long time, but she has no experience as a head coach. Xu Yunli is lang Ping hand-picked back to the national team assistant coach, she has no other workplace arrangements after her retirement, which means that she is likely to be a full-time coach of the women's volleyball team, and is also a backup training object in the women's volleyball coach.
Xu Yunli is hard-working, tenacious in style, dares to fight and dare to fight, and deeply affects other women's volleyball girls. She was known as the "Great Wall of the South" when she was a player, with excellent netting ability and good attack. Xu Yunli was seriously injured twice during the Rio Olympic cycle, Xu Yunli's right ankle ligament was torn at the 2014 Women's Volleyball World Championships, and Xu Yunli's right knee injury in 2015 was diagnosed as a cartilage fracture in the right knee and a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee.
At the darkest time, Xu Yunli sent a text message to Lang Dao: "Lang Dao, don't leave me." These 6 words made Lang Ping burst into tears, and she deliberately showed the text message to the team members to see, encouraging the whole team to look up to Xu Yunli and work hard. At the Rio Olympic Games, Xu Yunli became one of the top pillars of the Chinese women's volleyball team, her total score was 59 points, second only to Zhu Ting, ranking second in the whole team, showing Xu Yunli's contribution to the women's volleyball team.
Xu Yunli is also one of the spiritual leaders of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and her teammates have not played well and are always used to learning from her, even Zhu Ting is no exception.
Lang Ping is 60 years old, she has dedicated decades of strength to the Chinese women's volleyball team, and retirement after the Tokyo Olympics has become very likely. Xu Yunli's time as a teaching assistant is slightly shorter, otherwise she will have more competitiveness. But even if she can't be the manager, the Chinese women's volleyball team also needs to keep her as an assistant coach, and she can play multiple roles in the team.