The new coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team has not yet been announced, and the national team has not yet been assembled. Many players have taken advantage of this opportunity to live their own small lives. As one of the fringe figures of the national team, Li Yao wrote a letter to herself in 2021, in which she reviewed the breakthrough in 2021 and looked forward to the future of 2022.
Li Yao wrote: "Hello Li Yao in 2021, first of all, I would like to say a hard time to you! 2021 is the year you broke through yourself, and finally put on the national team jersey. Although some regrets have not been able to complete the final dream, your gains are far more precious than regrets. Thank you for your persistence in 2021, thank you for your efforts in 2021, and hope that no matter how difficult the future is, you can carry this enthusiasm and bravely go on. ”
As the letter said, 2021 is a breakthrough year for Li Yao, and she has finally become a member of the Chinese women's volleyball national team. Because Zeng Chunlei was pregnant and withdrew from the lineup preparing for the Olympics, Lang Ping chose Li Yao, hoping that she could become Zeng Chunlei's successor. In the World League, although Li Yao failed to get a start in the first game, he gradually became the main player in the later matches.
And from the beginning of not participating in the first pass system, to the later gradual integration. At the beginning of the second stage, with the return of Gong Xiangyu, Li Yao faded out of the starting lineup, but still played as a substitute, often appearing on the field in the form of two points for three points. On the contrary, Liu Xiaotong and Liu Yanhan, two veterans, were often excluded from the 14-man list in the later games. Unfortunately, in the final Olympic roster competition, Li Yao still lost the battle and missed the Olympics.
This is also the regret mentioned in Li Yao's letter. After missing the Olympic Games, Li Yao returned to the local team and led the Guangdong women's volleyball team to the sixth place in the National Games. This league is even playing as a captain, leading the restructured Guangdong women's volleyball team to break into the league's quarterfinals. In the league, Li Yao not only needs to be responsible for 6 rounds of one pass, but also needs to take on the team's adjustment and attack responsibility with Chen Peiyan and Wang Yifan.
So, will Li Yao's new cycle return to the Chinese women's volleyball national team? The author believes that the attitude of the 2 people will determine whether Kuriya can be selected in the end. These 2 people are Zhang Changning and Liu Yanhan. In the Tokyo Olympic cycle of the side attackers, Li Yao should be regarded as the fifth or sixth player, if Zhang Changning and Liu Yanhan do not want to represent the national team, or are absent in the principle of recuperation, then Li Yao is more likely to return to the national team.
After all, in the domestic volleyball arena, there are not many side attackers who can receive 6 rounds of one pass and are still the second and fourth positions. The new cycle is indeed to cultivate new talents, but there is still a bottom line in terms of achievements, and it is impossible to abandon the old players and fully use new faces. Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu are the players who are nailed down in the new cycle, and in terms of diagonal or substitute, whether it is wang Yifan or Wu Mengjie, they are relatively inexperienced and powerful.
When the new people are still growing, it is still necessary to have the old team members to cover the bottom and press the line. Li Yao's experience in the competition is not much, but he has also participated in the World Women's Volleyball League, which is much stronger than Wang Yifan, Wu Mengjie and other newcomers. Therefore, in the case that Zhang Changning and Liu Yanhan cannot represent the national team, Li Yao may be selected. On the contrary, Li Yao is estimated to be able to continue to play in local teams.