After the "great change of blood", why did the Jiangsu women's volleyball team set off a "youth storm"

Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, January 3, 2016 Title: After the "Great Blood Change", why did the Jiangsu women's volleyball team set off a "youth storm"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Hengzhi

More than a month ago, jiangsu Zhongtian steel women's volleyball team lost 0:3 to the veteran Liaoning women's volleyball team in the first round of the new season women's volleyball super league, and few people at that time could think that this "big blood change" team could still stand on the final stage.

The young Jiangsu women's volleyball team did it, from the first defeat to the consecutive victories, and then to the Semi-Final 2:1 Like shanghai team with two major foreign aides, this team with an average age of only 20 years old set off a "youth storm".

Speaking of the league's "opening the door black", Jiangsu head coach Cai Bin said: "It is more of a sense of urgency. A group of young players handed over to me to familiarize themselves with and adapt to the rhythm and language of the adult team as soon as possible. The loss must be because the kung fu did not arrive home, both psychologically and technically. Then we only have stupid birds to fly first, we have many young players, do not make up lessons, can not catch up with this rhythm. ”

In the area of more than a month, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team really achieved what Cai Bin said before the game, "training with races", in addition to the fixed training time arranged by the division, it is also necessary to "grab" the venue for additional training every day. Cai Bin said: "Our requirement for the team is to play a further game. The team time is very short, there are many young people on the new team, for the coaching team to quickly familiarize themselves with their situation, for the small team members to adapt to the rhythm of the adult team as soon as possible, so we will make up lessons for the young players every day. ”

The Jiangsu women's volleyball team that is participating in the league has just reached 20 years old, and 12 of the 16 players are "post-00s". In the starting lineup, 19-year-old Wu Mengjie, 17-year-old Wan Ziyue and 16-year-old Yang Jia are all participating in the league for the first time. Diao Linyu, 27, is already the oldest member of the team, and 24-year-old Gong Xiangyu is also the "big sister" in this team.

Gong Xiangyu, who has become the captain in the new season, is also constantly groping: "When the captain can feel the pressure at the beginning, he slowly adapts as the league progresses. For me, I need to do a lot of different things than before, whether on the field or off the field, to take responsibility, to communicate more with the young players and remind more. ”

In Gong Xiangyu's view, although a group of small players have changed, the overall cohesion of the team has not changed, and the style of the entire team has not changed, which is the basis for the team to continuously make progress. "The first time we played the league with this lineup, the degree of tacit understanding at the beginning will not be so high, we need to slowly understand each other, find some problems from each game, constantly improve, play a game further, and be able to reach the final is also the result of everyone's efforts."

Like in an interview with reporters more than five years ago, Cai Bin has been stressing the importance of teamwork and comprehensiveness. He said: "The team is the most important, and every team member enters the team to integrate into the collective playing style. As a young player, there can be a lack of technology, but the team spirit must be there, and the spirit of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team must be there. The one who can't put the collective interest first is not a good volleyball player. Technically, it is still more important to pay more attention to the comprehensiveness of the basic skills of the players, and the comprehensiveness at both ends of the attack and defense. ”

Under this requirement, the Jiangsu team, whether it is an "old team member" such as Diao Linyu and Gong Xiangyu, or a "Mesozoic Generation" such as Wu Han and Ni Feifan, or a fledgling young man such as Wu Mengjie, Wan Ziyue and Yang Jia, has continued to make progress in the league. Especially the 23-year-old Wu Han, last season she was more of a substitute role, but now she has held up the main offensive banner. Cai Bin is very positive about this: "She is very down-to-earth in training, in the past she could not attack or defend, and now she takes over six rounds and one pass." It was the comprehensiveness of the technology that brought about the explosion, and her play played a key role in the team. ”

Young teams have momentum and vigor, but at the same time there will be unstable times, as evidenced by the second game of the semi-finals. In the good situation of 2:0 leading, facing the Shanghai team that let go, the Jiangsu women's volleyball girls became tied hands and feet, and finally were reversed by the opponent 2:3.

Cai Bin revealed that after the loss of that game, the coaching staff studied it very late that day. "There must be psychological problems in this situation, but there must also be technical problems at the same time." Our task is to pinpoint the crux of these problems and to come up with ways to make them up. For the small team members, this process is also necessary to go through, of course, the length of the process and personal understanding ability, receptivity are related, now young people have their own ideas, thoughts and understanding, we also have to teach according to their aptitudes, can not take a model to ask them. ”

Speaking about the upcoming final, Gong Xiangyu said: "We don't have any pressure baggage, and we are going all out to impact the opponent. Cai Bin said: "The opportunity is rare, the Tianjin team is very strong, which is a good learning opportunity for young players, in the process of learning to see if they can let go of themselves, fight hard, rush a rush." ”

In fact, in Cai Bin's view, for this young Jiangsu women's volleyball team, the most important thing in the whole season is to learn. "They should have learned a lot, from the first game to now, for some of the players, it may be like sleepwalking." There are a lot of things worth summarizing here, and when the league is over, they will be able to summarize and understand. I think the young players should pay more attention to it, and don't feel that they are still young. Every day's training game is very important, professional sports can not afford to waste, let alone tolerate detours, if you take a detour or two, the best time may be missed. (End)