The Chinese women's volleyball team is facing restructuring, but from the current situation, Ding Xia, Yao Di, Diao Linyu three old second pass is still a self-contained existence, there is no young second pass player can approach the level of these three people. The reason for this situation is that the training cycle of the second pass player is relatively long, and the second is because the good seedlings of the second pass player can be encountered and cannot be sought. So no team will easily adjust the main second pass player. Of course, the national team is excluded, because the national team can mobilize the resources of the whole country, and the selection of second-pass players is relatively broad, but even so, the national team will not easily replace the main second-pass.
In the Chinese women's volleyball team, after Wei Qiuyue retired, Ding Xia became the best candidate for the main second pass with the characteristics of strong pass concealment, fast speed, and active and tenacious defense, but Ding Xia was not perfect. The solidification of the passing thinking is its biggest problem, but this problem is not easy to perceive in a short period of time. For example, the last pass against the Italian women's volleyball team in the semifinals of the 2018 World Championships has been questioned, and even some fans suspect that Ding Xia deliberately did not pass the ball to Li Yingying. In fact, it is just a manifestation of Ding Xia's passing thinking, not a pass with subjective selectivity.
In the Tokyo Olympic Games, Ding Xia's passing ideas seem to have been found under the careful observation and software analysis of the opponent, and it is likely to have been shared by the opponent team. Therefore, even if Ding Xia passes the ball fast and is more hidden, she can rarely create better scoring opportunities for attackers, which is particularly prominent in the game against the Russian women's volleyball team. Ding Xia did not play badly in the first set, but still lost. In the second set, Yao Di did not play well, one pass was crooked, and the second pass stumbled, but the Chinese women's volleyball team won, the reason is because the Russian women's volleyball team has penetrated Ding Xia's passing ideas, and is unfamiliar with Yao Di's pass.
In the case that Ding Xia's passing ideas have been thoroughly understood, Lang Ping had to passively "deprive" Ding Xia of his status as a main player and use Yao Di as the main second pass instead. This kind of initiative to adjust the main second pass is very rare in a competition like the Olympic Games. And Yao Di did not disappoint Lang Ping after being appointed in danger, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team to seal the Italian women's volleyball team and the Argentine women's volleyball team in succession, saving a little face for the Chinese women's volleyball team. In fact, before 2019, the gap between Yao Di and Ding Xia was still quite obvious, and even Diao Linyu was half a position ahead of Yao Di, but from 2019, Yao Di suddenly "opened up".
After "opening the trick", Yao Di has made obvious technical progress, and the defense has become proactive. Not only was the overall strength close to Ding Xia, but it also surpassed Diao Linyu by half of her position. This is the reason why Lang Ping chose Yao Di instead of Diao Linyu in the World Cup and the Olympic Games. As for the similarization of technology, it is just a statement that Lang Ping takes care of the emotions of the lost players. Of course, Diao Linyu is also a very good second-pass player, but given the importance of the second-pass to a team, even if it is a slight advantage, it can play a decisive role for the entire team, so Lang Ping's choice of Yao Di is beyond doubt.
Speaking of Yao Di and Diao Linyu, many people will be misled by subjective thinking, thinking that Diao Linyu's passing speed is fast, and Yao Di's passing speed is slow, so Diao Linyu is stronger than Yao Di. In fact, in terms of passing speed, it is a relative concept. It's not that fast equals good, and slow equals bad. The speed that can make the team run smoothly and smoothly, and all the players can be handy, is the speed that the second pass player needs to control, and this speed is the rhythm of the team. Therefore, whether or not you can really grasp the passing speed just right is the key to measuring whether a second-pass player is excellent, rather than blindly seeking speed.
After the above analysis, we can make the following summary: Ding Xia, Yao Di, and Diao Linyu are still the best second pass players at present. Among them, Ding Xia's strength is still in the first place, but in view of the fact that Ding Xia's passing ideas have been thoroughly explored by opponents, and it is difficult to make changes in Ding Xia's age, it is difficult for Ding Xia to be qualified for the main second pass position of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although the strength of Yao Di and Diao Linyu is between Bo Zhong, the super psychological quality that Yao Di is more stable at key moments is obviously incomparable to Diao Linyu, so after the reconstruction of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Yao Di is definitely the best candidate for the main second pass, and Diao Linyu is the best candidate for the second pass.