The Chinese women's volleyball team finally came to fruition in the anticipation of all, and finally Cai Bin took the position in the speculation of many fans and was successfully elected as the new manager of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Since Cai Bin has been coaching in the Jiangsu women's volleyball team before, throughout the selection process, Jiangsu fans have always been a staunch supporter of Cai Bin. After Cai Bin's successful election, Jiangsu fans were even more ecstatic, not only believing that Cai Bin's election was deserved, but also believing that Jiangsu women's volleyball players would be reused. In particular, Zhang Changning, the former captain of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, will become the best candidate for the two important positions of the core and the captain, and the Chinese women's volleyball team is about to enter the Era of Zhang Changning.
Since Zhang Changning entered the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2014, he has made a lot of meritorious contributions to the Chinese women's volleyball team, and the two World Cup championships and an Olympic champion won by Lang Ping led the Chinese women's volleyball team have made indelible contributions to Zhang Changning. And Zhang Changning's own strength is also the existence of the top level, although just entered the national team is only Hui Ruoqi's substitute, but because Hui Ruoqi is injured, Zhang Changning's hard strength should not be worse than Hui Ruoqi, but the game experience is not as rich as Hui Ruoqi, so after Hui Ruoqi retired, Zhang Changning successfully entered the main position, and has a good performance, indeed can be called the "second sister" of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In 2018, Li Yingying turned out to be born and successfully selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team, which immediately improved the offensive strength of the main offensive line of the Chinese women's volleyball team. However, at that time, although Li Yingying had strong offensive ability, due to her shortcomings in defense and passing, and her experience in international competitions was extremely lacking, her performance was not satisfactory. Therefore, he was arranged by Lang Ping to be the fourth main offensive position after Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning and Liu Xiaotong. Not only are there very few opportunities to play, but even the performance is difficult to play at a normal level due to tension. However, with the gradual adaptation to the rhythm of international competitions, Li Yingying quickly surpassed Liu Xiaotong and entered the third main offensive position. However, there is no threat to Zhang Changning's position in the second main attack.
With the completion of the short board and the accumulation of experience in international competitions, Li Yingying's overall strength has improved rapidly, directly approaching the "second sister" Zhang Changning. However, at this time, Li Yingying and Zhang Changning only have their own advantages, and the overall strength is difficult to distinguish. Although it is still arranged by Lang Ping in the position of substitute main attack, every time it comes to the key moment when the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to reverse the situation or improve its offensive strength, it will replace Zhang Changning with Li Yingying. According to statistics, in all the competitions that Li Yingying participated in with the main lineup in 2019, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not lose, while the full main lineup had a record of losing the game.
After the 2019 World Cup, the Chinese women's volleyball team, affected by the epidemic, fell into a state of no competition to play, and could only "retreat cultivation" through intensive training. In the World League match in Italy after the clearance, fans were surprised to find that Li Yingying's strength had been further improved. At this time, Li Yingying has surpassed Zhang Changning by half a position, but what is puzzling is that I don't know why Li Yingying still did not get the opportunity to start in the next Tokyo Olympic Games, until she confirmed that the Chinese women's volleyball team did not qualify for the quarterfinals, and only got the start of two games. However, this does not hide the fact that Li Yingying has become the core of the team.
Under the premise that Zhu Ting was injured and could not return to the team for the time being, the so-called Zhang Changning era of Jiangsu fans could not be recognized by fans. Not to mention that Zhu Ting will still be the core and captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team after returning from injury, even if Zhu Ting is not there, Cai Bin was elected as the coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Zhang Changning is difficult to be competent for the heavy responsibility of the core of the team, which has been confirmed by the performance in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the comparison with Li Yingying's strength. However, in the absence of Zhu Ting due to injury, with Zhang Changning's seniority and strength, it is absolutely deserved to be elected as the captain, and it has nothing to do with whether Cai Bin is the head coach or not.