Ding Xia took the knee pad and ran like a fly! The Chinese women's volleyball team is renewed, and the 32-year-old ant is still the best
Sunday, April 3, 2022 Beijing time. There has been no news of the Chinese women's volleyball team for a long time, because of safety factors, the entire Chinese women's volleyball team is training in the closed. After Cai Bin became the new head coach, he began to prepare for 4 major events this year! The World Women's Volleyball League in June, the Asian Cup in August, the Asian Games in September, and the World Championships in October!
The training screen we saw was blurry. Ding Xia wore tape that protected her knees and ran like a fly! For the Chinese women's volleyball team, in the post-Wei Qiuyue era, the main candidate of the second pass is always very important. Although Ding Xia, born in 1990, is 32 years old and has the intention of starting to transition in the direction of coaching, in the Paris Olympic cycle, I believe Ding Xia is still the best second pass.
After Lang Ping took over the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2013, he focused on the second pass, the main ones were Wei Qiuyue and Shen Jingsi, and the training also included Ding Xia and Yao Di. At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Wei Qiuyue and Ding Xia played in Brazil and won the championship with their teammates. Later, entering the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Wei Qiuyue retired, Ding Xia became the main force, and Yao Di and Diao Linyu were trained accordingly.
At the Rio Olympics, Ding Xia did not look very mature. But Ding Xia later recalled that teammates including Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning gave her great encouragement. For example, Zhu Ting will say: You don't know how to pass it on to me, I will definitely be able to fight. Zhang Changning will say: Sister Xia, the balls you pass are particularly suitable. Support between teammates is very important.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not play well, losing three games in a row. Ding Xia's performance was decent. Today, entering the Paris cycle, this year's events are dense, next year is relatively few, and the following year is the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It is expected that Ding Xia will still be the main second pass to play with the team, because she has played two consecutive Olympic Games, plus the World Championships and World Cup and other events, and has rich experience. Who the other second pass will be depends on the competition of the players.