Less than a month before the start of the World League, the preparation of the Chinese women's volleyball team has also entered the sprint stage. In the absence of many main players in the last cycle, who can sit firmly in the starting lineup in the new cycle has attracted much attention, especially in the position of free man, in the case of Lin Li fading out and Wang Mengjie failing to be elected, Ni Feifan has become a popular candidate for the main force. However, this position may emerge dark horses, Wang Weiyi has the opportunity to complete the counterattack, from the team's existing lineup configuration and one-pass system, at least this year's international competitions, Wang Weiyi is more suitable for playing the main force than Ni Feifan.
In the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the free man candidate of the Chinese women's volleyball team, although relatively stable, but the main quota, from Lin Li to Wang Mengjie, coupled with the newly rising post-00 young player Ni Feifan, the free man position of the Chinese women's volleyball team has formed a pattern of Wang Mengjie's main player, Lin Li and Ni Extraordinary substitute. However, after the tragic defeat of the Tokyo Olympic Games, with the appointment of Cai Bin's guidance, veteran Lin Li, plagued by age and injury, has faded out of the national team, Wang Mengjie has not been selected, and the three free people selected by Cai Bin's guidance are Ni Feifan, Wang Weiyi and Xu Jiannan, who entered the national team for the first time.
On the surface, it is natural for Ni Feifan to succeed Wang Mengjie as the main force, after all, in the last cycle, Ni Feifan got a lot of opportunities to participate in international competitions, and there was no lack of bright spots in his performance. More importantly, Ni Feifan, who plays for the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, is a young team member who was single-handedly excavated and cultivated during Cai Bin's guidance and coaching of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, and under normal circumstances, the head coach will like to use the players he is familiar with, which is understandable. But from another point of view, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning are currently in the recuperation period, before both of them have a relatively heavy protection task on the field, which means that now the Chinese women's volleyball team's first pass system needs to be torn down and rebuilt, and at the same time, this also puts forward higher requirements for the free man's one pass and defensive coverage area.
Judging from the performance of Ni Feifan and Wang Weiyi in the volleyball Super League, the basic skills of both of them are very solid, and their running positions on the field are also very positive, and they can effectively protect the attackers, which are the necessary characteristics of becoming an excellent free person. Relatively speaking, Ni Feifan's advantage is to be younger, while Wang Weiyi's advantage is to play more stable, at this stage, in the context of Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning's absence at the same time, to ensure that there will be no too much fluctuation in the pass and defense, is Cai Bin's guidance urgently need to solve the problem, at this time Wang Weiyi's advantages have emerged.
Before Ni Feifan, whether in the club or the national team, although his performance on the field was not lacking in highlights, and there were often stunning scenes. But at the same time, it cannot be denied that as a young player born after 00 years, Ni Feifan's play often has ups and downs, in the past, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning could cooperate to protect the bottom, but now Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning can not participate, and the space for free people to make mistakes on the field will become very small. Therefore, in order to become the main free man of the Chinese women's volleyball team, stability is crucial, and it is clear that Wang Weiyi is better in this regard.
Although Wang Weiyi has long been famous in the league, she is still a relatively unfamiliar player for the national team. Although Wang Weiyi first entered the national team as early as 7 years ago, she did not stand firm on this and is a marginal national player. Now, the 27-year-old Wang Weiyi has the opportunity to play the role of a dark horse and become the main free man of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although he is about to enter the ranks of veterans, Wang Weiyi, who has become a late bloomer, can fully follow Yan Ni's example, when Yan Ni was 28 years old, she played the main force in the national team, and after turning thirty, she won the best secondary attack at the World Championships and the World Cup, and now, Wang Weiyi is also facing the same opportunity.