A few days ago, the competition of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League sub-station competition has all ended, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has successfully advanced to the finals with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses. According to the schedule, the World Women's Volleyball League Finals will be played in Ankara, Turkey on July 13, and the Chinese women's volleyball team will meet the Italian women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals on July 14. According to the latest ranking of the Fivest League, the Chinese women's volleyball team is currently only 6 points higher than Italy, and the two teams with the closest rankings in the stage of the sub-station will also play the "world's third defense war" in the finals.
On July 7, the Italian women's volleyball team announced the team's 14-man list of players in the final stage, the main attacker Poseidti Jr. returned, Egnu, Sheila, Petrini and other famous players were also listed, it is worth noting that these players did not participate in the first week of the sub-station match with the Chinese women's volleyball team. Now that the two teams have met again in the finals, the Chinese women's volleyball team must re-recognize this opponent and be prepared to undergo an all-round test, especially the powerful firepower of Egnu, the core attacker of the Italian women's volleyball team.
In the finals, the 1/4 final is about to start, and the Chinese women's volleyball team, which is led by Cai Bin, is sprinting to prepare for this game. So in the previous three weeks of the sub-station competition, what technical characteristics did the new Chinese women's volleyball national team show? In the 12 games, what are the technical and tactical adjustments? "New Horizons in Sports" invited Wang Qian, a former member of the Tianjin women's volleyball team and former national player, to give a detailed interpretation for everyone.
"New Horizons in Sports": In the new national team, Diao Linyu from Jiangsu played the role of the main second pass of the team, and her "fast" on the field left a deep impression on everyone, what details of her characteristics are mainly reflected?
Wang Qian: Diao Linyu will use the net captain to put pressure on the secondary attack and let Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu raise the speed. Although there are also some mismatches between the main attack and the second pass, especially in the defensive counterattack, there are sometimes some mismatches, but we can see that Diao Linyu still tries to play the speed of the main attack, and the speed and arc of the fourth position are relatively flat and faster than before.
"New Horizons in Sports": Diao Linyu tried to mobilize the two side attacks, and the final data also shows that Li Yingying ranked 3rd with 232 points in the entire scoring list, while Gong Xiangyu ranked 12th with 179 points.
Wang Qian: From the data, it is not difficult to see that the two main attackers of our Chinese women's volleyball team are concentrated in the two side attackers of our three strong attacks, one is Li Yingying and the other is Gong Xiangyu. Whether in the case of a pass in place, or not in place, especially in the case of the card round, Diao Linyu still deliberately gave the ball to Li Yingying, letting Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu go to the breakthrough attack to survive this round. And from the perspective of the entire offensive data, it is true that the success rate of Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu's two offensive points is relatively very high.
"New Horizons in Sports": Li Yingying has to attack and defend again, and she has taken on the team's most 208 passes. Li Yingying is equipped with the ability to receive six rounds of one pass, in the first leg of the game, according to the team's initial arrangement, even in the front row, Li Yingying will also withdraw a pass, and Jin Ye is invisible, ready to attack.
Wang Qian: Our front row is a three-point attack, but both of our front row attackers have withdrawn to participate in a pass, so in terms of the players who serve on the other side, whether she sends us to the second position or the fourth position, the person who takes the next pass is the main attacker on our field, which can affect the attack of one of the main attackers on our field, and then stare at the other person. So in fact, in the first leg of the game, we also saw that Cai Bin's guidance also tried, in a certain round, let the back row play the back attack team to participate in the front row of a pass.
"New Horizons in Sports": Later, we saw that in some rounds, Li Yingying no longer withdrew a pass, but was responded by another main attacker + free man + receiving, forming a three-person system of pass after pass.
Wang Qian: In this case, after Wang Yunruo participated in the first pass system, li Yingying's first pass was completely liberated. If one pass is in place, we can raise the speed of the number four. If a pass is not in place, It can also give Li Yingying more time to prepare for a strong attack.
"Sports New Horizons": In the following example, the opponent served to find Li Yingying in the sixth position to receive a pass, and Gong Xiangyu ran to the second position to play a back attack.
Wang Qian: If Li Yingying participated in the first pass, Li Yingying's rear attack would be abolished. This two-point attack round, if there is a card wheel, Cai Bin's guidance also found a better way, that is, to let Gong Xiangyu participate in a pass, liberate Li Yingying's pass, and use her as an exposed strong attack. These adjustments are what Cai Bin said, in the top three stations of the World Volleyball League, play a further game, and use the game to practice. Through the competition, we found the best way to play for us in each round.
"Sports New Horizons": In the first game of this competition, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Dutch women's volleyball team, and Wang Yuanyuan cut the highest 21 points of the whole team, leaving a very deep impression on everyone.
Wang Qian: Yuanyuan scored the highest score of the whole team in the debut game, and played well in both attack and blocking. Maybe it's because we played so well in the first game that the opponent may have studied us a lot. Then we may see a relatively depressed Wang Yuanyuan behind the first stop, including the second stop. But in fact, the rhythm of the game and the rhythm of training are completely different, and the two second passes of the Chinese women's volleyball team have also carried out some rotations, in such a rotation, our team members must find different rhythms on the field and the second pass in time. I think Director Cai actually hopes to find a better rhythm for the secondary attack and the second pass through the game, so in the third leg of the game, we also saw Wang Yuanyuan's state pick up, whether it is a pass in place or some balls that are not in place, Yuanyuan can play a very high-quality secondary attack tactic.
"New Horizons in Sports": As an Olympic champion, Yuan Xinyue has been studied by his opponents in the past three races, and the state of the three races has also fluctuated. But overall, her performance in the third stop seems to be getting better and better.
Wang Qian: In terms of the cooperation between the second pass and the secondary attack, especially Diao Linyu is also the first time to serve as the starting second pass in the newly formed Chinese women's volleyball team, so in the game, the second pass and the attacker may need to find tacit understanding. In previous games, there may have been some balls that were a little short, or some of which were tied to the net. But we communicated and ran through the game, the coach and the players and the second pass, and we saw That Yuan Xinyue made full use of her net height in the back game, adjusted her back flying ball relatively high, and let her high point be fully played, which I think is also a little better and better in the back game.
"New Horizons in Sports": This year's Chinese women's volleyball team has a new starting second pass, and Yuan Xinyue is a two-point attack and a secondary attack, and our two-point attack round will also be targeted and studied by the opponent. That Cai Bin guidance also has a way, that is, two points for three points.
Wang Qian: Cai Dao has been working our two-point attack round, one is that we saw in the previous game, Cai Dao let Yingying and another main attacker rotate positions, and Li Yingying came to play the main attack of the two-point attack. Another thing we see is that Cai Dao also used two points for three points in the round of two-point attack.
"New Horizons in Sports": Since there is a solution, why doesn't Cai Dao frequently use the tactic of two points for three points?
Wang Qian: One is that Chen Peiyan is in the international arena, and there may be some key points and key games, and more games are needed to be experienced. Another link is from the area of Chen Peiyan and Gong Xiangyu's defense and the small ball in tandem, I believe that Gong Xiangyu's experience in the competition is more trustworthy.