The Women's Volleyball World Championship will be held in September, and the Chinese team is actively preparing under the leadership of Cai Bin and has now entered the sprint period. So, what kind of 14-man lineup will Cai Bin send? The author predicts that Ni Feifan and Gao Yi are afraid of being abandoned, or take 3 secondary attacks and 5 main attacks to fight.
First, let's talk about why I think Ni Feifan and Gao Yi will be abandoned. From the perspective of the playing time of the World League, Gao Yi only entered the 14-man list during the third week and the finals, but did not get a 1-minute chance to play, which also shows that her strength is not recognized by Cai Bin, and the rest of Wang Yuanyuan, Yuan Xinyue, Yang Hanyu and Zheng Yixin have more or less appeared, so it is not surprising that Gao Yi was eliminated.
Ni Feifan mostly played as a defensive free agent during his time in the World League, only starting in matches against South Korea, but due to poor passing, he played only 1 and a half sets before being replaced by Wang Weiyi. Although Ni Feifan is young and has great potential, the World Championships are not a place to train new people, but a place to compete for gold and silver. The World League can let young players train, but in the big game, it will definitely need better players to escort them.
There were rumors that Cai Bin had recruited Wang Mengjie, and if this news came true, it would mean that Cai Bin still attached great importance to the results of the World Championships. Some people may think that Wang Mengjie joined the team to replace Wang Weiyi, although Wang Weiyi's league data is not ideal, which does not mean that Ni Feifan can surpass Wang Weiyi. As mentioned above, the World Championships need players with strength, not potential players, in this case, the possibility of Ni Feifan being eliminated will increase.
Judging from the playing time of the World League, the main attacks Li Yingying, Wang Yunruo, Jin Ye, the secondary attacks Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Yang Hanyu, the second pass Diao Linyu, Ding Xia, and Gong Xiangyu and other 9 people almost won the World Championship seat. Of the remaining 5 places, substitutes and free men will occupy 3 places, so there are still 2 left. Whether these 2 places are all given to the main attack or evenly divided between the main attack and the secondary attack position will test Cai Bin's wisdom.
Under normal circumstances, each team will bring 4 main attacks, 4 secondary attackers, 2 second passes, 2 receptions, and 2 free people, but considering the current situation that the Chinese women's volleyball team has a shortage of talents in the secondary offensive line and the lack of talents in the main offensive line, the author thinks that Cai Bin may leave a quota on the secondary offensive line to the main attacker, that is, the unconventional configuration with 5 main attacks and 3 secondary attackers. After all, from the perspective of the substitution adjustment of Cai Bin in the World League, Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan will almost never be replaced, but they will frequently rotate in the main attack.
In the 13 world league matches, the only memorable sub-offensive substitutions are Zheng Yixin when playing Thailand, Yang Hanyu when playing Canada, and the rest of the games are almost all yuan xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan. On the other hand, the main offensive position is often Wang Yunruo and Jin Ye taking turns to fight, as long as there is a problem on the field, Cai Bin's first choice of substitutions is Wang Yunrui and Jin Ye. Based on this situation, the platoon deployment with 5 main attackers was conducive to Cai Bin.
If Cai Bin wants to lead 5 main attackers, then Wang Yizhu and Wu Mengjie may join the World Championship roster, and the fourth deputy attack Zheng Yixin will be eliminated. Predicted women's volleyball world championship 14-man roster:
- Main attacks: Li Yingying, Wang Yunrui, Jin Ye, Wu Mengjie, Wang Yizhu
- Secondary attacks: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Yang Hanyu
- Responding: Gong Xiangyu, Chen Peiyan
- Second pass: Ding Xia, Diao Linyu
- Free people: Wang Mengjie, Wang Weiyi