With Scandicci's 2-3 defeat to Milan in the Serie A women's volleyball semifinals, Zhu Ting's first season in Serie A officially ended. Zhu Ting has been away from the field for 462 days since her wrist injury at the Tokyo Olympics, only coming off the bench in a league match against Casal Maggiore in early November last year. In the past 6 months of continuous competition, as the most expensive player in Scandicci, Zhu Ting has stable output at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. With the first Europa League victory, Serie A regular season ranking to seal next season's Champions League qualification, Serie A playoffs and the last runners-up Milan, Scandicci's squad configuration and team heritage have made this season even better than expected.
It is not easy to recover after a major injury, Zhu Ting played satisfactorily The Europa League victory performance exceeded expectations
Compared with the first time she stayed in the ocean at the Wakifu Bank and won the championship, Zhu Ting's results in Serie A and the dominance shown by individuals are indeed worse. But this is not caused by the "decline in Zhu Ting's ability", but by many factors.
First of all, Zhu Ting has just recovered from a serious injury and has been away from the court for too long, and as she gets older, her competitive condition does have a gap compared to her peak. Compared with European and American players, there is a gap in the physical fitness of Chinese players, and the scientific training and injury recovery in China is worse. Once a player is injured, few can go back to the top! With Zhu Ting's age and injury situation, she is already in the hands of the Chinese women's volleyball team and has a relatively ideal recovery after a major injury.
Secondly, Scandicci is not a traditional strong team in Serie A, and the team heritage, squad construction, club operation and other aspects are more obvious than the ceiling of the Turkish Super League - Vakifu Bank. In such a team, if Zhu Ting wants to fully demonstrate her personal ability, she is also constrained by more external factors. After all, most of Zhu Ting's Serie A teammates have a gap in personal ability and making up for it. Throughout the season, Scandicci's second-pass loophole has not been completely solved, and Zhu Ting's back-attack has been abandoned.
Thirdly, the overall level and technical and tactical style of the two major leagues of Serie A and the Turkish Premier League are different. Although the Turkish Super League has outstanding ability, the overall level is not as good as Serie A. The Serie A teams are closer to each other and the blocking system is more mature. In such a league known for its good blocking, as the team's first strong point, Zhu Ting will inevitably encounter more challenges on the offensive end, and the effect of smashing will be affected accordingly.
Zhu Ting played most of Scandicci's games after recovering from injury, and apart from a few ups and downs, her overall performance was satisfactory, at least worthy of the value offered to her by the club. In terms of results, Scandicci's Europa League victory has been able to meet this season. The league performance exceeded expectations by finishing runners-up in Serie A in the regular season and breaking the unbeaten streak of defending champion Conegliano, winning twice in five meetings with Milan throughout the season with a better squad. It's just that the key points in the playoffs failed to bite, and unfortunately missed the opportunity to go further.
Serie A ranked 4th in the main attack list, showing Zhu Ting's strength Not as good as the peak, still world-class
Scandicci's 2-3 defeat in the Serie A semi-final tiebreaker was attributed to "Zhu Ting's lack of strength", and only 18 points in five games did not allow the team to go further. It is true that Zhu Ting has had ups and downs in individual performances, and her offensive lethality and dominance on the court are indeed inferior to her peak. Even so, Zhu Ting's performance in the strong Serie A league is still remarkable, and the continuous and stable output at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is definitely in the first echelon of the main attack list!
According to the Serie A personal technical statistics list, Zhu Ting played 100 games in 29 games, scoring a total of 413 points, including 374 points for smashing, 33 points for blocking the net and 6 points for serve. Among all Serie A attacks, Zhu Ting ranked fourth in total points, with Fiorentina's Belgium side Herberts (117 games and 502 points in 30 games), Casalmaggiore's American main Franti (30 games, 119 games, 437 points) and Novara's American main Raniere (30 games, 103 games, 431 points).
In the offensive link, Zhu Ting was blocked on 38 of 374 of 867 dunks and 29 errors, with a smash success rate and a smash efficiency of 43.1% and 35.4% respectively. Zhu Ting's offensive efficiency is the highest of all the main attacks on the list, and the success rate is only slightly higher than that of individual players such as Novara's Cuban player Carcasese (46.8%) and Conegliano's American main Plumer (45.6%).
The Serie A Women's Volleyball League focuses on the technical statistics table
In the case of the main pass, Zhu Ting's performance is among the best in Serie A, and she is definitely the most consistent scoring point for Scandicci! Even if the cooperation with the two setters in the team is not ideal, she still tries her best to make up for it, and tries to score points through her individual ability as much as possible. Zhu Ting's offensive statistics in Serie A are indeed not as good as those in the soil time, which also objectively shows that her current state is far from her peak. But this does not prevent her from still being among the world's first-class main attackers, and she is also the most powerful main attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
For Zhu Ting, the wrist injury was indeed a turning point in her career, and the hardships and pressures she endured during the recovery from injury were only known to herself. Now that the overseas season has ended, it is expected that Zhu Ting will be able to wear the national team jersey again after resting. With her current physical condition and competitive level, Zhu Ting is still an indispensable leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team!