Interview|Coach Cai Bin: The Chinese women's volleyball team is more energetic and more stable
Coach Cai Bin.
The Chinese women's volleyball team will usher in another test.
The Paris Olympic qualification tournament will start in Ningbo on September 16, and for the Chinese women's volleyball team, there is only one goal - that is, to successfully qualify for the Olympic Games.
This year's Chinese women's volleyball schedule is very intensive, after the World League Finals more than a month ago, followed by the Olympic qualification tournament, the Asian Games...
"Go all out to finish the qualifiers, and then we will go all out to go to the Asian Games." Cai Bin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, said in an exclusive interview with The Paper.
Cai Bin instructs Yuan Xinyue (left) and Gong Xiangyu (middle).
Focus on finding problems
More than a month ago, in the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team created a surprise.
The team made it all the way to the final of the finals, losing to the Turkish women's volleyball team to finish second, and although it failed to stand on the top podium, it has already set the team's all-time record in the competition.
After the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not have much rest and immediately returned to China to prepare for the upcoming Olympic qualification tournament.
"After returning home, everyone summed up the World League, and then moved on to the next stage of preparation." Head coach Cai Bin told The Paper.
As for the team's outstanding performance in the world league, he mentioned two words: unity.
"Or everyone is very united, including hard work, dare to fight with strong teams, in fact, I think the results are just a natural result, we pay more attention to the process, the process is good, the result will naturally be good."
In terms of the tacit understanding of technical and tactical cooperation, he believes that the team has also improved, "It is more stable than last year." ”
However, in the past month or so, the team has not been satisfied with the results of the world league, but has focused all its energy on finding problems.
As Cai Bin said, "There are too many problems exposed in the world league, in fact, it does not mean that winning is all good, and winning we have to find what we don't do well and where we can improve." This is what I always ask athletes to do. ”
"In terms of the stability of the team, including the play of key balls, this team I still feel a little tender, there will still be ups and downs, I know that the athletes are working hard, including our entire coaching staff, they all want to improve the level as soon as possible, which also requires the accumulation of a certain amount of games."
Cai Bin communicates with captain Yuan Xinyue.
In continuous combat, physical fitness is key
In Cai Bin's view, there is still room for improvement in each player's personal ability, psychological quality, and proficiency in cooperation. At the same time, physical fitness is the focus of the team's training this year.
In this year's Olympic qualification tournament, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face seven consecutive group opponents from September 16 to 24, and only the top two will receive tickets for the Paris Olympic Games.
After completing the tough battle of the Olympic qualification round, the team has to meet the test of the Hangzhou Asian Games non-stop.
"[After the Olympic qualifiers] immediately went to the Asian Games, and indeed this year's schedule is quite tight." Head coach Cai Bin said, "Participating in the competition needs to adjust to a peak of state, and now it is equivalent to working hard to get another peak after the peak. ”
"So now when I was preparing, the physical requirements were quite high. At the same time, the opponent's style is completely different, the opponents of the Olympic qualification round are all European and American teams, and the Asian Games are Asian opponents. ”
For the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Olympic qualification matches face Serbia, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Ukraine, and every opponent needs to deal with it seriously.
"In fact, the level of European and American teams is similar, there is no particularly weak team, we still have to seriously prepare for every game, and every opponent must pay great attention to it."
"Including the Netherlands, Dominica, etc., such as the recent CONCACAF Championship, Dominica also won the United States, so we can't underestimate any opponent." Cai Bin said.
Both veterans and newcomers need to exert their energy
In fact, for the Chinese women's volleyball team, in addition to the World League, Olympic Qualification Tournament, Asian Games and other major competition tasks this year, it also needs to compete in the Universiade and Asian Championships.
Although there was no first-line lineup in these two competitions, the team also arranged some national players to lead the team to play and strive for good results, which is also a valuable experience for the participating players.
'It's definitely a workout for them, they may not have the opportunity to start here, but in other games these players may have more opportunities to play.' Cai Bin told the surging news reporter.
"I hope they grow up quickly, and these competitions will also provide a little bit of experience in the international arena, so that they can play more and have a little more opportunity to exercise."
At the same time, there are veterans like Ding Xia in the list.
For the role of veterans, Cai Bin also attaches great importance to it, "Her experience on the court and the rationality of scoring the ball are still very sophisticated, and she has a lot of experience in international competitions. At the same time, when everyone is a little chaotic on the field, the veteran can also stabilize the military heart. ”
In Cai Bin's interpretation, there is actually only one criterion for determining the roster - that is, under the existing conditions, try to allocate the personnel in each position as fully as possible.
"After all, next year is the Olympics, and now every national team competition is crucial, so definitely recruit the most advantageous people into the team."
Chinese women's volleyball Olympic qualification schedule
September 16, 19:30 Chinese women's volleyball VS Ukraine women's volleyball
September 17, 19:30 Chinese women's volleyball team VS Mexico women's volleyball team
September 19, 19:30 Chinese Women's Volleyball VS Czech Women's Volleyball
September 20th, 19:30 China Women's Volleyball VS Canada Women's Volleyball
September 22, 19:30 China Women's Volleyball VS Netherlands Women's Volleyball
September 23, 19:30 China Women's Volleyball VS Dominican Women's Volleyball
September 24th 19:30 Chinese Women's Volleyball VS Serbia Women's Volleyball