With 4 wins and 3 losses, the Chinese women's volleyball team ended the journey of the Olympic preliminary round, and after a meal, it did not have the opportunity to go directly to the Paris Olympics.
Li Yingying, the core of the team, has become a model worker for the team, being both a father and a mother in 7 games, breaking his heart for this team, and being injured after losing to Dominica, walking with a limp, shaking leisurely, and the pain is so painful that he can't walk steadily. It was too distressing to watch, and less than a day later, Li Yingying appeared again in the final station, scoring a team-high 23 points and helping the Chinese women's volleyball team defeat Serbia 3-1.
The Chinese women's volleyball reflects many problems, for example, our main offensive line is too weak.
During the coaching period of Lang Ping, there were Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning on the main offensive line of the Chinese women's volleyball team, which can be said to be picturesque. It can be said that at that time, we could win the championship in Rio, relying on the play of the whole team, especially the strong performance on the main offensive line. At that time, the starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Zhu Ting was 22 years old, Zhang Changning was 21 years old, Yuan Xinyue was 20 years old, Gong Xiangyu was only 19 years old, the whole starting lineup, the average age was 23.3 years old,
And the current Chinese women's volleyball starting lineup, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu is still there, but the age has risen by 7 years, the youngest Li Yingying is 23 years old, the average age of this set of starters is 26.6 years old, which is 3 years older than the starting lineup of the Rio Olympics.
This shows that after 7 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team is basically still eating the old book left by Lang Ping, and reliable newcomers have not practiced, in other words, they have not had the opportunity to exercise. The most critical main attack position, after Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning were injured, basically could not play. Cai Bin can only rely too much on Li Yingying, although Wang Yunbi is very hard, but her ability is really limited, playing the starting position, is also a helpless move.
This caused Li Yingying to be under too much pressure, playing every game to the death, not even having a decent substitute. Wu Mengjie has a lot of potential, in the last Serbia game, Wu Mengjie finally played and scored 19 points, but will it be a little late?
In terms of cultivating new people, Cai Bin and Lang Ping have a big gap. When Lang Ping was coaching, Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, these players, almost all of them entered the national team directly at the pace of triple jump, and quickly became the main force. Even Li Yingying, the core of the women's volleyball team now, was recruited into the national team when she was 18 years old, and until today, she has become the new core of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Was there no performance pressure when Lang Ping was coaching? Of course there will be. But Lang Ping insisted on carrying the pressure, playing games and training newcomers. This courage eventually allowed Lang Ping and the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
After the Chinese women's volleyball Olympic preliminary round was eliminated, Li Yingying also admitted that the team was in trouble on a technical level, and there was no good solution when it was locked up with opponents on the offensive end. And she herself has technical shortcomings.
Li Yingying is right, it is also a truth, from this point of view, Cai Bin's team lost unjustly. The Chinese women's volleyball team has come to the point where it is now, and there are many problems. Like Li Yingying, it is not easy to recognize the problem and keep a clear head. The exit of the Chinese women's volleyball team also released a clear signal that a young core like Li Yingying should follow Zhu Ting and play in top European clubs as soon as possible to improve their strength.
Otherwise, always practicing hard at home day after day is of little meaning and difficult to improve. Li Yingying, 23, is still in the stage of rising technology, and fans who like her are worried that she will miss the opportunity to rise the ball.
However, with the current needs of the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Tianjin women's volleyball team, it is not easy for Li Yingying to go abroad to play, and the reasons are understandable.