The news about the increase in the number of participants in volleyball at the Paris Olympics has finally been closed after going viral for many days. The FIVB officially announced that each participating team will add a new substitute, increasing the number of participants in the team to 13. This approach is similar to that of a P-card player in table tennis.
That is, if one of the 12 reported players is injured or sick and cannot participate in the remaining games, the substitute athletes can be substituted for the game, while the substituted athletes are not allowed to participate in the remaining games. In addition, the Olympic Village is not responsible for the daily expenses such as food, clothing, housing and transportation of the substitute players, and they need to pay for themselves. As for whether he will be able to win a medal, it has not yet been clarified.
If the practice of table tennis is followed, the P card player will only receive a medal after the substitution is successful, and the replaced player will not win the medal. This move is a big boost for the Chinese women's volleyball team and solves Cai Bin's worries. The biggest use of P card players is to prevent injuries from having too much impact on the team, and the Chinese women's volleyball team needs the presence of substitute players in both the setter position and the free man position.
In terms of setters, Diao Linyu is the main force of this cycle as long as there is no accident, and the substitute is estimated to be between Ding Xia and Xu Xiaoting. Judging from Cai Bin's selection of Ding Xia for the Olympic Games and the Asian Games, the 34-year-old veteran is more likely to participate in the Paris Olympics, but Ding Xia's injury is like a time bomb and is one of the biggest uncertainties for the team.
If Ding Xia is suddenly injured during the Olympic Games, according to the previous situation, Diao Linyu can only rely on Diao Linyu to top all the games, and the tactic of two points for three points will also be abolished. But with the emergence of substitute players, Cai Bin can bring Ding Xia and Xu Xiaoting to the Paris Olympics, and finally choose Ding Xia or Xu Xiaoting, which can be determined through later observation, even if the game starts, there is a chance to correct.
Libero Wang Mengjie has a very serious back injury, and in the first leg of the league knockout round and the second game of Jiangsu, he missed all the remaining games due to the recurrence of an old injury. Although Wang Mengjie has a serious back injury, her one-pass guarantee is very important for the team, if there is no Wang Mengjie's pass, it is difficult for the team to play fast-changing tactics, Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan's fastball attack, Gong Xiangyu's back-flat attack will be invalid, so the Paris Olympics will definitely bring Wang Mengjie.
Considering Wang Mengjie's injury, the double free man tactic is very necessary. There are generally two types of double free man tactics, one is to let the free man sign up as the main attack substitute back row, and the other is to sign up as a free man directly and rotate at the game site, but both of these will squeeze the personnel in other positions. Due to his short stature, the free man can only play in the back row, whether it is to squeeze out the main attack or the secondary attack, it is not very cost-effective.
Now that there are substitute players, another free agent can wait outside the field, and once Wang Mengjie's body is in shape, he can be replaced immediately. According to the choice of the national team's current free men, if Cai Bin takes 2 free men, it is estimated that it will be Wang Mengjie and Ni Feifei, or Wang Mengjie and Xu Jianan. Do you think the 13th man will be a free man and a setter?