On the evening of April 8, Beijing time, Zhu Ting, the former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, announced through social media that she would return to the national team during the World Women's Volleyball League. Zhu Ting said that this return to the team is to do her part for the Chinese women's volleyball team to qualify for the Paris Olympics. To that end, she will give her all and concentrate on training and competing. With Zhu Ting's announcement of her return, she will also return to China to play again after 3 years, and the Chinese women's volleyball national team has finally formed the strongest lineup to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
As the best main attacker in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Zhu Ting's ability is undoubted, at her peak, Zhu Ting led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the women's volleyball team at the Rio Olympics, and after winning the Women's Volleyball World Cup twice, she also won the honor of the Grand Champions Cup. According to statistics, Zhu Ting has a total of 15 MVPs for the national team and club, which is the athlete who has won the most MVPs in the official world championship in the history of FIVB, including the best Olympic women's volleyball player with high gold content.
Although after the Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Ting's form declined due to a wrist injury, and she is still far from her peak, her return to the national team is undoubtedly still exciting. First of all, it's a huge incentive for teammates. After all, Zhu Ting is not only a world-class main attacker, but also the captain and leader of the women's volleyball team, although Zhu Ting has been tired of the national team for the past 3 years, Yuan Xinyue is very competent as the captain, but her role as a secondary attack is limited, and Zhu Ting, who serves as the main attacker, can make the young Chinese women's volleyball players have the backbone on the court.
Secondly, Zhu Ting can also help Cai Bin's national team at the level of offensive support. As we all know, the current main offensive line of the national team is mainly supported by Li Yingying, although her diagonal Wang Yunrui has a good pass, but her offensive ability, especially strong offensive ability, is limited, and Zhu Ting's return can make up for the weakest shortcomings of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although Zhu Ting is not at her peak, after years of tempering in the European League, her offensive ability is still far stronger than that of the main attacker in China, and Zhu Ting's one-pass guarantee is no worse than Wang Yunrui, and even more comprehensive and balanced.
Third, Zhu Ting's return has also greatly improved the thickness of the Chinese women's volleyball team. After Zhu Ting's return, Zhang Changning, who is also an Olympic champion, will definitely not be limited to the main attacking position, and she can also make a cameo appearance in the World Women's Volleyball League.
Fourth, after Zhu Ting returned, Cai Bin also had one more tactical choice. At present, the tactics of the Chinese women's volleyball team are mainly "fast change" and rely more on one pass. If there is a fluctuation in a pass, the attack can easily get stuck. Now that Zhu Ting is back, it can greatly alleviate Li Yingying's strong offensive pressure. Cai Bin can also regain the style of "high-speed combination" of the Lang Ping period when the main tactics are frustrated.
On the whole, Zhu Ting's return to the national team is definitely what everyone expects and fans want to see. After all, the Chinese women's volleyball team needs this backbone too much. I believe that with Zhu Ting, the qualification of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the Olympic Games will be much safer.