The Chinese team in the Women's Volleyball World League was reversed by the Canadian team, and this defeat undoubtedly plunged the entire Chinese volleyball world into contemplation. As a team with the longest training camp in the world, such a poor performance calls into question the effectiveness of the training camp model. In contrast, Canada's main players Van Rijk and Gray have just finished their journey in the high-level league, but they have shown amazing competitive form, which once again confirms the value of high-level professional leagues.
It has to be said that Van Rijk and Gray were once unfamiliar names, but their outstanding performances in professional leagues abroad have made them shine today. However, our players have been confined to lower-level leagues in China for a long time, such as the Tianjin women's volleyball team only allowed Yao Di to go out to play, and Zhuang Yushan was dragged back to China alive and missed the opportunity to train in the Italian league.
In stark contrast, Canadian players are now active in the biggest teams in the top leagues, and their self-confidence is growing day by day. Look at Van Rijk's fast and powerful jump serve, which is just a Canadian service line, how will the Chinese team respond if they are attacked by the Italian or Turkish service lines?
The author admits that our team of players and coaches has opened a terrible gap with the world volleyball world. We urgently need to learn from abroad and let the players go out and sharpen themselves in the high-level professional league. Playing at a high level is a great way to train people, and the Canadian team is a prime example of this.
If we continue to hold closed training camps, insist on running a pension-type league without opening the door and letting players go out, and increase the intensity of league competition, it will eventually achieve nothing and it will be difficult to defeat any strong team.
Moreover, our women's volleyball team has undoubtedly paid a lot of hard work for such a long training time, but the premise is that the training method must be correct and effective. If the method is wrong, no amount of time will be in vain. Our players are working hard day after day, should they be disappointed and not be able to get the rewards they deserve for their hard work?
In addition to the way they trained, the tactical literacy of the coaching staff was also left far behind by the Canadian team. The Canadian coaching staff skillfully used timeouts and controversial decisions to deliberately disrupt the rhythm of the game, but Coach Cai Bin remained on the sidelines like a wooden chicken, and sometimes these small actions on the court are also part of the tactics, and simply taking a timeout does not have much effect. They are also adept at disrupting their opponents' rhythms by arguing with the referees through theory, which is also part of the game's tactics.
To make matters worse, Cai Bin is indifferent to the lineup. When we lost serve in a row, if we replaced Wang Yunrui in time, there might be a glimmer of life, but he was indifferent and lost passively. Excessive gambling is also a big problem, Zhang Changning has lacked competition training, and her condition is not at its best, but he arranged her in the key bureau as soon as she came up, which is really reckless.
The poor adaptability on the court is reflected in the fact that when there is a problem with the serve, Cai Bin will neither make a timely substitution nor take the opportunity to change the rhythm on the court. There was a fluctuation in the second setter, and he insisted on not substitution, which is incomprehensible, what is the purpose of bringing three setters?
If our coaches can experience the atmosphere of a high-level league first-hand, they may have an early understanding of the rules and gameplay, and they will be able to gradually improve their tactical literacy.
In general, this defeat once again showed us the shortcomings of the Chinese women's volleyball team in talent training and coaching team construction. If you don't reflect on it in time and take effective measures to change it, the Chinese women's volleyball team will go all the way in the future journey.
First of all, from the perspective of talent selection and training, we are too one-sided in the pursuit of height and physique, and ignore the importance of comprehensive technical quality. Italy, Serbia, the United States and other traditional strong teams all attach great importance to the three-dimensional talent training, they not only require athletes to have good physical conditions, but also pay more attention to technical proficiency and high IQ.
On the contrary, our talent selection criteria are too simple, focusing only on the tall stature of athletes, and not enough attention to the overall quality and intelligence level of players. The result is often some new stars who are regarded as the pride of the sky, and are far from being able to compete with those foreign players with outstanding overall quality in terms of technical and tactical level.
It's like some Chinese parents who are one-sidedly pursuing their children's grades and test scores, which can temporarily put them at the top of a single subject such as English and math in school, but it will be difficult to apply their knowledge to solve practical problems. In the same way, height and physique are important, but strength and bounce height are certainly not enough to win a race.
Therefore, we need to fundamentally adjust the concept of talent selection and training. At the basic education stage, attention should be paid to cultivating children's comprehensive ability, especially improving their ability to use knowledge to analyze problems and solve problems creatively. In volleyball, it is also necessary to cultivate the agile tactical mind and technical skills of the athletes, rather than just pursuing a single power and jumping ability.
Secondly, in the process of talent development, we need to let children receive high-intensity, high-quality professional league training as soon as possible. The Canadians mentioned in this article have been able to maintain their excellent form in large part due to their impressive performance in the top leagues. Only by being in such a high-level, high-intensity professional environment can players truly hone their will, skills and tactics, and improve their overall strength.
Instead of keeping young players in training grounds, we should let them go abroad and join the world's leading professional leagues as soon as possible. This not only allows them to adapt to the intensity of the international level in advance, but also allows them to feel the characteristics and styles of volleyball in different countries and cultures, broaden their horizons and enrich their experience.