1. Overview of the competition and analysis of the results
A brief summary of the results
In a high-profile World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to the Canadian women's volleyball team and suffered its first defeat! The scores were 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 22-25. The biggest loss was this deduction of 11.01 points, the world ranking dropped to 7th, and the Chinese team can be said to have lost a game that cannot be lost. The result of this game highlights a series of challenges facing the current national team, and what is more noteworthy is Coach Cai Bin's ability to play on the field, which is difficult to put into words.
Primary scorer performance
Although the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to win, Li Yingying, Gong Xiangyu, Wu Mengjie and other main players still showed excellent individual ability. Li Yingying topped the scoring charts with 24 points, and despite her impressive performances on serve and block, she was unable to turn the tide around.
At present, the points of the Chinese women's volleyball team have been reduced to 328.69 points, which were overtaken by the Polish and Italian women's volleyball teams and dropped to 7th, not to mention, the bifurcation with the Japanese women's volleyball team has narrowed to 5.49 points. After adding 11.01 points, the Canadian women's volleyball team has increased to 286.92 points.
2. Tactical preparation and execution of the Canadian women's volleyball team
The strategy of the Canadian women's volleyball team
The Canadian women's volleyball team has shown a high level of competitive form and a clear desire to win, and their goal is to defeat the Chinese women's volleyball team to enhance their qualification for the Olympic Games. Through careful layout and tactical execution, the coaches and players of the Canadian women's volleyball team have been particularly good at controlling the flow of the game, and they have been consistent in key moments in the game. In particular, in the third game, the advantage of the game was established by consecutive points, which played a decisive role in the final victory. The Canadians were outstanding: Van Rijk with 27 and Gray with 21.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is not psychologically prepared, the setter is unstable, the net is blocked, the smash cannot be finalized, and there is a gap between the serve and the opponent.
The main causes of defeat are these three points:
1. The first game: Li Yingying received the most passes, Wu Mengjie received one round, how to win without Li Yingying's attack?
2. The third game: Wu Mengjie made 10 deductions, 2 hits and 1 mistake, and then replaced Zhang Changning, but did not score 1 point.
3. The fourth game: Zhang Changning received a pass at the start, 4 deductions, 2 in 1 mistake, 9 passes, 1 perfect and 1 mistake, and was stuck in the front row by the card wheel can only let Li Yingying play the back three, and Gong Xiangyu, the second position who adjusted the attack.
After the whole game, the two secondary offenses were dumb.
3. Tactical mistakes and psychological factors of the Chinese women's volleyball team
Cai Bin's on-the-spot command problem
To sum up, it can be seen that this is the failure of head coach Cai Bin! In this game, the tactical arrangement and on-the-spot command of the head coach of the women's volleyball team, Cai Bin, were widely questioned, so it was not unreasonable for him to become the culprit after the game. In particular, the failure to adjust the lineup in time at critical moments, such as when Wu Mengjie's first pass was problematic, the delay in replacing Wang Yunrui led to further deterioration of the situation.
Insufficient technical and psychological adjustments
In this game, the Chinese women's volleyball team was deficient in both technology and psychology, especially the veteran Ding Xia's state was much worse than before, and the whole team failed to effectively adjust psychologically, and failed to effectively deal with the opponent's continuous serve scores, which eventually led to the collapse of the game.
To be honest, we may have made some progress this year, but Japan and Canada have made greater progress, and we don't have a particularly big advantage in all aspects, including: speed, offense, defense, tandem, can we keep the top ten in the world? If you can't keep it, you won't be able to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Even if Zhu Ting returns, such a tactical arrangement may be difficult to save!
4. Post-competition reflection and future prospects
The possibility and necessity of a change of manager
Given the back-to-back poor performances and this defeat, as well as the pressure of the Olympic qualifying tournament, the debate about the need for a change of manager is heating up at this stage. If the current predicament continues, a change of manager may be an option that should be considered.
Returning to the tactical level, perhaps the more urgent thing to solve is the mentality, and we need to hurry out of the haze of defeat in the last game. First stabilize a pass, and then attack and pass to make up for each other, when you are ahead, you must be stable, lower your posture, just like when you hit the United States to impact the opponent.
A vision for the future
In the face of the upcoming important matches, the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to learn from this defeat and comprehensively improve its psychological endurance. Coaches should have in-depth discussions on how to adjust tactics, improve players' condition and strengthen psychological construction to ensure victory against Serbia in the early morning of May 19, Beijing time!
Chinese women's volleyball match day
Time: 01:00 a.m. on May 19
Playing against both sides: China vs Serbia