The Chinese women's volleyball team has always been the pride of the Chinese, and the spirit of the women's volleyball team has inspired a generation of Chinese. Yuan Weimin is the founder of the women's volleyball career, and Lang Ping and Chen Zhonghe are his disciples.
As one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Chinese sports, how did Yuan Weimin go to the road of volleyball, and how did he lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to glory?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > son of a farmer with excellent moral, intellectual, and physical development</h1>
Yuan Weimin was born in 1939 on the outskirts of Suzhou, and his father was engaged in growing vegetables. As the youngest child in the family, Yuan Weimin has been cared for by the whole family and has been surrounded by pampering since childhood.
From childhood to adulthood, Yuan Weimin has not suffered any grievances, and the schools he attended are also the leading good schools in Suzhou.
In middle school, Yuan Weimin's grades have always been among the best. In addition to good results, Yuan Weimin is also enthusiastic and active, whether it is an athletic field, a football field or a basketball court, there is a healthy figure of him. It can be said that Yuan Weimin in middle school was an excellent student with all-round development of morality, intellect and body.
After graduating from Suzhou Middle School, Yuan Weimin is working hard to enter the university. At that time, the air force unit came to Suzhou Middle School to recruit people, and becoming an air force pilot was something that countless people were looking forward to, and Yuan Weimin also went to register.
Yuan Weimin's excellent physical fitness, coupled with excellent results, soon entered the physical examination stage. Just when Yuan Weimin fantasized about becoming a pilot, the physical examination report showed that there was something wrong with his joints.
Although in most industries, this is a small problem, but in the rigorous pilot selection, any problem will not pass, so Yuan Weimin regrets missing the opportunity to become a pilot.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > quickly became the core of the team after entering the volleyball team</h1>
After the military selection, some sports coaches came to Suzhou Middle School to select talents. Under the recommendation of the physical education teacher, Zhang Ran, the coach of the Jiangsu men's volleyball team, picked Yuan Weimin, and he also became a member of the Jiangsu men's volleyball team.
In the beginning, Yuan Weimin was not interested in volleyball, because he loved basketball and had no foundation in volleyball. At that time, many volleyball coaches expressed doubts about Yuan Weimin, who was only 1.8 meters tall, but these emotions and opinions did not shake Zhang Ran's determination.
Maybe it's talent, it's maybe it's hard work. Yuan Weimin, who has no volleyball foundation, soon became the main second pass of the Jiangsu men's volleyball team and performed well in the national competition.
After being selected for the national team, Yuan Weimin quickly became the captain of the Chinese team with superb skills. At the 1974 Asian Games, Yuan Weimin led the Chinese men's volleyball team to win a valuable medal.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track = "4" > became the "devil coach" after taking charge of the women's volleyball team</h1>
After retiring, Yuan Weimin continued to work in volleyball and became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team in 1976. After Yuan Weimin took office, according to his experience in the men's volleyball team, he quickly formulated a training plan known as "devil".
Yuan Weimin's training is first of all physical training, and the long and arduous physical training every day makes the women's volleyball players feel sore every night.
In addition to practicing physical fitness, in order to improve the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the biggest weakness, but also in order to adapt to the strong attack of European and American powers, Yuan Weimin came up with a trick.
Soon after taking office, Yuan Weimin issued an invitation to the provincial men's volleyball team to provide team members as sparring partners for the women's volleyball team. Chen Zhonghe joined the Chinese women's volleyball team from the Fujian team as a sparring partner.
Since then, after the heavy physical training, the Chinese women's volleyball team has to accept the powerful slam of the men's volleyball team. Such a training rhythm will not stop even if you visit abroad.
Once the women's volleyball team went to Colorado to visit the United States, after just over 20 hours of flight, coupled with many women's volleyball girls do not adapt to the local plateau climate, so many people vomited wildly when they got off the plane.
Yuan Weimin did not care about this, he brought the women's volleyball girls who had not yet vomited to the training hall, still carrying out daily training. This scene surprised many American journalists at the time.
In addition to devil training, Yuan Weimin also attaches great importance to cultivating team spirit. He stipulates that if a player does not complete the training task, then the whole team must wait for her to finish practicing before resting. If it is a young player, then he will designate an old team member to accompany the new team member to practice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > vigorously promote new people and impress Lang Ping with persistence</h1>
Although there is devil training and excellent sparring, the lack of young and excellent players makes Yuan Weimin feel very headache.
During an expedition, Yuan Weimin found Lang Ping, a girl from Tianjin. At that time, Lang Ping was mainly engaged in athletics and was not interested in volleyball, so he declined Yuan Weimin's invitation at the beginning.
Yuan Weimin recognized that Lang Ping was a good seedling, so he refused to give up. As the head coach of the women's volleyball team, he often walks around Lang Ping's school, hoping to convince Lang Ping.
Because of his appearance in the school area too many times, Yuan Weimin aroused the suspicion of the school security guards, and once he was treated as a hooligan and almost twisted to the police station.
Yuan Weimin's persistence touched Lang Ping, who began practicing volleyball in 1976, and after practicing for several months, Lang Ping became the main player of the Beijing women's volleyball team. This magnitude of progress surprised Lang Ping. Soon after, Lang Ping, who was less than 19 years old, became a member of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > has also caused dissatisfaction among the players because of its severity</h1>
Lang Ping, who has just entered the national team, is not outstanding in his skills and often cannot keep up with the rhythm of training in the team. And she found that Yuan Weimin, who had previously been kind to her, had become very harsh at this time, and would mercilessly criticize any of her mistakes.
In a training session, Yuan Weimin was not satisfied with the receiving action of several veteran players and asked these players to practice. When Lang Ping first joined the team, he was often asked by Yuan Weimin to practice, and these veteran players often accompanied Lang Ping. Therefore, Lang Ping volunteered at this time to help the veteran team members train together.
However, what Lang Ping did not expect was that after the training began, she was originally only a supporting role, but she was criticized by Yuan Weimin. Yuan Weimin said the quality of her slam was too poor and kept asking her to redo it.
Yuan Weimin's move made Lang Ping have a rebellious psychology, and in the next few actions, Lang Ping deliberately deducted several low-quality balls, which made Yuan Weimin angry and directly criticize Lang Ping. Lang Ping felt very wronged and cried very sadly.
From a certain point of view, Yuan Weimin can be said to be unkind. However, under the almost strict practice, the women's volleyball players, although they have had emotions, have been honed technically and spiritually.
Before Yuan Weimin took over, the Chinese women's volleyball team was only a second-rate team, and five years after he took over, the Chinese women's volleyball team became the world's strongest team.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > the Chinese women's volleyball team to achieve take-off in his hands</h1>
In 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team went to Japan, and in the case of not being optimistic, the Chinese women's volleyball team won consecutive victories and won the laurel for the first time. The news spread back to China, the whole country rejoiced, and the spirit of the women's volleyball team gradually spread to all parts of the country with the publicity and reporting of the media.
At the 1982 World Championships, China was unfavorable and entered the rematch with a negative score. In the face of the world's strongest team Cuba, Yuan Weimin led the women's volleyball team to defeat the Cuban team 3-0, and after successive victories over the Soviet Union and Peru, the Chinese team once again lifted the championship trophy to achieve two consecutive championships.
At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the U.S. team took advantage of the east wind at home to launch a powerful impact on the championship. At that time, the United States team regarded the Chinese team, which had won two consecutive championships, as the biggest opponent, and in the final game of the group stage, the American team took the lead and successfully defeated the Chinese team by a score of 3-1.
At that time, the women's volleyball players carried the expectations of the Chinese people that the women's volleyball team would achieve the "triple crown", so after losing to the United States, the morale of the whole team was low.
Yuan Weimin saw this scene, and he did not blame the team members for his always sternness, but stopped the responsibility for the defeat on himself in front of the media, which reduced a lot of pressure for the women's volleyball girls.
After adjustment, the women's volleyball girls sang all the way in the knockout round, and in the final, the Chinese team once again played against the United States. After careful study, Yuan Weimin and other members of the coaching team figured out the tactics of the American team.
Therefore, in the final, Yuan Weimin changed his tactics, which caught the American team off guard. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the women's volleyball girls did not give the American team any chance, easily defeated the opponent with a score of 3-0, won the Olympic championship for the first time, and achieved the feat of "three consecutive championships".
Yuan Weimin's success in the women's volleyball career is not only relying on "devil training" training. Different from the harshness of training, Yuan Weimin actually cares about the team members very much, and this strict and warm approach makes the women's volleyball girls gradually understand his good intentions.
Before each competition, Yuan Weimin never held a meeting, but would talk to everyone alone. This will not hurt the self-esteem of the women's volleyball players, but also allow the players to release the pressure while understanding their own shortcomings.
After winning the Olympic Championship, Yuan Weimin was transferred from the women's volleyball coaching position due to his excellent results, but he left an invincible women's volleyball team, which still won the championship for two consecutive years in 1985 and 1986, becoming the first women's volleyball team in history to win five consecutive championships, which is a dynasty team without compromise.
In the early days of reform and opening up, with the opening of the country, many Chinese people saw the rich material conditions of developed countries, many people went abroad, and many students simply stayed abroad.
Under the influence of these people, the country has produced emotions of sublime and flattering, and these emotions have profoundly impacted the hearts of the Chinese people. The emergence of the women's volleyball team has made the Chinese people see the power of Chinese, and also let the Chinese people enhance their national self-confidence, which is immeasurable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > Yuan Weimin and Lang Ping can be called "golden masters and apprentices"</h1>
Due to his outstanding performance in volleyball, Yuan Weimin entered the General Administration of Sport in the 1990s and began to continue to contribute to Chinese sports in the fields of football and other fields.
In the field of football, Yuan Weimin has encountered some criticism, but the overall work is still remarkable.
During China's bid for the Olympic Games, Yuan Weimin used his international influence to continue to travel among sports people from all over the world, and finally contributed to the hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2004, Yuan Weimin retired from the position of director of the General Administration of Sports. Although not in volleyball, Yuan Weimin still cares about Chinese volleyball.
His disciples have grown into the backbone of Chinese volleyball. Among the meritorious coaches of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Lang Ping, Chen Zhonghe and others are all disciples of Yuan Weimin.
During the years of the national team, Yuan Weimin and Lang Ping accumulated a deep friendship. After Lang Ping retired from the military, she also chose to join the tide of studying abroad at that time and went to the United States to study. Although he is in a foreign country, Lang Ping still cares about his mentor and sends his greetings every festive season.
In 1995, after Lang Ping returned to China, with the support of Yuan Weimin and Chen Zhonghe and others, Lang Ping served as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the first time. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Lang Ping led the women's volleyball team to restore its former competitiveness and once again reached the Olympic final, although it regrettably won the silver medal, it was the best result of the women's volleyball team in the 90s.
Before the Rio Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team once again faced the replacement of the old and the new. At that time, Lang Ping had just retired from the position of head coach in the United States, and with the support of Yuan Weimin and others, Lang Ping returned to the Chinese women's volleyball team again.
After Lang Ping's return, he carried out drastic reforms to the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although Yuan Weimin was not in the Volleyball Association, he was very supportive of the reform of this proud disciple.
Lang Ping's reforms have had an effect at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, especially the semi-final 3-2 reversal of the host Brazil, and many Chinese people have once again seen the spirit of the women's volleyball team.
After seeing the women's volleyball team return from a triumphant victory in Rio, Yuan Weimin was full of praise for Lang Ping, and even openly said that Lang Ping was his most proud disciple.
Yuan Weimin and Lang Ping are classic master-apprentice legends in the history of sports. Lang Ping entered volleyball all because of yuan Weimin's persistence, and with the joint efforts of Yuan Weimin and Lang Ping, the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in its first peak.
With the support of Yuan Weimin, Lang Ping changed from a charging general to a strategist, and she took over Yuan Weimin's whip and once again led the Chinese women's volleyball team to the peak.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > Yuan Weimin in life is an ordinary person</h1>
In fact, in life, Yuan Weimin does not like to talk about sports. Yuan Weimin's biggest hobby is to read newspapers and newspaper clippings, every time he encounters a good article, Yuan Weimin will carefully cut it out and collect it in a book.
Every time he encounters any problem, Yuan Weimin will take out his own book and look up relevant articles. Through newspaper clippings, Yuan Weimin has accumulated a lot of knowledge, and can always put forward very unique and incisive insights when discussing with others.
Yuan Weimin believes that he has not been at home for many years, so he decides to compensate his wife. Therefore, as long as there is time, Yuan Weimin will actively do housework, in addition to doing housework, Yuan Weimin will also waste utilization, often using beverage bottles to make some hangers and the like.
Yuan Weimin believes that although life is better now, we must not forget the hard days and learn to cherish and be frugal.
After retirement, Yuan Weimin, in addition to caring about the women's volleyball team, basically will not express an opinion on other matters. With free time, his biggest hobby is to accompany his grandchildren to play.
When his grandchildren were in school, he would go for a walk in the park or play chess with some old friends. In the park, people can occasionally see Yuan Weimin teaching children to practice volleyball.
Yuan Weimin, who was already over eighty years old, had a tough body and looked like he was fifty or sixty years old. He often maintained a kind smile on his face, like an old neighbor. It is completely unthinkable that he was the director of the General Administration of Sports, and it is difficult to think that this person is Coach Yuan, who led the women's volleyball team to sweep through thousands of troops.