Lost! It's heart-wrenching to lose!
The Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Turkey 2:3 in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics and missed the semifinals. In addition to exposing the gap in the team's strength, this defeat also made Coach Cai Bin's on-the-spot adaptability questioned by the outside world. "The score has been falling behind and no substitutions have been adjusted, and the sidelines are like a sculpture, which is also worthy of being the head coach? "Some fans complained like this. Is that really the case?
I have to say that this defeat is a blow to Chinese volleyball and the majority of fans.
In addition to the problems of unstable players, poor defense and tandem coordination in the game, what attracted more attention was the on-the-spot command and adaptability of head coach Cai Bin.
Judging from the data, the Chinese women's volleyball team scored 66:78 in the whole game, 12 points behind the opponent, which should have been a red light warning for the coaching team to summarize the opponent's strategy in time and make targeted adjustments, but we didn't see any timely reaction from the coach's bench.
In contrast, the opponent Turkey team constantly adjusted the rhythm through substitutions, disrupting the Chinese team's defensive system, and had the style of "unpredictable, offensive and defensive". On the other hand, the lineup of the Chinese team on the field has not been adjusted when it was once behind by a large score, as if it is waiting for the players to understand and adjust themselves.
Zhang Changning, Wu Mengjie and other main players are obviously in a sluggish state, but there is no sideline coach to consider replacing other players to give the main team a chance to breathe and adjust. This kind of on-the-spot adaptability of "quiet as a virgin and moving like a rabbit" inevitably makes people question the rationality of his status as a head coach.
Of course, it is not fair to blame Cai Bin alone for this loss.
After all, this is the first major competition of the new cycle, and the players have done their best on the field, but there is still a big gap in experience, ability, and toughness. But as a head coach, the situation on the field is changing rapidly, if you can't summarize the opponent's strategy in time and flexibly deploy troops, it is tantamount to sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and no matter how strong the players are, they can't play their strength. This kind of "quiet as a virgin" command will not only fail to solve the problem in time, but will also undermine the confidence of the team members to win.
Objectively speaking, the overall performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team in this Olympic Games is still worthy of recognition.
In the face of the unfavorable situation of the group stage, the girl still reached the quarterfinals with her tenacious fighting spirit and exquisite skills, and this unyielding fighting spirit is worthy of the title of "sonorous rose". It's just that in the case of being studied so thoroughly by the opponent, if the head coach does not change in time, I am afraid it can only be a gorgeous fall.
The beautiful girls of the Chinese women's volleyball team, you are still our heroes! But I also hope that the coaching staff can sum up lessons from this defeat, work on-the-spot adaptation, substitution adjustment, etc., and don't let one key moment pass in vain.
As Coach Lang Ping said: "The women's volleyball game is to compare who can seize the opportunity and who can adapt on the spot, which is the key." I look forward to the Chinese women's volleyball team getting out of the haze of defeat as soon as possible, and looking forward to the more courageous and witty Cai Bin to lead a new generation of women's volleyball girls to achieve better results!
So in the end, I would like to ask: Is the victory or defeat of an excellent team really just a matter of the players? Shouldn't the manager's on-the-spot adaptability and command be the key to victory? In the face of the "weakness" exposed in the defeat, how should we seek change? What do you think about this?