The Tokyo Olympics are over. Although the results of the Chinese women's volleyball team are not ideal, we should look forward and start preparing for the Paris Olympic Games. Judging from this tournament, the second pass and the free man position are the shortcomings of the team, so in the new cycle, we should dig new people to fill this short board.
As far as the current young second passer and free people in China are concerned, Mei Xiaohan and Ni Feifan should be the successors hand-picked by Lang Ping. In the national team training in recent years, Mei Xiaohan and Ni Feifan have participated in training with the team, although the opportunity to play is less, but the team has also improved a lot of technology during the training period, laying a solid foundation for the new cycle of succession.
Since the birth of the Club World Cup, Mei Xiaohan has attracted the attention of fans, her passing style is similar to Yao Di, it is a steady and heavy second pass, the fourth position pass is stable, and the attacker is easy to borrow power. In the new cycle, as the age of Ding Xia and Yao Di' two old players gradually increases, the competitive state is bound to decline, coupled with its own serious injuries, so the new second pass will be related to the team's final results.
At present, the second pass that can stick to the Paris cycle and participate in the national team training, in addition to Mei Xiaohan, there are also Jiangsu's Diao Linyu and Sun Yan. Sun Yan's side is difficult to be selected for the national team again due to her weak health, although Diao Linyu said that the national team has rich experience, but the experience of the three competitions is the same as Mei Xiaohan, which is a blank. Therefore, in the case of non-dominant experience, the national team coaching staff is very likely to start from the age aspect, Mei Xiaohan is smaller than Diao Linyu an Olympic cycle, which means that Mei Xiaohan can play one more Olympic cycle, so Mei Xiaohan is more likely to succeed Ding Xia.
With his outstanding performance in the World Youth Championship, Ni Feifan has been selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team for 3 consecutive years. In the new cycle, she is very hopeful to become the "life-saving straw" in the position of the free person of the Chinese women's volleyball team. After many fans saw Wang Mengjie's performance, they all said that "Wang Mengjie left the national team". Indeed, Wang Mengjie did not perform too well in international competitions, while Ni Feifan repeatedly defended against the heavy buckles of Zhu Ting and Li Yingying in the domestic league, so in contrast, Ni Feifan became everyone's hope.
However, the author still has to pour a basin of cold water here, although Mei Xiaohan and Ni Feifan will be selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team as successors, Ding Xia and Wang Mengjie will not immediately retire, and they will also play a role in the Paris cycle. Although Mei Xiaohan and Ni Feifan have insufficient potential, how to transform potential into strength is what the Chinese women's volleyball team needs most. Before their strength surpassed Ding Xia and Wang Mengjie, the coaching team would definitely leave Ding Xia and Wang Mengjie behind.
In the first half of the Paris Olympic cycle, the author believes that Ding Xia will take Mei Xiaohan, Wang Mengjie will take Ni Feifan to the international competition, and then gradually complete the replacement of the second pass and the position of free man in the later stage. There are many advantages of this, one is that there are veterans to the bottom, the psychological pressure of young players will be small, otherwise the pressure will be all on the new people, I am afraid that it will be promoted; second, even if the new talent training fails, we still have the bottom of the old man to use, not to cause too much performance fluctuations. This spirit of passing on the help is the main reason why the Chinese women's volleyball team can flourish for a long time.