The Tokyo Olympics Test Match entered its second matchday. In the second game of the Chinese men's volleyball team and the Japanese men's volleyball team, China lost 1-3 in four sets and suffered two consecutive defeats. The Japanese men's volleyball team, which lost to the fourth place in the World Cup, is actually expected, and this trip to Tokyo is mainly to investigate the team and prepare for the Asian Championship in September.
Judging from these two games, although the number of days the team has gathered, the progress is obvious, and the biggest change is the reduction of spirit and self-loss rate. In terms of spirit, the team, whether in the lead or in the backward situation, can play its own momentum, even if it knows that there is no hope of winning, it must fight to every point. Each player was very active in defending and saving the ball, and Yu Yuantai and Yang Tianyuan both chased the ball off the field to save the ball.
In the past, the Chinese men's volleyball team was known for its roughness, and although the two balls exposed many problems in the tandem of small balls, they have greatly improved in the handling of the net and the handling of the difficult ball. The reduction in the self-defeat rate has also given the team many opportunities to counterattack. In terms of players, Yu Yuantai, a small player of the Jiangsu men's volleyball team, was a surprise. Yu Yuantai's height is only 183cm, which can only play free people in the men's volleyball team, but with excellent bounce, Yu Yuantai played well in China.
In the past, the Chinese men's volleyball team did not reuse this player much considering his height. In this test match, Yu Yuantai did not play well in the first game of the ball substitute, the second game of the ball debut showed his characteristics of good bounce and heavy offensive strength, and the third game played several difficult adjustment attacks. However, Yu Yuantai's back row support ability should be more refined. In addition to Yu Yuantai, the performance of free man Yang Tianyuan is also very good, and the pass rate and defensive reaction speed are eye-catching.
Due to Jiang Chuan's absence due to injury, the team only brought Wang Jingyi with him in the receiving position. In the first game, Wu Sheng asked Dai Qingyao to change the pick-up, and the effect was good. In the second game, Wang Jingyi was reassigned to play. Wang Jingyi is a young receiver who was cultivated in the Raúl era, but because of the short contact time with volleyball, his basic skills are not solid. After the debut, his play was not ideal, the slam was either fired, or was defended, to the third and fourth innings, directly replaced by Zhang Jingyin.
After Zhang Jingyin changed his play in 1999, he showed his offensive strength, frequently using super-hand attacks to score points, disrupting the Japanese men's volleyball team's blocking and defensive deployment. Affectionately known as "Little Sun" by fans, Zhang Jingyin has excellent height conditions at 207cm, but his first pass and defensive ability are obstacles to his progress towards a first-class attacker. Judging from the two test matches, Zhang Jingyin's attack power in Asia is still very impressive in terms of no pressure on a pass.
In addition to these players, the play of Peng Shikun and Jiang Zhengyang on the secondary offensive line also gave people hope. Peng Shikun's high-point fastball is fast and heavy, and the fixed-point blocking ability is strong, but the mobile net is still very lacking; Jiang Zhengyang's mobile net is slightly better than Peng Shikun's, and the small ball defense ability is also stronger, but his offensive ability is too weak and the means are not rich enough.
After the end of the test match, the Chinese men's volleyball team will return to Zhangzhou to continue the closed training and work hard for the Asian Championship in September! Come on! Chinese men's volleyball team!