Hangzhou Asian Games

Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, October 8 Question: Even if the strong point emerges, the winner is still the system – a summary of the Hangzhou Asian Games women’s volleyball project

Xinhua News Agency reporters Lu Xingji, Luo Yu, Yin Xiaosheng

Winning the Asian Games has given a boost to the Chinese women’s volleyball team, which had previously suffered setbacks in the Paris Olympic qualifying tournament, but the team and fans still need to view this gold medal rationally.

Although some Asian teams have major offensive players with breakthrough capabilities, the Chinese team has a cliff-edge advantage over other Asian teams, both individually and as a whole. The Chinese team needs to continue to carry forward the tradition of systematic team building.

The women’s volleyball team at this Asian Games has also revealed new trends inside and outside the field – Asian teams pay more attention to the application of tactical data, and the Japanese Women’s Volleyball League is attracting major players from many Asian countries to join.

On October 7, the champion Chinese women’s volleyball player displayed the gold medal on the podium.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao

　　The confrontation between China and Japan in the final was not very intense

The reason why we need to look at this Asian Games gold medal rationally is because the intensity of the Asian Games women’s volleyball competition is not high. Among them, the competition between the Chinese and Japanese women’s volleyball teams, which are traditional rivals in the international arena, attracts the most attention. However, the competition between the two sides in the final The quality of the confrontation was not as good as expected.

On the one hand, this is because the Japanese team rested its main players after participating in the Olympic qualifying matches.

In the final on the evening of the 7th, the Japanese team did not show the traditional super defensive ability of the Japanese women’s volleyball team. The offensive method was relatively monotonous and there was no main attacker with excellent breakthrough ability. Therefore, the Chinese team’s blocking, oppression and strong attack could easily It worked. At the same time, the Japanese team’s serve is also difficult to shake the Chinese team’s first pass, which is very convenient for the Chinese women’s volleyball team to organize fast breaks.

On October 7, Chinese women’s volleyball player Yuan Xinyue (second from right) attacked during the match against the Japanese team.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao

In addition to the lack of key players, the head coach of the Japanese women’s volleyball team Tomoko Yoshihara also said that her team only trained for 4 days before coming to Hangzhou to play the Asian Games, so the degree of cooperation was not the best.

As for the full strength of the Japanese team, Tomoko Yoshihara said: “There are now more than 40 players who are within the scope of recruiting for the Japanese national team, and there are many young players among them. I think many of them have great potential to develop, and I hope they can To be able to grow.”

Although the Chinese team sent its entire main lineup to win a favorable match in the final, given that the second-line Japanese team also rode the wind and waves all the way to the final, and even managed to close the score at the end of the last two games, this shows that the Japanese team has Better bench depth. And this is precisely the current shortcoming of the Chinese women’s volleyball team.

Asia’s second-tier teams have strong points but lack a system

Looking at the schedule of this Asian Games and referring to other recent international competitions, the Chinese and Japanese women’s volleyball teams are Asia’s first-class teams with strong systems and heritage. Asia’s second-class teams include Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea. Among them, the strength of the Thai team And higher than the latter two.

Looking at the detailed appearance list of each game, I have to sigh that the Chinese women’s volleyball team has a high degree of systematic advantages – this is a team with a foundation and inheritance. Generations of coaches and volleyball managers have made great achievements in talent selection and training. performed fruitful work. More importantly, this team mainly focuses on higher-level international competitions, and has technical and tactical standards and competition experience that are superior to others in Asia.

In sharp contrast to the strong inheritance of the Chinese team is the decline of the Korean women’s volleyball team.

In the Tokyo Olympics two years ago, the South Korean team finished fourth. However, due to the retirement of the former absolute main player Kim Yeon-kyung, the South Korean team lost a leader who could lead the overall situation. In the Asian Games and the recent Women’s Volleyball Asian Games They lost to the Vietnamese team in both championships, and were surpassed by the Vietnamese team in the latest world rankings.

In the end, this South Korean team, which lacked a main attacker and was not obvious enough in style, only ranked fifth in the Asian Games.

Looking back at the Vietnamese team, its rise is largely due to the emergence of a strong main attacker. However, its overall system is still weak.

On October 5, Chinese women’s volleyball player Wang Yuanyuan (middle) spiked the ball during the match against the Vietnamese team.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Zheng

Although the Vietnamese team lost to Thailand in the bronze medal match, Vietnam’s main attacker Tran Thi Thanh Thuy scored a game-high 20 points. When the Vietnamese team defeated the South Korean team in the group stage, she also scored a game-high 24 points with an offensive success rate of nearly 50%. In addition, the Vietnamese team does not have a comparable attacker. It can be said that she single-handedly drives the whole team.

Compared with South Korea and Vietnam, the Thai women’s volleyball team has a deeper system. It not only has excellent attackers, but also does better defense, which Asian teams are traditionally good at.

In the semifinals against the Chinese team, the Thai team’s main attacker Cha Chuang scored a game-high 21 points with an offensive success rate of nearly 60%. In addition to her, Pimphi Chaiya is also a good attacker.

The Thai women’s volleyball team’s first pass and save in this Asian Games are also a highlight, as if they saw the style of the “unbeatable” Japanese team. In the semifinals, the Thai team’s tenacious defense also forced the Chinese team to make a series of tactical and substitution adjustments.

The Thai women’s volleyball team is still in the late stages of replacing the old and new main players, and this Thai team may still have room for improvement.

　　There are also new trends in Asian volleyball circles

In the women’s volleyball competition at the Asian Games, many coaches used real-time tactical data systems.

Cesar Hernandez, the head coach of the South Korean team, is a typical representative. When facing the relatively unfamiliar North Korean team, the South Korean team was suppressed in the first game, but the situation improved significantly in the second game. The serve and offense were able to focus on taking care of the weak players of the North Korean team in the first pass, and they had many tricks against the North Korean team. The cross attack has been predicted.

Hernandez said the data system has aided his command. “Although I trust my gut and experience more, I also double-check the numbers to inform my tactical deployment.”

In addition, when reporters inquired about the club performance status of the main players of teams such as Thailand and Vietnam, they found that many of their main players are playing in the Japanese league. Most of the players in the Thai team have the experience of “staying in Japan”.

“Now more and more Thai players are going to Japan. Japan’s league level is relatively high. We can bring more experience back to Thailand to help the progress of Thai volleyball.” said Thailand team setter Peng Wen.

It remains to be seen whether this player flow trend will have an overall improvement effect on the level of Asian women’s volleyball team.

[Editor in charge: Zhu Xutong]

2023-10-08 08:46:12

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