The biggest contribution Lang Ping has made to the Chinese women's volleyball team is some disruptive changes.
Scientific Management
The coaching team of the women’s volleyball national team is composed of as many as 7 assistant coaches. Currently, Lai Yawen serves as the team leader and the training assistant of the offensive team, An Jiajie serves as the executive coach and training of the supporting team, Yuan Lingxi serves as the technical analysis and accompanying coach, Wu Xiaolei serves as the assistant offensive team coach and accompanying coach, and Bao Zhuang serves as the libero coach and accompanying coach. When playing, Yuan Zhiren accompanies him as the playing coach. Each of these assistant coaches is an elite figure in today's Chinese volleyball world and can definitely take charge of his or her own role. The entire coaching team has a clear division of labor. When encountering problems during training, everyone works together. This kind of composite team plays an increasingly important role in the national team.
In addition to the coaching team, Lang Ping also pays special attention to physical rehabilitation. The national team has introduced a professional physical rehabilitation team from abroad and is equipped with a professional medical support team and nutritionists. This scale of professional staffing was unimaginable in previous national teams. The entire national team is well-equipped in terms of skills and tactics, physical fitness, medical rehabilitation, and logistical support. This is a composite team with international standards. From fifth place in the London Olympics to returning to the world in the Rio Olympics, Ding, it only took us 4 years.
Scientific training
After Lang Ping coached the national team, the spirit of the women's volleyball team was mentioned again by the media. Director Lang Ping emphasized: The spirit of the women's volleyball team has always existed, but we cannot rely solely on spirit. We must surpass our opponents on a technical level. The old women's volleyball team that won the 1984 Olympic Games focused on three obediences and one major, which was no problem in that era. Now targeted training must be implemented on the premise of scientific training. In the past, the women's volleyball national team often blindly increased training, which led to players' injuries getting worse and eventually leaving the team, and conflicts between the local provincial team and the national team. After Lang Ping took office, this situation has greatly improved. For veteran players like Wei Qiuyue and Xu Yunli, try to ensure reasonable training within effective time to avoid physical wear and tear, which will be of great benefit to them on the podium of Olympic champions.
The current training and competition of the national team pays attention to details to a precise level. Serving accurately to the second and not touching the net in the front row have been strictly required in training matches. In every major competition, the server will communicate with the assistant coach with eyes and gestures, and adjust the route and placement of the serve to disrupt the opponent's first pass. Behind the scenes, the off-field coaching team uses software to analyze on-the-spot game data and provide instant feedback to the coaching team on the sidelines to make targeted adjustments. During training breaks, the coaching staff and players will watch game videos, analyze the opponent's serving point and spike route, and exchange summaries with each other. In every major competition, after the game, the coaching team will review the game and study how to restrain the opponent. How can such a national team not win?
The most important point: the big national team strategy
Lang Ping put forward the concept of a big national team when he took office. So far, more than 50 players have received national team training. Team training. The significance of the national team strategy is by no means as simple as promoting healthy competition within the team and expanding the options for the national team. The deeper role is to enhance the cooperation between different players, to the point where they can fight when called upon. In several World Series, the last lineup left on the field was not the starting lineup. This is not a hasty change of formations guided by Lang Ping, but a well-prepared plan during daily training, making it difficult for opponents to guard against. Coach Lang Ping has a famous saying: There is no difference between the main players and substitutes in the Chinese women's volleyball team, only the difference between playing and not playing.
The poor results in the first two stops of the World Women's Volleyball League this time triggered media doubts. Lang Ping's guidance to use semi-substitute or even full-substitute lineups is to give up the blind pursuit of game results, but to temper young players through international competitions, give them as many playing opportunities as possible, broaden their horizons, and increase competition experience.
Thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist. The Volleyball Management Center has given Lang Ping the greatest autonomy and sufficient financial support, which is the cornerstone for the women's volleyball team to achieve victory after victory. Without this, the head coach responsibility system, the composite coaching team and the logistics support team would not exist.
The success of the women's volleyball team has also given an inspiration to other sports: the management center should try to reduce its involvement in the training and competition levels of the national team, focus on the big and let go of the small, be willing to retreat to the position of macro manager, and avoid There is a phenomenon of overstepping one's duties.
The 2020-2021 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League finals will be between the defending champion, the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team led by Zhu Ting and Li Yingying, and the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team led by Zhang Changning and Gong Xiangyu. Since both sides won two consecutive games in the semi-finals, After winning the game, today also has two rest days. The two teams also trained to maintain their condition. Tianjin women's volleyball team captain Yao Di received special care, and women's volleyball national team coach Bao Zhuang provided special guidance to her.
The Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team defeated the Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Team 3-0 in the semi-finals to enter the final. The Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team, which has four active national players, Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan, and Yao Di, had won the most championships before the game. The favorites, they also entered the final without any suspense. Except for the 2-3 loss to the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team in the first stage, the winning side was the winner in all other games. Most of them were won in straight games. The Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team had no suspense in the third place. Having entered the finals 16 times, they will compete for the 13th league championship.
The opponent of Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team in the final is Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team. They also won two consecutive games against the powerful Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team and entered the final again after four years. This final will also be a battle for the best setter in the league. Diao Linyu and Yao Di, the setters from both sides, are currently ranked as the top two in the league's best setter list.
In the current list of the best setters in the women's volleyball league, Diao Linyu ranks first with 766 passes, 422 of which were completed, and a setter index of 0.2363. Yao Di ranks first with a setter index of 0.2351. In second place, the gap between the two sides is very small, and both are expected to be the best setters this season. In the women's volleyball national team, Ding Xia of the Liaoning Women's Volleyball Team firmly occupies the position of the main setter. The substitute setter has become the target of competition for other setters. Yao Di and Diao Linyu are both strong contenders. However, it seems that Yao Di is currently leading the competition. Yao Di has qualified for the 2019 World Championships and the 2019 World Cup, and won the world championship with the team in the 2019 World Cup. Diao Linyu won the best setter in the Women's Volleyball League in the 2016-17 season, but then her form fluctuated and she missed the World Series one after another. This season, Diao Linyu was in excellent form and helped the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team blossom more, reaching the finals all the way and making great progress.
Yao Di's performance in the league this season has been criticized by some fans, especially the height of her passing, which makes attackers uncomfortable when spiking the ball. In the training before the finals, Yao Di also became a key player. Bao Zhuang, the national team coach who followed Zhu Ting to the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team, also provided one-on-one guidance to Yao Di. Bao Zhuang stood on the stand and served, and Yao Di practiced catching and passing. Bao Zhuang was not soft at all. Li Yingying is responsible for passing the ball to Bao Zhuang, while rookie Wang Yizhu, who has changed to a supporting role, is responsible for picking up the ball. Seeing that Yao Di was given extra training, fans also said: "It seems that the coaching staff member Bao Zhuang has also noticed Yao Di's shortcomings in passing, and is giving her extra training. Li Yingying and Wang Yizhu are responsible for providing the ball, and the other one is responsible for providing the ball." Responsible for picking up the ball, Di is so happy! "Xiangxiang has to pass the ball in the finals but cannot throw the ball.
No more gold medals! ”