The first round of the 2020-2021 Chinese Women’s Volleyball Super League group stage is underway. In a game that just ended, the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team, which encountered foreign aid transfer turmoil before the game, defeated the Yunnan Women's Volleyball Team led by Liu Mengya 3-0. The score in the three games was 25-18/25-13/25-15, and won this victory. First win in the league.

In this campaign, the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team hid veteran Zeng Chunlei in the first two games, leaving only Liu Xiaotong to play. At the beginning of the game, the Yunnan women's volleyball team entered the state quickly. The setter Ji Xiaochen frequently succeeded in the second lob. Coupled with the veteran Liu Mengya's full firepower, the score was tight with Beijing. However, in the second half of the game, Beijing used setter Lei Hailin's floating ball to cause the Yunnan Women's Volleyball Team's first pass to collapse, and then won the game.

In the second game, Liu Mengya, the core of the Yunnan women's volleyball team, was hit in the face by Xue Yizhi's spike while defending, causing an eye injury and leaving the game. The Yunnan women's volleyball team, which lacked its core, was quickly defeated. In the third game, the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team adjusted its lineup, with veteran Zeng Chunlei as the reliever. Liu Xiaotong got a chance to rest, and her position was replaced by Ren Kaiyi, who had played as the reliever in the first two games. At the end of the game, Liu Mengyao was replaced. The Yunnan Women's Volleyball Team also made personnel changes, with Huang Xiaoyan as the reliever. Liu Zhening, the starting reliever in the first two games, replaced Sun Fanqiong.

It is not surprising that the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team won the Yunnan Women's Volleyball Team, but the team's use of wheel battles really taught the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team a good lesson. In the match between the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team and the Henan Women's Volleyball Team, Jiangsu coach Cai Bin only made two substitutions. Once he asked Xu Luyao to serve as a substitute, and once he asked Wu Han to replace Xu Ruoya. At other times, the "Seven Fairies" lineup played to the end. The tense stage of one game is the garbage time stage of the next two games. Cai Bin's approach was questioned by many fans, and they all expressed their hope that he could learn from Beijing.

This season, the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team and the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team are both strong teams in the All-China Class lineup, and both teams have the ability to enter the top four. But the two teams have completely different approaches to the use of players. The Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team sticks to one lineup, while the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team is flexible and changeable. As far as this year's league schedule is concerned, it is most appropriate for the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team to take advantage of its deep bench and use wheel battles. If the main players are not allowed to take turns when facing weak teams or facing garbage time, then the players will probably be exhausted later in the tournament system.

Although the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team does not have veterans like Liu Xiaotong and Zeng Chunlei, Zhang Changning, Gong Xiangyu, Diao Linyu and others all have injuries to varying degrees, especially Zhang Changning's injury is extremely serious. In the 2018 league, Zhang Changning was physically tired due to his full attendance in the league, and even had blood in his urine during the World Championships. The intensity of this year's league is even stronger than that of the 2017-18 season. If Zhang Changning continues to be attentive like this, it is unknown whether he can participate in the Olympics next year. I hope that the Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team can train more substitutes when playing against weak teams.