men's volleyball

Chapter 121
Xianlin Campus of Jinling Institute of Physical Education.

As twilight deepened, the fluorescent lights in the campus, outdoors, and aisles were lit up one by one, illuminating the campus, but the overall look was already dark.

It was getting late, when the last group of people leaving the outdoor activities in the campus, the campus ended the hustle and bustle of the day, as if it had completely returned to tranquility.

But that's not the case everywhere.

In the overall dark and quiet environment, apart from the dotted lights dotted around the school buildings, there is a place that is brightly lit, which looks extraordinarily bright.

That's where a row of practice arenas sit.

It was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and the basketball and volleyball hall in one of them was full of people, still looking busy.

In the arena, nearly a hundred young teenagers are active in the stadium, moving back and forth, flying balls, and various sounds of bang bang bang bang complement each other.

The huge arena venue looked extremely active.

People from Pengli Sports School in Hui Province are also among them.

They were mixed among nearly a hundred people, their stature, age, and appearance were not outstanding, and they were not keen on performing in front of others, so they seemed inconspicuous.

What's more, for those people who don't know or are familiar with them, even if they were a little curious to observe at the beginning, they didn't have much interest after a few days.

They only need to know that, except for a dozen of them, everyone else is their opponent for this trip. As for whether it is good or not, whether it looks strong or not, they will only know after fighting.

They have experience in leapfrog challenges, and they don't pay as much attention to these seemingly external performance things as they used to.

All the results will start tomorrow, and will be revealed naturally after the fight.

Yes, starting tomorrow.

They have been here for three days. On the first day of their visit, they made reports, arranged dormitories, and the next step was the assembly of participating teams.

Afterwards, the three days of joint training of the teams, the three-day schedule will come to an end tonight, and the game of this trip will officially start tomorrow.

Another set of scheduled training is over, and today's training has come to an end.

"Old Han, what kind of meeting is the captain going to have?"

The members of the Pengli team had already recovered their breath and began to pack their belongings. At this time, the members gathered together, and Wen Xiaoqing finally couldn't help asking.

"Hey, how can it be so troublesome to play a game. You need to study results, and you need to gather for training first. Just pull it up and do it directly. Get so many things..."

"Okay, have you been nagging for a few days? Calm down, you're going to dance again if the captain isn't here!"

Han Chen became a little irritable again, and interrupted Wen Xiaoqing with a wave of his hand.

He was actually a little impatient.

Let’s just talk about these three days, but apart from getting acquainted with some other opponents, they really didn’t really gain much.

The team is led by lecturers sent by the competition training department of the youth department of the National Volleyball Association, and a unified and scientific training program is arranged, which is stipulated for the team and the individual.

Perhaps the starting point of the competition organizing committee is good, to arrange some relatively formal and scientific training for these amateur teams, so that they have the opportunity to get in touch with higher-level training, which is conducive to improving the level of amateur teams and players.

But how to put it, they don't know how other teams feel, but their feeling is that these trainings seem to be inferior to theirs in terms of quality and form.

The teammates are somewhat lacking in interest and impatient, but they have set the rules, so they can only practice honestly according to the rules.

It's like relaxation training.

Han Chen had it too, and he was irritable again.

Because the training does not allow me to come casually, I must do it according to the regulations, and it will even be used as a reference for some scoring, which makes him uncomfortable.

Moreover, he observed their opponents intentionally during the joint training time. He discovered from the main players of their respective teams and some players who love to perform that many of them seemed to be stronger than him.

Let his mind unconsciously mess up again.

The captain chatted with him for a while yesterday. He knew that his mentality was wrong, and he seemed to be out of position again.

He analyzed himself according to what the captain said, but it was one thing to think about it, and another thing to actually do it.

"Eh? Old Han..."

"Okay, don't discuss this, it's over anyway, let's pack up our things, the captain and the others should be back after a meeting!"

Wen Xiaoqing was still waiting to talk, but Li Feng stopped him as soon as he came up.

The topic ended here, and Wen Xiaoqing didn't continue talking. She just glanced at Han Chen strangely, and then called Tang Bin to work together.

"Old Han..."

The staff spread out a little, and together, three or two people packed up the training equipment and their own belongings. At this time, Li Feng and Zhou Ting walked to Han Chen's side.

"Ok, I know!"

Before Li Feng's words came out, Han Chen nodded and said, "Brother Feng, Lao Zhou, I know everything!"

"Hehe, what do you know? I haven't even said anything yet!"

Li Feng smiled, just smiled, and he fell silent.

Zhou Ting didn't talk much, and he didn't say much at this time. He just felt that something was wrong with Han Chen recently. Out of the mentality of an old classmate and teammate, he just showed his concern with practical actions.

Really let him say, he can't say anything, especially at this time.

The atmosphere of silence didn't last long. Han Chen seemed to let out a breath and said, "Brother Feng, have we known each other for several years?"

"Well, it's been several years. The first time I remember it was the training camp before I graduated from elementary school and entered the sports school. I remember you were very active at that time, and I also think you are smarter than me..."

"I'm not smart, or I'm just a little smart, but Lin Mu is still smart."

"Hehe, there are many kinds of smarts. Lin Mu is naturally smarter than us, but I think you can do it too. It depends on you. You are the vice captain now, and you are better than us in playing football and dealing with people."

"..."

Li Feng and Han Chen said some seemingly meaningless words on the issue of smartness and non-smartness, which made Zhou Ting find it funny.

He didn't interrupt, anyway, in terms of intelligence, he was definitely not among them.

"Zhou Ting, do you think Lao Han is smart?"

"Uh!"

Zhou Ting felt that he was just acting as an accompanying guest and didn't intend to say anything at all, but Li Feng suddenly asked him.

He could only nod, "Of course Lao Han is smart, and his level is also high! Last time in the provincial team competition, Lao Han was the main setter who played several rounds, and his performance was much better than mine. Playing with unfamiliar teammates, I can still perform well, but if my brain is not active, I will definitely not be able to do it. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it.

At that time, I was in the first team, if the captain hadn’t brought me along, I would have been stunned, didn’t I just do it in the first round..."

"Hehe, look, Old Zhou said the same thing!"

Li Feng spread his hands, looked at Han Chen with a smile and said.

"Ugh!"

Han Chen sighed softly, looked up at Li Feng and Zhou Ting, his eyes gradually became extremely sincere, and said softly, "Brother Feng, Lao Zhou, thank you!"

"You, you are so thoughtless, thank you again!?"

"Old Han, in fact, there are smart people, Lu Ming, Brilliance, they are all smart, but what should I say?"

"I'm stupid, so I think it's their idea whether they're smart or not. Let's not talk about Lu Ming. I don't know if I'm doing well in the provincial youth team, but I didn't even get a spot in the training match last time. Not much better.

As for Brilliance, we all saw it at the assembly that day, do you think he looks a bit like our two seniors? "

"Ha ha!"

Han Chen shook his head slowly, "Brother Feng, you're not stupid..."

"Anyway, I'm not smart, so I just know how to train. I'll train as much as I can. I'll play as much as I can. I'll do my best. I'll only play for two years at most, and after that my dad will If you agree with me to continue to take the physical examination, I will take the exam, maybe I can play more, and when I stop playing, I will go home honestly and inherit the family business, haha!"

Li Feng's words were very straightforward, but Zhou Ting quite agreed, and he couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

Han Chen was silent again. In fact, what did Li Feng and Zhou Ting think? Wasn't he right?

Even when I chose to continue taking advanced classes, my thinking was still the same.It's just that his family conditions are not as good as Li Feng and Zhou Ting's, and he doesn't have a family business to inherit.

Up to now, Li Feng and Zhou Ting's thoughts have not changed, but what about him?

The family conditions, or his love for volleyball, and the changing circumstances later made him change his mind unconsciously.

However, the lack of self-confidence in himself and objective factors from the depths of his heart made his heart never truly stable for a moment.

There used to be a person who should be the same as me now, he seems to be able to recall the eyes he saw at the beginning.

It is said that people's eyes are the windows of the soul, and he was deeply touched once he glanced at it.

It is low self-esteem, sensitivity, lack of self-confidence and confusion.

But then, one day, that look changed, and when he suddenly noticed it again, it was only confident, calm and determined.

With the changes in eyes and temperament, everything is changing.

Attitude, level, and every aspect.

It was also from that time on that person became a role model for him to learn from. He learned a lot and felt that he had gained a lot, but in the end, he was still a little less than plausible.

From the heart to the outside, instead of from the outside to the inside like him, there is a lot less inner precipitation.

Han Chen, calm down, calm down!
Thinking of this, Han Chen couldn't help turning his head to look at the office area of ​​the arena.

……

At a distance of tens of meters,

The publicity room in the office area of ​​the arena, the person Han Chen was thinking of, was here.

Here are the pre-game meetings attended by the team leaders, coaches and captains.

Several rows of seats, middle-aged, young, old, young, dozens of people of different ages sit quietly, watching with dozens of pairs of eyes, listening to what is said above.

Above, three people sat on it. They were leaders from the host National Volleyball Association, the co-organizer Suzhou Sports Bureau, and the event organizer Jinling Sports Institute.

They are also the speakers and moderators of the meeting.

According to the process introduced before the meeting, the leaders of the volleyball association will make the final summary at this time, and the meeting has come to an end.

"...Tomorrow the game will officially start. The competition and schedule of our Jinling Division have been implemented just before. If the representatives of each team have no other opinions, the game will proceed according to the agreed procedures...

This time, our Jinling division adopts a single round-robin competition system..."

On the seat in the back row below, Lin Mu is here, and beside him are Coach Lu and Director Chen, the team leader of the sports school. At this time, he is like everyone else, sitting upright, quietly listening to the people above talking.

It has been more than an hour since the meeting started.

In fact, he was almost unable to sit still, mainly because he felt that there was really no need for such a meeting.

Except for the so-called lottery at the beginning, they moved, and then basically watched the three leaders above take turns to speak.

To be honest, how many meaningful things were really mentioned in the whole hour or so?
Even the initial lottery is almost meaningless.

The competition area has been drawn, the groups have been divided, and the so-called draw is just a sequence of competitions.

However, it has already been said that it is a single round-robin grouping. Each team has to play a game with other teams in the same group. What is the difference between who comes first?
Lin Mu shook his head secretly in his heart, and reluctantly suppressed his emotions again,

Fortunately, it is almost over!

"...For this event, the Volleyball Association attached great importance to it, and also sent senior lecturers to bring advanced and scientific training methods to our young amateur players.

This is our in-depth study of volleyball competitions at the youth level, and it is also a tentative cultivation and exploration of the grassroots cause of national volleyball.In the future national U17 competition, we will also organize similar joint training. According to the level and progress of the competition, there will be successive...

All present here are the leaders, coaches and core backbones of each team. I hope that everyone can live up to the high expectations of the Volleyball Association, and can truly implement these in future training and competitions. I will add strength to my volleyball career..."

"...At the same time, I hope that each team can compete at a high level and in style, so that our competition in Jinling Division will be a high-level, energetic and promising competition...

Finally... I wish all teams good results in the competition! "

Clap clap clap!

There was a burst of applause, and Lin Mu applauded accordingly, and the atmosphere in the meeting room seemed extremely warm.

Lin Mu suddenly felt a little funny.

The applause this time seems to be extra emotional, and it also seems to be a truly sincere applause.

"Okay! The meeting is over!"

In the form of a few more polite words, above, the host of the meeting, the leader of the Sports Institute, announced, and then the three of them left the propaganda room with a professional smile and waved their hands amid applause.

"Coach Lu, Xiaolin, let's go!"

Director Chen stood up and beckoned.

"Ok!"

The people in the mission room left one by one.

Lin Mu and Lu Lin followed Director Chen and walked outside.

Walking out of the publicity room, there is a passage of more than ten meters through which they can reach the stadium. They need to gather with the team first.

"Little Lin, how are you doing?"

On the way, Lu Lin turned his head to look at Lin Mu beside him, and asked with a smile.

"Huh? How about what? For the next game, or for a meeting like this?"

"I asked what the meeting was for. In this form, as long as you continue to play, you will have plenty of opportunities to contact in the future!"

Lu Lin smiled and shook his head, "Anyway, no matter whether it's good or not, or how you feel, you should listen to it, and you still have to listen! Today's one is considered good, and that leader is right, this time there will be no formalities..."

The communication between Coach Lu and Lin Mu has always been so straightforward, and he made no secret of his disrespect for such a formal meeting.

"Coach, don't say that, some meetings are still very meaningful..."

Lin Mu replied with a smile.

At the beginning of the meeting, the leader of Suzhou Sports Bureau who was the first to speak said that, except for the large gathering of a dozen teams on the first day, there will be basically no more so-called non-ideological formal actions after that.

Today's meeting was arranged, and the purpose was to draw lots to arrange the order of the battle, as well as an exchange meeting for each team on the organization of the competition.It's just that there is not much communication in fact!

"You boy, I still use you to teach!"

Lu Lin cursed with a smile, and then said seriously: "Stop talking about it, tell me what you think about this event?"

After pondering for a while, Lin Mu replied: "Actually, whether it is the elimination system or the round-robin group system, for us, we have to play a few games. The difference is not big. After all, it depends on our strength."

"Yeah, it still depends on strength!"

Lu Lin nodded and sighed softly: "However, for the weaker teams, the group cycle is not as friendly as the elimination system."

"Maybe, it reduces the chance of random matches and a match to determine the outcome. For teams that are slightly weaker, there is less chance of accidents getting places. But..."

"Coach, we are not a weak team. There are 12 teams in two groups, and we are no weaker than anyone else. No matter how others look at us, no matter how we are arranged, it makes no difference!"

The 12 teams are divided into two groups, with six teams in each group. The grouping is not determined by lottery. The principle of the organizer is to arrange the teams according to the comprehensive results of provinces, adults and youth.Hui Province's past record is naturally not good, so it is regarded as the third tier, or even the fourth tier.

However, Lin Mu didn't care about the grades of these forms. After all, there were only two groups. Except for the other Luzhou No. [-] Middle School in this province, who would not be in the same group, it was possible to be with anyone else.

Well, it's not surprising to be with anyone, who isn't the same?
Lu Lin nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, just have confidence. That's right, we are not a weak team!"

"Hurry up, gather the team members later, you can communicate to them, and also unify your thoughts. If there is anything that needs to be communicated, you should take care of it. Starting tomorrow, I will see your performance!"

It was necessary to reason, Lin Mu nodded lightly.

(End of this chapter)