men's volleyball

Chapter 273

The National Men's Volleyball Championship, commonly known as the National Championships, is a traditional event of Chinese volleyball.

In the era when the professional volleyball league has not yet started, as an annual men's volleyball national event, the National Championships is a top event second only to the National Games.

Because of the differences in national team selection and training modes, and the women's volleyball team's year-round training, national team members cannot normally represent local teams in other events except the National Games.

The main position of men's volleyball players has always been the local team. The championship is held every year, and it happens to be a core event for training players, discovering and training players, and running the team.

The National Championships every year can be described as a gathering of great gods, not much weaker than the National Games.

With the opening of the professional volleyball league, the influence of the National Championships has been slightly weakened, and some strong teams have gradually regarded the National Championships as a pure training arena.

But this is only a part of the strong teams. For ordinary teams, this tournament is still a rare stage for them to compete for honor and show themselves.

And as a team like Huizhou that has been hovering in the second and third echelons all the year round, it is naturally a member of that ordinary team.

Huizhou Province will take every competition seriously, and the perennial slogan is to enter the top eight.

However, this year is slightly different. When the specific competition schedule is not yet determined, the former head coach Lu Jianguo has already set the tone and has also won the support of the superior department.

Regardless of rankings and results, it is mainly about training the team and running the lineup.

After Lu Lin took office, he also carried out the previous spirit of setting the tone. Especially for him who just took over, he needs a somewhat large-scale competition without special performance requirements to realize his training intentions.

However, when the official schedule came down, Lu Lin and the coaching staff still felt a little chilled.

Because there will be Olympic qualifiers in December this year, the Volleyball Association and the Volleyball Management deliberately adjusted the schedule of the professional volleyball league and decided to postpone the match.

At the same time, the finals of the National Championships have also been postponed, so for each team with national team members, their main players have more free time.

Without the burden of event squeeze, as the last major event before the Olympic qualifiers, there is more room for choice for the backbone players of each team.

Moreover, it is not ruled out that there are players who want to make another impact on the national team lineup.

Some players want to make an impact, so naturally there are players who need to ensure that their competitive state will not be impacted.

Therefore, it can be imagined that this time the National Championships will be another star-studded competition.

Although this doesn't make much difference to the Huizhou team, and it doesn't have much impact if there is no special requirement for honor scores.

It doesn't matter even if they lose all, but Lu Lin doesn't want to be crushed into the dust, which is not in line with his expectations.

Therefore, in the final tone setting, Lu Lin proposed the goal of qualifying for the divisional group.

But it is not easy to qualify.

The Huizhou team was divided into Group B in the southern area, and the other seven teams in the group were: Zhejiang Province, Shanghai City, Jiangsu Province, Fujian Province, Jin Province, Su Province, and Landao.

The rules of the competition are two points for a win and one point for a loss. Finally, the ranking is based on the points, and the top six in the group qualify.

To qualify in the group stage, Huizhou must win at least two games to be able to squeeze into the top six of the group.

The grouping situation couldn't help them not being heavy.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are strong domestic teams that compete for the top three all the year round, as can be seen from the number of active national players.

Although Fujian Province has gone downhill all the way since the 90s, the youth reserve looks a little out of date.

But many old people are still there. It can only be said that at this stage, Fujian Province is still a lean camel that is bigger than a horse.

The Blue Island volleyball team is much younger than these four teams, because it is a sub-provincial team, and its organizational structure is slightly different from that of the big provinces.

But the economic base determines the superstructure, and it can't stand the rich and powerful people, so they are willing to spend money on the volleyball team.In recent years, their local enterprises have also been willing to support them, making them extremely rich in resources.

It's easy to do things with money, but if you don't have enough equipment, buy it.The coach is not good, hired.There is little room for players to choose, and they will develop to the whole country. In a word, dig.

Although they haven't been able to impact the top teams in the past few years, their high investment, high standards, and strict requirements have clearly widened the gap with the second and third echelons.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that if you want to qualify, you can only focus on Jin Sheng and Su Sheng.

Of course, it is impossible to give up on games with other teams, but it is inevitable to have a focus.

No matter what the consideration is, Lu Lin and his coaching staff have set the list of participating players, and at the same time set the strategy for this game.

Play against Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai in a stable manner, take Jin and Su with all your strength, and fight for Fujian and Landao.

This is also based on its own strength, events and schedule.

The schedule of the competition is very tight, each team has a game every day, 5 rounds and 3 wins, and because there is no broadcast, there is no technical timeout.

For the physical strength of the players and the deployment of the team, it is always a severe test.

Therefore, exhausting their physical strength on a strong team has a great impact on their key games.In particular, the schedule still meets the three strongest teams first.

Everything was finalized and they officially entered the competition. The result was not what they expected. They simply lost the first three games.

But the result was not unexpected, not even disappointing, but the process and the situation of the players really let them down.

Coach Jiang asked Lu Lin for instructions with a complicated heart. When Lu Lin was silent for a while, he cast his eyes on the field again.

This time the lineup was decided by Lu Lin, and not a single player was added. Even if he and Coach Du suggested adding Lin Mu and Wei Xiao, Lu Lin also vetoed it.

Moreover, the team's tactics have only minor changes, and the basic framework has not changed.

It can be said that the current situation of the team basically maintains the situation of the previous few months.

They probably understood what Lu Lin meant. This competition was actually a technical and ideological inspection.

He knew even better that the results of the investigation had basically been settled after the end of this game, and next, the pattern of the team might officially enter a rhythm of change.

They know it, and some players know it, but there are still many players who don't know what to do.

He even felt that some players might have breathed a sigh of relief.Because the new players did not have an impact on their position and tactical positioning, the lineup and tactics have not changed this time, they still occupy the position.

The original vigilance or trembling heart that had been maintained since the training session was put back. At this moment, some people returned to the prototype.

Coach Jiang is currently the oldest coach in the provincial team's coaching staff. He has watched batches of players come over. He has also been optimistic about many players in the past. He cares, trains, and takes care of them. He has never been missing.

During the training camp, he was even relieved, because those people who once made him hate iron and iron were finally awakened.

Unfortunately, the facts brought him back to reality again.

It really needs a lot of impact from newcomers, and the original praise of "stability" is really ironic.

At this time, Lu Lin suddenly asked, "Old Jiang, tell me, should I give it another chance?"

Coach Jiang remained silent.

Lu Lin smiled. He didn't wait for Coach Jiang's reply, and he didn't rush, but his heart was inexplicably complicated.

Although he became the head coach was decided by the leaders of the bureau and the center, he was also strongly recommended by Director Lu and fully supported.

But he never naively thought that everyone would revolve around him, not to mention those people in the training center, even the coaching team, it is impossible for all of them to act according to your will as soon as they come up.

He doesn't have that prestige, and he doesn't think he's perfect enough to be right.

The fact is the same. Several teaching assistants are very cooperative with his work, but there are inevitably some differences in some ideological things.

In the end, although seeking common ground while reserving differences, the pace was a little slower than he had imagined.

The team and players need to adjust, and the coaching staff naturally needs to adjust, and he is not disappointed.

But he still wanted to push the pace faster.

Lin Mu's training arrangements, the training of new players, the determination of the entry list this time, including the arrangement of the lineup and tactics, are all his measures for the next step to quickly advance.

To be honest, he was neither disappointed nor disappointed, his heart was really complicated.

He is not disappointed, or he is relieved that, judging from Coach Jiang's attitude, he can finally fully implement his tactical concept in the next stage, and will no longer be hindered by personnel and existing tactics.

But he is also disappointed, the inertial things, the conscious things, seem to be too deeply ingrained.

When encountering a strong team losing steadily, except for Yin Liqiang and Liu Huafeng, everyone else feels that it doesn't matter if they lose.

Knowing that the strength is indeed not as good as others, and knowing that the strategy set is not to fight against these strong teams, but losing steadily, losing simply, and losing without any worries, it is not a reasonable performance at all.

"Coach Lu, let's rearrange it!"

As if he had finally let go of something, Coach Jiang asked for instructions again.

"Let's take a break between rounds, let the substitute players warm up first!"

Coach Jiang nodded and called for the substitute players. After making arrangements, he returned to Lu Lin's side.

The game on the field continues.

The movements and arrangements of the coaches on the sidelines did not affect the players on the field, and the situation seemed to be advancing steadily.

The current lineup on the field is actually the standard main lineup of the provincial team.

Yin Liqiang, captain of the setter, Liu Huafeng as the secondary attacker, Hou Miao as the main attacker, Qin Bin as the secondary setter, Wu Xing as the main attacker and Fei Nan as the free agent, and Du Ran as the secondary attacker.

They are also equipped with 51 all the time, taking the path of comprehensive offensive and defensive balance.

But Su Province is very different.

In fact, the two teams basically belong to the same level, and the league is also in the same sequence. In previous years, there will be many confrontations every year.It should be said that they are familiar with each other.

Because it is almost the same, in many games, it is one of the few teams that compete fiercely with each other.

In fact, in the records of the confrontation between the two sides, the Huizhou team basically wins more and loses less by relying on stability, and the overall advantage is dominant.

But today's Su Province gave the Hui Province team a blow, and it was a blow that was beyond their expectations.

Their lineup and overall tactics have changed a lot today. The average height of the players seems to be a bit taller, especially the new-faced side attacker, a very young player who has a great online advantage and hardly loses to Liu Huafeng.

Moreover, the defensive changes in the backcourt have also changed a lot, the first pass is stable, and there are even more stable back and forth balls.

Such a change has made the stability of the Huizhou team much less useful.

More importantly, the Huizhou team was basically restricted except for Liu Huafeng, who was still normal.It can be said that the current Su provincial team is very similar to the Hui provincial team.

They are all offensively strong, but overall balanced teams.

However, there must be a difference between stability and balance. The overall situation of the Su Province team today is more stable than that of Hui Province.

From the two teams so far, the Su Province team has a clear advantage in playing with a tactical model similar to that of Hui Province.

The score also truly reflected the situation of the two teams. At 21:18, the Su Province team took the lead, with a small advantage, and the overall gap was not big.

Perhaps it is difficult to judge the winner or loser in such a situation, but my family knows their own affairs, and the Huizhou team is too stable, so stable that it is difficult to create surprises, and it is also difficult to break through the rut.

And, there's the question of the players...

Without a timeout, it is impossible to arrange it immediately, and only changing players in individual positions will not solve the fundamental problem.

Lu Lin sighed softly, and accepted the ending of the first round in a somewhat complicated manner.

After all, the Huizhou team lost the first game.

During the game, Lu Lin was very serious. He held the tactical board and called the players to talk about the arrangement for the second game.

Lu Lin did not make substitutions, but adjusted the rhythm of the game, emphasizing the speed of offense and defense, and the combination of rapid changes.

The general tactics of the provincial team have not changed, but there are always some adjustments in recent training, especially in the speed of offensive and defensive operations.

With Yin Liqiang as the main setter who took the initiative to change, he could barely fight.

As for the players, he did not name them, but he also emphasized the attitude of the players in the game.For a moment, the players felt awe-inspiring.

The 3-minute inning ends and the game restarts.

The gap between the two teams is indeed not that big, as long as any team's adjustment is beneficial, the effect will be immediate.

After the re-starting of the Hui Province team accelerated, the Su Province team was a little uncomfortable for a while. In addition, the players who were vaguely criticized were vigilant and obviously more serious. The Hui Province team immediately gained the upper hand.

You have one goal and I have two goals. The Huizhou team won the second game smoothly, and the total score of the two sides was tied at one to one.

Lu Lin still wanted to win. After feeling that Su Sheng had become more comfortable in the second half of the second game, he decided to change it in the third game. While maintaining the speed and rhythm, he replaced the setter to make the offense more aggressive. The main attack replaced Wu Xing.

At the same time, he replaced the deputy setter with an offensive and fast ball, which was not bad. The intention was to strengthen the attack and increase the explosive point of the attack. He really didn't want the two teams to fight back and forth.

From the game just now, Lu Lin could see that the overall defense of the Su Province team is very stable now. Their main offense and side offense, including those who are positioned as defensive players, are more even than those of the Hui Province team.

Except for Yin Liqiang and Liu Huafeng, the Huizhou team has no outstanding talents on both offense and defense. This is actually a long-standing problem of the Huizhou team.

Either Wu Xing's protective main attack, or Hou Miao's offensive and defensive ones are okay, but they are not outstanding, and they cannot afford more neutral main attacks.

There are also players who come to the field to support players who have incomplete passes and poor defense, but are inclined to attack.

Lu Lin wanted to change, and when he couldn't even compete with the opponent, he considered taking a little.

The supporting play did change the rhythm of the Huizhou team. Cooperating with Liu Huafeng's offense, the front and rear rows finally became more threatening.As soon as it came up, the Huizhou team took the lead all the way.

However, their problems are also exposed.After Su Sheng called a timeout, he gradually stabilized and quickly took advantage of Hui Province's weakness to catch up with the score.

Lu Lin couldn't help but sighed a little. The players were either mediocre and comprehensive, or they were too partial.Moreover, what he sighed even more was that the players themselves took this for granted, and even their mentality was less positive.

In anxiety, Lu Lin could only adjust the lineup again.

The replacement was replaced, and Qin Bin, the deputy setter, re-entered the game.

The lineup seemed to be stable again, the players did not lose the chain, and their attitude was serious. During the struggle between the two teams, the Huizhou team won the third game.

The stability of the Huizhou team finally gradually gained the upper hand. After halfway through the fourth game, the score was slightly ahead.

but……

Looking at Yin Liqiang who was obviously tired, Lu Lin sighed again.

(End of this chapter)