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This is a relatively idealized training roster!
The Los Angeles Olympic cycle marks a period for the Chinese women's volleyball team to carry forward the past and open up a new era.
The Rio cycle's tactic system dominated by strong attacks will come to an end after the Los Angeles Olympics. Even Li Yingying will face retirement.
From Li Yingying onwards, until the 08-09 age group, there are no outstanding main attackers in the Chinese women's volleyball team exceeding 190 cm! Wu Mengjie, Li Chenxuan, Dong Yuhang, Huang Yuexin, and others are all around 189 cm.
Although height is not the only criterion, it is the most basic data. Without height, adjusting strong attacks can indeed be quite challenging. Therefore, the Chinese women's volleyball team must change its tactical system, which is what was mentioned at the beginning as opening up a new era.
After the new century, the Chinese women's volleyball team has experienced two periods of glory. Xu Li had a keen eye for talent and appointed Chen Zhonghe. Pan Zhichen made three visits to ask Lang Ping to return, both of them were leaders with great courage. If the current Chinese women's volleyball team wants to achieve further glory, it first needs such a leader.
In fact, the Chinese women's volleyball team has never lacked excellent players. Zhu Ting is a once-in-a-decade talent; without a super-strong attacker like Zhu Ting, there are Zhou Suohong, Feng Kun, Zhang Ping, Zhang Na, and others, the golden generation of women's volleyball can still create an era.
The alternation of old and new is a natural law, and even the greatest stars will retire. At this turning point for the Chinese women's volleyball team, it is imperative to cultivate a large number of newcomers. Although Zhu Ting, Yuan Xinyue, and others may still be able to continue playing, they cannot completely rely on these players anymore! The theme of the Los Angeles Olympic cycle for the selection and training list of the Chinese women's volleyball national team will be to focus on newcomers while bringing in veterans.
It is worth celebrating that from last year's U21 World Youth Championship to this year's U17 World Youth Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team has won championships, and a large number of new talents with various styles have emerged. As the saying goes, "talent comes in all shapes and sizes," so don't try to fit them into the mold of Zhu Ting or Zhou Suohong. As long as we find a tactical system suitable for these newcomers, the Chinese women's volleyball team can return to the top of the world.
Players like Wu Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan, Tang Xin, Li Chenxuan, Dong Yuhang, Wang Aoqian, Zhang Zixuan, etc., are all good seedlings with distinct characteristics, coupled with mature players with rich match experience like Li Yingying and Wang Yuanyuan. The Los Angeles Olympic cycle for the Chinese women's volleyball team is still very promising!
During the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, the Chinese women's volleyball team's vice attackers are in their prime, and newcomers are emerging one after another, making this position the most affluent in terms of personnel.
There are also many good seedlings in the main attack position, although the quality is not as impressive as the vice attack group. Fortunately, Li Yingying is leading the charge, and if Zhu Ting maintains her form, she can still play in another Olympic Games, so the main attack group is not short of people either.
In contrast, the second pass, reception, and libero positions have reached the time when new players must be used, especially the second passers.
After the Chinese women's volleyball team loses its super-strong attackers, it will become more dependent on the second passers to create offensive opportunities. Various tactical attacks must be passed in a dazzling manner to support this position. It is no longer possible to simply spread out on both sides and add pressure in the middle to solve problems!
Fortunately, in recent years, several promising second passers have emerged in the Chinese women's volleyball team, among which Zhang Zixuan is the most impressive. Zhu Hangting, Zou Jiaqi, and Jie Shengyu are also promising!
At the reception position, Gong Xiangyu can still persist for an Olympic cycle, Chen Boya has recently performed well, and newcomers like Fan Berning and Li Xiang are also promising.
At the libero position, Wang Mengjie has clearly stated that she will not retire. Zhu Xingchen has consecutively won the best libero at the World Youth Championships, and is also promising, along with younger newcomers like Sun Wanqun and Li Mingjing.
The 25-person training roster for the Los Angeles Olympic cycle of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the fan-favorite version is as follows:
Main Attack: Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, Wang Yizhu, Wu Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan, Tang Xin, Li Chenxuan, Dong Yuhang (8 people).
Vice Attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi, Yang Han Yu, Shan Lin Qian, Chen Houyu, Wang Aoqian (7 people)
Reception: Gong Xiangyu, Chen Boya, Fan Berning, Li Xiang.
Second Pass: Yao Di, Jie Shengyu, Zou Jiaqi, Zhang Zixuan.
Libero: Wang Mengjie, Zhu Xingchen, Sun Wanqun.