For the Chinese women's volleyball team, the selection of the head coach is always a key factor in determining the direction of the team. At present, Coach Cai Bin will not return to coaching, and coaches Lang Ping and Chen Zhonghe are also unable to return due to various reasons. This has undoubtedly made fans worried and thoughtful about the future coaching candidates for the Chinese women's volleyball team. "A thousand soldiers are easy to get, but one general is hard to find." For the Chinese women's volleyball team, an excellent coach is as crucial as an outstanding general on the battlefield.
Many fans have turned their attention to two foreign coaches who have left their national teams: Karch Kiraly, head coach of the American women's volleyball team, and Giovanni Guidetti, head coach of the Serbian women's volleyball team. These two coaches have shown extraordinary coaching abilities in the international volleyball arena, in some ways not inferior to Coach Lang Ping.
Karch Kiraly, this famous coach with remarkable achievements in the field of volleyball coaching. After the Paris Olympics, he left the American women's volleyball team. However, the American volleyball world acted quickly and with foresight, offering Kiraly a four-year contract directly from the men's national team. This decision reflects the forward-looking nature of American volleyball in terms of talent cultivation and utilization. The United States aims to let experienced and tactically advanced coaches like Kiraly lead the men's team to achieve good results in the men's and women's volleyball events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. This contract undoubtedly makes it increasingly unlikely for Kiraly to join the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Chinese fans can only shift their attention away from him.
As a result, fans have placed more expectations on Guidetti. Guidetti is a highly influential coach in the volleyball world. He has accumulated many valuable experiences during his coaching career in multiple countries. In addition to coaching the Serbian women's volleyball team, his connection with Turkey's VakıfBank team is even deeper. Since 2008, he has been coaching this club team. Over the years, even while simultaneously coaching the women's volleyball teams of Germany, Turkey, Serbia, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, etc., VakıfBank has always been under his leadership. Under his guidance, VakıfBank has won 26 championships, a brilliant record that fully demonstrates his coaching talent. Moreover, in 2022, VakıfBank offered Guidetti a contract expiring in 2025. This contract situation indicates that Guidetti faces many obstacles if he were to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team.
On the one hand, the unique system in European volleyball allows coaches to concurrently work for both the national team and club teams, which is almost impossible in China. If Guidetti were to come to China to coach, it would be difficult for him to take care of VakıfBank's work. Emotionally speaking, it would be as difficult as giving up a child he has raised himself, considering the amount of effort he has invested in VakıfBank and the deep affection he has built there. On the other hand, looking at the possibilities for future development, Guidetti is still young, and after his contract with VakıfBank expires in 2025, the team is likely to continue offering him a new contract. After all, his contributions to the team and his personal charm in the volleyball world make the team hope to keep him for the long term.
More importantly, recent moves by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have added new variables to the possibility of Guidetti coaching the Chinese women's volleyball team. The FIVB officially announced that Guidetti will serve as the head of the FIVB Coaching Committee. This position carries significant responsibilities and requires him to invest a lot of time and energy into related committee work. It's like adding another heavy task to Guidetti's already busy schedule. In such a complex situation, it would be difficult for him to spare enough energy to take on the coaching of a national team. Therefore, fans who were hoping for Guidetti to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team may have to accept a disappointing outcome.
However, despite these difficulties, the development of the Chinese women's volleyball team cannot wait. The Volleyball Association should actively seek suitable candidates in the international volleyball arena and the domestic Chinese volleyball world. Domestically, there are many young coaches with potential who are gradually emerging. They are familiar with the conditions and characteristics of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and perhaps after careful training and experience accumulation, they can become the force that leads the Chinese women's volleyball team back to glory.
Internationally, there are also other excellent coaches who may be interested in the coaching position of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Whoever the final choice is, they need to have a deep understanding of the Chinese women's volleyball team, unique tactical concepts, excellent team management skills, and a passion for the volleyball cause. Only then can the Chinese women's volleyball team, under the leadership of a new coach, rediscover its past glory and continue to shine on the international volleyball stage.
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