The Chinese women's volleyball team has always attached great importance to the height of their setters. Yang Xilan, Feng Kun, and Wei Qiuyue are all tall setters and are also the most representative setters of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
With this tradition, it is difficult for setters who are not tall enough to gain a position in the Chinese women's volleyball team. Wang Na, Sun Wenjing, Sun Haiping, and Chen Xintong are typical representatives. They all have excellent passing skills but find it hard to enter the national team.
Among the new generation of setters, there are also several promising talents who are less than 1.8 meters tall, such as Zou Jiaqi from Beijing Automotive Volleyball Team, Huang Xinyue from Shanghai Volleyball Team, Cai Yitong from Jiangxi Volleyball Team, and Zhang Kefan from Shandong Volleyball Team. They are all good setters, but their careers often end due to insufficient height.
Fortunately, the Chinese women's volleyball team also has a continuous emergence of tall setters. Last year, two setters who won the U21 World Youth Championship, Yin Xiaolan and Zhao Yalun, are both 184 cm tall and have their own technical characteristics, making them good prospects for tall setters. Additionally, Jie Shengyu, who shone brightly at the recent Super League All-Star Game, stands at 187 cm and passes quickly and steadily, making her an even rarer talent.
Sun Yan and Zhang Zihan, born in 2000, are relatively well-known. Sun Yan, from Jiangsu, is 188 cm tall and was selected into the national team during Lang Ping's coaching tenure. Zhang Zihan, standing at 185 cm, has been playing for Henan Volleyball Team for a long time. Both Sun Yan and Zhang Zihan have made significant progress this year and are potential candidates for the Chinese women's national volleyball team's setter position.
In addition, Tianjin Volleyball Team still holds surprises, and there are two of them. One is Zhang Xin Yue, born in 02, who stands at 185 cm, and the other is Zhu Hang Ting, who just joined Tianjin from Tie Li No. 1 Middle School, born in 06 and standing at 186 cm. Zhang Xin Yue is a typical Tianjin setter, slow in speed but high in stability. Zhu Hang Ting's outstanding performance at Tie Li No. 1 Middle School attracted the attention of major Super League giants, and she ultimately chose Tianjin Volleyball Team.
Tianjin Volleyball Team is famous for producing setters. Wei Qiuyue, Mi Yang, Yao Di, and Chen Xintong are all national team players. The current substitute player Meng Dou has also been selected into the national team. Therefore, talented players in Tianjin Volleyball Team basically secure a ticket to the national team. Zhang Xin Yue, like Wang Yizhu in the past, is accumulating energy and looking forward to the bright light of her explosion. Zhu Hang Ting, with better talent, coming to the fertile ground of Tianjin Volleyball Team, will produce what kind of chemical reaction, her future is limitless!