Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, February 3 (Reporter Wei Hua) According to the announcement of the Volleyball Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China on the 3rd, the 55-year-old Cai Bin will take over the handsome seal left by Lang Ping and form the new Chinese women's volleyball team . The clarion call for preparing for the Paris Olympics is officially sounded, and the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to look to the future while keeping their feet on the ground.
January 4, Cai Bin gave sideline guidance in the 2021-2022 China Women's Volleyball Super League. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Zhisen
After the Tokyo Olympics ended, Lang Ping's contract expired and he left the Chinese women's volleyball team, which had been coaching for eight years. Previously, during the span of the two Olympic cycles, Lang Ping adopted the "big national team" model, formed a compound coaching team, and boldly launched new players, bringing the Chinese women's volleyball team, which was once in a low period to one peak after another.
On August 2, 2021, Chinese team players bowed to head coach Lang Ping after the group match of the women's volleyball team at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting
However, the "Waterloo" encountered at the Tokyo Olympics has once again faced a crisis. Taking over the team at this moment requires great courage and courage. Only in times of crisis can one show his heroic character. Cai Bin did not avoid the setbacks he encountered during his first coaching coaching and stood up, reflecting his spirit of not fearing hardships and bravely shouldering heavy responsibilities. Returning to the national team after more than ten years also proves that Cai Bin's ambition to surpass himself is still there.
Cai Bin is not unfamiliar with the Chinese women's volleyball team. As one of the best domestic coaches, Cai Bin, known as "Little Zhuge", had previously worked in the National Youth Women's Volleyball Team for a long time and cultivated the backbone of many Chinese women's volleyball teams such as Hui Ruoqi . Although he failed to achieve the expected results when he first entered the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2009, when he returned to the local team, Cai Bin first led the Beijing team to make a breakthrough step by step in three seasons, and then built Jiangsu women's volleyball team into a strong team in the Volleyball Super League. His Zhang Changning , Gong Xiangyu and others made great contributions to the Chinese women's volleyball team. Looking at the current domestic volleyball world, Cai Bin's record and reputation ranks among the best.
On December 6, 2020, Jiangsu Zhongtian Iron Team player Zhang Changning (third from left) celebrated his score with his teammates in the 2020-2021 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Previously, the outside world listed possible candidates for the Chinese women's volleyball coach. With Lang Ping's decision to settle down and Chen Zhonghe was too old and away from the coach's seat for many years, Cai Bin, who is suitable for age, has been rooted in the front line of the volleyball world for a long time, is familiar with the domestic and international environment, and has national team experience, is indeed one of the most competitive candidates. After weighing the trade-offs between the multiple parties, the coach selection team also made the best choice under the existing conditions.
At the same time, it is not difficult to see that Chinese volleyball is also facing the reality of outstanding coaches not meeting the young and yellow. Whether it is Lang Ping, Chen Zhonghe, or Cai Bin who was elected this time, they are all "old acquaintances". The lack of excellent coaches and narrow choices for middle-aged and young coaches is one of the difficulties encountered in selecting coaches this time, and it is also one of the problems that Chinese volleyball needs to face and solve.
On December 15, 2021, Jiangsu team head coach Cai Bin arranged tactics between the second phase of the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Zhisen.
League was originally supposed to be a fertile ground for cultivating Chinese volleyball coaches, but due to many factors, the current Volleyball Super League has not fully played its role in this regard. Although Chinese women's volleyball national team is a golden signboard in the Chinese sports industry, in contrast, although high-level foreign players join in the women's volleyball league from time to time, it is still in a tepid state for most of the time.
Compared with high-level European leagues such as Italy and Turkey, my country's women's volleyball league has a short schedule, few strong teams, low game quality and intensity of confrontation, which is not only unfavorable to the accumulation of players' experience, but also restricts the growth of high-level coaches to a certain extent.
Looking to the future, while Chinese volleyball managers should also place more resources towards the league while paying attention to the construction of the national team, so that the two can better form a benign interaction.Only when the level of the local league is high can Chinese coaches go through tests, optimize tactical systems, and polish their clear coaching style in the conversation again and again, and the choice of national coaches in the future can be broader. Only when excellent coaches like Yuan Weimin , Chen Zhonghe, and Lang Ping continue to emerge can the Chinese women's volleyball team be expected to flourish.
Do not use it, and do not doubt the use of it. The reason why Lang Ping was able to lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to achieve brilliant results in the past was not only because of her superb coaching level and rich experience, but also because of the full trust and support of all parties. After the failure of the Tokyo Olympics, the morale of the Chinese women's volleyball team was frustrated and its cohesion declined. If Cai Bin wants to lead the team out of the predicament smoothly, in addition to his own efforts, the support of the scheduling management center and even the General Administration of Sports of China is also indispensable.
The new coach was promoted to the quotation, and the Chinese women's volleyball team opened a new chapter. Let us send blessings to this honorary team.
Editor: Wang Hengzhi, Yu Sihui, Cao Yibo, Li Yuxi (internship)
