Yesterday, the Japanese women's volleyball team announced the 24-person training list. In this list, the average height of the Japanese women's volleyball team is only 1.75 meters, which is 12 cm shorter than the average height of the Chinese women's volleyball team , which is currently training in Zhangzhou.
In the Japanese women's volleyball team's 24-person training list, the highest height is the deputy attacker of 1.86 meters and veteran Erika Araki. Only three of the team, including her, are above 1.80 meters, and the average height of the 24 people is only 1.75 meters.
In comparison, among the 20 people participating in the Zhangzhou training camp, there are as many as nine players with a height of 1.90 meters, and the average height of the whole team is 1.87 meters. From this point of view, it is indeed quite difficult for the Japanese women's volleyball team to compete with world-class teams such as the Chinese women's volleyball team with outstanding network power at the Tokyo Olympics.
To each position, the main attack is that the Chinese women's volleyball team Zhu Ting is 1.98 meters tall. Zhang Changning height 1 meter 95, Li Yingying height 1 meter 92, Liu Xiaotong height 1 meter 88, Liu Yanhan height 1 meter 88, and the average height of the main attack line is 1 meter 92; Japanese women's volleyball team black Ai is 1 meter 80, Koga Sari's height 1 meter 80, Ishikawa Masumi 1 meter 73, Kurotani Tomori Jue 1 meter 76, Ishii Yuki 1 meter 80, Higashii Rei Na He is 1 meter 77, Inoue Ai Sa He is 1 meter 78, Lin Qinna is 1 meter 73, Yoshino Yuri is 1 meter 73, and the average height of the main attack line is only 1 meter 77, which is 15 cm shorter than the average height of the main attack line of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
on the secondary attack line, Chinese women's volleyball team Yan Ni is 1 meter 92, Gaoyi is 1 meter 94, Yuan Xinyue is 2 meter 01, Wang Yuanyuan is 1 meter 95, Yang Hanyu is 1 meter 98, Zheng Yixin is 1 meter 87, and the average height of the secondary attack line is 1 meter 95. Japanese deputy attacker Erika Araki is 1.86 meters tall, Shimamura Haruto is 1.82 meters tall, Ai Akura is 1.80 meters tall, Ai Okumura is 1.77 meters tall, Ai Watanabe is 1.76 meters tall, and Yamada Nikohika is 1.84 meters tall, and the average height of the secondary attack line is only 1.81 meters tall, which is 14 cm shorter than the average height of the Chinese women's volleyball team's secondary attack line. In terms of the response, the two Chinese women's volleyball team responded to Gong Xiangyu and Li Yao are both 1.86 meters tall. Japanese women's volleyball team responders Nagaoka Hoyu is 1.79 meters tall, 7 cm shorter than the two Chinese women's volleyball team responders.
In terms of setters, the Chinese women's volleyball team Ding Xia is 1 meter 81, Yao Di is 1 meter 82, Diao Linyu is 1 meter 82, and Mei Xiaohan is 1 meter 85. The average height of the four setters reaches 1 meter 83. The Japanese women's volleyball team has 5 second passes selected for the 24-person list. Haruka Miyashita is 1.77 meters tall, Kanami Tayo is 1.73 meters tall, Miya Sato is 1.75 meters tall, Naomi Kami is 1.70 meters tall, and Aki Kazui is 1.76 meters tall, with an average height of 1.74 meters shorter than the average setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
As for free people, Chinese women's volleyball team Wang Mengjie is 1 meter 73, Lin Li is 1 meter 71, Ni Feifan is 1 meter 77, and the average height is 1 meter 74. The three Japanese women's volleyball team, Mako Kobata, is 1.64 meters tall, Kotoe Inoue is 1.63 meters tall, and Reina Metasequoia is 1.65 meters tall, with an average height of 1.64 meters shorter than the Chinese team. Of course, the height of a freeman does not have much practical significance, and the freeman is more competing for first pass and defensive skills.
At present, what makes the head coach of the Japanese women's volleyball team most relieved is the free agent position. In the just-concluded Japanese women's volleyball league, Mako Kohara, who is in excellent form, won two awards in the Most Valuable Player and Best One Pass. However, on the team's offensive end, the recruitment of nine main attackers and five setters in one go shows Nakada's dissatisfaction with the existing players' abilities and performance of the two positions of the Japanese women's volleyball team. However, it is worth mentioning that it is precisely in the main attack and setter position that the selection of two mixed-race players, Reina Higatani and Aki Kazui, is particularly eye-catching.
Higashitani Reinai is a main attacker and is a Japanese Ghanaian mixed-race child. This is the second time he has been selected for the Japanese women's volleyball team training list.Aki Kazui is a setter, a mixed-race boy from Japan and Peru. She is actually the main setter of the Japanese women's volleyball league champion JT team this season. Her characteristics of being good at left-handed second attack are quite similar to Ding Xia, the setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In addition, after the team's main supporter Risa Shinko announced his retirement last summer, Nagaoka Masayu has become the only genuine supporter on the training list. She is almost the only solution for the Japanese women's volleyball team in this position. Whether Coach Nakada Kumi can make good use of this 30-year-old veteran she once didn't like may become an X factor in how far the Japanese team can go in the local Olympics.
Recently, the Japanese Volleyball Association announced the schedule of the Tokyo Olympic volleyball test match. The match between the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Japanese women's volleyball team will be held at the Tokyo Olympic volleyball court Yumei Stadium on May 1. The Chinese and Japanese teams will also experience the Olympic venue atmosphere, inspect the team members, and test their respective training results through this rare confrontation. It is worth mentioning that the two Chinese and Japanese teams in the Tokyo Olympics are different groups, and the host Japanese team is a potential opponent in the quarterfinals of the Chinese team.
Although the current average height of the Chinese women's volleyball team is 12 cm taller than that of the Japanese women's volleyball team, and in the main, deputy and host positions, height is 15 cm, 14 cm and 7 cm taller than that of the Japanese women's volleyball team, respectively, height is not the only factor that determines the outcome. I still remember that at the 2012 London Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team with an average height of 1.85 meters was defeated by the Japanese women's volleyball team with an average height of only 1.75 meters and missed the semi-finals. That loss brought unforgettable pain to the Chinese women's volleyball girls and Chinese volleyball fans.
Although the Japanese women's volleyball team is not tall, they have formed their own distinctive characteristics over the years, such as good small ball connection, tenacious defense, rapid and changeable offense, etc., while the Chinese women's volleyball team has embarked on a tall development route in recent years. On May 1, we will witness the collision of two different styles of Chinese and Japanese teams. Can the Chinese team defeat the Japanese team as they wish?
