What's the secret?, Still able to win Olympic championships, the Japanese men's volleyball team not only leads the Asian league | volleyball | Asia
At the recently concluded World Men's Volleyball League Nagoya Station in Japan, the Japanese men's volleyball team ranked first in the points table with a four game winning streak of 12 points, becoming the light of Asia. The Japanese team is also the only team among the 16 participating teams to maintain a complete victory. The United States, Argentina, Slovenia, Brazil, and Poland all have 3 wins and 1 loss, ranking 2nd to 6th respectively. The Chinese men's volleyball team is currently at the bottom of the seven teams that have only won one game in terms of points, game points, and small points, and the prospects for relegation are not optimistic.
The Value of Studying Abroad
The Japanese men's volleyball team and the Chinese men's volleyball team received the same "exam questions", facing four teams including Iran, Bulgaria, Serbia, and France, and their results were vastly different. Even if the Chinese men's volleyball team is the only one to win the game against the Bulgarian men's volleyball team, the score is 3-2, while the Japanese men's volleyball team swept the Bulgarian team 3-0.
The Japanese men's volleyball team currently ranks seventh in the world, with comprehensive skills, a stable lineup of players, and a relatively small difference between substitutes and main players. Their technical and tactical level and changes are top-notch, with a comprehensive lead in the starting, dunking, and blocking stages. They are also outstanding in one pass defense and small ball linkage. The top scorer of the Japanese men's volleyball team, Yuki Ishikawa, Takahashi Blue, and Yuki Nishida, are the team's three pronged scoring duo.
In the battle for Asian dominance against Iran's men's volleyball team, Japan's men's volleyball team won 3-0, with even two opponents scoring less than 20 points. In the match against Olympic champions France's men's volleyball team, although Yuki Ishikawa and Yuki Nishida were heavily blocked by the French team, Takahashi Blue and substitute Kenichi Miyazawa dared to take action, opening up the situation for the team and ultimately defeating the opponent 3-1.
As batches of Japanese volleyball players go to overseas leagues to play, their volleyball skills and concepts are also in line with international standards. Yuki Ishikawa is the top player in the Asian men's volleyball team, and has established a solid foothold in Serie A with his comprehensive skills, becoming the "thigh" of Milan. As a rising star in the Japanese men's volleyball team, under the influence of his predecessors, Takahashi Blue also chose to play in Italy. He believes that this is the most suitable place for his growth. "It is meaningless to want to conquer the world without knowing what the world is like. Therefore, it would be a good thing if more athletes play in top overseas leagues."
It should be noted that in order to bridge the gap with world-class teams, the Chinese men's volleyball team is also going out and honing their team by joining overseas leagues, which is a good start. In this year's World Men's Volleyball League, the Chinese men's volleyball team has made progress in technical aspects such as serving and attacking. However, compared to several players from the Japanese men's volleyball team playing in high-level European leagues, the majority of Chinese men's volleyball players play in the Japanese league, with only the top striker Zhang Jingyin currently playing in the Polish league. Chinese men's volleyball team members still need to continuously improve and have the competitiveness to go to Europe, in order to enhance the value of studying abroad.
A passionate manga
In Japan, volleyball has a wide audience and is a compulsory sport for elementary school students, encouraging participation from the whole population. In Japan, there are thousands of amateur volleyball teams alone, providing more choices for national team selection. According to industry insiders, the selection of Japanese players is also different from that of China. Although Japanese players are not tall, they possess both jumping, strength, and technical skills.
In Japan, the high school men's volleyball league is popular nationwide. Although its influence is not comparable to the famous Japanese Baseball Koshien level games, it is also a stage for the emergence of football stars. During his high school years, Yuki Ishikawa led Xingcheng University to win all three national high school volleyball championships in Japan for two consecutive years, setting an astonishing record of 99 consecutive wins.
On the other hand, in terms of campus volleyball in China, the sluggish market for men's volleyball has also led to a lack of enthusiasm in cultivating reserve talents in various regions. In college football and basketball leagues, sponsors line up to sponsor, but in college volleyball leagues, no one is interested, and some even don't know about men's volleyball events.
The philosophy of Japanese volleyball is excellent defense, delicate techniques, especially the one pass system, which benefits from early defensive training and solid basic skills. Japanese volleyball emphasizes that players must be full of passion and fighting spirit, with a tenacity like candy, and this spiritual motivation is also related to a manga.
Volleyball Boy is a youth manga created by Japanese manga artist Haruki Kokukan. During his high school years, Kokukan Haruki was once a volleyball player, active as a secondary attacker on the volleyball court. Although he ultimately did not become a professional volleyball player, after becoming a manga artist, Haruki Kokukan decided to use volleyball as a theme and create a manga with his own style. Volleyball Boy was born out of nowhere.
After the serialization of "Volleyball Youth", a volleyball craze erupted in Japan. Japanese middle and high school boys flocked to the men's volleyball department and joined the volleyball team, longing to take off with volleyball like the protagonist Hinata Shoyo in a manga.
Not only that, the Japan Memorial Day Association also designated August 19th as "Volleyball Youth Day" every year, which is enough to demonstrate the influence of "Volleyball Youth" in Japan. Volleyball Youth conveys the concept that volleyball is a sport that is always positive and upward looking, inspiring ambitious young people to bravely pursue their dreams.
"If you can't compare your height to others, then jump higher; if you can't compare your skills to others, then put in double the effort; if you can't compare your strength to others, then run faster; if you can't compare your experience to others, then train day after day..."
Without a few steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles. Revitalizing the Chinese men's volleyball team, why not learn more from the Japanese men's volleyball team.
