men's volleyball

Chapter 54 Provincial Youth Volleyball Competition

Entering mid-November,

In Luzhou, Huizhou, the later the autumn, the cooler the weather has become.

The original average temperature of more than 10 degrees changed instantaneously with the coming of a few overcast rains. When I woke up, it felt like the seasons were changing suddenly.

Winter is almost here!

Friday, February 11,
Today is a rare clear day in recent days.

This afternoon, in the volleyball hall of Luzhou Sports School in Huizhou, the first round of the 1998 Huizhou Youth Men’s Volleyball Championship (Junior Group A), the second match of Group B, Pengli Sports School’s volleyball team played against Feng Fu Sports School Volleyball Team.

On the court, the Pengli Sports School Team and the Fengfu Sports School Team are warming up before the game, and the game is about to start.

Huizhou Youth Tournament is a traditional volleyball event in Huizhou. It is sponsored by the Provincial Sports Bureau and the Provincial Department of Education. It is a high-level amateur sports event in the province with local sports schools and volleyball teams from primary and secondary schools as the main players.

The purpose of the competition is to promote the development of youth sports in Huizhou, and to continuously improve and enhance the awareness and physical fitness of primary and middle school students to participate in physical exercise.The competition is divided into multiple age groups, and is held once a year in the second half of each year from October to December.

There are different teams in each age group, roughly between 14 and 18 teams. Today’s start is the Youth Group A competition (under 17 years old) with middle schools and technical secondary sports schools as the main body.

A total of 9 teams from 1998 cities participated in this competition, and the competition started on November 11, 13.

The 16 teams in the competition are divided into four groups: A, B, C, and D, with 4 teams in each group. The historical results of the groups in previous games shall prevail, arranged in a serpentine shape, and those who have not participated in previous games shall be ranked in order of registration time.

They will compete for the final ranking through three stages of competition within 8 days.

Unlike many traditional team competitions, the format of the volleyball youth competition is relatively complicated.

The format of the first stage of the competition is a single round-robin match in each group. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a loss. In the end, the ranking of the group is determined based on the points ranking. The top three in the group enter the next stage, and the fourth team does not Play again, tied for 13th place.

The winners of each group entering the second stage will wait for the second and third teams in the group to decide 4 teams in a cross match.Then the winning team will face off against the winners of the second and third duels, and enter the third stage.The losers of the second and third places will no longer compete, and they will tie for 9th place uniformly.

The third stage is divided into groups, and the winners and losers of the final duel in the second stage will form the winner group E and the loser group F. The 4 teams in each group will determine the ranking of the group through a single round-robin competition.

The final rankings for Group E are first to fourth, and those for Group F are fifth to eighth.

The volleyball youth competition is different from many competitions not only in the competition schedule, but even the top four teams in the final competition are not necessarily the final top four in this competition.

The final ranking of the event is based on the addition of three results, and the other two are technical evaluation test points and physical fitness test points.

The four basic skills of volleyball for technical evaluation, pad, pass, dunk, and serve, are calculated according to the national standard by taking the top 10 scores of each team in the test.

There are also four physical fitness tests, run-up touch height, half-meter movement, 30-meter run, and weight-bearing squat. The scores are also calculated based on the top 10 of each team.

It can be said that although this test does not account for a large proportion of the total points, it undoubtedly brings a lot of uncertainty to the ranking of each team.

But in fact, some things are similar. For a team with good volleyball skills and players with good physical fitness, as long as the tactics are a little reasonable, it is not difficult to get a high ranking in the game.

Of course, not absolutely!

The difference in the selection, training and training direction of players determines that in the competition at the youth level, the effects brought about are very different.

At this time, Lin Mu, the captain of the Pengli Ti school team who was warming up, was also thinking about this question in his mind.

Yesterday, the body side was over, and the test results of the Pengli team brought "surprises" to many people from other teams.

In the past years, Pengli Sports School has participated in many competitions of various age groups. Last year, their junior class also participated.But every time the final result is in the middle and lower reaches or even at the bottom.

Even in the test, there are almost no results above the middle reaches.

But in yesterday's test, the Pengli team ranked sixth in the physical fitness test sub-score, and even ranked second in the technical evaluation sub-score.

The results are really not bad, but the sub-scores are calculated according to the rankings. There are two tests, and the sub-scores are calculated according to the coefficient of (number of test teams-test ranking)*1.5 for each item.

The difference between No. 6 and No. 9 is 1.5 points, and the difference between No. [-] and No. [-] is [-] points. They have already lost points before the game has been played.

The only good thing is that the first place in the two tests is not from the same team. After adding up the total score, Lin Mu feels a little at ease.

Because, the score of the game is based on the rule of (number of teams in the game-ranking in the game)*7, and one place difference is 7 points.And there is only a 6-point gap between them and the Luzhou Sports School team, which currently has the highest total score in the test.

That is to say, if they can win the first place in the final competition, they can get No.1 in the total score regardless of the ranking of other teams.

Lin Mu was already satisfied that the initiative was still in his own hands.

Although the school and Coach Lu did not put much pressure on their grades, maybe the school did, but at least they never expressed it directly.There is very little pressure on these players.

But as the captain of the team, it was also the first official competition he participated in. From the very beginning, he had the ideal of aiming for a higher ranking.

He and his teammates have gone through more than three months of hell-like training. With the training given by Coach Lu, and the meticulous nutrition and physical therapy arranged by Sister Feng for them, all the teenagers are relying on mutual encouragement. Improve yourself, improve the team.

In the private meeting among their team members, although they didn't set a specific ranking goal, they both had thoughts in their hearts.

Therefore, although Lin Mu was satisfied after the test, it was undoubtedly a small blow to his teammates who did not perform well in the test.

Lin Mu and Li Feng, including Zhou Ting, all performed very well in the test, ranking among the top players of all teams.

But there are also teammates with poor grades. After all, their training time is not too long, and the intensity of physical training before entering the sports school is not strong. It is really rare to be able to grow to the current level.

Both the statement and the reason are correct, but after all, it makes them feel a little bit behind.

It is inevitable for young people to have ups and downs in their mentality. Lin Mu had enlightened and encouraged him, but he hadn't let him relax until not long ago.

But when it was time to face the first match, Lin Mu felt that there were ups and downs again, and even his heart inevitably had some waves.

The first team they will face is Fengfu Sports School. This is an old strong school team in Huizhou. .

In yesterday's test, this team was second in overall score.

Lin Mu felt a little emotional. It takes a lot of experience for a team to mature, but speaking of it, it is really not easy.

"Captain, do you think we can win today's game?"

In the warm-up area, Brilliance, who didn't talk too much, looked at the opponents on the other side of the warm-up area. They were obviously stronger than they looked, which made him a little worried and went to Lin Mu to ask. .

The warm-up time is approaching. At this time, the teammates also gathered around Lin Mu.

At the mobilization meeting the night before, Coach Lu announced the list of players participating in the competition.

The total number of registrations for the competition is more generous than that of ordinary adult competitions. There are 12 players of the right age and two over-age players can be added for a total of 14 players.

The total number of their Pengli team is only 14, but they can all be included.

In the first round, the main attackers are Zhou Ting and Tang Bin, the setter is Han Chen, the deputy attackers are Li Feng and Liu Mingming, the support is Lin Mu, and the free agent is Brilliance.

Li Shanbin and He Linwei are the main attackers on the bench, Yang Xingyi and Zhu Jun are the setters, Hu Weijia is the deputy attacker, Wen Xiaoqing is the supporter, and Lu Wei is the free man.

The 13 people are all waiting for the captain to say something to them at the moment.

"I don't know who wins and who loses if I haven't played. I don't know this team!"

Lin Mu smiled, and said in as relaxed a tone as possible: "You see these people grow strong, right?"

"Hehe, it's not like we haven't played against people who are taller than us. We have played 7 rounds in the provincial youth team, and we have won 3 rounds. You must know that they are the top youth team in the province after all. ..."

Han Chen also echoed, "Brother Lin is right. We won. Although the Fengfu team is really strong, no matter how strong it is, it can't beat the provincial team!?"

Lin Mu looked at everyone's face slightly relaxed, but the tension and change of breath made him somewhat worried.

In fact, everyone talked about the possible outcome of the game, just because of the real tension in their hearts.

To be honest, when he walked into the volleyball hall just now, he also felt a little, and even felt a sense of restlessness all over his body.

There is both anticipation and tension, which is not comparable to the relaxed training and warm-up matches played by the provincial team.

Once a person has the desire to win or lose, many times, his thoughts will be involuntarily mobilized.

He thought about yesterday's test, calculating scores, etc., to distract his thoughts and ease his emotions. As the captain, as a person with decades of memory experience, he must first stabilize.

"Okay, the warm-up practice is over, now, there is no need to think about it, look at the auditorium?!"

Lin Mu smiled indifferently, and pointed to the auditorium on the side of the court.

Following the direction of Lin Mu's finger, there was a group of people they knew sitting on the other side. It was the coach of the provincial youth team who brought the players to watch the game.

"What Han Chen said just now is what I wanted to say. We are a team that has played against the provincial youth team. They came to watch the game to cheer us on, which is also a recognition of our team.

How we fought before, we still fight now, as long as we fight ourselves..."

"Come~"

As Lin Mu spoke, he opened his arms and folded them to let everyone get closer.

Everyone formed a circle, and he stretched out his right hand.

"come on! Come on!"

The shouting and encouragement gathered by more than 10 people immediately attracted people on and off the field.

Even the members of the Fengfu team on the other side looked over.

There was also a group of young teenagers, among them there were one or two who seemed to be much older, regardless of whether they were young or old, they all had confident smiles on their faces at the moment, and they even seemed a little ostentatious.

"Hey, what look?!"

When the encouragement was over, Wen Xiaoqing noticed it after paying attention, so he was a little annoyed, and then glared at the other party.

"Ouch!" Wen Xiaoqing covered the back of her head and let out a "scream of pain", "Eh? Why did you hit me, Captain!?"

Lin Mu was annoyed, "Why don't they care what they are doing, so what if they take a look at you, let's go, get ready to play later!"

In fact, he saw it right away, but it's his business, as long as he didn't rush over, there was no need to do anything against him.

It is meaningless, and even some experienced teams will even use such a provocative performance as a means.

If you are serious with the other party, maybe it will affect your emotions, no need!
Is the Fengfu team an experienced team?

Naturally, many of them may have participated in some regional and national competitions.

For a young team like his own, Lin Mu has a very clear awareness that everything is based on me.

Lin Mu led his teammates back to the team area of ​​the stadium and came to the coach.

Looking at the teenagers in front of him, Lu Lin asked with a faint smile, "Are you all ready?"

Everyone took a deep breath and said loudly, "Get ready!"

in the afternoon,

14: 20,

The two teams lined up first.

The live broadcast also formally introduced the players of both sides one by one.

In the auditorium on the sidelines, there were few spectators. Except for those from the provincial youth team, there were only a few students from Luzhou Sports School and other opponents in Lin Mu's group.

But out of politeness, these audiences did not hesitate to applaud. With the applause and occasional sporadic shouting, the volleyball hall finally looked like a formal game.

After the introduction, the pre-match preparations are over, the referee is in place, and the two sides are signaled to stand in their respective positions.

Then, the first referee blew his whistle, and the first game began!
On the sidelines, Lu Lin stood up from his seat. He looked at the situation in the arena, and his expression did not have the relaxed smile just now. At this moment, he is very serious.

The Fengfu team is a strong amateur volleyball team in the province. He has learned about the players who came to participate in the competition this time. Many of them have participated in various provincial competitions since a few years ago.

In the two age group competitions last year, one of them was first and the other was second. Among them, the two overage players also participated in the qualifiers for the Southeast Division of the National U17 Championship as the main representative of the Fengfu team as the runner-up in the province.

Although they failed to squeeze into the national competition in the end, their own experience and strength are worthy of recognition. The combination of old and new, with tradition and experience, they are a real veteran team.

Encountering such a strong team in the first game of the game, Lu Lin was somewhat worried.

He is not worried about the strength of the team. Although the physical quality is worse than the opponent, but in terms of overall strength, he does not think it is worse than the opponent.The main thing is to see if we can really bring out the techniques and tactics.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they lose. He is not afraid of the team losing. There are three games in the group stage, and the top three will enter the next stage. As long as they win one game, they can basically guarantee to enter the next stage.

But he was afraid that everyone would be able to hold on, and if one of them didn't perform well, they would be completely discouraged if they lost.

In last year's game, after he and Coach Hong lost the first game they played, the students were immediately beaten up. Three games in three days, there was very little time for people to relax. In the end, the players didn't recover and completely collapsed .

Newcomers, new teams, new tactics, training one game at a time.

Lin Mu, boys, our journey officially begins now.

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　　Resistance and patience are good enough!

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　　Thank you, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)