Not long ago, in the Volleyball Super League, there was a player who performed amazingly, that is, Vargas. She has a hand that can impress domestic players with a strong jump, violent slams are also wonderful, and the success rate is extremely high.
Vargas is one of the more common violent responses in European volleyball. So can we train this type of player?
Vargas was born in Cuba in October 1999 and was later selected as a Turkish citizen.
Vargas joined the Tianjin women's volleyball team on loan and participated in the 2021-22 volleyball Super League. Before joining the Tianjin women's volleyball team, few domestic volleyball fans knew about Vargas. Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the Tianjin women's volleyball team, Vargas gave people a bright feeling. People didn't expect this guy to be so good.
She likes to use vigorous hair jumping. Players who play in domestic leagues rarely touch this way of serving, and they can't catch her serve at all. It was Vargas's turn to serve, and if she didn't make a mistake, Tianjin could keep scoring. Domestic players either pick up the flight or pick up the deviation. At the end of a game, Vargas can score 10 points, or 13 points, just by serving. She is also powerful in slaming, the momentum is heavy, the angle is sharp, and it is difficult for opponents to defend. This has led to a high offensive success rate for Vargas, most of the time playing the role of the top scorer.
In this season's Volleyball Super League, the Tianjin women's volleyball team won 17 games, and only lost 1 round, and finally won the championship of the impressive record. Vargas was instrumental. Vargas was also full of personal gains, not only winning the championship, but also being voted the best foreign aid. Her personal data is unparalleled. According to the technical statistics of the Volleyball Super League released by the Volleyball Association, Vargas has five rankings first. The top scorer (overall score) reached 301 points, surpassing the second place by 25 points. Vargas scored 6.14 points per inning, surpassing second place by 0.58 points. Best Serve (overall) Vargas scored 55 points, surpassing second place by 29 points. Vargas scored 1.12 points in each set, surpassing second place by 0.53 points. The offensive efficiency list Vargas reached 63%, four points over the second place.
The data is truly amazing. An unknown player actually compared domestic players to make domestic players feel bad. In fact, Vargas already had a little fame when he played in Europe, one of the four major receivers of the European women's volleyball team, a player of the Fenerbahce women's volleyball team. It's just that she rarely represents the national team in international competitions and has no experience playing against the Chinese team, so domestic fans don't know her.
So, can a domestic player follow her example and become a top receiver? Xiang Chu thought that he could try to cultivate, but don't hold out too much hope.
The technical characteristics of Vargas are the same as Egnu of the Italian women's volleyball team, Boskovic of the Selvia women's volleyball team, and Kara Kurt of the Turkish women's volleyball team, which are typical representatives of strong reception. They all have a good hand of strong jump hair, and when they slam the ball, the momentum is strong, and the opponent is difficult to defend.
To make a strong jump, you must bounce well, and the power of the slam should be large. The technical requirements for jumping serves are very high, the players should bounce well, and the arm strength should be large. After throwing the ball into the air, the player also has to run forward 2 to 3 steps and wave his arm to hit the ball out. Such a serve is very aggressive, the serve is a slam action, and it is not interfered with in any way, it is very aggressive, so it is difficult for the opponent to defend.
Most domestic players can't send jump serves, and it's good to be able to send floating balls. For example, Li Yingying likes to serve the ball, the effect is not bad, relying on the serve to score, but it is still not as good as the jump serve. Those with poor skills can only hook their hands to serve vigorously, and beginners can only serve with their hands up and down. These serves just smooth the ball over, but give the opponent the opportunity to attack. The vigorous jump is both the beginning of the game and an attack, not giving the opponent a chance, of course, the threat is great.
Players with a strong jump, such as the four European and American players mentioned above, have some common characteristics. The players are tall and bounce well. Like Vargas is 1.95 meters tall and the slam height is 3.15 meters. Egnu is 1.93 meters tall and can slam balls up to 3.44 meters tall. Boskovic is 1.93 meters tall and the height of the slam ball is 3.10 meters. Karakurt is 1.94 meters tall and the height of the slam ball is 3.15 meters. And their body coordination is very good, the body is curved like a bow when slaming, and the waist and abdomen can exert force. When domestic players buckle and serve, most of them are straight.
Jump hard to serve, the general hand shape will be pressed down, the ball will sink down. If the bounce is not good and the strength is not good, the sphere will go off the net, causing the party to lose points. Players who are tall or bounce well and have a lot of strength can send out a very threatening jump serve. Like Vargas, he is tall, bounces well, and has a lot of strength. Don't look at her not very strong, but the arm strength is great. The same goes for Egnu, who has a lot of power to slam the ball. These are all characteristics of men's play. Maybe black people, or European and American players have these characteristics.
Players who reach 1.90 meters or more in China are easy to find, and there are many players with a dunk height of 3.15 meters, but there are fewer players with great strength. As for the ferocious smash, the same is true. Players who are tall and have a high slam height can easily kick the ball or hit the fingertips of their opponents. If the strength is very large, the angle is tricky, basically nailing the floor, and the opponent is difficult to defend. Some of the most powerful receivers like Vargas and Egnu can do just that. Vargas even served very trickily, directly looking for the middle of the two defenders to serve, so that the two opponents did not know which to pick up, it was possible to give the ball to each other, or crash together. This is a very good player who can play the ball.
There are also some domestic players with this characteristic, such as former Chinese women's volleyball player Wang Yimei. However, Wang Yimei is the main attacker. Wang Yimei is 1 meter 90 tall and is a representative of the aesthetics of violence. Her slam height reached 3 meters 18 meters, the speed of the smash was 89 kilometers per hour, and she twice stunned Japanese player Saori Kimura. She also has a beautiful hand of vigorous jumping hair, and the slam is very threatening. Unfortunately, there were not many good players in the country at that time, which led to the failure of the national team to achieve good results.
Later, Liu Xiaotong also had the ability to jump vigorously, but the accuracy of the slam was still a little poor, and it could not be compared with Vargas and Egnu. Shanghai's main attacker Zhonghui played well in this Premier League and also has the ability to jump, but the strength and angle are lacking, not as threatening as Vargas. Zhonghui's short board is that he is not tall, only 1 meter 81, and the height of the slam ball is only 3 meters 01. Her ability is OK in the domestic league, but when it comes to international competitions, especially against strong teams, it is difficult to be a threat.
In the receiving position, Wang Yindi, the young player of the Shanghai team, although he did not play much, he was impressive. Especially in the shanghai women's volleyball team and the Tianjin women's volleyball team, she repeatedly buckled the ball to Vargas, and played Vargas, who was not good at defense, very badly. This is a player who plays with his head. Wang Yindi is only 16 years old this year, and the height of the slam ball is 3 meters 06. She is still young and has a lot of plasticity. Train her scientifically, train her arm strength a little bigger, bounce a little better, and you can cultivate in that direction.
The Zhejiang team has an 18-year-old young player Ni Mengjie who can also jump hair, but his own conditions are lacking, the height is only 1 meter 81, and the height of the slam is only 3 meters 00. It is estimated that it is difficult to cultivate.
Domestic volleyball gives the heavy responsibility of scoring to the main attack, and the docking should not be very demanding. This is a style that has been handed down over the years. Gong Xiangyu, as the best receiver in China, is a defensive receiver. She can still score a lot of points in the Jiangsu team, and her teammates will give her more right to fire. When it comes to the national team, she will take on more defensive tasks.
Therefore, it is difficult for the country to cultivate strong relays like Vargas, Egnu and Karakurt. If you want to cultivate such a response, you should select good seedlings from an early age, and then train from an early age, so that they can have such abilities and styles earlier. If it is only to imitate the opponent, it is difficult to achieve the effect in the later stage of hard work, and it may not be worth the loss.
Of course, the Chinese team does not necessarily have to learn abroad. The Chinese women's volleyball team has won 10 world championships. This is all real, showing that our way also works, just continue to carry it forward. If you can learn more advanced, more threatening technical moves, it will be better, and the team will be stronger.
A technique like vigorous jumping hair can be advocated. Quite simply, a serve is an offense, the initiative is in your own hands, and it's easier to score. Other ways of serving, mostly give the opportunity to the opponent, passively fight for the opportunity, the score is much more difficult.