At the Paris Olympics, the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team was eye-catching, and after the group stage, they advanced to the quarterfinals with 3 wins. The reason why the Chinese team is so strong is inseparable from Li Yingying's high-level performance, but volleyball is a collective sport, and only pay attention to the biased performance of one player, and the performance of other players is equally wonderful.
In the Chinese women's volleyball team, in addition to the free man, the main pass is the main attack and response, and Li Yingying's fixed partner in the Paris Olympics is Zhu Ting. Compared with Li Yingying, Zhu Ting seems to be less dazzling on the offensive end, and because of this, many fans believe that Zhu Ting is no longer the world's No. 1 main attacker, but has degenerated into an ordinary player, is this really the case?
After three games in the group stage, Li Yingying scored 68 points, with an offensive efficiency of 35.71%, received 40 passes, with a completion rate of 50%, and defended 28 times, with a ball rate of 53.57%. Judging from these three statistics, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Yingying has grown into the world's top main attacker, although she is not yet the world's No. 1 main attacker, but she is not far from this goal.
Zhu Ting's current positioning is a guarantee main attack, and the number of attacks she has on the court has decreased compared with the last Olympic cycle, after all, Li Yingying has grown up now, and Zhu Ting's wrist injury needs to be taken care of, so the lack of attacks does not mean that she is not good. On the offensive end, Zhu Ting scored 36 points, with an efficiency of 31.03%, received 61 passes, with a completion rate of 57.38%, and a ball start rate of 72.41% after 29 defenses. In the face of a large number of passes and defenses, Zhu Ting still maintains a world-class level, except that the offensive efficiency is not as good as Li Yingying, whether it is a pass or defense, Zhu Ting plays well.
Gong Xiangyu has always been a protective receiver, not a European and American type of violent receiver, and she scored 40 points in three games, with an offensive efficiency of 35.62%. After receiving 38 passes, the arrival rate was 39.47%, and Gong Xiangyu defended 54 times, with a ball start rate of 55.56%. In terms of offense, Gong Xiangyu is second only to Li Yingying, but in terms of passing and defense, she and Li Yingying are not as good as Zhu Ting.
Each player has a different task and focus on the field, and focusing on offense will definitely affect the first pass and defense, and focusing on one pass and defense will cause the offensive efficiency to be low. It can be said that these three players are all top players in the world, but in terms of data, Li Yingying's best partner and helper is none other than Zhu Ting. And Zhu Ting also proved her strength with practical actions, she is still the world's top main attacker, and she has contributed to the Chinese women's volleyball team's promotion to the quarterfinals. It is not difficult to see from the data that Zhu Ting is still the Dinghai Shenshen needle of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu also play a vital and irreplaceable role. While the fans are just staring at the individual points of the players, look at what else they do!