Original title: After winning the championship, I hope the team grows more national players and joins the Chinese men’s volleyball team (quote)
Li Mu: The first step in realizing the four-year plan of the BAIC Men’s Volleyball Team (theme)
Chu Peng, reporter of Beijing Youth Daily
Firmly “please come in and out” Late at night on January 5, Li Mu, the coach of the BAIC men’s volleyball team, and the players returned to the station after the championship award ceremony. According to Li Mu, this fourth championship trophy in the team’s history is the success of the BAIC Men’s Volleyball Team’s “Please enter, exit” plan, and the championship is a surprise. In an exclusive interview with a Beijing Youth Daily reporter on the 6th, Li Mu said that after winning the championship, he hoped that more national players from the BAIC men’s volleyball team would grow up and join the Chinese men’s volleyball team.
In November 2021, Li Mu, the meritorious coach of BAIC men’s volleyball team, came out again, a number of extraordinary measures have been taken, especially the four-year restructuring plan including the league, which is refreshing. “The purpose of our plan is to invite people to come and go. The championship is not the first goal, so this championship is really a surprise,” said Li Mu.
At that time, the Beijing men’s volleyball team was going through a period of depression. Li Mu is well aware of this, who said, “Last cycle, the BAIC men’s volleyball team won sixth place in the National Games. We are a reconstituted team and we need to make a solid four-year plan. Compared to winning the championship in the league, the most important thing for us is to implement the player training plan during these four years to make this team stronger.”
At the start of this league, the BAIC men’s volleyball team sent six players to play and practice. Among them, Jiang Chuan, Wang Dongchen and Zhang Binglong participated in the Japanese V1 championship, while the other three went to the Croatian championship and the national championship respectively. Due to the non-arrival of all foreign aid at the beginning of the season, the young players Deng Xinpeng, Liu Ze and Tang Chuanhang who remained in the team became the main players. But Li Mu is always worried about the team’s prospects.
Li Mu said, “In this league, we have reserved three to four positions for the national players. Throughout the season, the national players have shown their progress through real combat. Setter Liu Ze and main striker Liu Libin has always been the main players.A in Qi’s time, young players such as Deng Xinpeng, Xu Tongxi and Tang Chuanhang came to the top, at that time we only had foreign aid, and we beat the Hebei team with three foreign aid, the which was very satisfying.”
Li Mu frankly said that BAIC’s national players are playing better and better this season. “In the middle of the championship, after all four foreign aid was in place, the team’s lineup was relatively stable. Although the competition became more and more difficult, our domestic players, such as Liu Libin, Liu Ze, Han Huangguang, etc. . , performed at the championship level”.
Several major foreign players have become leaders
In the 2020-2021 season, the BAIC men’s volleyball team invited 36-year-old Iranian foreign aid Marouf to join. This experienced setter not only helped the team beat the Shanghai team to win the third league in the league finals, but also played a role in helping young setter Liu Ze during the championship. Li Mu said that several foreign aid this season has become the leader of the national team players.
In recent years, the BAIC men’s volleyball team has entered a new and old transition. The young setter Liu Ze has been baptized in the league and the National Games, and this season he has been given the important job of the main setter. His level of English is good and he communicated smoothly with several foreign players on and off the pitch, which allowed him to quickly establish a tacit understanding with them and pass the running-in test quickly.
Speaking of the four foreign aid, Li Mu felt very satisfied. “Individual ability is one aspect. They all have a good professionalism and attitude towards competition and training.” Li Mu said that many foreign aid pay particular attention to the team, including encouraging players in training and competitions. Domestic players, making up for their shortcomings, can lead the team through difficulties after problems occur. “I think that several foreign aid is indispensable. They not only lead the whole team with their own technical skills, but also play a leading role. Foreign aid can make up for the passing error of our second pass, and encouraged Liu Ze to make it better. More and more daring to pass, Liu Libin and Han Huangguang are more and more daring to play. The leading role of several foreign players is particularly outstanding, and the domestic players seem to have climbed over a psychological mountain. What everyone gained is not only one championship, but also a lot of intangible value”.
Kneading in a united whole is happier
Before the start of the current championship finals, Li Mu has repeatedly said that he and the team did not regard the championship as the goal in the early stages of the championship. Now that he won the team’s fourth championship trophy, Li Mu said that what makes him happiest is that the team came together in a short period of time.
In the beginning of the championship, the BAIC men’s volleyball team had a three-game winning streak with only Maxim as foreign aid. But during the first stage of the Group E competition, although Cuban foreign aide Hernandez joined the team, BAIC faced strong opponents in a row and once suffered four consecutive losses. Starting with the added-up matches in group A in the first phase of the championship, the team ushered in a breakthrough. The arrival of American foreign aid Thomas and Holt made the BAIC men’s volleyball lineup very orderly. The team quickly passed the break-in period, went on a six-game winning streak and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
Li Mu said the team’s goal is to improve a little according to the team’s situation. “Our initial goal was to reach the final and compete with Shanghai for the championship. This is a good result. Because the team’s performance was completely unpredictable at the beginning of the championship and our players had never cooperated with foreign players. If not understanding each other is a hasty struggle.
But fortunately, several foreign players have formed a wonderful chemical reaction by fighting side by side with domestic players. Li Mu said, “In terms of cooperation, we may not be as good as the Zhejiang and Shandong men’s volleyball teams. Although they have no foreign aid, the players have been cooperating for a long time. The BAIC men’s volleyball team often trains while playing , matching and grinding. But our team There is a tradition of unity. The coaching staff has many members, including team leaders, assistant coaches, scientific research coaches, technical statistics, fitness coaches, masseuses, and our old doctors and physicians from team.Everyone has always been one and does a good job of the whole team. Getting the job done and also successfully bringing the main factor of unity in the team. This is the main factor of our ultimate success.”
The four-year cycle hopes to train more domestic players
Perhaps because of the two games of the championship finals, the foreign aid of the BAIC men’s volleyball team was too eye-catching, and the outside world has a rumor that BAIC is relying on foreign aid to win the championship. However, Li Mu believes that what he created for BAIC after leading the team is a four-year development plan: in addition to the championship that allows the introduction of foreign aid, there are also the National Games without foreign aid. Li Mu hopes that domestic players will grow rapidly with foreign aid, while players competing in foreign leagues can broaden their horizons and enhance their strength. In the future, while helping the BAIC men’s volleyball team to achieve good results, more people will be selected for the national team.
Li Mu said that at the beginning of his re-leadership of the team, he put forward the idea of a four-year cycle of “please come in and out.” “Our vision of the four-year cycle is to go out, invite us in, let our players experience training in foreign leagues, broaden their horizons, and at the same time lead domestic players to perform well in the league by introducing high-level of foreign aid. Only by playing good results, only in this way can really help their growth and enhance confidence.” Li Mu said.
After the end of this championship, the four foreign helpers of the BAIC men’s volleyball team Thomas, Holt, Hernandez and Maxim will leave the team. What kind of team the BAIC men’s volleyball team will become depends on the future development. Li Mu said that the championship is the first stage and the first node of his four-year cycle plan: “Everyone is very happy to win the championship, but when you step off the podium, everything starts from scratch. I told the coach and I team members said, celebrate after winning the championship. Starting tomorrow, we have to think about what to do next season? Which players can go out to train? Which players stay to participate in the next training phase? I think the rules of the teams sports are like this: start from scratch and go forward step by step”.
Speaking about the future of the BAIC men’s volleyball team, Li Mu said that in addition to building the team, his goal is to make more national players. “Strive to make the BAIC men’s volleyball team a more powerful and potential team within four years. I also hope that the national team players have better development, and more people can contribute to the men’s national volleyball team.”
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