Perhaps on the court, the setter did not have as powerful as a thunderbolt spiking sets, and there were few blocks to boost morale, but he could always use delicate techniques to strategize and grasp the offensive tempo of the team.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 2nd issue: “Big energy” of “small ant”-Interview with Ding Xia, a Chinese women’s volleyball team
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Hua, Wang Jingyu, zhang Yifei
in the volleyball team, the second legend is like the “central nerve” of the team “. Perhaps on the court, the setter did not have as powerful as a thunderbolt spiking sets, and there were few blocks to boost morale, but he could always use delicate techniques to strategize and grasp the offensive tempo of the team.
As the second legend of the main force of the Chinese women’s volleyball team, Ding Xia, nicknamed “small Ant”, is such a character. A few days ago, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency, Ding Xia revealed many details during the World Cup and shared the unknown stories behind her, it makes people feel deeply that “small ant” contains “great energy”.
Taking the best second legend accident is more than surprise
in the World Cup of September, Ding Xia won the championship with the Chinese team. Different from the previous session, Ding Xia appeared as the main force in this competition. At the end of the competition, she was rated as the best second story of the competition.
For such praise, Ding Xia said that the World Cup was playing normally and she still had room for improvement. “I think in general, passing is relatively normal. At that time, to be honest, I was surprised and excited, but it was really a little unexpected, because I didn’t think the last three games were very good. For myself, I felt that they didn’t play a normal level, and there were several games ahead, and I basically didn’t play, which made me feel that the data might not be so good.”
“To be honest, this accident may be more than surprise. Since I can get this award, it is an affirmation to me.”
Ding Xia gave Zhu Ting a big hug immediately after hearing his name at the award ceremony. As for hugging secrets, Ding Xia told a little story about her private communication with Zhu Ting.
“Zhu Ting said that many of her games were adjusted and attacked. Let me give her more balls in place. I said that most of your data on the ball in place is so good, and you have to give others some normal ball in place. I joked again that if you didn’t hit the ball in place, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing.”
Thanks to the tacit understanding with Ding Xia, Zhu Ting once again won the title of the most valuable player in the World Cup. Not only Zhu Ting, but also the whole World Cup, the other several attackers Zhang Changning and yuan Xinzhen have improved their offensive efficiency.
Ding Xia revealed that her tacit understanding with her teammates was at least higher than that of last year’s world championships. She concluded that match: “You can’t rely on Zhu Ting at the critical time, but also on Zhu Ting at ordinary times. In the case that she is the core of the attack, we should make more use of her to involve other players and let others play high efficiency. In this way, everyone will attack.”
The improvement of tacit understanding comes from the demanding details. Ding Xia said that she even quarreled with yuan Xinyan several times. “I have a good relationship with Xiao Yuan, but you just need to dig a little bit about the details. There were several times when the discussion was about to quarrel, all to play the ball well, but then it passed, only for this matter.”
Because of love, insist
on the road to success, never smooth. Ding Xia chose volleyball, without the will of his parents and the enlightenment of idols, purely out of love. Ding Xia told the reporter that when she went to primary school, she set up a volleyball class. She felt very fond of it, so she signed up. Unexpectedly, she really entered the sports school after she went to junior high school. “After the sixth grade practice, I went to junior high school. I didn’t practice much for a while, because I felt it was too hard to practice. Then after a while, I began to practice again. I am really the kind of person who can’t sit still. I always want to move. I just want to play volleyball and try it. I like it slowly.”
Because it is not the “Three concentration” mode, Ding Xia lives the 3.1-line life of school, sports school and home. In addition, the school and sports school are far away from home, so it is common to get up early and get black, this practice is more than five years.
“At that time, the place where I went to school and training was far away from home. I had to go out by bike before 7 o’clock in the morning, especially when I rode a bike in winter, it was very late at dawn. I was very nervous when studying in high school. I went to the sports school to train after eight classes every day. After the training, it was more than eight o’clock and I had to ride back. At that time, my grandpa and grandma’s family were closer, so sometimes they went back to them too late. Every time grandpa waited for me at the door. In fact, this is a very common and normal thing, but it is not easy to stick to it for so long.”
Practicing and entering the national team became Ding Xia’s goal. “But when you really entered the path of Liaoning team to the professional team, you found out, wow, everyone is so powerful.”
It was in Liaoning team that Ding Xia got the nickname “small ant. “In fact, this nickname is quite unexpected. I don’t remember the specific reason very clearly. Anyway, it was the Liaoning team who had this name. At that time, I was small, black and thin in the team. As the second legend, I also ran all over the team. Some sister said that I was like an ant.”
“Small ant” not only runs fast, but also has great strength. On the court, Ding Xia occasionally showed her scoring ability, so she was called “The second story of violence” by fans “. In the first battle between the Olympic qualifier and the Turkish team, Ding Xia scored 3 points by playing the probe, the second attack and the spiking sets. Dante Xia revealed that she doesn’t practice attacking much in daily training now.
“When I was in the national team, director Lang would add the second pass to the group when he practiced the deduction. It turned out that the Liaoning team would practice the second ball alone, but now it is less. In the game, I can only play when the time is ripe. If I really put a main attack to stop me, I can’t play.”
Lang directed his words and deeds to help me grow
Ding Xia said frankly that when he first came into contact with volleyball, he had no idol, but when he entered the national team, he was deeply impressed by Lang directed’s temperament. “I am very excited to play under her. I remember the first time I saw her, wow! This is director Lang, this is the feeling. Director Lang is not only an excellent athlete, but also an excellent coach.”
In fact, from entering the national team training list for the first time in 2013 to participating in the world competition as a substitute, and then to today’s absolute main force, Ding Xia cannot do without the words and deeds of director Lang.
“At first, when I played as a substitute in the national team, the pressure was not so great. The pressure given to me by director Lang was particularly small. I said that you went up to play normally and it was mine that you didn’t play well. However, since the World Championships in 2018, I have been the main player in the competitions in the past two years. The coach also talked with me. It is indeed different from the original. Now the requirements are stricter and I need to be more accurate, let me stand up to the requirements.”
There are still more than eight months before the Tokyo Olympic Games. Ding Xia will face a bigger test with director Lang. Ding Xia said that even as the defending champion of the Olympic Games, he had to lay a flat attitude to fight against his opponent.
“This Olympic Games, everyone is watching you. In this year’s World Cup, we won the championship again. Although some strong teams or leading player didn’t come, the Chinese team won the championship after all. Everyone must take you as a target to impact. I don’t think I can put my position so high, but I still have to flatten my posture to hit my opponent.”