Although there is no official naming and conferring, Wenchang has long been known as the hometown of volleyball. Volleyball has a deep-rooted tradition in Wenchang. Tracing back to history, volleyball has been circulating in Wenchang for nearly a hundred years. Today, Wenchang volleyball has developed vigorously and achieved fruitful results. Almost all villages, primary and secondary schools, enterprises and institutions have volleyball courts, and most people can play on the courts. On holidays and festive days, volleyball matches are indispensable entertainment programs, and the popularity of volleyball is so high that all cities and counties in the country are hard to match. The national championship has made the "hometown of volleyball" famous far and near.
There is no doubt that Wenchang people have a deep volleyball complex. However, with the passage of time and the enrichment of sports and entertainment projects, many Wenchang people may no longer have a soft spot for volleyball. We may not say that the development of Wenchang volleyball is not as good as before, but how to inject fresh vitality into the development of Wenchang volleyball and make the brand of "the hometown of volleyball" last forever and more brilliant? This is a question worth discussing. When interviewing people in Wenchang Sports Ground, the reporter watched them tell the glorious history of Wenchang Volleyball with great interest, and also heard their profound thoughts on the future development of Wenchang Volleyball.
The ups and downs are normal. The crisis does not exist.
Since 1950s, Wenchang Volleyball Team has made brilliant achievements in various competitions. Wenchang Middle School Team and Wenchang Youth Team have been among the best in national competitions for many times. As for the provincial champion, it is even more difficult to count.
Looking back at history, the outstanding achievements of Wenchang volleyball were mainly concentrated in the 1950s and 1960s and the 1980s and 1990s. After 1998, there was a gap, that is, during this period, many people issued a "crisis theory", thinking that Wenchang people's enthusiasm for volleyball faded, Wenchang volleyball was not as good as before, and they were worried that Wenchang volleyball would decline.
For this kind of worry, people in Wenchang sports circle almost agree that it is completely unnecessary. Some people even think that Wenchang volleyball is at the peak of prosperity and development. Wang Zhenliang, the predecessor of Wenchang volleyball court and former director of the Department of Physical Education and Health of the Provincial Education Department, believes that volleyball is the most popular and influential national fitness program in Wenchang, and the historical tradition has not changed. Because the masses like it and every leader attaches great importance to it, Wenchang volleyball can last forever.
Chen Dao, director of Wenchang Sports Bureau who used to be a professional volleyball player, believes that Wenchang volleyball is in a prosperous stage and the overall environment is better than before. "In the past, Wenchang said' Eastern Volleyball, Southern Basketball, Northern Football', but now it is dominated by volleyball, and the rural volleyball penetration rate is almost 100%." Director Chen said that the volleyball competition in Wenchang has become a common practice, and all kinds of competitions play an important role in maintaining the tradition of Wenchang volleyball. Through competition, we can promote communication, improve the level of competition, improve the interest and competitiveness of volleyball and increase cohesion.
As for the period when the competitive level of Wenchang volleyball declined, the competition results in the province were surpassed by Qiongshan and other places. Chen Dao believes that this fluctuation is a normal phenomenon. "On the one hand, we relaxed and didn't hold fast; On the other hand, other teams are not bad, and it is normal for them to surpass us. " This landslide has attracted the attention of Wenchang volleyball circle and even city leaders. They specially called volleyball experts to study countermeasures and put forward the slogan of "revitalizing Wenchang volleyball". "As soon as the leaders paid attention to it, our achievements came up again soon, and we won many championships in recent years. This fully shows that Wenchang Volleyball has a solid mass base, "Chen Dao said.
Lin Mingzhou, head coach of Wenchang Middle School Volleyball Team, proudly said that at present, Wenchang Middle School Volleyball Team can be said to be in the best period in history, with sound and stable team building and remarkable achievements. The average height of team players is 1.85 meters, which is the best physical condition in previous years.
Physical condition restricts athletic performance.
The impressive achievements of Wenchang volleyball are almost all achieved by middle school students' teams and junior teams. At the top competitive level of adult volleyball, Wenchang volleyball has not made much progress in China.
Moreover, in the past, Wenchang volleyball could train many talents for professional teams, and even a national player appeared. Wenchang's volleyball "star player" is mostly because the volleyball major was recruited by the university and finally found a job.
In this case, people in Wenchang volleyball circle do not deny that physical condition, especially the disadvantage of height, restricts the development of Wenchang volleyball competition to a higher level. In the competition between middle school students and teenagers, Wenchang players do little harm to their health, and the gap widens as adults. 1.8 meters to play 2 meters, the online disadvantage is too obvious. Guo Zezhong, deputy director of Wenchang Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports, said: "If the height of volleyball match is limited to less than 1.85 meters, we dare to boast that we are the first in the country, but if we don't limit the height, there is no chance at all."
As for some early adult competitions, many players played in professional teams, because volleyball was not as big as it is now and there were many people. The technical advantages and flexible skills of Wenchang volleyball players were available at that time.
"It is entirely possible for Wenchang Volleyball to continue to maintain the national advanced level in middle school and junior volleyball competitions, but it is too difficult for adult teams to make a name for themselves." Wang Zhenliang said a little helplessly.
It is necessary to form a professional team.
Wenchang Volleyball has no adult professional and professional players. People in Wenchang sports circle also put forward an important reason: there are no professional sports teams in the province, and the talent delivery channels are not smooth. There was a saying that "Guangdong volleyball is half Hainan and Hainan volleyball is half Wenchang". When Hainan was in charge of Guangdong, players who played volleyball well in Wenchang might be picked away by the Guangdong team. 1993 Hainan professional sports layout cancels volleyball, and the only way out for young volleyball players is to go to college and continue playing volleyball.
Of course, with the large-scale development of volleyball, it is difficult for most of Wenchang's volleyball seedlings to become professional players again. But the height is not absolute. Director Chen believes that "Hainan volleyball seedlings can at least compete for positions such as freeman and setter in professional teams and even national teams if they can get systematic professional training."
The establishment of professional teams and the introduction of advanced technology, tactics and training methods will undoubtedly promote the development of Hainan amateur volleyball competition to a higher level. Therefore, people in Wenchang Volleyball Circle appealed that Hainan Volleyball has a solid mass base and volleyball is well received by the masses. Provincial sports teams should have volleyball teams and powerful enterprises, and they can also consider pulling up professional teams to play professional leagues. "It should be feasible to introduce some talents appropriately without winning the national championship, so it should be guaranteed to be a first-class team champion. The main venue is located in Wenchang to ensure that the venue is full. " Guo Zezhong said.
Give play to the leading role of volleyball
In fact, there are professional volleyball teams in the province, but they are "brothers" beach volleyball, and they have achieved good results in domestic competitions. It has entered the top eight in the National Games and the top three in the national tour. The players of the beach volleyball provincial team are all from Hainan, and several players are from Wenchang.
People in Wenchang Sports Circle also fully affirmed the way of beach volleyball. They think that beach volleyball is not as demanding on height as indoor volleyball, which is more conducive to Hainan people to play well.
The road of beach volleyball is very wide and long. Hainan has become an important beach volleyball training base in China. The national team trains in Sanya every year, and Gaolongwan in Wenchang is the training base for national beach volleyball training every year. Guo Zezhong said: "We hope that beach volleyball can further enhance our reputation and promote the development of tourism and other related industries."
As the head of Wenchang Sports Bureau, Director Chen thinks more than volleyball. "There is no doubt that volleyball is our key project. Our idea is to organize more competitions to make volleyball in Wenchang flourish. At the same time, volleyball as the leading project has set off a wave of national fitness and promoted the development of ball games such as track and field, badminton and table tennis. "
1958, Wenchang junior volleyball team won the first national junior group championship.
Not afraid to wear shoes.
Speaking of the past of Wenchang volleyball, many senior Wenchang fans will mention the glorious history of winning the national junior championship in Qinhuangdao from 65438 to 0958. This is not only the first time that Wenchang Volleyball won the national championship after the founding of New China, but also the story of "barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes".
Wu Ganhai was a member of Wenchang Youth Team at that time. He has retired. Recalling the experience of participating in the competition at that time, the taciturn Wu Ganhai suddenly came to the spirit. After so many years, he can still describe many details clearly:
It was May of 1958, with 2 1 teams. In the first game, we played against Shanghai, which was a strong team. They didn't care about us before the game. People came to the training ground and saw that Wenchang team was so short, playing barefoot, and turned away with a "no".
In fact, we don't even care about them. When we watch their training, we have a bottom in our hearts. Although they are tall, they are all very ostentatious. In Hainan dialect, we mean "hit them tomorrow."
We won the first two games easily. The third game exposed our habit of playing too much amateur ball, playing carelessly and being recovered by our opponents. In the fourth game, we didn't dare to neglect, and the score was all the way ahead to 14: 9, only one point away. Our serve landed directly, thinking that we scored. Everyone jumped up and cheered, but it was blown out of bounds. In the end, 15: 10 won.
The next day, surprisingly, we became news figures. The headline of the newspaper is "barefoot people who are not afraid to wear shoes" because we didn't wear shoes in the game.
It's not that we have no money to buy shoes, but that we are really not used to playing with shoes. In fact, the county government attaches great importance to our participation, and it took a whole week to select the team members.
After World War I with Shanghai, our popularity was high and our opponents attached great importance to us, but our momentum was unstoppable. In the end, we beat Taishan 3-2 in the final, and won the deciding game with a big score.