[김기자의 V토크] KEPCO Shin Young-seok showed in cartoon volleyball reality

KEPCO Shin Young-suk defends himself in a match against the Samsung Fire in Suwon Gymnasium on the 25th. [사진 한국전력]

“It’s not the No. 1 center in Korea otherwise.”

KEPCO coach Jang Byung-cheol praised Shin Young-seok (34) after the game. It was natural because it was a’cartoon-like volleyball player’ who received receiving, hitting fast, and even blocking.

KEPCO won the match against Samsung Fire Insurance in the 3rd round of the 2020-2021 V-League Men’s Division held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 25th with a set score of 3-1 (25-19, 24-26, 26-24, 25-18). The fifth place KEPCO (8-10, 26 points), who escaped from 2 consecutive losses, ended the regular season by pursuing the 4th place Woori Card (9-8, 27 points) by one point.

KEPCO has a lot of worries about Kyle Russell. Attack, blocking, and serve are good, but the serve receive is weak. The opposing team enters with focus on Russell. In the match that day, KEPCO took a different tactic. Middle blocker Shin Young-seok joined the receive instead of Russell. Russell was served only when Shin Young-seok changed from rear to Libero. When Park Cheol-woo was left out and Gongjaehak entered, he moved to the light and was exempted from receiving.

KEPCO Shin Young-seok enters the match between KEPCO and Samsung Fire in the Dodram 2020-2021 V-League held at the Suwon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi on the 25th. [연합뉴스]

As a result, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance had to put a lot of left I-Simon and Libero Oh Jae-sung, who had good receive. Out of 72, Lee Simon received 41 and Oh Jaeseong 18. Shin Young-seok received 6 and Russell received 4. Russell, who was burdened, led the victory by scoring 29 points, including 8 subaces. Shin Young-suk scored 15 points by catching 10 blocking even under the burden of receiving. Of course, the attack points (8 attempts, 3 successes) were not more than usual.

After the game, manager Byung-cheol Jang said, “Shin Young-seok hits well in the serve and defends well. Unlike Korea’s No. 1 center. The best is the best. The veterans did well in the moment of crisis. Park Cheol-woo also shined when it was difficult. That’s the veteran. I don’t think it’s okay. I think the veterans did well today’s game.”

It was an idea that Shin Young-seok came up with himself. Shin Young-seok said, “(Reaching 5 wins and 1 loss in the 2nd round) in the 3rd round, the team played a difficult game and had a meeting with seniors,’How can I do it in a good direction?’ At that time, if I changed the rotation seat and helped Russell, the team would be in a good direction. I thought I would go to. I told the director, and he accepted it well.”

On this day, Shin Yeong-seok accurately received 2 out of 6, and there was no criminal. He also took Kang Sub with his body. He said, “It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t easy to get and take the attack steps, so I thought’Would it go well,’ but I thought it would work. I thought positively that I could sacrifice for the team while taking the burden off Russell as much as possible.” Shin Young-seok said, “Coach Chang-seop Eom and (Ahn) Yo-han beat me hard. I kept practicing yesterday and relieved the burden.”

Shin Young-seok cheers after catching the blocking. [연합뉴스]

On this day, the opponent was Samsung Fire, with a strong serve. Shin Young-seok laughed, “It was an adventure” and laughed, “Would I be able to sustain a strong serve and make a quick attack. Volleyball in my imagination. I wondered if it would come out of a cartoon. But I think it will be there. There are no centers that play volleyball like this in the world. I think it will be.”

Of course, hitting a quick hit while receiving is not as easy as you might think. On this day, Shin Yeong-seok recorded a lower success rate (8 attempts, 3 successes) than usual. Shin Young-seok predicted positively, “You have to confuse blocking while hitting fast. There are points that need to be compensated in that respect. But it will be stable. The opponent also has a blocking burden on me, so it is possible to move a little more.” .

Shin Young-seok also achieved a great record on this day. He took charge of 10 of the 18 team blockings and stepped on the 900 blocking notice. Together with Yoon Bong-woo, it is tied for 2nd place in career blocking (907). Unfortunately, on this day, the game achieved 900 blocks of No. 1, and commentator Lee Sun-gyu, who was ranked No. 1 (1056), was in charge of the broadcast.

Shin Young-seok laughed, “When Seon-gyu hyung did 1000 pieces, I thought,’Can I cross that mountain. Can I go near it?’ It only felt far from me, but when I block 900, I can’t feel it far.” He said, “I will not do it because I target 1000, but I will do my best.” He said, “Actually, Seon-gyu hyung asked for a uniform when he was younger, and because he was a role model he wanted to become, it was weird to comment on the same day today.”

The Samsung Fire & Marine server that Shin Young-seok considered the most difficult was Shin Shin-ho. He laughed, “Looking at me and hitting me. So I deliberately screamed,’Hey, hit me,’ but I hit it really hard. In 24-24, I experienced the tension I felt for the first time.” Shin Young-seok said, “It was a stimulus to me too. I was excited that it would be imprinted by fans and those who like volleyball. I wasn’t tired at all, and I hit me a lot, but I also came out. I hope the other person bothered me more and developed.”

Suwon = Reporter Kim Hyo-kyung [email protected]