Match 1 and 2 receive efficiency
Groundwork to increase attack success rate
3rd Match 2nd Best’Last Victory’ Variable
Miyeon Kim (left), Seungju Pyo
Serve, which was just the starting point of play in the past, has evolved into a single attack method in modern volleyball. It has become a common aspect to focus on the players with the weakest receive from the opposing team with spike subs or no-rotation floater subs. In particular, the more important the game, the more a’sub bomb’ is blown at a specific player to block the opponent’s systematic attack.
In the 2020-2021 professional volleyball V-League women’s playoff (3 matches, 2 wins) between Heungkuk Life Insurance and IBK IBK, this’sub-bomb’ goes over the net without fail. So, those who have been injured as players who will determine the direction of the game in this series are Kim Mi-yeon (28, Heungkuk Life Insurance) and Pyo Seung-ju (29, IBK Industrial Bank), both teams left. While the series was tense with 1 win and 1 loss, in the 3rd game unfolded at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 24th, which of the two withstands the’sub-bomb’ better became the match.
In the first game, Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung (33), and in the second game, each team ace, such as Lazareva (24), played a leading role in the victory, but there was a division between Kim Mi-yeon and Pyo Seung-ju. In the first game, Mi-yeon Kim showed high efficiency that perfectly connects 35% of the receive to the setter, even in the sub-intensive strategy of IBK IBK. This naturally became the foundation to increase the probability of Ace Kim Yeon-kyung’s attack. In the end, on this day, Kim Yeon-kyung scored 29 points with a high attack success rate of 60%.
In the second game, Pyo Seung-ju shone. He collapsed with 18.18% receiving efficiency in the opponent’s intensive attack in the first game, and in the second game he raised it to 24.14%. In particular, in the 2nd and 4th sets, which were the match points, the high efficiency of 40% and 36.36%, respectively, helped Ace Lazareva to receive a good ball. Lazareva bombed Heungkuk Life Insurance Court with 31 points on this day amidst Pyo Seung-ju’s battle.
Now, among Kim Mi-yeon and Pyo Seung-ju, the player who withstood better in the third game will be the final winner. In particular, both are players who have a great influence on the team atmosphere. Kim Mi-yeon is the captain of Heungkuk Life Insurance, and Pyo Seung-ju is a veteran who has been the captain until last year.
Reporter Pilwoong Seo
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