'The Wonder Coach' director Kim Yeon-gyeong set aside the pain of the Korea-Japan match loss and faced the game against Gwangju Women's University.
On the 26th, MBC Sunday entertainment The Wonder Coach continued with the third set against Shujitsu High School, one of Japan's top high school volleyball teams, following last week. With Wonder Dox having taken both the first and second sets, it seemed the third set might also be won by a shutout.
But unbelievably, the Wonder Dox's performance fell off. In particular, when Uchida of Shujitsu scored five points with four consecutive successful serve attacks, the momentum completely swung to Shujitsu. Pyo Seung-ju said in despair, That seemed to be when it started. We kept failing receptions one after another, and we couldn't recover from then on. Kim Yeon-gyeong encouraged the players, saying, Don't count serves, don't count! That's because there is a lot of movement, but blocking was not going well.
Calling a timeout, Kim Yeon-gyeong said, Was the serve strong? It wasn't. They just couldn't receive. The blocking position is the ball position. Where were our positions? How are the hand positions? Let's take our positions well, adding, Putting the ball in the center and running is the fist sign. To block is to block between the arms, and Hold the blocking position well, and the side should do it, mentioning the points she always emphasized during training.
Then the effect came immediately, but regrettable mistakes and unsuccessful attacks continued in a string of unfortunate situations. Ultimately the Wonder Dox went to the fifth set. Kim Yeon-gyeong said, I could see players who were somewhat tired and slumping. From the bench I wondered what we could do, then encouraged the players, Come on, let's go from the start! Let's go from the start! Think about how much we lost by in the fourth set. It's a two-point difference.
Pyo Seung-ju screamed, We came to the fifth set. It's not regret; we absolutely must win, but unlike the start, she had to spend the late game with noticeably reduced jumping ability. In the end, the Wonder Dox had to accept the Korea-Japan match as a shocking come-from-behind loss.
Kim Yeon-gyeong said, Tell me how all the players who played today feel. Each of you should take your disappointing feelings and do better, spoke plainly to the players and turned away, but her mind was not so. Kim Yeon-gyeong expressed her dejection, saying, Should I say they should be ashamed? That situation. It was embarrassing and shameful that we, while up 2-0 against high school students, ended up losing 3-2. As a coach.
In particular, the low attack success rate in the Korea-Japan match was the cause of defeat. To make up for this, they had to raise the ability of attacker Inkushi. Inkushi froze in front of Kim Yeon-gyeong and could not properly say she wouldn't make mistakes. Kim Yeon-gyeong repeatedly explained to Inkushi, who is Mongolian, in a way she could understand and to help her harden her resolve: Don't compromise. Don't make excuses. Provide solutions. Change your mindset to think it would have gone this way if you did this. Are you going to stay here? You have to go to bigger places. You must think bigger.
[Photo] MBC Sunday entertainment The Wonder Coach
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