[Liberation Daily]Evergrande Beat Yunnan, Lang Won over Her Pupil

Source: Liberation Daily. Dec. 7, 2009

News Evergrande Volley led by Lang Ping beat Yunnan in the away game yesterday, gaining three straight winnings in the Group B league. This competition which was also between the coaches ended with the teacher s winning over her pupil.

The competition yesterday turned out to be a one-sided dominance, in which Evergrande won three games effortlessly with 25-15, 25-19 and 25-14 respectively. Evergrande ensured its top position in the table after three rounds of contest.

He Qi was a leading setter in Chinese National Team in the 1990s when Lang was the coach. In 2001, He Qi retired and went to Italy to be a professional player through Lang s contacts. Her volleyball career has been closely related with her teacher. Despite Yunnan s loss of the game yesterday, Lang praised her pupil, We once won silver medal of Olympics when she was under my command, and we had cooperated for many years when she went to Italy.

I m much delighted from today s dialogue. At present there are not many women coaches, and we should have more good coaches like He Qi. Lang thought that He Qi was a former player and female, which equips her with incomparable advantages over men in communication with the players.

He was also respectful with her teacher, praising in her comments on Lang s Army , They re great even with a short time of running, which illustrates that Lang has a good way of teaching with an evident efficiency in such a short period of time. I should learn from Lang in all aspects.