Cup contest 'Disappointment'Opening 5 consecutive wins 'Unexpected'...What happened to KEPCO in three weeks

Nov 07, 2024

Cup contest 'Disappointment'Opening 5 consecutive wins 'Unexpected'...What happened to KEPCO in three weeks
V League men's match between Woori Card and KEPCO at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 30th, and KEPCO Shin Young-seok cheers with his teammates after successfully attacking to win the fourth set. Jangchungse = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.30/



"Without those three weeks, I think there would be no winning streak."

It's simply 'surprise gust'. KEPCO's pace in the early stages of the opening is enormous.

KEPCO won a 3-2 set-score victory in its first showdown with Hyundai Capital in the men's 2024-2025 Dodram V-League at Cheonan Yu Gwan-soon Gymnasium on the 6th.



A showdown between the opening four-game winning streak. A lot of attention was paid to. KEPCO may have been too eager to win the away game of Hyundai Capital, the favorite, or lost consecutive games without doing anything due to heavy physical movement in the first two sets.

KEPCO, which created an atmosphere of reversal by winning the third set in a crisis of the shutdown, turned the game itself upside down with an indomitable will. After a deuce match that reached 24 points in the fifth set, KEPCO paid off tremendously with its opening five consecutive wins.



Cup contest 'Disappointment'Opening 5 consecutive wins 'Unexpected'...What happened to KEPCO in three weeks
The V League men's match between Woori Card and KEPCO held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 30th, and KEPCO head coach Kwon Young-min gives a thumbs-up. Jangchungse = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.30/
In fact, KEPCO's outlook for the season was not very bright. Main guns such as Shin Young-seok and Lim Sung-jin were in good shape, but they were not in a position to overwhelm the opponent. On top of that, the setter was changed to a Japanese player, Yamato. Expectations were high, but I didn't know where he was going to bounce. On top of that, foreign Apogit Spiker Elian was also young. It was an unfinished atmosphere selected based on the growth potential.

The KOVO Cup and Cup competitions held just before the opening were grim. It is said that professional players play, but they were hit by the amateur team Sangmu, which has no foreign players. We also had a 0-3 complete defeat on Woori Card. The players were in the worst condition, and the chemistry with Yamato was not good at all. Elian, the first player in the apogit position, was also jagged.



However, as the "Cup Tournament" 'Disappointment' team has won the opening five consecutive games, there is no choice but to say 'Great Reversal'. There was a secret hidden here. It was three weeks of `hellish training.'

Cup contest 'Disappointment'Opening 5 consecutive wins 'Unexpected'...What happened to KEPCO in three weeks
The V-League men's match between KEPCO and Korean Air at Suwon Gymnasium on the 23rd, and KEPCO Elian and Yamato are making high fives. Suwon = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.23/
Coach Kwon Young-min said, `In fact, I expected the poor performance of the Cup. I thought about it. Seo Jae-deok and Lim Sung-jin practiced less. But the opening was just around the corner. I had to match Yamato in real life. So I put the players in too much."

All of these things were taken into account, but the results were too shocking. took extraordinary measures. Coach Kwon said, `I went into a three-week camp with the players. I even had a night training session. I think that time was meaningful"If I had good performance and performance in the Cup, I wouldn't have trained like that. The players must have had a different mindset. Looking back, I lost the game at the time, but I think I gained a lot. The players can't be like this' seems to have become alarmed.'

Cup contest 'Disappointment'Opening 5 consecutive wins 'Unexpected'...What happened to KEPCO in three weeks
The V-League men's match between KEPCO and Korean Air at Suwon Gymnasium on the 23rd, and KEPCO Elian, Seo Jae-deok, and Lim Sung-jin cheer after successful attacks. Suwon = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.23/
I've also heard about the players. Lim Sung-jin, who led the come-from-behind victory, said "Players exercised until night during normal training in the morning and afternoon. I practiced receiving a lot and worked with the setter. I think it's right to say that I just did a lot "I usually increase my stamina by weight training in the morning, but this time I reduced my weight training and kept hitting my cheeks. I trained a lot with Yamato."

Lim Sung-jin said "After the cup competition, everyone was nervous inside the team. I was worried a lot, too. I couldn't see my team's color. However, when I trained and improved my personal skills, Hope also got along well. Without those three weeks, I don't think there would have been a winning streak. I thought it was better to break it during the cup competition, so I added training to it. He introduced the behind-the-scenes story.



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