Xinhua News Agency, Macau, Feb. 25 (Reporter Wei Hua, Wang Haoming, **Although she has been retired for many years, Hui Ruoqi has never left the world of volleyball.) Running an amateur volleyball league, founding Hui**, and becoming a member of the IOC's Digital Interaction and Marketing Communication Committee, Xiaohui's hard work has not diminished back then. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Hui Ruoqi said, "Doing what you love is always worth it."
At the Greater Bay Area International Sports Business Summit held in Macau a few days ago, in a dialogue on women's leadership, Hui Ruoqi looked back on her experience as the captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, she said that when she was a young athlete, she focused more on personal skills and tactics, and when she has certain leadership skills, her horizons will become broader, including running in with teammates, communicating with coaches and playing with opponents.
After becoming the captain, it is even more necessary to encourage the whole team and give full play to the potential of the whole team. After slowly getting used to the role of captain, I was able to allocate my energy well and support the team to go further while stabilizing myself. ”
After retiring, Hui Ruoqi founded the VAL Volleyball League, which has been held for many years. Hui Ruoqi said frankly that although the Chinese women's volleyball team has received great attention, from the perspective of popularity, limited by factors such as venues, the popularity of volleyball is far behind that of football and basketball.
We've made some changes to make volleyball a lot more fun by innovating the format. We're also constantly exploring to see if we can find a better way to popularize it. It's important to have a team of like-minded people doing what you love. In the past, when I was playing, the injuries were more serious, and some people would ask if it was worth it? It's always worth doing what you love, and you're fighting regardless of the results, so the process is quite fulfilling. ”
Hui Ruoqi now also has an important role as a mother. After becoming a mother, Hui Ruoqi often chooses the latest flight to depart on business trips, and then takes the earliest flight home, if it is a long trip, she even takes her daughter directly. How to balance work and family is a topic faced by many people, and Hui Ruoqi compares her daughter to a teammate.
The family is also a team, and I have received support from all aspects of my family, and it is very important for everyone to understand each other. My daughter is a great teammate who is small but also supportive of my work. Of course, from the perspective of motherhood, I am not fully mature, and I am also in the process of learning. Hui Ruoqi said.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Hui Ruoqi completed the winning dunk in the women's volleyball final, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team stand on the highest podium of the Olympic Games for the third time. Nearly eight years later, this image still comes back from time to time. Not long ago, the Chinese women's volleyball team completed a new phase of assembly, and Hui Ruoqi also pays attention to the team's recent situation.
Hui Ruoqi (above) smashes the ball during the match. This is in the women's volleyball final of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese team played against the Serbian team. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei.
Last year, we didn't qualify for the Olympics in the first place, which is a shame from the perspective of the process. Now the pattern of the women's volleyball team has changed, the wins and losses between the first and second echelons have become more common, and the replacement of the old and the new and injuries of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the past two years are also plaguing the team. ”
Hui Ruoqi called for more support for the team, she said: "There are many newcomers in the training squad this time, and there are also veterans who have returned, and everyone is doing their best in this Olympic cycle. The most important thing in this time period is to support the team and believe in the efforts of each player. ”
*:Xinhua.