Hyundai Engineering & Construction won 3-0 in the match against Jeonggwanjang at Suwon Gymnasium on the 14th and won five consecutive games with a four-round winning streak.
The win and loss is the same as Heungkuk Life with 18 wins and 5 losses, but it is a 55-50 lead in points.
Lee Da-hyun (22), a built-in middle blocker of Hyundai Engineering & Construction and also a member of the national team, cited "horizontal relationship" as the secret.
Lee Da-hyun, who scored 11 points including 3 blocks in the match against Jeonggwanjang, said after the game, "Jeonggwanjang thought that if he caught a block or made a valid block, the momentum would be dampened," adding, "I paid attention to the opponent's diagonal attack course with (Yang) Hyo-jin, and adjusted the position in advance with defenders and combinations for each opponent."
The important thing is that the players prepared first through dialogue.
Lee Da-hyun said, "The preparation process for the game is really well done. More than half of the seven players in the game are young. They ask me so that I can express my opinions in a horizontal relationship like my friends," adding, "Thanks to this system, communication is going well."
Manager Kang Sung-hyung is also the head of the team who maintains a smooth relationship with players.
It is famous for being so casual that the players give high fives with the coach as if they were hitting spikes.
Lee Da-hyun said, "I think the reason why this relationship was created is because of the director," adding, "If we cut it authoritatively, we won't be able to say anything. He's like a friend or a father."
So Lee Da-hyun confidently said that Hyundai Engineering & Construction is now the best ever in the atmosphere.
"The atmosphere this year is the best since I joined the team," he said. "I'm lucky to be able to do it in this team atmosphere."
Hyundai Engineering & Construction is determined to engrave a "third star" on its uniform for this season.
The 2019-2020 season, which led the overwhelming league, finished as the "No. 1 in the regular league" because the playoffs were not held in the aftermath of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and the same thing was repeated in the 2021-2022 season.
"Maybe that's why I was nervous when the winning streak was cut off until last year. Even if I am ranking first, I am not impressed and I feel that the ranking is not important right now," Lee said. "The ranking now is not important. I think if you are chased by the ranking table, you will be chased after your heart."
Suwon Gymnasium, where the game was held on this day, sold out all 3,831 seats and succeeded in selling out for the ninth time in professional volleyball this season.
If it is limited to Suwon Gymnasium, this is the first time of the season.
"I was so excited to hear the news that it was sold out before the game," Lee Da-hyun said. "I was envious when I saw the Incheon (Heungkuk Life Insurance) game full of players. So I thought about why not come to Suwon," Lee said. "It was great that so many people came today because it was the weekend and there were fan signing events. When many people come, I get excited."
BY: 토토