“I want to hit her ball.”
On the 19th, before a friendly match against the Indonesian All-Star team, Korean women’s professional volleyball setter Yeom Hye-sun (33) heard something meaningful. Agustin Ulandari, the Indonesian All-Star team’s captain and middle blocker, said at a press conference that he wanted to receive the ball from her. “I was so happy when a player, especially a player from another country, said he wanted to play with me,” Yeom recalled.
Their dreams were realized the next day (Oct. 20). After playing for Jungkwanjang until the second set, Yeom Hye-sun made a surprise switch to the Indonesian All-Star team at the start of the third set to play alongside Agustin. The surprise trade was possible because it was a friendly match and an event to boost volleyball enthusiasm 토토사이트 순위 in Indonesia.
Taking the court with Mega on the Indonesian All-Star team, Yum Hye-sun transformed the Indonesian team from a 0-2 set deficit to a dominant performance. She led Indonesia’s offense from the get-go, playing with ease. She energized the Indonesian team with a fantastic back toss and a pipe attack that required teammates to work together.
She also focused on creating fastbreaks for Agustin, who wanted to hit her sister’s ball. He even joked with the team that if they made three mistakes, they were out, which changed the mood of the Indonesian team. Not only in terms of performance, but also in terms of atmosphere, she transformed a team from another country that didn’t speak much English.
Raising the team’s spirits is something Yeom had already been doing in her role as the club’s president. In the 2023-24 season, she also played a big role in the team’s return to spring volleyball after seven years.
Head coach Ko Hee-jin praised her, saying, “Her toss and game management were good last season.” Park Eun-jin and Nolan also boasted of her presence, saying, “The team atmosphere is really good thanks to (Yeom) Hye-sun’s good leadership.”
Yeom Hye-sun said, “I don’t have time to care about others. I’m busy making a living,” she joked, but also said, “I’m bitter with the younger players, and I scold them during training without laughing.” “I have to focus on myself (as captain) so that the players can focus on training,” he said, adding, “I tend to tell them to focus because they might get injured during training. I’m a scary senior,” he said.
Yeom put in a lot of effort during the season, often training at night, and his example naturally inspired his juniors to follow suit.
“I spent a lot of time with the juniors, so I developed a team spirit. “Last season, I had a really good chemistry with the players,” she said, adding, “I realized that volleyball is not something you do alone, and thanks to their good support, we were able to achieve good results in spring volleyball.
Yeom Hye-sun attended the first round of the championship match in Suwon last spring. For the upcoming season, she went on a ‘pre-exploration’ to see higher ground. Yeom Hye-sun was a two-star player with Hyundai E&C, but her last championship was eight years ago (2015-16 season).
“I didn’t want to go because I was very disappointed (to be eliminated), but I think I wanted to see it,” she said, adding, “I thought, ‘We must be there next year.
In the new season, Jeong Kwan-jang faces a new variable: the transfer of Lee So-young (IBK). Pyo Seung-ju came as a compensation player, but there is a change in power.
“Even if the players change, Jung Kwan-jang is still Jung Kwan-jang,” said Yeom Hye-sun, adding, “I will go up higher as a challenger again, so please support me a lot. We will reward our fans with better results,” she said.