Comparison of the current conditions of cultivation of backup volleyball talents in China and the United States
The authors compared the current conditions of cultivation of backup volleyball talents in China and the United States,and revealed the following findings: China and the United States have all established a backup volleyball talent cultivation management system that fits into respective national conditions and competitive sports system;high performance players in China have advantages over those in the United States in terms of such factors as training time,number of games,game antagonism and training duration,but are inferior to those in the United States in terms of fund resource,teenage player team size,training moderation,balance between training and studying,and harmony of development of different systems.In order to strengthen the cultivation of backup volleyball talents in China,the authors put forward the following measures: expand and perfect the inter-middle-school volleyball competition system;institutionally promote middle schools and institutes of higher learning to develop interscholastic volleyball competition;improve the studying and training mode of volleyball teams in sports schools,etc.