KB Insurance, the men's division of the V League, is aiming to leap to the mid-range thanks to the joining of "Won-gun."
KB Insurance ranks sixth with three wins and six losses and 10 points as of the second round of the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League regular season. The team has recently made consecutive defeats of KEPCO and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (with 3-1 wins), narrowing the gap with the mid-ranked team. It is gradually getting rid of its lethargy in the first round (1 win, 5 losses, 4 points).
Joining the army has become a turning point. Na Kyung-bok, one of the best outside heaters in the league, and Hwang Taek-ui, a setter, returned to the military at the last minute of the first round, while Park Sang-ha, a middle blocker, also joined from the second round, recovering from his injury. With the new team members Villena (Spain), Hwang Kyung-min, Cha Young-seok, Jung Min-soo and Yoon Seo-jin, the team has full capacity to move beyond the mid-range at any time. 온라인카지노
As a result, KB Insurance has now been able to adapt itself to different situations. Above all, the strengthening of serves and blocks stands out. During the last season, KB Insurance showed poor performance in both blocks (1.91) and serves (0.62nd, or 7th place) per set. In this season's first round, the team ranked 2.26 and 1.04 (or 4th), respectively. However, in the second round when the main players returned, the team showed great improvement to 3.00 (second place) and 1.67 (first place), respectively. Acting coach Martin Blanco of Argentina also said, "I had difficulties in the first round due to lack of available resources. Now I can cope with various situations."
However, there are still factors to worry about. They are the issues of mistakes and defense that have hindered KB Insurance in this season's first round following last season. Even in the second round, when the team is on an upward trajectory, KB Insurance ranks sixth in both the minimum number of mistakes (83), and mistakes per set (6.92). The receiving efficiency (21.59 percent, 7th) also shows no signs of improvement. They are the source of anxiety that will always snatch the team's ankle.
If the defense problem cannot be solved in a short period of time, the team has no choice but to maximize its firepower. "If we win three games in every round, we can go higher," Blanco said. "Our team has improved to 80 percent, so we will fill the remaining 20 percent with experience and teamwork in the court."