When you hear about miracles in your 40s and 50s, do you think of a beautiful witch or a cool man?
A “miracle” that will follow you if there is an existence that would not have been possible with conventional wisdom. In the Japanese men’s volleyball world, there are players who have such words.
His name is Taishi Onodera (25 years old / JT Thunders Hiroshima), the representative of Japan for men’s volleyball.
When he was a student, his teacher described Onodera as follows.
“The defensive power is high and it is very dexterous. There is no player who is as good at balance as 2m.”
So to speak, 2m of “miracle”. No, to be exact, 2m and 1cm. A middle blocker with 17 players who will participate in the Nations League, which will start in Rimini, Italy from May 28, Onodera’s strengths are detailed, such as receive and high set, as well as weapons such as achievements and height. It’s in defensive and tethered play. It’s really polite and highly accurate.
However, dexterity to handle everything was a source of trouble before. In fact, when he was just elected to represent Japan, Onodera himself said:
“I don’t have the weapon of this. I want to be able to do various things, I want to be the best in every play, but I can’t get rid of” dexterity “.”
From poor dexterity to a miracle of 2m. Behind the evolution of Japan’s middle blocker pillar in just a few years was one of the reasons I got one night two years ago.
Valley DNA inherited from parents
A baseball boy in his childhood. However, his height was one head higher than his surroundings.
In addition to the DNA of his parents who were volleyball players, he has a habit of drinking milk when he is thirsty, and he has no likes or dislikes of food. Looking back on his boyhood, which was not only tall but also wide, he laughed, “It was a fat girl with a face and body like a cream bun.”
In order to squeeze his body, his parents decided to let him play sports. Naturally, I thought that my parents would choose volleyball, which is an experienced player, but it was none other than my mother who furiously opposed “I don’t like volleyball.”
