Volleyball was such an interesting sport...Kim Yeon-kyung even shook the landscape of sports entertainment (new director Kim Yeon-kyung)

By Jaewan, Ko

Oct 13, 2025

Volleyball was such an interesting sport...Kim Yeon-kyung even shook the landscape of sports entertainment (new director Kim Yeon-kyung)



'Volleyball is such an interesting sport.'

MBC 'new director Kim Yeon-kyung' (directed by Kwon Rak-hee, Choi Yoon-young, and Lee Jae-woo) appeared as a 'dark horse' that will change the game of sports entertainment. Just look at the ratings graph. Average viewership of 2.2% for the first broadcast on the 28th of last month (hereinafter referred to as Nielsen Korea count, national standard). This means that it is a program that started without much expectation. However, it rose to 4% in the second inning and 4.7% in the third inning. Various 'Shortform' appearing on YouTube and others have explosive views. In other words, it has established itself as a 'general entertainment' rather than a 'expected work' in a new work' without much expectation'.

It's not just because an outstanding star named Kim Yeon-koung appeared. Even if such people appear, there are many entertainment shows that fail.




Volleyball was such an interesting sport...Kim Yeon-kyung even shook the landscape of sports entertainment (new director Kim Yeon-kyung)
But it was different because it was Kim Yeon-koung. Kim Yeon-koung, a novice director of 'new director Kim Yeon-koung', is a 'sincere' for volleyball. And the program is also cruising with a focus on that 'sincere'. Of course, Kim Yeon-koung's exclusive patent 'charisma' also played a part. The famous saying, "'The atmosphere is not the problem, you have to play volleyball' is also 'Outside Heater' to Mongolian Incusi, 'If you're going to do that, you're going to have to leave' makes me feel the passion for victory as a coach rather than uncomfortable.

Thus, in the second inning of the Jeonju Geunyoung Girls' High School match, viewers enjoyed the thrilling taste of Kim Yeon-kyung's operation with the players. It made me feel how detailed plays and tactics affect the score.

In the match against Altos of Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank on the 12th, it was defeated, but the fun doubled. Altos is an opponent that is difficult for anyone to compete with 'Pilseung Wonder Dogs' led by Kim Yeon-koung. Kim Yeon-kyung's inability to grasp even though the initial operation fits revealed the agony of the new director.




Volleyball was such an interesting sport...Kim Yeon-kyung even shook the landscape of sports entertainment (new director Kim Yeon-kyung)
After using up all the timeouts, the base to secure operation time by requesting VAR (video reading) and even the 'uninitiated miss' that VAR cannot use when it is actually needed.

The editing is without the need. 'Gang Spike' It's not a normal sports show where you have to watch a single shot from left, right, front, and rear for five minutes each. Even if we win or lose, we'll play one game at a time. If it were any other sports entertainment, if the set score was 1-1 against Altos, it would have been cut off when the Wonder Dogs were in danger in the third or fourth set. That way, viewers will want to see the next episode. However, the new director Kim Yeon-koung is relentless. In the fourth set, he prepared for the match against Shutsugo Okayama in Game 3 by putting the image of breaking brutally on the airwaves.

A simple graphic description for those who don't know volleyball is a bonus. There must not have been many people who knew that the coach exchanged detailed operations with the players throughout the game.




Another thing to note is the face of the players. It is not at the level of being happy to beat the high school team with the support of the cheerleaders who have just retired professionals. Rather than just Kim Yeon-koung's team, 'Dramas of Players Who Played the Second Life Act' are being written.

Volleyball was such an interesting sport...Kim Yeon-kyung even shook the landscape of sports entertainment (new director Kim Yeon-kyung)
The main character of `Slow Civilization' 'Middle Blocker' Civilization made people laugh before the game and touched at the game. Kim Yeon-koung's comment, "'Cry Ming Hwa, go into the camera' showed the humor of the new coach, who is out of character with the players. However, after entering the game, Munhwa became the team's savior with a serve ace and blocking.

Setter Lee Na-yeon, who retired due to 'Ips' (a phenomenon in which muscles stiffen in a situation of increasing anxiety and become unable to perform well normally), overcoming this, beautiful setter Lee Jin's 'Doggy', who has to face the released team right away, 'Apogit Spiker', Yoon Young-in, a Mongolian national who is not good at Korean, growing up, and a famous player, Pyo Seung-joo and Kim Na-hee, who retired, can play differently with their own narratives.

The growth of new director Kim Yeon-kyung and volleyball-minded players, this is the true image of the emotion that viewers want to see in sports entertainment.





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