The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people

Nov 28, 2025

The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people
OK Savings Bank Cha Ji-hwan. Photo courtesy =KOVO



The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people
OK Savings Bank Cha Ji-hwan. Photo courtesy =KOVO
The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people
OK Savings Bank Cha Ji-hwan. Photo courtesy =KOVO
"It's a great help if someone trusts me."

The power of faith made the current charge possible. If you ask me to say the ace of OK Savings Bank now, I will definitely pick Cha Ji-hwan.

And the ace lost two consecutive games, giving coach Shin Young-chul a career-high 300 wins.




Cha Ji-hwan scored 17 points, the most by both teams, in the home game against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the 2025-2026 V-League at Gangseo Gymnasium in Busan on the 27th, leading the team to a 3-0 complete victory in the set score.

He scored 15 points with a high attack success rate of 68.2% and added two points with blocking. He led his team to victory as a troubleshooter, scoring more points than foreign mainstay Dimitrov (15 points, 38.2% attack success rate).

Ranked 10th in the overall scoring rankings by scoring 141 points during 10 matches. Among Korean players, he is ranked third after Korean Air's Jung Ji-seok (167 points) and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's Kim Woo-jin (147 points).




Thanks to Cha Ji-hwan's role as an ace at a time when Dimitrov is struggling more than expected, OK Savings Bank is advancing toward spring volleyball, rising to fifth place.

When the attack success rate was 68.2%, Cha Ji-hwan was not satisfied, saying "It's not 100%. He showed his willingness to do better.

The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people
OK Savings Bank Cha Ji-hwan and Jeon Kwang-in. Photo courtesy =KOVO
The belief in the growth period of the 201cm tall heater, which hits better than foreigners, encourages people
OK Savings Bank players are happy after winning the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance match on the 27th. Photo courtesy =KOVO
Still, he rose to the middle ranks by breaking two consecutive losses, and gave great meaning to coach Shin Young-chul's valuable 300 wins in his career. "We needed a winning game because we were losing two games in a row and we had to keep fighting in the middle."Cha Ji-hwan "The atmosphere is good right now. Following this atmosphere, I feel like I need to win the next home game as well."

He is definitely rising from a promising player who didn't explode to a domestic ace in the V-League this season.

Cha Ji-hwan explained that he started with the belief of the new coach Shin Young-chul. Cha Ji-hwan "First of all, I can feel that the director believes in it. "Being trusted by someone seems to give a person a lot of strength."There was a fear in the previous season that I didn't know when I would get out (of the court). If I make a mistake, I think I'll be replaced.... That brought me down, and the director said, "Do what you want to do, be confident, don't be afraid of making mistakes, so I think it's helpful that someone believes in me."

Of course, there are technological changes. Cha Ji-hwan is trying to change his swing. The director told me to hit him succinctly. " It's an urgent situation, but when you're chasing something yourself, old form comes out. Changing your form is not an easy task. That's why I care not only during practice but also during the game."

There were many games that were unfortunately lost. Rather, confidence rises.

Cha Ji-hwan "I don't know if it's stronger than last year. I don't think there's a game where you lose without fail"The winning rate is less than 500%, and we didn't win enough games, but I don't think there's a team we can't beat, and we can't win anything. do one's best until the endIf you look at it, I think we'll have a chance, and we're doing our best every game," he said, expressing his hope for spring volleyball.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.