V League Consider Introducing Homegrown System...It aims to discover stars and improve their performance in the era of 'Post Kim Yeon-kyung'!

The Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO) is considering introducing a "homegrown system" in the V League.

KOVO is worried about the changing winds that will blow from the 2025-2026 season. With "Volleyball Empress" Kim Yeon-koung (37) announcing her retirement after this season, she will also be accompanied by her main sponsor Dodram for eight seasons. As the V-League's popularity is feared to decline, KOVO believes that it will not be swayed by the era of "post-Kim Yeon-koung" only when it expands eligibility to participate in rookie drafts to find new stars and improves performance.

Recently, the introduction of the home grone system was discussed at a KOVO working-level meeting attended by KOVO officials and secretariat directors of 14 men's and women's clubs. It is difficult to predict whether to introduce it immediately because it is decided to review and discuss again the concerns that may arise during implementation, but participants agreed to give overseas Korean players and foreign players who have been enrolled in domestic school teams for a long time to participate in the V-League's rookie draft. The criteria for long-term enrollment were "studying middle and high schools in Korea," "registration of players with the Korea Volleyball Association for more than five years," and "holding records for participation every year during the player registration period."

KOVO plans to investigate the size of the players who meet the home ground qualification through future market research and identify the demand of each club. Currently, about 40 foreign players are reportedly attending middle and high schools in Korea for a long time. As confirmed in the cases of Asian quarter players Bayarsaihan (former OK Savings Bank) and Eddie (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Mongolia) last season, the scale is not expected to be small.

Overseas Koreans are also expected to see more players knocking on the V-League starting with Audrey Park (23, U.S., Korean name Park Hye-rin). Audrey, the tall (180cm) setter of the UCLA women's volleyball team, contacted KOVO in November last year with the introduction of Fernando Morales, coach of the women's national volleyball team (Puerto Rico). He is so willing to go to Korea that he will visit Korea from the 6th to the 17th of this month to watch 온라인카지노 V-League games three times at KOVO's invitation. As the clubs who watched Audrey's game video evaluated him as a "main-class setter," it is expected that if high-quality overseas Korean players enter the V-League, they will be able to achieve both star birth and improvement in performance.