Wang Ping held the athlete's report card in his hand, with a hesitant look on his face.
"It's difficult. Who should I choose to participate in the National Table Tennis Championships?" Wang Ping shook his head and continued: "In recent times, the strength of our team's athletes has improved. It seems that everyone is practicing hard! But the number of participants is Limit, I really don’t want to dampen their enthusiasm at this time.”
The deputy head coach Lin Tao next to him continued: "I think the new coach Li is not simple. As far as I know, every night, all the athletes on the team will follow Dai Li for additional training."
Wang Ping nodded: "The strength of our team members has indeed begun to improve significantly since Li Dai came. As a coach, it is just a sentence to ask the athletes to practice more, but it can make all the athletes willing to practice more. , it’s not something that ordinary people can do, and I couldn’t bear to let him go. It’s a pity that he was temporarily seconded to help. He will return to the track and field team after the National Table Tennis Championships.”
Both Wang Ping and Lin Tao knew about the extra training for athletes, but neither of them knew the content of the extra training. Both of them felt that Dai Li was a professional sports coach, and the people he trained were all professional athletes. The content of the extra training must also be professional training programs. How could he associate it with yoga.
Moreover, in front of Wang Ping and Lin Tao, the athletes were embarrassed to say that they were practicing yoga. After all, they are all professional athletes, so they still need to save face.
Just listen to Lin Tao's proposal: "Coach, how about we think of a way to give Li Dai better conditions and try to get him to stay?"
"It's unlikely. Track and field is also a big event, and Chu Weidong's influence and resources cannot be ignored. Moreover, Dai Li also has connections in the national track and field team. He will go to the national team sooner or later. We and the national team But there is no comparison." Wang Ping sighed with some disappointment, and then said: "It's better not to think about this now, what we have to do now is to determine the quota for the national championship. Xiaolin, what do you suggest?"
"I think Zhu Feng must let him go. After all, he is the strongest in our team. And Liu Da, he is a left-handed player, and he is easy to match in doubles..." Lin Tao began to talk non-stop. stand up.
For the National Table Tennis Championships, the number of registrations for each team is limited to five male and female athletes. For the singles event, each team can only send two people to participate; for the doubles event, each team can only send two groups, that is, four people to participate; as for the team competition, the latest rule is a best-of-five-set system, in which the third The first, second, fourth and fifth sets are singles.
Since the game has doubles events, left-handed athletes will have more opportunities to play.
In table tennis doubles, one of the two players uses his right hand and the other uses his left hand, which makes it much easier to coordinate. But the vast majority of athletes are right-handed, so it is obviously easier for left-handed athletes to find partners in doubles. Sometimes a certain athlete may not be the best, but because he is left-handed, he will get more opportunities to play in the game.
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The difficulty of the National Table Tennis Championships is one level higher than that of the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships.
Whether it is the Olympics or the World Table Tennis Championships, when grouping, we will avoid allowing seeded players to meet in advance. When national players go to the Olympics or World Championships, they will meet an African player in the first round, an American player in the second round, and an American player in the third round. When it comes to European players, they meet second-rate Asian players in the fourth round, and first-rate Asian players in the fifth round. The opponents gradually become stronger. After five rounds, the semi-finals are reached, which is equivalent to entering the medal zone. At this time, you will meet top athletes from Japan and South Korea. Even meeting teammates from the national team is normal.
In this kind of game where the opponents are getting stronger gradually, the chance of upset is much smaller. For the top players, it doesn’t matter if they are not in a good state at the beginning of the game and their hands are not hot. In the first game, they will torture an African black guy to get a feel for the game, and then play an American guy in the second game to stimulate the enthusiasm for the game. , and then beat a European big man in the third game. At this time, I have found the feeling of the game, the touch is back, and the morale is restored. I can start the rhythm of "Big Devil" beating the children.
If the competition venue is in China, the National Table Tennis Championships or the National Games will be competed on a provincial basis. Each province will send two people, and there will definitely be no weak ones among them. Therefore, even a top-notch national player will suffer a first-round defeat if he enters the game slowly or encounters an opponent who is in full form.
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Dai Li did not participate in the game with the team. Due to competition regulations, each participating team can only have two coaches sign up to participate, so the table tennis team sent head coach Wang Ping and deputy head coach Lin Tao. As the physical fitness coach, Li Dai obviously did not have the opportunity to accompany the team.
And when going out to compete, the physical coach is of little use. The tactical arrangements for the game and the guidance of the athletes during the game are all the work of the head coach and have nothing to do with the physical coach. Even if Dai Li went, he would just be a spectator.
Since we are all spectators, watching the game in front of the TV or computer is the same.
In the first few rounds of games, the TV broadcasters would only choose the games of big-name players to broadcast, and Zhu Feng was obviously not qualified to be on TV. However, online live broadcasts are now very developed. Matches that are not available on TV will be broadcast live on online live broadcast platforms, and there will even be live commentary by sports anchors, so Dai Li did not miss Zhu Feng's matches.
Zhu Feng's first opponent was also very strong, basically on par with the previous Zhu Feng. But now Zhu Feng's body flexibility has been greatly improved, and his level has been significantly improved. Therefore, in one match, Zhu Feng defeated his opponent without any blood.
In the second game not long after, Zhu Feng met a national player who was only 17 years old and had just been selected for the national team this year.
Maybe it was because the opponent was too young and lacked game experience; or maybe Zhu Feng wanted to prove himself by defeating the national team players, so his playing style was unusually fierce. All in all, Zhu Feng easily defeated his opponent in this match.
In the third game that followed, Zhu Feng met another national player. This national player was called Li Tielin. He was about the same age as Zhu Feng and was a member of the second national team. For Zhu Feng, this game is the real challenge he faces.
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In an inconspicuous corner of the stands, two middle-aged men were sitting there. The one on the left was wearing a peaked cap, was chubby, looked very ordinary, and looked sleepy. The one on the right has short hair, a big nose, big eyes, a square face and a wide mouth, and a pair of sword eyebrows. At first glance, he looks like a very upright person. If he plays a role in an anti-war film, he will definitely play a positive role.
These two people are the head coach and deputy head coach of the national table tennis team. The fat man in the cap on the left is the head coach of the national table tennis team Gu Zhizhong, and the square face on the right is the deputy head coach of the national team Wang Bin.
These two were also world champions when they were young, and they were also "Grand Slam" winners in table tennis. They used to be teammates. Gu Zhizhong was slightly older, so he retired earlier and stayed on the national team to become the table tennis coach of the national team. Wang Bin was younger and retired later. After retiring, he also became the coach of the national team.
Now, this pair of old partners who have been together since the athletes' days have also become the helmsmen of the national table tennis team, leading the national table tennis team to continue to create brilliance.
Now that the two of them are in the stands, they are of course inspecting the athletes.
"The players in our first team have performed quite steadily. Up until now, the promotion has been relatively smooth." Wang Bin lowered his head and looked at the latest game report on his mobile phone.
"Athletes in the first team usually have more opportunities to participate in various competitions. When facing big competitions, their mentality will be relatively stable. I feel confident about them." Gu Zhizhong continued: "On the other hand, those young people in the second team have Several exceeded my expectations.”
"The second team does have many outstanding talents. If they practice hard, they can produce results. It's just that they lack opportunities." Wang Bin said, pointing to Li Tielin who had just stepped onto the field, and then said: "The second team's Li Tielin is here, he has been in the second team for two years!"
"It's been two years. After two years in the national team, it's time to make some achievements." As Gu Zhizhong spoke, his attention unknowingly focused on Li Tielin.
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"Bang!" Li Tielin's racket made a crisp sound when it came into contact with the flying table tennis ball.
"Not good!" At the same time, Li Tielin also secretly screamed.
This ball rotated too much, beyond Li Tielin's expectation. Li Tielin tried hard to suppress the ball, but the ball still flew out of the table.
"Zhu Feng, although he is not tall, is really powerful. The speed and spin of the ball he returns are not inferior to those powerful players. I can't compete with him for strength, I still have to use my flexibility. Use his own style of play, constantly mobilize him, and then look for opportunities." Li Tielin thought silently in his heart.
Next, Li Tielin strictly implemented his combat plan, but with little effect.
Zhu Feng's movements were far more flexible than Li Tielin imagined. Even some very difficult technical movements were performed by Zhu Feng without much deformation.
"Why is this Zhu Feng more difficult to deal with than his teammates in the national team!" Li Tielin looked at the score next to him and realized that he was lagging behind again, and he became anxious.
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In the stands, Gu Zhizhong frowned. Next to him, Wang Bin said, "If the fight continues like this, Li Tielin will lose!"
"Li Tielin played well. His opponent played too well!" Gu Zhizhong said.
"Li Tielin's opponent is called Zhu Feng, and our national team has also inspected him before." Wang Bin said immediately.
Gu Zhizhong recalled: "I remembered. I read a report about him two years ago. He has been practicing table tennis since he was a child. His skills are not bad. He is stronger than many big players. The ball is fast enough and has strong spin. But the flexibility of the body is not good.”
"Zhu Feng's ball is indeed fast enough and spins well, but his flexibility doesn't seem to be too bad! I really don't see what problems he has with flexibility." Wang Bin commented .
"This shows that Zhu Feng has improved his body's flexibility in the past two years." Gu Zhizhong frowned again: "I remember he was eighteen years old two years ago, and now he is twenty years old. At this age, Athletes have already started to grow muscles. If you want to become stronger, I believe it. But it seems impossible to improve the flexibility of the body, right? "
"Let's observe again. Maybe Zhu Feng is performing beyond his level!" Wang Bin continued: "If this is his normal level, I think he is better than most of the players in the second team!"
The two were talking, and the game on the field was coming to an end. Zhu Feng defeated Li Tielin and won. Li Tielin was also the first national player to be eliminated.
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Wang Bin's judgment was correct. Zhu Feng's strength indeed exceeded that of most players from the second team of the international team.
In Zhu Feng's fourth game, he faced another player from the second team of the national team. Although Zhu Feng lost two games, he still won the final victory.
In the fifth game, it was already the eight-to-four stage. Zhu Feng met Wang Anshan, the first brother of the national team and the number one player in the world.
Wang Anshan is a super Grand Slam player who has won the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Asian Cup, Tour Finals, and National Games singles champions, and has been ranked No. 1 in the world for three consecutive years. location.
There is still a huge gap in strength between Zhu Feng and Wang Anshan, and Wang Anshan has far more competition experience than Zhu Feng. In this game, Zhu Feng finally lost. However, Zhu Feng's performance in the competition was remarkable. It can be said that he was honored even though he lost.
As the individual singles competition comes to an end, the doubles competition and team competition also start at the same time.
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"When did the Hanbei team become so strong! They actually defeated the Huajing team in the team competition!"
"There are three national players in the Huajing team, and there is not even one national player in the Hanbei team."
"Mainly in the doubles game, the Hanbei team won. That game was so crucial."
"When it comes to doubles, I suddenly remembered that the two pairs of doubles players from the Hanbei team have both entered the top 16!"
Discussions continued all around.
Gu Zhizhong looked at Wang Ping in the arena with great interest.
"The Hanbei team got an upset. Their strength has improved significantly this year. There is something fishy about this!" Gu Zhizhong said with a smile.
"I also find it quite strange. This year Wang Ping sent the same athletes, but their level has improved a lot compared to last year. I have known Wang Ping for so many years, and I know very well how capable he is. If he had the ability to turn stone into gold, the Hanbei team would have become very good at table tennis!" Wang Bin looked in agreement.
"I estimate that Wang Ping must have found someone to help him. Let's go directly to Wang Ping to talk!" Gu Zhizhong said and stood up.