A few days ago, in preparation for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam competition, the national table tennis team was conducting closed training in Lingshui, Hainan. From the list of players and members of the coaching team announced by the team, the most surprising thing is that Sun Yingsha, the current women's singles world number one, has changed coaches again. Since the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Sun Yingsha's coaching problem can be said to have broken the heart of the team and fans. After the World Championships, after consultation, the national table tennis coaching team decided that qiu Yike, the former national table tennis men's singles player, could officially replace the Olympic men's doubles champion Chen Xuan as Sun Yingsha's head coach, and the two masters and apprentices would work together to move towards the Paris Olympic Games. In just one and a half years, the new sister of the national table tennis women's singles has changed coaches three times, which makes it difficult for many people to understand.
After the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Sun Yingsha's former head coach Huang Haicheng chose to leave the team for family reasons. Although he has said many times that he will still keep in touch with Sun Yingsha to help her improve her technical skills, it is ultimately not as good as hand-in-hand guidance and face-to-face communication. At the previous World Championships in Houston, the coaching staff had to temporarily let Chen Xuan serve as Sun Yingsha's coach. Sun Yingsha lost to Wang Manyu in the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships and finished second, and then successfully reached the top in the WTT World Cup final.
Li Falcon, head coach of the women's team, revealed that the team has actually been helping Sun Yingsha to investigate the most suitable manager candidate. Coach Ma Lin led Chen Meng, Coach Xiao Zhan led Wang Manyu and Li Falcon had limited energy, so Sun Yingsha's head coach was particularly "difficult to give birth". Because Chen Xuan had been one of the coaches of the men's team before, after a short run-in with Sun Yingsha, he did not achieve the effect that the coaching team wanted, and was eventually replaced by the women's team coach Qiu Yike, who served as Sun Yingsha's head coach. Qiu Yike had previously been the head coach of Wang Yidi, another famous player in the women's team, and led his disciples to sweep the Japanese team at the World Championships.
Becoming Sun Yingsha's head coach is never an easy task. Qiu Yike said in an interview that he has both pressure and motivation, and hopes to rush forward with Sun Yingsha and help her achieve greater dreams. Sun Yingsha said that she believes that Coach Qiu can bring her something new, and she is also looking forward to making progress with the coach in the Paris Olympic cycle. Head coach Li Falcon is very optimistic about the mentor-apprentice pair, he said that Qiu coaching has excellent coaching ability, aggressive and creative in training. And as a young coach, he and Sun Yingsha are also more fluent in communication.
The upcoming WTT Singapore Grand Slam will be the first international debut of qiu Yike and Sun Yingsha, a new apprentice. Sun Yingsha is currently the absolute core of the national table tennis women's team and will also be the main member of the Paris Olympic Games. As a representative of the young coach of the women's team, Qiu Yike is also expected to bring Sun Yingsha to the throne of the Olympic women's singles champion. The 2022 season has arrived, what kind of answer can Qiu Yike and Sun Yingsha give to the team?
(Luo Treasurer)