Match Point|National Table Tennis Olympic Preparations: Inviting Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, and Zhang Yining, Is it really useful or a show?

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2024-06-27 22:39Creators in the field of sports

Recently, the training base of national table tennis in Chengdu has become extremely lively.

Zhang Yining, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan...... These famous celebrities in the world table tennis world have come here one after another to have a close contact with the national table tennis generals who are making the final sprint to the Paris Olympics.

It is reported that Ding Ning will also participate in this lineup - as the leader of the national table tennis family, they will help the Olympic team members to complete the final sprint preparation.

Perhaps, only our national table tennis can come up with such a luxurious visiting lineup, which is a Grand Slam at every turn, and an Olympic champion at every turn. But while they appeared in the national table tennis team in a low-key manner, there were some opposing voices on the Internet: The Olympics are imminent, and they visit frequently, is this a kind of show?

Is it right or wrong for them to visit?

01 What did the generations of "Great Demon Kings" do when they came

Zhang Yining, known as the "Big Demon King", is the first female table tennis player in the history of table tennis to achieve a double-lap grand slam;

Deng Yaping, known as the "Queen of Table Tennis", is the first Grand Slam in the world table tennis and ranked No. 1 in the world for 8 consecutive years;

Wang Nan, known as the "tyrant", is a Grand Slam player and ranks first in the history of women's table tennis with 24 world championships;

That's right, in the past half month, these well-known "big devils" in the table tennis world have been invited to visit the Chengdu Table Tennis Training Base, and the national table tennis players who are about to usher in the test of the Paris Olympics "face to face", which also caused a heated discussion.

Let's first sort out what these big names did after they went to the base.

Zhang Yining: Walked into the training ground to watch the women's team training and shared her feelings with the coach; and Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and other main generals had a discussion and individual exchanges; All the themes shared their experiences in the growth process;

Deng Yaping: Pick up the racket and walk into the court, and explain in detail the essence of particles and anti-arc play to the Olympic team members (in addition to the above-mentioned main players of the women's team, there is also the Shatou combination of mixed doubles); Communicate with the women's team and the men's team on different themes, and start from themselves, dismantle the preparation links one by one, and impart experience magic weapons in multiple dimensions;

Wang Nan: Observed the training and intra-team confrontation games; After the game, he chatted with the leaders of the women's team about the game and training experience; The theme shared his experience of preparing for the Olympics over the years and his mentality adjustment in the face of difficulties.

On the whole, the content is very similar. In short – watch training, make suggestions, compete against each other, and give presentations. Since the three are all generations of "big devils" of women's table tennis, it is obvious that all of this is more inclined to the women's team, especially the women's table tennis players who are about to go to Paris.

Among them, the content of Deng Yaping's visit is obviously richer.

The first is the competition, in addition to competing with several main players of the women's team, he also focused on guiding the Shatou combination of mixed doubles, showing the importance of mixed doubles (we lost the mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics after all). Secondly, in terms of technique and tactics, Deng Yaping also gave extremely targeted guidance to the national table tennis - considering the impact of the Indian players' "granular play" on the national table tennis in this cycle, she once won the table tennis world with her backhand long rubber technology, and gave the national table tennis players a lot of practical suggestions.

02 The huge idol appeal makes up for the last shortcoming

First of all, we must be clear about the fact that the national table tennis chose to give up participating in the WTT competition more than a month in advance, and chose Chengdu to close the training camp.

Considering the tradition of national table tennis, this is not surprising. Before the Tokyo Olympics, the national table tennis also conducted a month-long training camp in Weihai, Shandong.

But the difference is that the previous training camps were mostly warm-up games. At that time, the national table tennis coaching staff would arrange the strongest simulated players in the team in a targeted manner and compete with the main players to stimulate the latter's competitive state. In addition, the coaching staff will even deliberately "make trouble" for the Olympic squad to make it more difficult for them.

Take the team's last warm-up match before leaving for Tokyo as an example - the team arranged a confrontation with the mixed doubles pair Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen against the men's doubles pair, arranged the men's singles main Ma Long to the opponent 21-year-old Yuan Licen who had lost in the table tennis Super League, and arranged a special style of play for the women's singles main Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha. In addition, the competition will also be in line with the Tokyo Olympics competition time, and the men's and women's team key ball matches will be set up to exercise their ability to resist pressure......

In a word, it is all for the Tokyo Olympics.

And this training camp, at first glance, looks the same as three years ago, there should be. On several large background boards of the training base, the main opponents of national table tennis in Paris are listed. In the women's singles, for example, the first group of opponents with regular play includes Miu Hirano, Hina Hayata, and Szokos; Opponents with a special style of play include Batra, Han Ying and Akula.

Considering the rich talent pool of national table tennis, the coaching staff will definitely find players with various playing styles to simulate people from the outside world as usual, and then practice crazily, what do you imitate Hina Hayata, she imitates Batra, this kind of accurate individual research, to be honest, is no longer strange within the national table tennis.

But the most different thing about this training camp is the arrival of Zhang Yining, Deng Yaping, and Wang Nan, the "big devils". For these people in national table tennis, "art" may not be the most important, the most important thing is "Tao".

For example, an honor student is about to walk to the college entrance examination room, has done countless mock papers, participated in countless monthly joint examinations, and his results are good, what does he need now? Maybe he doesn't need to do a lot of questions anymore, but at this time, if there is a former champion of the college entrance examination to give a keynote speech, talk about the previous experience of preparing for the exam, and it is best to give 1v1 guidance, it will be perfect.

A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. In the same way, national table tennis players who don't want to be Olympic champions are not good players.

So, you see, what the three "big demon kings" brought is a deafening heroic voice after years of fighting on the battlefield:

"Every time I pick up a racket, I have the belief that I want to fight for the championship", "not only to study the opponent carefully, but also to have the courage to overcome myself", "the more critical the last moment, the more confident we must be"......

Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu are also well-informed, and it can be seen that these seniors still lift a small bench, pick up a small notebook, and become a little fan girl.

03 Japan, the biggest rival, cast envious eyes

After seeing this scene on the Internet, former Japanese table tennis national player Sayaka Hirano sighed.

"That's the power of China! Needless to say, the individual strength of the players is strong, and the team will take everything into account in advance and then think of corresponding countermeasures. Including a collection of legends from the past, all the power to help. Zhang Yining is followed by Deng Yaping, and then will Wang Nan also come to give guidance to the left hand? (That's right, she really predicted it in advance)"

As one of the first Olympic medalists in the history of Japanese table tennis, Sayaka Hirano won the silver medal in the women's team at the London Olympics with Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa, and now she is often involved in commenting and commenting on Japanese table tennis.

She also said, "I was surprised to see Deng Yaping's appearance. Personally, I think there are a lot of legends in Japanese table tennis, and it's a good idea to bring them together and share their experiences with the players. ”

After Zhang Yining's visit, the Japanese table tennis professional media "Zhuoqiu Kingdom" also carried out a report entitled "China is training in Chengdu, two-time Olympic champion Zhang Yining encourages young players", and paid special attention to how Zhang Yining taught the main force of the women's team, including Sun Yingsha, in the base.

Interestingly, there is such a paragraph in the article, which seems to have done enough homework for national table tennis:

"In addition to the players of the first and second teams of Chinese table tennis on the court, a total of 26 people from all over the country, including coaches, athletes and analysts, were recruited to join in this training camp. Among them, the right hand will represent Fang Bo and Yan An, the left hand will have Zhou Yu and Cheng Jingqi, the chipper will have Hou Yingchao and Matt, and the straight board Yan Sheng and others will all gather together. Xue Fei and Xu Haidong were in charge of the direct countermeasures against Lebrun (France) and Qiu Dang (Germany). In addition, Yongbo and Dai Tian of the straight board style were also recruited, and Zhao Shang of the granular style of play (is this for India?). ）”

Obviously, whether it is Japan's celebrities or the media, there are many big names for the national table tennis training, and the famous generals gather, and there is envy between the lines - think about it, such a collection of generations of strength + precise and meticulous preparation is the magic weapon for the national table tennis to become the number one hegemon in the world table tennis world, right?

04 Inviting them to come, is it a show?

Let's talk about another issue that everyone is concerned about.

Zhang Yining, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan and other "big devils" have come to the national table tennis training base one after another, is it a show? Some people on the Internet don't know why they have come to the conclusion of "hype" and "show".

Of course not. As one of the most watched teams in the Olympic Games, there is no need for national table tennis to have this kind of show in the final preparation stage.

The purpose of Liu Guoliang and others inviting them to come is more of an incentive - come on, you are all representatives of outstanding graduates, come and see your juniors and sisters, do a share and impart some good experience. You know, we're all family.

Obviously, each and every one of them was taking the visit very seriously. Give keynote speeches, prepare short stories, and even have technical and tactical drills and guidance...... As a member of the former national table tennis, they must hope that they can contribute to this team. At least for now, they should bring more than the coaching staff expected.

Finally, a little more.

In the Chengdu training base, there is a huge red banner with many words on it, which is the program and team training of the national table tennis preparation for the Olympic Games, what is "carefully build a personality, pay attention to innovation", "dare to fight evil battles and fight adversity, and win the Olympics with strong soldiers", "polish specialties and skills, and strive for breakthroughs"...... Presumably, this is all a well-thought-out choice of words by the coaching staff.

But what impressed me the most was this sentence - "The same desire from top to bottom, win in Paris." ”

There is a common desire from top to bottom, and only when they are united can they win the game. Of course, this is also the biggest secret of the longevity of national table tennis over the years.

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