"But this is not enough, because he is indeed inherently deficient. No matter how hard he practices, he still does not rank first in the team in any evaluation."
"He just practiced all these indicators that were at the end of the crane to the second and third positions in the team, but he couldn't reach the first place."
"We all know that if we want to beat everyone, we must have something unique of our own. If we are always inferior to other players in terms of depth, then the only thing we can do is to expand the breadth of our skills."
"So Sun Tianlong continued to practice new technologies. In the decades since the emergence of table tennis, countless technologies have been born. Almost every famous player has his own unique skills, and what he has to do is to learn all the technologies."
"Only in this way can he come up with many different ways to deal with the same ball."
"Other people only have one set of tactics when playing the game, but he has many sets of tactics."
"That's it, until the autumn when he turned seventeen, we finally felt that it was almost done."
"He signed up for the France Open in September and the Swiss Open in October, and won the championship in both tournaments. In these two international competitions, he continuously defeated Xiao Fei, who was gaining momentum at the time, and became famous in one battle."
Wang Chao Thinking about the past, a young man with mediocre talent and looked down upon by everyone worked hard and practiced hard, and finally became a blockbuster. This story is actually even more amazing than the rise of Luo Jiu today.
Because Luo Jiu has long been recognized as a genius, but he has gone through too many detours.
But Dragon Team is different. He came out amid the doubts from all over the world.
"Of course, the open championship is not actually the championship. The Grand Slam title only requires the championship of the three majors. Therefore, what Sun Tianlong wanted to win at that time was the World Table Tennis Championships championship in December at the end of the year."
Qin Huachang said this and sighed, "However, there was a Wang Wendong at that time..."
Huaping has produced demon kings from generation to generation. Even among the demon kings in the past, Wang Wendong is definitely an extremely outstanding one.
In a sense, Wang Wendong's dominance in the history of table tennis is only lost to today's Dragon Team in terms of durability, because Dragon Team has ruled for seven full years and has not declined yet, while Wang Wendong only ruled for two years and declined early.
But his dominance at his peak was not inferior to Dragon Team.
In fact, Cai Guodong's eventual ability to take over as the head coach of China Table Tennis Team is closely related to his contribution to training Wang Wendong.
"Sun Tianlong successfully got the place for World Table Tennis Championships that year, tried its best to reach the finals, and then was swept by Wang Wendong 4:0."
"The second year, Sun Tianlong got the quota of World Cup, met Wang Wendong in the semi-finals, and was swept by Wang Wendong 4:0."
"At the end of that year, Sun Tianlong successfully received an invitation to the International Table Tennis Federation tour year-end finals, but met Wang Wendong when eight went into fourth, and was swept 4:0 again."
"In the following years, Sun Tianlong always continued the hell-level training intensity I designed for him. He persisted in trying to break through Wang Wendong and practice more techniques until there were no more new techniques to practice, but he was defeated by Wang Wendong time and time again."
"When Sun Tianlong was twenty-two years old, he finally defeated Wang Wendong for the first time on ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open. However, there is still the same problem. The Open champion is a champion that is not recognized by the world table tennis world. If he wants to prove himself, he still needs three major events."
"Another year later, Sun Tianlong was twenty-three years old and was successfully selected into the main team of Olympic Games. At this time, he already had the title of uncrowned king in the world table tennis world, because the whole world could see how strong he was, but he was very unlucky. He would definitely meet Wang Wendong in almost all three major events, and even Xiao Fei, who had been completely suppressed by him at the time, They have all won the World Cup championship once, but he is the only one who has not won any of the three major events."
"Olympic Games won the runner-up that year. In the final, it was still him and Wang Wendong. They reached the deciding game. Sun Tianlong lost miserably at 2:11 in the last game. My mentality was shattered."
"Actually, Wang Wendong at that time was no longer in its heyday. In terms of objective strength alone, many people were optimistic about Sun Tianlong. However, six years of disastrous defeats have already formed inner demons. How can it be so easy to break through?"
When Qin Huachang said this, he picked up the mineral water next to him and took a sip. He said with some emotion, "So, I often said to new players later on, how can there be any people who are born with good psychological quality? Even Sun Tianlong, During the competition, my whole body was shaking, my hands were stiff, and I was sweating before the fight started... There is no competition machine in this world, but when you reach a certain level and you can technically crush everyone, then in the eyes of outsiders, your psychological quality will naturally be better. After all, if you win, everything the winner says is right, while everything the loser says is an excuse."
Wang Chao wholeheartedly agreed and nodded.
As a former famous coach, he also felt deeply about this.
Great Demon King, the past generations of Chinese table tennis, will give people an indestructible feeling of despair in the end, as if their mentality never fluctuates. A certain cold-faced queen in the previous life did not even have the slightest expression fluctuation when she won. Therefore, foreign players have spread rumors that Chinese players are competition machines.
But in fact, there are no competition machines in this world.
Emotional fluctuations are at the root of what makes humans human and cannot be overcome solely through reason.
Therefore, the reason why the Great Demon Kings we see are so calm in adversity and even desperate situations is not because they have good psychological quality, but because they are really confident. They know that their technology is leading and their strength is crushing. So, no matter how bad the situation is, they firmly believe that they can have the last laugh.
It's that simple.
"After Olympic Games, Sun Tianlong told me that he wanted to retire. He felt that he might not be able to beat Wang Wendong in this life. At that time, I said something to him. I said, World Cup, you try one last time next year. If you still can't beat, I won't stop you, but if you win, you have to promise me that you will fight until you are at least thirty years old."
"Then Sun Tianlong personally defeated Wang Wendong on World Cup when he was twenty-four years old. The score was 4:0."
Qin Huachang paused, took another sip of water, and suddenly smiled, "After World Cup, Wang Wendong announced his retirement, and Sun Tianlong has since defeated his inner demons, transformed gorgeously, and entered an invincible state, which continues to this day.
But Wang Chao heard some kind of secret inside story from Qin Huachang's tone, which made his heart skip a beat. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. He was so shocked that he couldn't help shouting "ah" and said, "Wang Wendong gave up the ball?"
Qin Huachang smiled and said nothing.
Wang Chao understood in an instant.
Yes, Wang Wendong conceded the ball...
After winning the Olympic championship, Wang Wendong's career was complete. At that time, his strength was actually not as good as Sun Tianlong, and rising stars like Xiao Fei had also emerged one after another, so Wang Wendong knew very well that he could not wait for the next Olympic Games, and his career could not create more brilliance.
He chose to retire, and before retiring, he needed to find some way to enable the strongest player in Huaping at the time to truly stand up and lead Huaping to the glory of the next decade.
This can be regarded as the inheritance of Huaping spirit.
So Wang Wendong chose to give the ball on his last World Cup.
At that time, Wang Wendong was already in the twilight of his career. Even if he refused, Dragon Team might not be able to beat him. But no matter what, he did play that game with the belief that he must lose. As for whether the final 4:0 score was due to a concession or a difference in strength, I am afraid outsiders will never know.
The room was quiet for a long time before Qin Huachang broke the silence again with a cough and asked, "Do you know why I am telling you this?"
Wang Chao nodded. "I know. You want to tell me how difficult it is for Dragon Team to get to where it is today."
He was suppressed for seven full years.
He began his hell training at the age of sixteen and continued until he was twenty-four.
Most people don't have this kind of perseverance, but because of Wang Wendong's suppression, Dragon Team is always like a taut bowstring. In seven years, he has only two endings, either it breaks, or it stretches to a huge tension that ordinary people can't imagine.
Dragon Team finally held on.
This is Huaping's training philosophy for many years: if you want to get ahead, step on your seniors.
If you can't step on it, just hold it tight for me.
The tighter it is, the greater the stamina will be.
Dragon Team is probably the toughest player in Huaping's decades of professional table tennis history. He was originally just an average pebble, but persistent polishing under ultra-high pressure eventually polished every mediocre surface to sparkle. In the end, he went further than those players with special strengths. Every surface of his became a specialty. In the end, he had no shortcomings and became a world-recognized "hexagon warrior."
Wang Wendong was a sharpening stone that was hard enough to sharpen Dragon Team, the best sword in the world.
"So I'm very unconvinced..."
Qin Huachang sighed softly, "How come Luo Jiu can reach the state that Sun Tianlong took fifteen years to achieve with just one technical modification?"
One year of hard training in the dark, seven years of oppression, seven years of glory, a full fifteen years, allowed Dragon Team to touch the ceiling of the highest realm of table tennis, but Luo Jiu just changed a piece of rubber and trained seriously for three months, and he did it.
The pain of changing the glue and being questioned by the outside world is actually less than one-tenth of the pain Dragon Team once suffered.
"And you. "Qin Huachang looked at Wang Chao with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes. "You and Luo Jiu are the kind of people I don't understand. God is actually unfair. Your talents are too strong, which will affect the balance of table tennis."
Wang Chao was a little confused by his stare. After waiting for a long time, he didn't hear what Qin Huachang said, so he avoided Qin Huachang's sharp eyes and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"