Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 256

The Second Shoe

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At the beginning of the game, both sides guessed coins. Wang Chao was unlucky as always, and Wang Bo got the right to serve.

Wang Bo struggled with the first serve for a long time and never sent it.

He unexpectedly faced Wang Chao, who was already very timid.

After being warned by the coach again, he became even more timid.

He was thinking, what should I serve?

Short backspin?

The short backspin is said to be an all-around serve that can never go wrong, but Wang Chao's feel is among the top five in the world. What should I do if he takes the opportunity to compete with me?

So, how about stealing a long ball?

But Wang Chao claims to never be deceived when receiving a serve, and the psychological game is always one level higher than that of the opponent. What should I do if my serve comes out and he directly attacks?

How about... learn from Bayer and Pike and serve a long backhand baseline ball?

No, no, no, that's not possible. The reason for this is to take the initiative to introduce a stalemate with Wang Chao. After all, Europeans are powerful and are not afraid of COSCO. But I am 34 years old and I play health ball. What kind of stalemate should I play?

After much thought, he got stuck.

It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle to warn and urge him that he bit the bullet and sent a short backspin.

Wang Chao didn't fight with him, because his short backspin was not good, so Wang Chao directly found the opportunity, moved forward, and made a light pick.

This challenge directly killed Wang Bo.

The ball flew past him, and Wang Bo didn't react at all. It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle that he realized that he had been thinking too much and was actually a little dizzy.

As an old player, he has rich competition experience. He immediately shook his head vigorously, put away the messy thoughts, and concentrated on the present.

He still sent the second ball with short backspin, but this time it was much better. The ball was very low and close, making it difficult to hit the ball.

Wang Chao played a short ball steadily.

Wang Bo also couldn't find the opportunity, so he had to come back.

He doesn't want to fight short, but when faced with a short backspin serve, once both sides seek stability, they will inevitably fall into a short-handed situation, and he has nothing to do.

So after fighting for several rounds in a row, Wang Bo really couldn't hold his hand steady, the ball shot up, and Wang Chao hit another Forehand Flick.

Wang Bo blocked it this time, but the ball went higher and was killed by Wang Chao's forehand shot.

The two balls passed, played calmly and calmly, and there was not even much applause from the audience.

Wang Chao gets the right to serve.

He didn't think much and still sent a short backspin.

Wang Chao's serve quality is very stable, while Wang Bo can only swing short.

So the situation was the same as the previous ball. After a short fight, Wang Bo returned the ball high and was easily beaten to death by Wang Chao with a forehand, backhand and a board.

Wang Chao continues to send short backspin.

Wang Bo didn't dare to swing any shorter and directly passed the ball to Wang Chao's backhand baseline.

The ball was tipped very well, showing the delicate touch of the veteran. However, Wang Chao easily twisted the ball with a backhand, which was of high quality, but Wang Bo failed to catch it.

In just two minutes, the score has reached 4:0.

The audience was very confused. The first game was played so heartily, why did everyone fall asleep during the second game?

That's because they don't understand the subtle situation between the warring parties at the moment.

Wang Chao, who just came back from Hong Kong Open, actually hasn't recovered from the tense and intense rhythm of the World Series because the games are too closely connected. He went out today to face Wang Bo. Although his rationality told him that this opponent was weaker than the opponent he played a few days ago, when it came to the real fight, he still subconsciously maintained an extremely rigorous attitude and regarded the opponent as a well-matched opponent.

To use a common saying, use all your strength to fight a lion, and use all your strength to fight a rabbit.

So after he hit a few balls, he first felt that it was very smooth and the opponent didn't create much difficulty for him. Then he felt that the opponent was very soft and he didn't exert much force, so the opponent fell down.

This really made him unable to mobilize because there was really no pressure.

Wang Bo is the exact opposite.

After he discovered that the matchup situation was different from what he had planned, he was initially a little enthusiastic. He wanted to give it a try and see how powerful the newly rising emperor was.

But after being reminded by the coach, his mentality suddenly changed and he didn't dare to fight anymore.

Why?

Because fighting means that you have to work hard, you have to be passionate, you have to be passionate, you have to do your best, and you have to be emotionally involved.

And if you are overwhelmed by your opponent while you are emotionally invested, your mentality and emotions will inevitably be affected.

"You'll lose anyway if you fight or not, so what's there to fight for?"

"If you lose, let's play the next game."

The advantage of a veteran is that he is calm, but the disadvantage is that he is too calm. In this case, Wang Bo himself did not realize that he had lost his fighting spirit.

He thought he played very steadily, but in fact, in the eyes of outsiders, he played very passively. Wang Chao only needed one or two boards to defeat him.

In fact, if he plays normally, he will have no problem blocking at least three or four boards.

After all, he is really not weak. When the team is practicing, he can be a sparring partner for Luo Jiu.

The score climbed steadily and tepidly, and three minutes later, it climbed directly to 10:0.

By this time, Wang Bo's heart was already tightening. He knew that the most popular scene in the table tennis match was coming.

The former Shaved Head Youth is going back to his old business today.

Seeing Wang Chao holding a small ball and making a serving motion, Wang Bo was very disappointed.

But he was still telling himself silently, it's okay, isn't he just a bald head? Even if you beat me to death, trample me to pieces, provoke wildly, taunt, raise your middle finger, spit, or twist your butt, I will never react at all, because I know that this is just your dirty tactic.

For the next doubles match, I will spit on my face and feel calm.

But Wang Chao served a suicide ball and gave him a point.

Wang Bo is very confused and doesn't know what happened.

But he still thought, oh, this suicide is so delicious.

Then Wang Chao served seriously, and after a few rounds, the first game ended without any surprises.

11:1.

Xiao Guohua, who was sitting behind the baffle, had his brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape, and his whole body looked bad.

As the head coach of the Table Tennis Super League team, he has been able to work with talented players like Luo Jiu for many years. Xiao Guohua's professional quality is absolutely excellent. In a sense, the only difference between him and the national coach is a good enough disciple, a good enough network, or a little luck.

But he couldn't understand what Wang Chao wanted to do.

Wang Bo returned to the sidelines to drink water and looked at Xiao Guohua with eager eyes, hoping to get advice from the head coach, but the head coach moved his lips several times but didn't know what to say.

In terms of psychological games, he didn't understand Wang Chao's intentions at all. What could he say?

As for technology, there is nothing much to say. The gap in hard power is obvious.

Fortunately, Wang Bo is also a veteran. He could understand what was going on when he saw Xiao Guohua. He smiled at him and comforted him, "It's okay, I'm in a good mood."

Xiao Guohua blushed at these words.

Wang Bo returned to the court and continued the game, still playing listlessly, so five minutes later, he was defeated again by Wang Chao 11:2.

There was no need for Wang Chao to let him go this time, because he was lucky enough to hit a side ball, and at the same time, he took advantage of Wang Chao's mistake and scored a point with a forehand blast.

Next came the third and fourth games. This game only took 20 minutes in total, and Wang Chao easily won 4:0.

It is worth mentioning that there is not a single bald head.

In the last game, it was actually possible to shave his head, but at the last moment Wang Chao still chose to let Wang Bo go and hit a suicide ball.

After this fight, the whole Jiangcheng University Team was very confused, not knowing what medicine Wang Chao was selling in the gourd today.

Is this still the sharp-edged Shaved Head Youth from last year?

Today is a real life-and-death derby battle. All psychological tactics, no matter how dirty or smelly, will not be criticized no matter how they are used. As a result, you played so kindly. Have you been brainwashed?

When will your conspiracy be revealed?

Was it during doubles?

If you don't show it, I really won't feel at ease...

There is a story about a man who was asleep at night when he heard the sound of a shoe falling on the floor upstairs, which woke him up. He thought that the second shoe had to fall. In order to avoid being woken up again, he simply stayed up for a while and waited for the shoe to fall. He waited and waited until dawn the next day and the second shoe did not fall. And he also stayed up all night waiting for this shoe.

This story perfectly expresses Xiao Guohua's mentality at the moment.

Compared with other coaches, Xiao Guohua is the kind who loves to think about things. If he doesn't think about things clearly, he can't sleep at all. Once he gets into a bottleneck, he will pull his hair.

He was waiting for Wang Chao to drop the second shoe clearly, but he couldn't wait.

So he was anxious...

His hair, which was originally fixed with hairspray, had been scratched and messed up, like a chicken coop, but he still couldn't help but keep scratching and scratching, scratching and scratching, thinking desperately, until his brain was numb.

The third doubles match then began.

Wang Bo&Ma Angxing vs Wang Chao&Wu Li.

Before entering the venue, Wang Bo roared hard to the sky, then stretched out his hand, motioning for Ma Angxing to high-five him, and shouted again, "Self-improvement! Hongyi! Seek truth! Expand the new!"

Ma Angxing was a little confused and didn't understand what he was shouting, but he was indeed aroused by such a move. He also shouted and walked onto the field with confidence together with Wang Bo.

Xiao Guohua looked at this scene from a distance, feeling a little calmer and relieved.

I have to say that as a veteran, Wang Bo is absolutely seasoned in terms of game experience.

He lost miserably in the second game, but it did not affect his mentality because he gave up his strategy early.

And now, he uses active shouting to forcefully mobilize his own emotions and then stimulate the emotions of his partners. No one can do better than him.

As for the eight words he shouted, they were actually the century-old school motto of Jiangcheng University. The reason why he remembered the school motto was because he was about to retire and directly entered Jiangcheng University to study for a bachelor's degree in sports psychology without taking the exam, and he was sure to get a diploma. This is also the biggest advantage of the team being affiliated with Jiangcheng University.

On the other side, Wang Chao and Wu Li also walked to the table.

Compared to the passion here, the two of Wang Chao are more calm.

In the lively auditorium, the white-haired and white-bearded Jiang Tiansheng also sat up slightly and planned to watch the game seriously.

Yes, he was there in person.

Even though Fan Xiaofan invited him to watch the match against Shandong Province Power Club four days later yesterday, he still took the initiative to come and watch the game just because he couldn't wait to see if Wu Li had changed.

Even a little bit.

The referee tossed the coin and looked at Wang Chao, but Wang Chao shook his head and signaled Wu Li to guess, and he guessed correctly.

Facts have proved that bad luck only targeted Wang Chao, not his partner.

In the end, Wang Chao still got the right to serve.

After Spade Q determined the server, Jiangcheng University Team also quickly determined the receiver.

Naturally it is Ma Angxing.

Last year on the Table Tennis First Division court, Ma Angxing had played against Wang Chao in doubles. At that time, he only just missed using his Eagle Eye talent to break Wang Chao's ever-changing serving skills, giving Wang Chao his first defeat in the Table Tennis First Division court.

Later, Wang Chao used heart-attack tactics, continuously hitting unconventional slices and loops with raw rubber particles, all kinds of real and fake tricks to fool people, and some strange moves such as switching hands and hitting the ball from behind, which blinded Ma Angxing, who was playing the ball in control, and turned his brain into a ball. Only then did the tactics win.

Today's Ma Angxing is naturally not the inexperienced novice he was last year. He trained in the Imperial City for a while, and under the guidance of Wang Lu, he learned about almost all styles of players in the world, as well as almost all conventional strategies and tactics.

So it would be impossible for Wang Chao to use the same method as last year to deceive him.

At this moment, Ma Angxing is full of confidence. He knows that his strength is definitely far behind Wang Chao, but now it is doubles, and there are two main points to fight for. The first is cooperation, and the second is the game of serving and receiving. In this regard, he believes that with Eagle Eye, he will be able to complete the task.

(Allow me to break a chapter today, because even if I add another chapter, I won't be able to finish it.)

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