Although the process was tortuous, Wang Chao's mixed doubles training finally started officially.
At this time, it is not about accompanying a group of little flowers to have random and experimental fights. Instead, from the beginning, there are very clear training contents, sparring partners, and training goals.
The training content is a booklet that the coaching staff spent a week meeting continuously, brainstorming, and racking their brains, and finally produced a booklet called "A Preliminary Study on the Internal Mixed Doubles Trial Training Model of China Table Tennis Team", which is based on the manuscript of Qin Huachang. During this week, the coaches went through countless wars of words, and finally made a preliminary decision to follow Qin Huachang's ideas and go on the path of "upward compatibility."
Needless to say, the training goal is to win championships in major competitions.
It is worth detailing the sparring partners.
Xiao Fei+Liu Wen.
Second in both worlds.
One of them is 29 years old and the other is 28 years old. Both of them joined the national team more than ten years ago. It took them five or six years to sprint, and then six or seven years to stabilize. To this day, although neither of them has Grand Slam, they still have one or two three major championship titles in their hands, and they also have a top one above their heads.
The one who suppressed Xiao Fei was of course Sun Tianlong.
Suppressing Liu Wen is the current female Grand Slam player Jin Ling.
Liu Wen is relatively ambitious and has been working hard to challenge Jin Ling, and has great ideas for the Olympic Games Women's Singles gold medal at the end of this year.
Xiao Fei is more of a Buddhist. He has long been accustomed to being the second child for a thousand years, and a lot of people have been rising recently, so he has never thought about going to the Olympics. He just waited for another one or two years to become a coach.
Otherwise, given his qualifications, Wang Chao may not be able to get a spot so easily if he strongly demands to compete in the Olympic mixed doubles.
But don't think that his mixed doubles is also very Buddhist.
In fact, mixed doubles, like Men's Doubles Women's Doubles, also has a world ranking, but because there are too few events, people don't care much about it.
The combination of Xiao Fei and Liu Wen is ranked first in the world most of the time.
Because in the past few years, Men's Singles's No. 1 Sun Tianlong and Women's Singles's No. 1 Jin Ling have been responsible for singles events in major tournaments. Even if they have to take on both roles, they are willing to do so. It must be Men's Doubles or Women's Doubles, and the mixed doubles role will never be included. Therefore, Xiao Fei and Liu Wen, the two thousand-year-olds, have become the natural mixed doubles partners.
They have been together for seven or eight years without realizing it. Although they have never really studied mixed doubles tactics in depth, in terms of actual combat experience and personal understanding, they are undoubtedly the best in the world.
Therefore, the meaning of the coaching staff is very clear: if Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan wants to win the Olympic gold medal, he must at least pass Xiao Fei and Liu Wen first.
There is only this level.
Just this level.
If they can pass this level, then other combinations will not be qualified to block the way again.
Therefore, from the first day of training, Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan was beaten violently by Xiao Fei and Liu Wen.
Xiao Fei is a rather peculiar player. His speed is not that fast, and his strength is not that exaggerated. However, he has been ranked second in the world for many years because he has a powerful and heavy forehand burst. The range of movement is extremely large and the power is unparalleled. In the era of 40+ large-caliber balls, he can kill people directly.
Therefore, many foreign players believe that Xiao Fei is the number one forehand in Huaping today.
It's just that Huaping internally refuses to admit this.
The root cause is that the main players of Huaping have different forehand characteristics.
Lin Li's golf quotient is not very high, and his landing point during forehand bursts is always not tricky enough, but his board quality is undoubtedly the highest.
Sun Tianlong is not even as powerful as Xiao Fei, but his forehand has countless changes in timing, landing point, line change, and rotation, so it often looks simple, but the opponent just can't stop it.
As for Xiao Fei, he concentrated all his strength on the board. When he exploded, he rolled his whole body and rounded his arms. The explosive force of his body and the potential energy of his body weight were all added together. This posture is a unique skill. Some people have always imitated it, but no one has ever succeeded.
Therefore, his game is different from anyone else's. Others usually use three points to pull the ball and seven points to hit the ball hard when rushing. But even if he rushes with all his strength, at least eight points must be pulled. And as the body rolls and the center of gravity lowers, his ball is almost pulled out horizontally, floating and turning, and the obvious turning can be seen with the naked eye. Therefore, his shot can be said to be the ceiling in the field of table tennis rotation, and it is also the record holder of the fastest speed of the batting unit so far. No one can surpass it.
But his weakness in this game is also the most obvious. The range of movement is too large, resulting in a slow recovery speed. Once the opponent makes a turnaround, he can easily be directly prevented.
So strictly speaking, although his kill shot is the most distinctive feature of Huaping, it also has a fatal flaw in theory.
This loophole is very obvious in singles, causing him to often lose the ball in key games at critical moments.
But the weakness of this board is well covered up in doubles.
Doubles is a two-person teamwork. He doesn't need to think about the connection after the first board, because it is his partner's turn to be responsible for the next board. He just takes the opportunity to adjust, restore his posture, and find his balance again.
Therefore, Xiao Fei has always been recognized as the number one doubles player in the Chinese Table Tennis Men's Team. Men's Doubles and Sun Tianlong play together, and he and Liu Wen play in mixed doubles. They are almost undefeated in the world. His forehand kill is almost an invincible killer in doubles. He himself has become the team's snake oil and lubricant, wherever it is needed.
The player Liu Wen highlights the word "fast".
She is the fastest-paced female player in the history of Chinese Table Tennis Team. She has the best forehand and backhand transition and movement connection among all women's teams. She can firmly occupy the second place in the world because of this fast word. In other aspects, she actually has many weaknesses.
Her playing style is a bit monotonous in terms of changes, the loop is not strong enough, the quality of the board is not high enough, and her mentality is not very good. She is often affected by off-court factors, especially when she is behind in the score, she is prone to collapse.
But when paired with Xiao Fei, she perfectly solved her own shortcomings.
Because Xiao Fei is so Buddhist that no matter whether you win or lose, there will be no fluctuations. When your partner is in a super good mood on the court, you can't rush even if you want to. What's more, your partner keeps comforting you and saying it's okay. He even takes the blame and says it's all my fault. If you are still depressed, he can even tell you a quick joke while wiping your sweat.
The speed of Liu Wen perfectly complements the slightly slower attacking rhythm of Xiao Fei due to its large range of movements.
One is responsible for speeding up, and the other is responsible for slowing down.
One is responsible for mobilization, and the other is responsible for offense.
The two of them, a super combination that has been formed for seven or eight years, meet Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan, two strange combinations that are not compatible at all. The effect of their sparring can only be said to make those who hear it sad and those who see it cry.
Wang Chao is too tall, Tang Yuanyuan is too short, and what Wang Wendong said is actually right: they are too different in height to make them compatible.
But the most terrible thing is not the height, but the playing style of both sides.
Wang Chao himself is not a speed player. He always tries to move as little as possible when playing singles. As for the various balls hit by the opponent with different landing points, basically as long as they are within the coverage of his arms, he can deal with them through perfect posture adjustment, unlike those players whose batting posture has been solidified, who must use their footsteps to adjust the relative position between themselves and the ball.
Tang Yuanyuan is completely a "Taiwan tyrant".
The so-called table tyrant is someone who stands in front of the table and refuses to give way, without the mentality of making room for the opponent. In her view, this table belongs to me, and the forehand and backhand positions are all mine. The reach of my arms is my personal domain.
I'm so short and the platform area is so small. If you don't let me stand in front of the stage, how can I catch the ball?
As for the partner?
As a creature like a partner, shouldn't he wait for the ball to come up and hit the ball, then quickly step back to make room for me?
Wang Chao is very confused.
He even remembered the derby match between Spade Q and Jiangcheng University Team in early March.
At that time, he and Wu Li played doubles temporarily and had no practice at all. He said to Wu Li, "When the ball comes, you come up and catch it. After catching it, immediately step back and give me the entire table so that I can play better."
Wu Li didn't have any objections at the time. After all, he worked hard and worked hard. Even his talent "Hundred Refinements" was privately named "Ox-Horse" by Wang Chao.
But Wang Chao is not Wu Li wow.
He can use Wu Li as a coolie, why do you Tang Yuanyuan let me, a Swedish Open Men's Singles champion, be a coolie?
What's more, Wu Li can be a coolie because he can run and carry and has unlimited physical strength, but I, Wang Chao, am a delicate flower.
In short, Wang Chao does not accept it.
So the ball was interesting to play.
Xiao Fei and Liu Wen are very bad. It can be seen that Wang Chao has no tacit understanding of cooperation, especially in terms of positioning. So they focus on a corner and hit each ball, either forehand or backhand at a wide angle, forcing the two of them to move.
When they hit the ball to Wang Chao, Wang Chao wanted to hit it, but he was not that fast. Tang Yuanyuan had already rushed over and knocked him out hard.
When they hit the ball to Tang Yuanyuan, Tang Yuanyuan had no intention of letting it go, and her steps were not fast, so she just stepped sideways to avoid it, which meant. "Okay, let's just play it, I've given you space."
Even though Wang Chao is good at exerting force in such a small square inch, he can't exert force in such a cramped square inch. The only thing he can do is to move his arms without moving his shoulders, slam into him, knock Tang Yuanyuan away first, and then swing his arms to hit the ball.
"Can't you move more slowly?" Tang Yuanyuan shouted.
"Can't you give in more?" Wang Chao also shouted.
"Then why didn't you let me go just now?" Tang Yuanyuan continued to yell.
"Why didn't I give in?" Wang Chao also continued to yell.
Others were fighting with passion and sparks, but the two of them were fighting with each other so much that they almost got into fights. Wang Chao was originally not good at communicating with the opposite sex, but during the fight, even his good temper in two lifetimes was irritated, and he started to confront Tang Yuanyuan like a real 18-year-old boy.
At this time, his partner is no longer a petite and cute girl with a lolita face, but an unreasonable, stupid and reckless man who refuses to listen to education.
Absolutely useless!
Wang Chao regrets it very much. The last time Qiu Yinong came to help convey a message, why didn't he agree to it?
Why did you end up with such a master?
He still remembered that a few days ago, when he cooperated with Wang Yu and Shen Sha, the effect was quite good. Wang Yu was tall and had long legs, a large protective platform, and strong hitting power. Wang Chao actually made it easier to play.
And Shen Sha even had a very domineering forehand kill, which gave Wang Chao the urge to directly assist.
It's a pity that it's all gone.
At this time, he finally understood why he had no impression of Tang Yuanyuan in Sweden. When he watched Tang Yuanyuan play Ichikawa Mima in Sweden, he couldn't remember what this girl looked like when she was practicing with him. This was probably not because of his poor memory, but because Tang Yuanyuan really hadn't practiced with him at that time.
After all, that time he was sparring with 13 Little Flowers by himself, and the girls lined up to fight to get on. Everyone was very friendly to Wang Chao. In his memory, the girls all loved to laugh, and no one had a straight face.
Tang Yuanyuan always kept a straight face.
Therefore, the only possibility is that Tang Yuanyuan felt that there were too many people and did not go up to join in the fun, resulting in him not being impressed.
But then he felt something was wrong.
A few days ago, during the mixed doubles pairing test, I and Tang Yuanyuan had been paired with each other before, and there were a lot of coaches watching.
So he continued to yell, "Didn't you do a good job when you cooperated with me a few days ago? Why are you acting like a monster now?"
Tang Yuanyuan yelled louder than him, "You fucking think I want to fight like that? Aren't I coaxing you first just to compete for the spot in the mixed doubles?"
Wang Chao was completely shocked. He turned to look at the sidelines. Two coaches stood with their arms folded. They were He Jingping and Ge Miao.
This is their head coach.
He didn't know if this girl was being naive or too honest. She actually said this in front of his coach?
Thanks to "Haiziyuan" for the 500 coin reward.