Facts have proved that the truth is always in the hands of a few people.
When Wang Chao kept Bai Feng and Lin Li 4-0 in one day, most people in the world table tennis world believed that the future was here, and the main force of China Table Tennis had officially changed.
They generally believe that although Wang Chao is young, his advantage in these two games is too huge and the scores are too disparate. This shows that Wang Chao's true strength has completely crushed Lin Li and Bai Feng, forming a situation of coming from behind.
But Cai Guodong, who was watching the two live broadcasts in the imperial capital, didn't think so.
At least I can't confirm it.
Wang Wendong, who was watching the game with him at the time, asked him, "Now, is Wang Chao's Olympic singles stable?"
Cai Guodong nodded, shook his head, thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, let me watch for another two months."
Why wait another two months?
Because there was World Cup at the beginning of August and World Table Tennis Championships at the end of September, the Huaping coaching staff has always believed for decades that the Open and the three majors are completely different concepts. If you play well in the Open, it does not mean that you will do well in the three majors.
Wang Chao has always played in open competitions, but Olympic Games belongs to the three majors.
So Cai Guodong still has to see how Wang Chao fights World Cup and World Table Tennis Championships.
Another factor that affects Cai Guodong's judgment is that he believes that the 4:0 score on the surface does not prove that the gap between the two sides is really that big.
In fact, when any two players officially meet for the first time, it is very likely that the outcome will be one-sided. As for who wins and who loses, it is by no means the stronger side will definitely win, but will be interfered by various unexpected factors and is full of randomness.
Maybe it just happens that the styles of football are incompatible.
Maybe he just can't handle a certain trick of yours, but in fact, he just needs to practice a little bit and he can handle it next time.
Maybe he just had a bad day.
Maybe he just had bad luck today, and you hit too many side shots in a row, and his mentality just wasn't good enough.
Only when two players play against each other enough times can their winning-losing relationship be stabilized, because at that time both sides truly know the basics and can eliminate most of the distractions and only decide the outcome based on the most fundamental hard power.
And how did Wang Chao win these two games today?
When fighting Bai Feng, Bai Feng made the first move, but Wang Chao broke it perfectly. After that, Bai Feng completely fell behind. She fell into the scheme and was led by him. When Wang Lu couldn't provide temporary guidance, Bai Feng didn't even understand how he lost until he was eliminated in the end.
When playing against Lin Li, Wang Chao defeated Lin Li from the beginning to the end. Although Lin Li resisted in the middle and created uncertainties, in the end, he still could not escape the scope of Wang Chao's pre-game preparation.
What these two games can really prove is that Wang Chao's wisdom defeated Bai Feng Lin Li and the coaches behind them, not that Wang Chao's strength can completely crush Bai Feng Lin Li.
In fact, after Bai Feng lost in the morning, his teacher Wang Lu found him immediately, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Next time, let's not go too far and play a good match with him. I think we have a chance."
Although Sun Tianlong did not immediately comfort Lin Li who lost, he was also thinking about how to help Lin Li defeat Wang Chao.
Before today, he had no ideas, but after watching this game, he had ideas.
He believes that Wang Chao cannot stop Lin Li's attack. This is actually a fatal flaw. If we make a fuss around this point and conceive a complete set of tactics, maybe Wang Chao will lose next time.
As for Fan Xiaodong, who started playing at the same time as Wang Chao on another table, he was completely forgotten by Sun Tianlong...
Well, to say forgetting is a bit exaggerated. In fact, it should be called freeing up.
When Fan Xiaodong fights a powerful enemy like Mizutori Hato, Sun Tianlong's choice is not to give guidance at all.
Coach Coach Cheng Aimin, who was traveling with the team, reminded Sun Tianlong. He was very surprised when he learned that Sun Tianlong did not want to coach, and offered to do it for him, but Sun Tianlong politely declined.
He did it on purpose.
Qin Huachang probably hopes that after Fan Xiaodong debuts, he will not lose a game, amaze the world, and reach the top directly, because this represents an extreme honor.
After all, Wang Chao is undefeated in foreign competitions since his debut. Qin Huachang has a strong desire to win. He hopes that his disciples can keep up with Wang Chao's footsteps and even do better.
This is understandable.
But Sun Tianlong feels that these details are really not important.
Because in the final analysis, many years later, when the world table tennis community looks back at a certain player, what they want to see is not how long he has been undefeated in his debut, but how much he has achieved in the end when the final conclusion is made.
Sun Tianlong When he first joined the national team, he was not taken seriously. He lost countless goals in internal assessments, but to this day, who still remembers those things?
Therefore, Sun Tianlong feels that losing a few games when he first debuted is not a bad thing.
Fan Xiaodong defeated Mizutori Hato once before, so this time Fan Xiaodong itself should have a psychological advantage. At the same time, from a purely technical point of view, Fan Xiaodong also has an advantage over Mizutori Hato.
Under this situation, Sun Tianlong believes that it would be too bad if Fan Xiaodong still needs to provide guidance from the sidelines.
If Fan Xiaodong wins in the end, then Fan Xiaodong's independent combat capability and self-confidence will be greatly improved.
If Fan Xiaodong actually loses in the end, the lesson he will learn will be very profound, and he will reflect on himself. Once he figures out where he lost, his ultimate benefit may be greater than winning.
Sun Tianlong has a very clear view of Huaping's current situation: Fan Xiaodong will not be able to compete in Olympic Games at the end of the year anyway, so his goal must be the next Olympic Games in four years.
So it really doesn't matter whether Fan Xiaodong wins or loses now. What really matters is to improve the combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time.
Sun Tianlong even hopes that Fan Xiaodong will touch Wang Chao a few more times, because in this case, Fan Xiaodong will be able to taste the feeling of being firmly suppressed by the same person.
Wang Chao is still so young and can suppress Fan Xiaodong for many years. As long as Fan Xiaodong does not collapse, his future achievements will be limitless.
When Qin Huachang was in office before, it was difficult for him to say these things, but now that Qin Huachang is gone, Sun Tianlong naturally has to carry out his ambitions according to his own ideas.
In fact, there is a reason why Sun Tianlong's coaching concepts are so different from Qin Huachang's.
Qin Huachang's coaching philosophy back then was to do everything personally, down to the last detail. I wish I could have everything determined for you from the first serve to the last way to receive the ball, turning your game into a multiple-choice question. For example, if the opponent sends a short backspin, what should you do? What should you do if the opponent pulls your backhand baseline?
For another example, suppose the opponent still sends short backspin, but the opponent is a fast player, how should you deal with it, the opponent is a power player, how should you deal with it, the opponent has a certain specialty, how should you deal with it, and so on.
There are many specific situations in actual table tennis, and they are very subtle. Even if the ball lands on the table just one inch off or one inch short, it is a completely different possibility. If you combine the different styles of your opponents for analysis, there are countless details. What Qin Huachang does is to use the exhaustive method to let you figure out all the correct response plans.
The reason for this is because Qin Huachang himself does have great knowledge in technology and tactics. He has a lot of details, but it is Virgo. As we all know, Virgo is a perfectionist, so once he sees a detail in his disciple's playing that is wrong or not handled well enough, even if there is only a slight flaw, he feels like he can't stand it anymore, like a thorn in his heart, and he has to point it out and order his disciple to correct it.
Doesn't it seem extreme?
But you must not think that being so extreme is necessarily wrong. In fact, Sun Tianlong was raised like this by Qin Huachang.
Sun Tianlong does not have any outstanding talent. His biggest advantage is hard work and obedience. He had no idea when he first played. He handled the ball incorrectly during the game, so he always failed in the team assessment. At this time, it is Qin Huachang taught him bit by bit and helped him correct all the details and loopholes, and he was willing to listen, learn, and change. This process was like polishing a hard stone into a diamond. Every detail he improved was like every knife used to carve a diamond.
Therefore, Qin Huachang is definitely a master of technology and tactics. If he wants to polish a diamond, he must first have the specific shape of the diamond in his mind. Only then can he truly carve the stone into what he imagined.
Of course, during this process, the stone may be directly broken due to too many cuts, such as Fan Pingnan with a broken leg.
Only a tough enough stone and a great enough carver can create a unique and brilliant diamond.
Therefore, Qin Huachang and Sun Tianlong can definitely be regarded as mutual achievements, rather than who takes advantage of the other.
But the interesting thing is that precisely because Sun Tianlong is the biggest beneficiary of the Qin Huachang teaching method, his teaching philosophy runs counter to that of Qin Huachang.
He himself is actually a very perceptive player, but he rarely has the opportunity to take the initiative to understand in the most critical stage of growth, because he has a very powerful teacher. Once he makes a mistake, the teacher will tell him what is right. Therefore, all the correct answers are directly told to him by Qin Huachang, rather than being thought out by him independently.
For a long time, he was in a state of "knowing what happened, but not knowing why."
It wasn't until he played more and more games that he gradually integrated all the densely packed correct answers in his mind and formed an understanding that was truly his own.
From that moment on, he no longer had to memorize the answers. The judgments he made when playing were naturally correct. In a sense, it was also from that moment on that he officially transformed into the shape of Qin Huachang.
In fact, it was only after Qin Huachang discovered that all the details of Sun Tianlong's competition were completely consistent with his own ideas that he stopped directing Sun Tianlong's competition on the spot and chose to be lazy and sit back.
But what Qin Huachang doesn't know is that deep down in Sun Tianlong's heart, there are still some regrets.
He has played too smartly in his life and has been playing according to the standard answers from the beginning, but in fact he occasionally has some impulses.
For example, when he saw a ball that should obviously be played short, he suddenly had a sudden impulse and wanted to hit it hard, because at that time he was in his prime and wanted to vent the ancient power in his body for no reason.
For example, when he sees a topspin ball that reaches his mid-range table, he clearly knows that the best response is to pull back and change the line, but suddenly he wants to try his hand and see if he can cut a magical super ball, because he has seen other teammates hit many super balls. Although they may not score, they are really cool.
Or maybe when you see a ball that is high and close to the ball, you should obviously hit it directly, but you really want to try to see if you can push it gently and rely on your delicate touch to hit a rare but unattainable ball, and then admire the depressed but speechless look of your opponent.
This was the impulsiveness and willfulness of his youth, but he overcame it with great perseverance, because Qin Huachang wanted him to win and did not want any unexpected accidents to occur.
He played more and more rigorously, became more and more mature, and did not leak anything, until the last impulse in his heart was extinguished as he grew older.
In the end, he achieved unprecedented glory and naturally transformed into a coach.
He felt that being a coach like Qin Huachang was too tiring. He was tired, and so were his disciples.
He wants to make everyone happier and more relaxed, just like Zhu Ding who is still very happy in the sparring position. He envies Happy Ping Pong who does whatever he wants.
Essentially speaking, Sun Tianlong actually didn't have great ambitions. When he was a player, he just didn't want to live up to his teacher's expectations. As a result, he unknowingly became the first person in history.
Now, he doesn't want to be the number one coach of Huaping. He feels that Lin Li is already the main force of Huaping. If there is no way to fundamentally improve, then it doesn't matter if he plays a little willfully occasionally. Anyway, the current situation of Huaping does not require him to take over.
As for Fan Xiaodong, he is already a genius, and he has laid such a solid foundation under Qin Huachang's personal guidance for several months. So now, he does not need to work too hard, and he should be able to firmly occupy a place in the main force of Huaping in the future.
He really felt no pressure because he didn't want to fight.
He is very happy to see the rise of Wang Chao, because there must be only one Great Demon King in every era of Huaping. If Wang Chao must do this Great Demon King and can indeed suppress an era, then he will save worry and effort. Anyway, as long as Huaping's reputation does not fall, it does not require that Great Demon King comes from the Zhu family or the Qin family.
With such a relaxed attitude, after watching the game between Wang Chao and Lin Li, Sun Tianlong still sat at ease in the auditorium, chatting with He Jingping. He Jingping was quite depressed, because Old He couldn't wait to talk to Wang Chao about the game, but Sun Tianlong refused to move, and he was too embarrassed to act too eager.
After all, the coach who lost didn't say anything, but you, the coach who won, were so anxious?
This seems too shabby.