The atmosphere in the dormitory is a bit dull.
Wang Chao was not in a hurry to comfort him, because what He Jingping needed was not comfort, but talk, and all he needed was to make a tree hole.
Unless he can really come up with constructive ideas to help He Jingping get rid of this feeling of guilt.
Wang Chao wasn't sure if he could do it, but he decided to try...
"What do you mean, if Luo Jiu is handed over to coach Qin Huachang, he will definitely become the next Dragon Team?" Wang Chao asked.
He Jingping said "Hmm": "His talent is far better than Lin Li. If Qin Huachang can bring Lin Li to the current height, then he will definitely be able to bring Luo Jiu to another height."
But Wang Chao shook his head. "Have you ever thought that Luo Jiu's problem may not be a problem of playing style or practice at all, but a problem of the racket."
He Jingping was slightly shocked.
"You're overthinking. I'm just chatting with you casually. I'm not asking your kid to give me advice."
Perhaps because he felt that Wang Chao's words were too superficial, He Jingping actually showed a hint of amusement even though he was full of melancholy. "I spent seven years building a system for him, and I have already exhausted all possibilities. You have only watched him play a few games, and you think you have found the crux?"
Wang Chao did not refute, and continued, "I think we can consider changing the rubber."
He Jingping was even more funny. He wasn't angry, he just felt that Wang Chao was a little childish. Probably because he had just stunned the audience with two horizontal loop shots with his left hand during the day, so his self-confidence was a little inflated at the moment.
After all, he is a child who has just turned eighteen, so it is understandable that he is young and frivolous...
So he patiently explained, "I've tried them all."
"His main technical framework is the Taiwanese offensive style of two-sided looping balls, which requires strong rotation and friction, and his innate excellent touch also allows him to quickly understand the friction coefficient of any rubber. Therefore, I originally ordered him to use double-sided reverse rubber... This general direction is definitely no problem."
"Later I discovered that he was not heavy enough and his arm muscles were not developed enough, so he suffered a little in terms of power punches and long-distance stalemates."
"Especially when twisting the backhand, his forearm strength was greatly lacking, so I asked him to try changing the reverse side of the racket to a positive rubber. Although this reduces the spin, it can improve stability."
"Later, I also asked him to try a blade that was more transparent and more elastic to make up for his lack of strength."
"I think the particles of the anti-adhesive rubber of the Hongshuangli xx model are too long, so I changed it to the xx rubber produced by Dragonfly."
"The base plate was originally an extra-large plate of Hongshuangli, and was later replaced by a standard plate of Diji."
"But Xiaojiu felt that the anti-adhesive side was too thick. He wanted it to be thinner and have enough high binding force, so we tried various types of rubber from all over the world, and finally found a rubber made in Sweden."
"This rubber is very strange. The ball it pulls is very floaty. It is called the magic rubber by many users. Xiaojiu tried playing it for half a month. Many of the second team's sparring partners felt that they were not used to the looping ball pulled by this rubber. But the problem is that this rubber cannot pull the heavy looping ball. For Xiaojiu, this is a fatal flaw that cannot be tolerated."
"Later we also tried xx glue from xx Group, and its problem was..."
"The xx glue from xx country has shortcomings in xx..."
"There are also xx bottom plates from xx country..."
He Jingping got a little carried away and talked endlessly, because these things are what he has been thinking about all the time in the past seven years. There are countless details and countless subtle changes, from the equipment to the manufacturer, to the personal technical characteristics of Luo Jiu, as well as the adaptability and chemical reaction after the combination of the three. Even if it takes three days and three nights, he can't finish it.
But Wang Chao interrupted midway.
Well, although it's a bit rude, it's impossible for him to really listen to it for three days and three nights, right?
"Senior, you misunderstood." He said, "I mean, why doesn't Luo Jiu's backhand use raw rubber?"
The eloquent narration came to an abrupt end. He Jingping was stunned and couldn't help but laugh, "Wang Chao, do you know what the properties of raw rubber are?"
He emphasized seriously. "Luo Jiu is playing a double-sided loop ball for Taiwan's attack. How could he use raw rubber that can't create spin at all?"
He Jingping felt a little boring for a while.
He originally thought Wang Chao was a genius, so he had some desire to talk about it, but now he suddenly realized that Wang Chao's genius was more reflected in his unparalleled touch and instinctive reaction when playing, but it did not include theory.
Can an eighteen-year-old high school student with no vocational training understand what he just said?
The suggestion of changing the rubber is probably just a whim!
But Wang Chao was very serious at this moment and said, "Senior, why do you think Luo Jiu must play double-sided loops? He has not made a breakthrough after playing for seven years, haven't you ever thought that he might not be suitable for this style of play?"
He Jingping was suddenly stunned and opened his mouth, but no words came out.
He suddenly thought of an extremely important question: Although Wang Chao's game today proved that his theoretical play style was valid, it did not mean that this theory was suitable for Luo Jiu.
No matter how good a seedling is, it must be taught in accordance with its aptitude. It is not just what you want to shape it into, that will make it perfect.
These are completely two different things!
In the slightly dark dormitory, He Jingping's eyes flashed with an unknown light, and his expression changed rapidly.
When he closed his mouth, Wang Chao's voice sounded particularly clear in the narrow space of the dormitory.
"You just said that Luo Jiu's absolute strength is insufficient, especially his backhand is weak, so why do you force him to use Overlord Twist? Have you not thought that this can easily cause hidden injuries on his arm?"
"Furthermore, since the strength of the backhand is no longer enough, then when the opponent also twists the opponent's backhand, why does Luo Jiu twist the opponent's backhand? This is not a question of whether the rubber on the back is elastic enough. If the lack of strength can be completely made up by the base plate and rubber, then table tennis has long become a purely equipment game. What is the significance of the players?"
"Have you ever considered that the reason why he has never been able to achieve a perfect connection is actually because his backhand is not suitable for looping the ball at all?"
"Your style of play only has a lot of technical points, but the entire style of play is actually not complicated. If a genius like him is not unsuitable, how could he not master this style of play for seven years?"
The dormitory was eerily quiet at this moment.
This time, after a long, long time, He Jingping finally spoke, with a strangely hollow voice. "Then what do you think... how should he hit him?"
"Use raw rubber granular glue." Wang Chao's tone was very sure. "Since you don't have enough strength, just don't rotate at all. Just don't eat the opponent's rotation. Raw rubber can meet this condition."
He Jingping was sitting on the bedside of the dormitory, as if he had lost his soul.
In fact, in more than two thousand days, he never thought about raw rubber.
He asked Luo Jiu to try countless types of rubber, but he did not realize that it was in the process of endless attempts that he had unknowingly fallen into the trap of "equipment only" thinking.
It's not that he is ignorant, but because in the development process of table tennis, raw rubber has been eliminated for a long time.
In He Jingping's memory, raw rubber pellets were still the way of playing straight fast break in Chinese table tennis.
That was still in the small ball era.
The older generation of Chinese table tennis players used straight fast breaks to struggle against the European horizontal and loop play. After fighting for a long time, they finally realized that their skills were lagging behind. Even more training and sophisticated calculations could not make up for this essential gap.
As a result, the new generation of table tennis players also began to hold the racket horizontally, began to use loops against loops, and strength against strength. After tying up with Europe in technology, Chinese players once again set foot on the top of the world table tennis world.
Since then, there has been a battle between horizontal and vertical, and horizontal and horizontal circles have become popular throughout Asia.
Contemporary table tennis technology pursues rotation, multi-round stalemate, single board quality, and Taiwan-wide attack. When the table tennis ball draws smooth curves in the air, it not only has beautiful visual effects, but also has extremely strong lethality. It is the most advanced playing method in the minds of contemporary players.
But what about raw rubber?
It can't create spin, it doesn't eat much spin, it can't hit a loop, and the ball it hits doesn't look good.
It is very fast. With the same force, it is 20 to 30 percent faster than the ball hit by reverse glue. However, the force attached to the ball is not that great, so it is not difficult for the opponent to catch the ball.
It sinks when hit, and is a little erratic, because what touches the ball is particles floating on the surface, so the uncontrollable deformation of the particles at that moment often creates strange balls that the hitter himself can't understand.
Although this kind of uncontrollability will cause your opponent to make mistakes in judgment, it will also make you commit suicide by catching the ball.
The most important thing is that it cannot fight a stalemate, and once it retires, it is a death, and it is almost inevitable for men's table tennis to retire.
No matter how you look at it, this is something that has long been eliminated by the times.
But after all, He Jingping is not an ordinary coach who only knows how to follow the script. He is a master of his generation and has the vision to see through the essence.
So he thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that if Luo Jiu were to use this rubber, there would be no problem in theory.
If your backhand is weak, then you should avoid fighting with the opponent for spin. You can choose to flick quickly and use speed to break the spin - this kind of flick can even be used as a reference to the straight backhand push and block in the specific operation.
And when the ball returns to the forehand, Luo Jiu's excellent feel allows him to never lose in the forehand stalemate.
When you are not backing off the table, you can either hit the forehand on the table or the backhand on the table.
When you step back from the stage, you can hold the forehand loop ball. If you must use your backhand, you can also cut a board.
The ball cut out of raw rubber is erratic and has a weird trajectory. Although the turnover rate is high, doesn't it also make it more difficult for the opponent to catch the ball?
Although loops and bounces are two completely different systems, with different requirements for wrist movements and force generation methods, He Jingping believes that with Luo Jiu's talent, he should be able to blend these two relatively awkward things together.
And when the combination is successful, Luo Jiu's opponent will be the awkward one.
Anyone playing with Luo Jiu in the future will have to deal with two completely different golf courses at the same time.
Of course, the biggest significance of Wang Chao's proposal is that it really solves the left-hand connection problem of Luo Jiu.
Isn't the so-called smooth connection essentially just a word for fast?
In this world, is there any glue that is faster than raw glue?
No.
He Jingping kept taking deep breaths, trying hard to suppress the emotions that were about to surge up in his heart. Finally, with some unbelievable speculation, he asked in a low voice, "What about your playing style this afternoon..."
"That's right, I learned it from you."
Wang Chao smiled calmly, "Didn't you say that you accepted me as your disciple just because Luo Jiu defeated Sun Tianlong? So I was thinking if I could help Luo Jiu find the problem. I have been watching his game videos recently, and after watching many games, I suddenly felt that his playing style is very good, and I like it very much."
He Jingping opened his mouth but said nothing.
He was already a little numb.
If Wang Chao showed outstanding talent and skills during the day, then Wang Chao at this moment is already a bit like a monster.
Under the dim light of the dormitory, he carefully looked at the young man's features, as if he wanted to see through some extraordinary existence hidden under his skin.
Of course he couldn't see anything.
So He Jingping could only laugh at himself in the end, thinking that he was probably ignorant.
Maybe a real genius can really reach this point...
Not only did I learn my own style of play, I also found the problem with Luo Jiu...
Who should He Jingping talk to to reason with this?
"I'm also lucky, because I've been practicing the straight forehand during this period, and it just so happens that the public racket provided by Mingyue Stadium is made of raw rubber particles. I thought it was good when I used it last time, so when I customized the racket, I specifically asked for the raw rubber on the reverse side."
Wang Chao gave He Jingping a reasonable reason. "Then I discovered that raw rubber is actually more interesting than I thought, and it can also solve Luo Jiu's problem."
Thanks to "Fengzhuyuzhu" and "Wulangmei" for their monthly votes. Let me tell you an interesting story by the way.
In the first chapter, I made up a fictional poet named Zhang Songfei, who wrote a poem called "The water warms the duck and the fat duck calls quack." I said that "the first half is incomprehensible, and the second half is the finishing touch." As a result, many people were curious about what the other three lines were. Of course I don't know, but since everyone is interested, I tried to fill it out. My talents are sparse and my knowledge is shallow, so I should just use my advice to attract others. The poem says: When the weather is cold and the ground freezes, a bird flies; when the water is warm, a fat duck cries quack. The poultry is content with its fruit, and the wild bird still remembers last year's flowers.
The general meaning is that domestic ducks live a comfortable life and grow fat, while wild crows have a hard time finding food. But when the ducks are slaughtered and eaten next year, the crows still remember the warmth of spring last year. Well, it probably means to warn you not to settle for pleasure after hard work. If you get too fat, you will be eaten during the Chinese New Year!