Almighty Coach

After finishing his father ’s story, Zhu Feng finally talked about himself.

"My grandfather, and my father, put my hopes of entering the national team on me. When I was three, my grandfather started training me to play table tennis. To be honest, I could n’t remember what happened at that time. It ’s too clear. I just remember that Grandpa emptied the living room and bought a table tennis table there. At that time, I was not as tall as the table tennis table. "

"Later, not only my grandfather, my dad also joined the ranks of training me. I didn't go to kindergarten when I was a child. I usually train next to my grandpa when I was a kid, and my dad did the training on the weekend. Table tennis costs a lot of money, buy nutritional supplements, and ask the coach for guidance. My dad ’s salary and my grandpa ’s pension are almost all spent on me. ”

"At the age of seven, I started to participate in amateur table tennis competitions. At the age of eight, I got my first score. That was the champion of the children ’s table tennis competition in our city. It did n’t take long for me to be beaten The team player was then selected to the provincial youth team. At the age of 14, I was selected to the provincial sports team. "

"Shortly after I entered our provincial team, the coach of the national team came to select people. At that time, the coach from the national team was very optimistic about me, but at that time I had just joined the provincial team, so he did not take me immediately. Go to the national team, but let me practice another one or two years in the provincial team and accumulate more experience. "

"Since then, I started to work hard and train myself day and night. I know that my grandfather and my dad are eager to enter the national team. I don't want to let them down!"

"When I was sixteen, the people from the national team came again. This time it was another coach who came specifically to investigate me, but in the end, I was not selected by the national team."

Zhu Feng said here, a bitter look appeared on his face.

"Why?" Li Dai asked immediately.

"The coach of the national team thinks that I have insufficient strength, and they feel that my style of play is a bit behind. At that time, I was indeed very thin, short and thin, and my strength was not outstanding ..." Zhu Feng said suddenly. Then he said: "And my style of play was learned from my grandfather and dad. Their table tennis in that era is different from modern table tennis."

Li Dai nodded his head and expressed his understanding that in the past ten years, the International Table Tennis Association has been constantly changing the rules of table tennis competitions, and constantly using new types of table tennis equipment. The main purpose is to restrict the national table tennis team. Hope to break the national table tennis monopoly on table tennis.

These changes make the speed of table tennis **** slower, and holding the ball will become easier. Take the game ball as an example. In the past, small **** with a diameter of 38 mm were used, but now large **** with a diameter of 40 mm are used. Although the diameter difference is only 2 mm, the speed of the ball is 17% slower and the rotation is reduced by 23%. This makes the previous small, fast and flexible style of play also become outdated.

Twenty years ago, the world champions were basically players with very flexible bodies and extremely fierce styles of play. At that time, the most popular was a style similar to "Cheng biting a gold three-axe". If you beat your opponent's hands, you can solve the battle with five or six beats. It ’s almost impossible to hold together!

In particular, some short athletes, because they are short, move at a disadvantage, others take one step, short men need to take two steps, so they must deliberately pursue a fast and fierce style of playing, so as to master the initiative and not let The opponent took the nose. Once the long-term holding ball is held, or the initiative grasped by the opponent, the weakness of the short man will be amplified, and the possibility of losing the ball will surge.

However, today's table tennis cannot be played with the previous style of play. Modern table tennis requires not only skill and flexibility, but also sufficient power. Without power, the ball will not have speed and rotation, and the offense will not be fierce enough. The opponent can easily receive the ball and easily launch a counterattack.

When it comes to power and rotation, tall, long-span athletes certainly have an advantage. The strength of big players will be greater, which is the consensus of the entire sports world. Due to the principle of levers, the longer arm span also tends to give the ball more spin. So in the world championships in recent years, there is no such short player.

Zhu Feng's size is not high, less than one meter seven. For male players, it doesn't matter if it was placed 20 years ago. If it is now, it is definitely a disadvantage.

This height may not be shown in youth, but the disadvantage of height will become more and more obvious when athletes become adults.

This is the case of professional sports. No matter what kind of sports, the power of youth is not really powerful. Many children who seem to be very talented as a child will become obscure little people when they reach adulthood, and will eventually disappear to everyone. One of the most important reasons is the physical condition.

Engaged in sports in the youth, the physical requirements are not very high, and even the physical gap between teenagers is not very large. However, in adulthood, taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, the arms are not long enough, the legs are too short, the shoulders are too wide, the hands are not big enough, etc., will be further obstacles. As far as basketball is concerned, it is almost impossible to play professional basketball with a height of 1.8 meters. If the height is 2.2 meters, even if it does not play, there will be a basketball coach who will take the initiative to come to the door.

In addition, Zhu Feng's style of play is another issue.

Zhu Feng was trained by his grandfather and father. They used the styles of the last century. The Zhu Feng they trained naturally used outdated styles.

The pursuit of speed and fierce style of play, there is nothing wrong with it in the youth, enough for Zhu Feng to crush his peers, even if he arrived at the provincial team, Zhu Feng has become a star of hope with this style of play.

However, in the view of the coach of the national team, this play is indeed outdated, at least in the national team can not survive.

There are too many good players in domestic table tennis. Many young people are not as good as Zhu Feng, and their experience is not as good as Zhu Feng, but their physical conditions will be better and their potential is greater. The selection of coaches for the National Table Tennis Team is also about the potential of athletes, not an instant combat strength.

Because the national team is full of talents, the most important thing is the instant combat strength. Many athletes have stayed in the national team for seven or eight years, and have not yet waited for the opportunity to get up to the top. In the eyes of my coach!

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Just listen to Zhu Feng and then say: "After the coach of the national team left, I started to practice strength. I know that compared with the tall athletes, I have no advantage in strength. I only have to practice harder. Others practice for an hour. I ’ll practice for two hours! And in terms of play style, I also started to adjust, I started to use the power style ... "

"I heard coach Wang Ping say it!" Li Dai recalled, and then said: "Coach Wang Ping said that your strength is very good, the speed of the ball is very fast, and the rotation of the ball is also very strong. In this regard , Many tall players are not as good as you, and because of this, you are our team's NO.1! "

While Li Dai was talking, he also admired Zhu Feng in his heart. Although his physical talent was insufficient, he made up for it with his efforts. As far as strength is concerned, if he competes with big players, he has to put in several times of effort.

"There is no doubt that Zhu Feng is a very hard-working athlete. However, such a hard-working athlete, in order to enter the national team, uses the kind of crooked ways that bribe the coach. I really can't understand it. Perhaps, it is his heart to the national team The obsession is too deep! "Li Dai sighed silently.

Beside, Zhu Feng sighed: "My strength has indeed been practiced, and my style of play has also changed. I thought that in this way, I could enter the national team, but two years ago, the national team's coach came Selected, and I lost again. "

"What's the reason this time? If you were 18 years old two years ago, this age is not old. Shouldn't it be because of age?" Li Dai asked.

"It's flexibility. The coaches of the national team feel that my technical movements are too rigid. They think that my body's flexibility is not enough. This will affect many difficult technical movements and the consistency of technical movements. There is no question in this regard. "Zhu Feng replied.

"Is it because of strength training?" Li Dai asked immediately.

Zhu Feng nodded: "The coaching staff of the team has analyzed that the flexibility of the body decreased, it should be caused by the practice of strength."

Transitional strength exercises will definitely lead to a decrease in the flexibility of the body.

Many people may think that, like a male gymnast or a diving athlete, the body is full of muscles, and the eight abdominal muscles are not to mention, but they can still make difficult technical moves. The flexibility of the body is absolutely It is top-notch. This proves that muscular men can also have flexibility.

In fact, those difficult technical movements are all driven by strength, such as the aerial turns that gymnastics and diving can have. The completion of the movement does not depend on how flexible the body is, but on the large initial strength. , And waist and abdomen power in the air to complete.

And too much muscle training will also reduce the body's control. Many muscular sticks in the NBA have great physical talents, but they are not allowed to make free throws. It is also because of physical control problems. They have too much muscle and too much strength to control the strength of the free throw perfectly. , So there is always a penalty for not scoring.

In table tennis, flexibility is an essential physical quality.

Judging from the sports characteristics of table tennis, it is itself a fairly skillful sport. Especially in professional-level contests, because the speed of the ball is very fast, athletes have to make judgments in a very short time, and change a variety of fine shots. This requires the athletes ’joints to be flexible throughout the body, and the movement range is flexible. To do this, you must have strong body flexibility.

Judging from the technical development of table tennis, the handling of small **** in the stage has become more and more important. The good handling of small **** in the stage will be invincible even if it does not cause trouble to the opponent; If the ball is not handled well, even if there is no direct error, the flaw will appear and be caught by the opponent. To handle small **** in the table, you must have good body flexibility.

The flexibility of the body and the sensitivity, speed, strength and endurance of the athlete have a close relationship and influence, and these are essential elements for playing table tennis. Good body flexibility can increase the range of movements, improve the flexibility of joints and the elasticity of muscles, which makes the movements more labor-saving and also saves energy.

So for table tennis players, let alone lack of flexibility, even if the flexibility is not good enough, it will become a weakness.

The selection of coaches of the National Table Tennis Team is naturally excellent. Among the domestic table tennis reserves, the National Table Tennis Team has no worries and no one is selected. Even if there are only a few flaws in the athletes, the coach of the National Table Tennis Team will reject it. reason.

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Just listen to Zhu Feng and then said: "Since then, I have begun to try various trainings to enhance the flexibility of the body, but ..."

"But the effect is not obvious, right?" Li Dai interrupted Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng nodded: "It should be said that it has almost no effect. It is because I am too old. If I start practicing flexibility at this age, it is indeed a little late."

"Flexibility is indeed the main defect of Zhu Feng now." Li Dai secretly said.

Earlier, Li Dai detected Zhu Feng and already knew Zhu Feng's shortcomings. The training plan made by Li Dai for Zhu Feng is also focused on improving flexibility.

It's just that for a 20-year-old adult athlete, retraining the flexibility of the body is really difficult to achieve results. Like a female gymnast with the best body flexibility, he is probably at his peak when he is 14 to 16 years old, and he should retire after 18 years old. The main reason is also because at this age, even if he does more exercises It is difficult to improve the flexibility of the body any more, and it may even decline.

So Li Dai went on to say: "In the last few days of training, you should be able to feel that the training programs I made for you are all to improve your body's flexibility. For example, kick training between marches can develop hip flexion The flexibility ~ www.readwn.com ~ There are also knee loop training, kneeling and instep training ... "

Zhu Feng nodded: "I know, these are trainings to improve flexibility, but these trainings I have been doing before, but it has no effect. If I can't improve the flexibility of the body, then the national team will definitely not Pick me! "

"Because you can't improve the flexibility problem, you can't be selected by the national team, so you remember these crooked ways?" Li Dai said, pointing to the envelope with the bank card in Zhu Feng's hand.

Zhu Feng lowered his head in shame: "Sorry, Coach Li, I really want to go to the national team too. This is the dream of our three generations!"

"But this is not the reason for you to take the wrong way!" Li Dai repeated this sentence again, and then said: "If you work on your own, even if it is not selected by the national team, you are also an admirable athlete; But you want to spend money to enter the national team, even if you eventually enter the national team, I will look down on you! "

"I'm sorry, I really can't help it. I'm for my grandfather!" Zhu Feng raised his head in pain. "My grandfather was just diagnosed with lung cancer. I don't know how long he can last, but I hope that in his lifetime , Fulfill his wish, and let him go without regrets! "