Match point

Chapter 1227
Technical ability and tactical literacy are a relationship that interacts with each other to promote and promote each other.

Players from the North American training system lack sufficient technical ability. Naturally, tactical literacy also loses the soil for germination and growth——

Simply put, the "ball quotient" is touching.

Most of the time, when the first set of plans doesn’t work, I don’t know how to play the ball. Use force, force, or force. They also had no choice, and continued to exert their strength blindly.

Simple, direct, brutal, straight.

Lack of change.

A pure "muscle" workout, one that's quick but clumsy.

In fact, there is no curse in saying this, but the objective reality is that the players in the North American training system are indeed "stupid". Here we are talking about "ball quotient" rather than "IQ" or "emotional quotient."

It is precisely because of this that the North American training system is called "power flow"; and based on this training system, people in the industry have also proposed a new idea——

Basic skills should start with clay.

The reason is equally intuitive, from footsteps to tactics, from rotation to strength, the requirements of clay court are very diverse, and players are required to pay attention to changes all the time.

Even the batting style is different.

They are also forehands. In addition to blindly hitting with force, you can also find many different ways of shooting, enrich your tactics from the aspects of rotation, rhythm, strength, etc., and finally achieve the goal of changing the entire game.

Strength is not something that can be fresh on clay. Naturally, the basic skills training requirements on clay are more diverse and richer, and it can also evolve different possibilities according to the player's own quality, style, type, and talent, and the entire style of play is rich. Diversify to form a virtuous circle.

Of course, the European training system also has a powerful style of play, such as del Potro, such as Wawrinka, such as Karlovic, and so on.

However, compared with the North American training system, the players trained in Europe have obviously diverse styles and types. Players of different heights, shapes and talents can find their own game styles, and various hitting techniques and game styles are naturally recognized. Categorized under "Technology Stream".

Look at Federer and Nadal, although their forehand attacks are very entertaining, but the skills and tactics of both players are very rich and diverse. Whether they are leading or trailing, they can change their tactical routines through different hitting styles and techniques , and then build your own strengths.

It is precisely because of this that people in the industry have always firmly believed that the "Big Four" are all technological streams.

and!

The basic skills trained on clay are applicable to all venues. When going to hard courts and grass courts, you can also switch according to your own technical characteristics; but conversely, the basic skills trained on hard courts may not be applicable on clay courts or grass courts. Both venues are useless.

At the same time, the same is true for the movement of footsteps. The footsteps trained on clay are light, flexible, and highly applicable, and can quickly adapt to hard or grass; Come, otherwise, as Sharapova said, "cows on ice".

The first 21 years of the 20st century also proved this development trend. Professional players in Europe have risen in an all-round way. Even if the Big Four are not discussed for the time being, a large number of new-generation outstanding players have emerged in countries such as France, the Czech Republic, and Italy, and even small countries such as Greece, Hungary, and Slovakia are no exception.

On the other hand, players from the North American training system have completely declined——

Even though there are more and more hard-court courts and hard-court events around the world, they have not been given more space to play.

On the contrary, the players who were born on clay court gradually took off the hat of "clay court experts", and their performance on hard courts and grass courts is getting better and better.

It is precisely because of this that the rise of the Big Four was just the beginning. Later, the entire professional tennis world formed a "world VS Europe" pattern. Even the later Laver Cup team competition was divided into the world group against the European group. It can be seen that Europe Talented people come out in large numbers, and they have completely become the center of the world tennis circle.

Relevant discussions have become a consensus in the industry in 2020 and 2021, and Gao Wen heard about it more than once when watching the live broadcast of the game.

But it is one thing to talk about it on paper, and Gao Wen also knows the existence of such a theory; it is quite another thing to experience it personally——

Even training is not as good as it is. Only when you really stand on the field and start a real battle with real knives and guns can you deeply feel the essence of theory.

Gao Wen himself came from the North American training system, but the point is that he is very special——

His strength is not his strong point, including his serve, and he did not give full play to his height advantage. However, he was trained as a technical player because of his talent in touch. He enriched his game with different hitting techniques. Find a living space in it.

In fact, according to the development curve of the previous life, no matter whether Gao Wen injured his knee or not, it would be very difficult to survive in the NCAA and it would be difficult to open up the situation.

The reason is very intuitive. Even though Martin looks at Gao Wen differently, it is difficult for Gao Wen to win the living space in the NCAA arena where the power flow is rampant. The space for growth and development will be gradually compressed. The style of play has been wiped out before.

Geelong and McDonald are the best examples of comparison.

They also have objective shortcomings in terms of physical talent. Although they have invested a lot of time in basic skills and improved their competitiveness in the NCAA, after turning to the professional arena, they are relatively short of strength on the one hand and not diverse enough in technology on the other. , competitiveness will not keep up with the trend.

In fact, Geelong and McDonald have been persisting and working hard. By 2021 and 2022, they will successively rank among the top [-] in the world rankings, and they can also win many times in Grand Slams and Masters. It is very difficult to pass the third round, they are Gao Wen's template.

To be precise, they are the upper limit of Gao Wen after he developed smoothly in his previous life. More realistically, Gao Wen may not reach their height.

However, after winning the second chance again, thanks to the help of the system, Gao Wen's short board in strength was made up for, and at the same time, it also provided room for the growth of technology flow, so a whole new world was laid out before his eyes ——

At the beginning of the NCAA, Gao Wen had a hard time facing powerful players, but he completely reversed the situation in the National Championship. This is a very intuitive experience.

This is what Gao Wen got from his first clay court match today:

Basic skills.Basic skills.Basic skills.

Even though he has worked very hard and spent a lot of time on basic skills, the gap will be highlighted when he really enters the clay court.

(End of this chapter)