Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 77: Choosing a sparring partner, Kong Fengge: Genius is just the threshold to meet Li Ying

Li Ying looked at the list of players announced by the Xiaguo national table tennis team.

"Brother Qian, is the national team so eager? It's fine if Longfenggui is going, but why are Su Yan, Dou Yang, and Liu Geng also among them? And, there are also the three young masters from 92."

"Isn't it a bit excessive for our Xiaguo National Table Tennis Team to send nine players to a small Serbian Open?"

In the dormitory, when Chen Daqian came to find Li Ying, Li Ying looked at the list published in the group on his mobile phone and couldn't help but complain.

From the Xiaguo national table tennis team, only Li Ying, Meng Li and Ma Qing will not go to the Serbia Open.

Li Ying remembered.

This open tournament is just the lowest level two-star open tournament.

In terms of status, it is completely inferior to the three-star German Open, Qatar Open, Korea Open and Ryuo Open.

As for the Xiaguo Open, it is held twice a year and is the highest four-star open tournament.

Arguably, second only to the World Series.

In the ITTF system, they are on par with continental competitions.

At least.

The popularity of the Xiaguo Open is no less than that of the Asian Cup and the Asian Championships.

of course.

Not as good as the Asian Games held every four years.

"What's so strange about this? It's all for training. If Meng Li and Ma Qing hadn't just competed in the Qatar Open, they would have gone there to train through the competition."

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "Training is very boring. I think you are the only one in the national team who enjoys such boring and hard training."

"Even strong people like Meng Li and Ma Qing are resistant to this kind of boring training. Including me in the past. However, facts have proved that this kind of training is really useful in laying the foundation."

"Especially the table tennis skills training, like your special move 'changing line' this time, I think it has everything to do with your usual hard training."

"If you don't practice the basic skills regularly, you won't be able to master so many table tennis tricks. Now, Aying, you are the player with the most tricks in the national table tennis team."

Li Ying smiled.

If I didn't have the phrase "God rewards hard work", and I couldn't see positive feedback anytime and anywhere, I might not be able to persist in doing so much boring training.

But with the blessing of God rewarding hard work, every bit of effort, every drop of sweat will eventually improve the table tennis skill score, and ultimately drive the overall strength.

Although each championship can increase the strength score to 0.1 points, in fact, there are still decimal points after each 0.1, and these are all improved through training.

"Brother Qian, what do you want to talk to me about?" Li Ying said with a smile.

"The head coach just told me to pick a sparring partner for you from the second team. Your original sparring partner, Yu Xuejian, is currently preparing for the World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles. He focuses on that all day and doesn't have much time to serve as your sparring partner."

Chen Daqian smiled.

"Just make the decision with the head coach. I don't care. Besides, I'm not familiar with the second team right now. I'll follow your opinions no matter who you decide."

Li Ying thought it was a trivial matter.

"Aying, it's different. Your identity and status are different now, you have to adapt. Let's go, the second team has already lined up and assembled."

Chen Daqian said this, and Li Ying quickly stood up.

training base.

The members of Team 2 got together and were all very excited.

"Hello, Brother Ying!"

When Li Ying appeared in front of the second team members, they all shouted in unison.

"We are all brothers from the national team, you are welcome. I need a sparring partner. All the players from Team One will participate in the competition, so I will select one from Team Two."

"But I'm not familiar with you guys. I initially wanted the head coach and my supervisor to find someone for me, but they disagreed and insisted that I choose one myself."

"In that case, since you guys are here, I will play a game with each of you. After the game, I will have a clear idea."

Although Li Ying is now a main player of the first team, he once came from the second team.

The members of Team 2 felt very comfortable listening to Li Ying's words.

then.

Li Ying played against his teammates from Team 2 one after another, and the Team 2 took turns to play.

After playing a game with all the members of Team 2, Li Ying chose to be a sparring partner.

Li Ying chose Lin Wangyuan, a new member of the second team who was also from Lingnan team.

Lin Wangyuan was very happy.

He is only 14 years old this year.

He has just joined the national second team.

But he never expected that he would be chosen by Li Ying to be a sparring partner.

"Brother Ying, I will work hard and will not let you down." Lin Wangyuan said excitedly.

"Train hard, the Lingnan team will still rely on us in the future." Li Ying said with a smile.

Li Ying has selfish thoughts in his heart, but not much.

but.

Li Ying would naturally be happy to train Lin Wangyuan and enhance the strength of the Lingnan team.

Li Ying never expected this.

Morning time.

He then chose a sparring partner.

result.

During lunch.

Lingnan provincial team head coach Meng Enming called.

"Ah Ying."

Li Ying was very respectful when he received the call from Meng Enming.

Although Chen Daqian was his head coach in the national team, Li Ying was also very close to Meng Enming.

after all.

Meng Enming is not only Li Ying's mentor, but also his teacher who devoted all his efforts to teach Li Ying table tennis techniques when he was a child.

"Teacher, you get the news really quickly!" Li Ying exclaimed with a smile.

"Aying, you are now in the national team. It can be said that your every move is not only watched by foreign table tennis associations. I don't know how many people in the country are also silently watching your every word and action." Meng Enming said with a smile.

"Wangyuan is also quite strong, and I also want to train a few more talents for the Lingnan team. After all, I will need to fight side by side with the brothers of the Lingnan team in the national championships and the National Games in the future."

Li Ying understood in his heart what Meng Enming meant by calling.

"A Ying, this is what I want to say. I sent Wang Yuan to the national second team, but I didn't expect that the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang and your head coach Chen Daqian would let you choose your own sparring partner."

"So, I never thought of recommending Wangyuan to be your sparring partner at first. After all, sparring is very important for your teammates."

"But now that you have chosen Wangyuan, you should give him more guidance. After all, I can relax a little more."

Meng Enming smiled.

"Teacher, I will." Li Ying agreed naturally.

after all.

This is also related to his personal interests.

After all, whether it is the National Championships or the National Games, the competition is very fierce.

and.

Li Ying also doesn't know how long Ma Qing can maintain his peak form, and he may not even be able to last until the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.

and so.

Our peak period is only one or two years. In the future, we will face top players from all over the country, so we cannot afford to lose in the team competition.

hang up the phone.

Lin Wangyuan said excitedly: "Brother Ying, is it Coach Meng calling?"

"Well, he has high hopes for you. You must work hard in the second team and strive to be promoted to the first team as soon as possible." Li Ying said with a smile.

"Brother Ying, don't worry, I will work hard." Although Lin Wangyuan is young, he knows that this opportunity is particularly rare.

Moreover, even though he is only 14 years old this year, he understands that if he is not from the Lingnan team, he would never be chosen by Li Ying as a sparring partner.

After dinner, the training officially began.

Lin Wangyuan served as his sparring partner, while Chen Daqian gave him instructions.

Every day's boring training begins like this.

But Li Ying enjoyed it.

after all.

You can see the improvement of various table tennis skills anytime and anywhere.

Even if the number increases slightly every day, the visible positive feedback after the effort is particularly fascinating.

Inside the training hall.

Not only Li Ying was sweating profusely, all the members of the national first team were also training.

after all.

The Serbia Open will not start until March 3th.

It’s only the end of February today, and there are still more than ten days of training left.

And soon.

Within the national table tennis team, a culture of involution has formed during training.

While eating.

The unicorn, dragon, phoenix and turtle sat together.

Li Ying asked in confusion: "Brother Long, Fengge, Brother Xu, what's wrong with you? Why are you so busy with your training? You get up so early every day to run and do physical training. After the training session in the evening, you still have to do extra training. Is there any law or justice?"

As soon as these words came out.

The dragon, phoenix and turtle all looked at Li Ying.

Li Ying's scalp tingled when he was looked at by the dragon, phoenix and turtle.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I don't have any training schedules. I just follow the routine every day. I never work overtime."

Li Ying quickly explained.

"Aying, you haven't rolled up yet? Who is praised every morning during the meeting? Unlike me, I always count the words the head coach scolds me!"

Xu Guinian said with no desire for life.

Hearing Xu Guinian's words, Liang Long and Kong Fengge couldn't help but laugh.

indeed so.

Anyway, whenever head coach Dong Yaobang trains any player, Xu Guinian will accompany him even if he doesn't make any mistakes.

"I strictly follow the training plan every day, unlike you guys who secretly do extra training."

Li Ying looked at the dragon, phoenix and turtle with disdain.

"If you don't practice more, are you just waiting to be pinned to the ground and trampled by you? In the men's doubles final of the Qatar Open, Aaron and Guinian were so strong that they thought they saw a chance to defeat you, but in the end they were still defeated by you." Kong Fengge said indignantly.

He thought that he had also been pressed to the ground and rubbed many times by Li Ying.

Li Ying shook his head, "I really admire you guys."

However, Li Ying did not want to practice more. After all, the body has its limits, and his body is still developing every day. If he practiced more every day, it would affect his physical growth.

If you practice more, the gain will not outweigh the loss.

Right now.

92 Third Young Master also came forward with a plate of food.

They have been training hard recently and are suffering a lot.

because.

Currently they are sparring partners for Meng Li, Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

"Brother Long, can you please not work so hard? I've had such a hard time during this period!" Yan An couldn't help but complain to Liang Long.

"Hey, you guys are all fine. I practice with you until late at night every day, and I'm the one who suffers the most!" Fang Bo sighed.

Recently, Kong Fengge was in a state of painful nirvana, and Fang Bo stayed with him until late at night every day.

"I am the one who has the hardest time. I have to play with Mengge every day. I am beaten so hard that my self-confidence is almost gone. Sometimes I can't help but wonder, should I continue to eat the bowl of table tennis for a living? I seemed to be a genius in the past, but why do I have no confidence at all now!"

When Zhou Yu spoke, he shook his head and tail, which was very funny.

"Genius!" Kong Fengge suddenly snorted, "Who can enter the national team without being a genius? But genius is just the threshold to meet Ah Ying!"

"No, why are you mentioning me for no reason?" Li Ying was eating and couldn't help but defend himself.

And at this moment.

Be it Liang Long, Xu Guinian, or the three young masters of 92, Fang Bo, Yan An, and Zhou Yu, they all agreed in their hearts and nodded quickly to express their absolute approval.

Li Ying: “???”

then.

Next up is dinner.

The Dragon, Phoenix, Turtle, and 92 Third Young Master seemed to have all been muted, and they remained silent.

End of night training!

Li Ying finished on time.

He completely ignored Liang Long, Xu Guinian and Kong Fengge who were practicing beside him.

Lin Wangyuan looked at Chen Daqian innocently.

"Brother Qian, does Brother Ying really not need extra practice? I can do it. I am not afraid of tiredness or hardship!"

Lin Wangyuan quickly expressed his opinion that although it was extremely hard for him to be a sparring partner when training with Li Ying every day, Lin Wangyuan cherished such an opportunity very much and felt that he could endure hardships.

"Don't worry about him. Go back and rest."

Chen Daqian naturally understood why Li Ying finished the training on time.

Li Ying returned to the dormitory, took a quick shower, changed his clothes, and went downstairs again.

There were not many people on the playground of the national team training base at night, and it was extremely quiet.

soon.

Wang Xianlan also came downstairs.

Start walking around the playground.

Wang Xianlan couldn't help but complain: "Xiaoying, I have a hard time every day. I have to complete a lot of training plans, and Coach Hou is very strict with me."

Although in her heart, Wang Xianlan knew that Hou Bingguang was doing this for her own good.

But she is only 18 years old now, still very young.

Therefore, even though she completed the training required by Hou Bingguang every day, it did not prevent her from complaining to Li Ying.

"Me too. Brother Qian also makes many special training plans for me every day, but they are all boring."

Li Ying understood that if he wanted to make Wang Xianlan happy, he had to say that his life was even harder than hers.

as predicted.

Wang Xianlan immediately became happy. Although Li Ying was not training with her, Wang Xianlan felt as if they were suffering together.

"Well, let's work hard together and try to win a Grand Slam after the 12 Olympics."

Wang Xianlan has been having a hard time recently because Hou Bingguang wants her to compete for the women's singles title at this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama.

Li Ying naturally understood the twists and turns involved, because in this World Table Tennis Championships, the female table tennis queen also wanted to win the women's singles championship, so that she could achieve the unprecedented double Grand Slam in women's table tennis.

If Hou Bingguang wants to prove himself, he must help Wang Xianlan become the women's singles champion of the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships.

Li Ying also supports Wang Xianlan.

after all.

If we fail to win this year, it does not mean that we will definitely win the 2011 World Championships.

Take Ma Qing for example.

In his second World Table Tennis Championships, he reached the men's singles final, but ultimately failed to win the championship.

To this day, Ma Qing has not won the men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships.

Three second place and one third place!
It is indeed glorious, but without the championship, it is useless.

(End of this chapter)