There are fewer and fewer people playing table tennis in China. Do you know why?

I think backhand is difficult to get results, and backhand is mainly defensive, and the attack power is not strong. Backhand technique improves the offensive ability of backhand, but it is not particularly common among athletes. As a traditional style of play in China, the pen-and-hold style appeared on the field very early. However, with the prosperity of European athletes' double-sided anti-glue play. The strength of the traditional unilateral direct pass is not enough to compete with the European direct pass, which is the traditional play style of China team, and the strength of the traditional direct pass is not enough to compete with European athletes. If the direct attack is good, the competition results will be good, which shows that the direct attack athletes can often achieve good results.

There are many ways to hold a table tennis bat, including horizontal grip, straight grip and four-sided attack grip. China table tennis players usually use CS grip on the straight. The advantage of the straight board is that the wrist is relaxed when holding the racket, the soil in the table can be handled flexibly, and the three fingers on the opposite side can adjust the ball from the front with different movements. The forehand forward loop ball is the backhand, and the three fingers can completely press on the opposite racket face. At the same time, this forehand grip also has great problems. Backhand can only block, not attack. Push is a non-aggressive technology.

On the basis of the pen-and-hold, the China team added the backhand cross-hold technique of the pen-and-hold. This technique solves the problem that backhand can't attack well. On the straight shot, the opposite hitting position is only half the area of the whole row. So every hitting point must be in this area. At present, only Wang Hao, Xu Xin and Huang Zhenting are good at backhand crossing. Wang Hao and Huang's backhand skills are close to the strength of the horizontal board, and Xu Xin is mainly eccentric. This technique is quite difficult, and the backhand of the horizontal board player is naturally better than that of the horizontal board player.

I think there are fewer and fewer direct shots, and direct shots are still facing a crisis. Because of the human body structure, it is not easy to master the straight grip. Professional athletes usually learn table tennis from an early age. Children's hands are small and weak, so it is difficult to hold and control the shape, which leads to poor overall learning effect. Secondly, the straight grip requires greater body flexibility and reaction speed in order to adjust the body to a more suitable hitting position. People who practice backhand are very talented, and their wrists are particularly strong, while backhand is better. There are many people who practice backhand, and athletes will choose backhand. The horizontal racket has more advantages in this respect, and the direct racket is difficult to achieve results, and the direct racket selected for the national team is less and less.