What traditional sport is table tennis?

Under the "positive" reports of major media, China people seem to have become numb to Guo Ping's power, while Guo Ping thinks of "rule, monopoly and omnipotence". Even if Guo Ping loses a game once in a while, the people of China will only think of "surprise", but they are unwilling to admit the strength of their opponents. # Guo Ping #

But in fact, table tennis is not always strong, and they have developed step by step from scratch. In this process, there were setbacks, valleys and confusion, and even a "collapse" situation almost appeared in the 1990 s, but they all survived in the end. After "reborn from the ashes", Guo Ping went all the way forward and achieved the status of "big brother" in table tennis.

198 1 In the spring of, Guo Ping participated in the 36th World Table Tennis Championships. Besides Guo Yuehua, Xie Saike, Cai Zhenhua, Shi Zhihao and Wang Huiyuan are all teenagers in their twenties. As expected, China men's table tennis team met Hungary, the last champion, in the final, and beat Hungary 5-2 after seven sets of fierce fighting. At the same time, China women's table tennis won the team championship unexpectedly.

In the subsequent men's and women's singles competition, Guo Ping succeeded in winning the championship and runner-up in all events, which was the first time that a team won seven gold medals since the establishment of the World Table Tennis Championships.

Since the World Table Tennis Championships, Guo Ping has opened a short peak period. During the three World Table Tennis Championships held from 1983 to 1987, Guo Ping became the absolute king in the field, winning six gold medals in each session, completely leaving other countries behind.

There is nothing wrong with saying that the peak is followed by the trough.

At the peak of six years, Guo Ping exposed two fatal problems, which directly caused their performance to plummet in the next seven years.

1. Old technology, lack of innovation

At that time, Guo Ping always insisted on using traditional direct pass and frontal fast break, but he didn't see the advantages of fast break combined with loop ball, or he didn't dare to try. At the same time, the European double-sided loop ball, represented by Sweden, has risen to a new height and is comprehensive and fast.

2. There is a big gap between domestic and overseas treatment and brain drain.

Guo Yuehua, the champion of the 36th and 37th World Table Tennis Championships, was invited to play in a German club with an annual salary of over100000 mark. Jiang Jialiang, the 38th and 39th world champion, only got 65,438+000 RMB. According to the foreign exchange calculation in 1980s and 1990s, Guo Yuehua's income is several hundred times that of Jiang Jialiang. The huge gap in treatment made the athletes at that time feel frustrated.

In addition, table tennis has a good mass base in China, and the competition for competition places is fierce every year. Only a few people can stand on the international stage. So some table tennis players choose to study abroad instead of going to other countries to participate in competitions, and these athletes who study abroad later have brought a lot of trouble to table tennis players on the field.

However, in 1987, Guoping did not realize the seriousness of these two problems. Until 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, table tennis entered the Olympic Games for the first time as a formal event, symbolizing the highest level of men's singles in the world, and none of China's men's singles players entered the top three.

Guo Ping's achievements in the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships also suffered a disastrous defeat. Not only did the men's team not get a gold medal in all events, but even the mixed doubles gold medal was not touched. Even the men's team was swept by Sweden with a big score of 5: 0 in the final. Fortunately, the women's team achieved eight consecutive championships, saving a little face for Guo Ping.

In the face of the poor performance of the national table tennis men's team, the national public opinion is fierce, saying that don't come back by plane after this fight, crawl back! At that time, the head coach of Guo Ping was very worried. His belt loosened several times, and he went bald almost overnight.

I didn't expect 199 1 to get worse in table tennis. The men's event not only failed to win a gold medal, but also reduced the ranking of the men's team to seventh place. The women's team also unexpectedly lost the team championship, ending the glorious history of eight consecutive championships.

Guo Ping has fallen to the lowest point in history! ! !

At one time, not only people were worried about the future development of Guo Ping, but even Guo Ping himself was a little confused. At this time, Cai Zhenhua returned home. His arrival not only prevented Guo Ping from losing, but even led Guo Ping back to the top in the 1995 World Table Tennis Championships.

How awesome is Cai Zhenhua?

Let's take a look at his achievements: 1979 World Table Tennis Championships, 198 1 36th World Table Tennis Championships, men's singles runner-up, 1983 37th World Table Tennis Championships, men's singles runner-up, 1985 mixed doubles champion.

Compared with his personal achievements, he is more famous for his teaching achievements. 65438-0985, Cai Zhenhua went to Italy as a public coach. It took only three and a half years to bring the little-known Italy to the seventh place in the World Table Tennis Championships, and raised the level of table tennis in Italy to a great level, and was called the godfather of table tennis by Italian table tennis circles.

Just after returning to China, Cai Zhenhua put forward a strategic concept of taking men's doubles as a breakthrough. At the same time, it has accelerated the pace of training new people and technological innovation, put forward the idea of "straightening out" in technology, and further advocated the traditional policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom". In terms of improving the treatment of players, various ways such as establishing clubs are adopted to ensure income and interests.

However, these ideas and policies really came into effect at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1995, and from 1965 to 1995. Two veterans, Ma and Wang Tao, took up the heavy responsibility of the men's table tennis team, while the women's team was Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong. (However, the women's team scored better and played more stably. )

In the darkest time of the men's table tennis team, Wang Tao and Ma always fought in the front line, drawing the most important existence for the China team. Although at that time, they often faced the situation of defeat and the doubts of Chinese people. But they persisted, fought alone in the "besieged on all sides", looked for hope in despair, and saved the vitality for China men's table tennis.

After several years' innovation and tempering, China men's table tennis has developed the straight-shot technique and improved the power of Chinese-style horizontal-shot. After several years' efforts, newcomers such as Wang Tao, Ma and Ding Song have become increasingly successful, while newcomers such as Kong and Liu have quietly emerged. China men's table tennis regained the strength to wrestle with European heroes.

1995 The 43rd World Table Tennis Championships was held in Tianjin. The battle at home, coupled with the humiliation of losing seven games in a row, made the men's table tennis team make an oath of "sharing weal and woe, defeating Sweden and vowing to win the Swahilin Cup" before playing.

On May 8th, the men's team Ma, Wang Tao and Ding Song will face Sweden's Waldner, persson and Carlson. After a bitter battle, although the old girl scored 2 points at the peak, the men's table tennis team in China each scored 1 point, and finally defeated Sweden 3-2, winning the Swissling Cup after six years.

Men's singles are not inferior. Kong first eliminated Gator, the singles champion of the last World Table Tennis Championships, with a score of 3-2, and then defeated Karlsson of Sweden in the semi-final and successfully advanced to the men's singles final.

Liu also eliminated Waldner, the only Grand Slam winner in the world table tennis at that time, with a score of 3-2, and then eliminated samsonov, who was also known as Xiao Sa at that time, to meet Kong in the final.

In the final, Kong defeated Liu 3-2, becoming the first world champion of China table tennis men's team on the horizontal bar, and Liu won the runner-up, thus opening the "Gemini" era of China men's table tennis.

Meanwhile, Wang Tao and Lv Lin won the men's doubles gold medal, and Wang Tao and Wei Liu won the mixed doubles gold medal.

The women's table tennis team is not inferior. Deng Yaping, Qiao Hong, Wei Liu and Joe defeated South Korea in the team battle and successfully defended their titles. Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong won the women's doubles championship; Deng Yaping won the women's singles championship.

After the World Table Tennis Championships in Tianjin, the national table tennis team really started the road to hegemony. During the 1 1 World Table Tennis Championships held from 1997 to 20 18, the national table tennis team won seven championships for four times, constantly writing new legends in table tennis. 1 1 Of the 77 gold medals produced in the World Table Tennis Championships, Guo Ping won 70.5, with an amazing advantage.

From 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games to Tokyo Olympic Games, there were 29 gold medals in seven Olympic Games, and Guo Ping won 27. Among them, five Olympic Games won all four gold medals, while women's singles, men's doubles and men's and women's team events never lost a gold medal.

Guo Ping's experience is also the legendary "double whammy, double whammy". Guo Ping, who has been reborn from the ashes, finally enjoys the pleasure of table tennis "leading the way".