On January 6, another national table tennis player announced his departure from the national team, he is matt, ending his 12-year national team career and starting a new life.
When he retired from the team, Matt took all kinds of reluctance, and after communicating with the team, he left the highest hall of table tennis, thanking the team for teaching him to play and be a person, and will pass on the spirit of national table tennis in the future.
Matt looks back on his national team career, since entering the national team in 2009, training and living with Olympic champions and world champions, every time he thinks about it, the time is vividly remembered, which is a valuable asset in life.
Making the decision to retire, Matt revealed the reasons, age, injury troubles and other factors intertwined, so that he could not systematically train to improve himself.
Retirement is not retirement. Matt said: "I leave the national team, I will not leave table tennis, I love this career, the next national games cycle, I will participate". The National Games, the National Championships, the Table Tennis Super League, fans will also see Matt fighting.
As a sharpshooter, Matt is very good, but the limitations of his playing style, he has not had many opportunities for international competitions, there are almost no opportunities for major competitions, and he often acts as a sparring partner to compete for gold and silver in the world championships.
Although leaving the national team, Matt firmly said: "No matter at any time in the future or any place, as long as the team needs me to assist in the preparation, I will report to the team as soon as possible, leaving the team does not mean retirement, I will not leave table tennis for the rest of my life." ”
If there is a call, it will return. This is Matt's sonorous oath, but also the oath of former national players who left the national team, like Hou Yingchao, Zhou Yu, Fang Bo and other players who have retired from the team, they have said that as long as the team has needs, it is incumbent on them to return to service.
The coach of the national table tennis men's and women's teams also said that the door of the national team is always open to them.
It is worth mentioning that Matt won the Olympic Simulation Mixed Doubles Championship with Liu Fei in May last year, and his partner Liu Fei announced his withdrawal last year, and with Matt's retirement, the "double cut combination" has become a good memory.
In the Wenzhou training camp before the World Championships last year, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu participated in the "gender war", matt also came to the sidelines to watch the game, and after the game, he analyzed and reviewed with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, and pointed out the cutting ball.
National table tennis to play the ball, the level does not seem to be as good as before, if there is an opportunity, I hope matt can transform into a coach, guide young players to improve the ability to cut the ball.