Beijing time on February 4, 2022 news, Zhu Shihe, who won the men's singles runner-up and the men's team runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships, officially retired, and the chipper has a relatively brilliant career and has been widely recognized. After retiring, Joo Se-hyuk then became the head coach of Korean men's table tennis, and the pressure was of course very great. When he was an athlete, Zhu Shihe once played against Ma Long, Wang Hao and other national table tennis players, and now he has to face these former opponents as a coach and stage another fight.
In recent years, the South Korean team has not performed well and cannot be associated with the former table tennis power, in which case the Korean Table Tennis Association can only adjust the coaching staff. After the Tokyo Olympics, Korean men's table tennis and Korean women's table tennis have changed coaches, and the head coach of Korean men's table tennis is 42-year-old Zhu Shihe, although everyone is familiar with Zhu Shihe, this is still a very unexpected decision, after all, Zhu Shihe has no coaching experience.
Some fans also said that Zhu Shihe has not announced his retirement, often participates in table tennis competitions, and did not expect him to directly serve as the head coach of Korean men's table tennis. In the face of the fans' questions, Zhu Shihe posted: Although it is very sad and regrettable now, it has been decided that another challenge for me has begun. Zhu Shihe officially announced his retirement and then started his coaching career, the starting point is indeed very high, and the pressure is indeed very large.
Obviously, Zhu Shihe is an excellent table tennis player with excellent results. He once played the role of a dark horse in the World Table Tennis Championships, winning the men's singles runner-up, and the chipper won the men's singles runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships, which is really not easy. As a core player in Korean men's table tennis, he has helped the Korean team to reach the podium in the team world table tennis championships and other international competitions many times.
National table tennis is also very familiar with Zhu Shihe, after all, many times, Zhu Shihe has defeated Ma Long on the stage of the World Table Tennis Championships, and also lost to Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Zhang Jike, whether at the peak or the trough, Zhu Shihe has always been the main opponent and key research object of national table tennis. Next, Zhu Shihe will face the national table tennis and Liu Guoliang as a coach, Ma Long is still continuing his career, Wang Hao is Fan Zhendong's coach, meet again, it should be more cordial, right?
The current main players of Korean men's table tennis are Lee Sang-so, Jeong Young-sik and Jang Woo-jin, who have a certain degree of competitiveness, but it is difficult to compare with national table tennis. Zhu Shihe needs to train more young players to lay the foundation for the Paris Olympic Games, And Zhu Shihe, who has no coaching experience, is indeed under pressure, can he lead the Korean men's table tennis out of the trough? Let's wait and see!