On March 12, in the first round of the men's singles competition of the WTT Table Tennis Grand Slam Tournament held in Singapore, Xu Xin easily swept the host player Zhou Zheyu with a score of 11-3, 11-1, 11-7, but the focus after the game focused on Xu Xin's request by coach Qin Zhijian to "release water" and give the host player face.
In the first two sets of the game, after Xu Xin won 11-3 and 11-1 very easily, qin Zhijian, the coach who commanded the court, explicitly asked Xu Xin to "put some water", and Xu Xin obeyed the order and listened to the command. But in the third set after that, Xu Xin's mentality after releasing the water was instantly relaxed, making the "python" seem to be unable to fight, he once fell behind 1-5 in the third set, when the opponent asked for a timeout, Xu Xin told Qin Zhijian: "I put a little bit, I feel that I will not fight!" ”
After that, Xu Xin tightened up again and began to return to full strength, and finally achieved a reversal in this game, winning 11-7 and finally winning with a total score of 3-0.
In response to Xu Xin's request by the coach to concede the ball, and the sudden change of mentality after letting the ball relax, which affected his next game, many fans once again discussed the "question of whether to give the ball in official competitive sports competitions".
This is obviously divided into two very different views: one is to recognize the practice of Qin Zhijian and Xu Xin, believing that under the formation of strength and crushing, or winning is basically safe - such as when the game is 10-0, points can be allowed to give the opponent face.
The second is to think that there is no need to consider what "gives the ball", which in essence, does not really give the opponent face, but in essence, it is a certain degree of "humiliation" to the competitors, and the other party's heart may not really appreciate it.
What's more, if the opponent's level is higher, it is likely to cause the giveaway to turn the game in the next game, then the water releaser will give people the so-called "face", but lose their own "inside".
Regarding the phenomenon of "water release" in sports competitions, it is actually widespread - especially in the Chinese table tennis world, once this kind of "letting the ball or releasing water" has become an unwritten rule, that is, because our strength is too strong, so when the opponent is beaten to 10-0, it is basically required or actively released the opponent.
For example, when Zhang Yining played against Japan's Ai Fukuhara, in order to stop crying and speak a fluent Northeastern dialect "porcelain doll", the "Great Devil" obviously deliberately gave up a goal.
However, today's Chinese table tennis industry seems to have begun to change this concept of deliberately letting go of the ball, which is mainly due to Liu Guoliang's dominance in concept, he asked Chinese players to keep playing even against their teammates, do not consider the problem of letting go, which directly led to the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, in the women's singles semifinals and finals, Liu Shiwen has won teammates Ding Ning and Chen Meng, each playing a round of 11-0!
People also compared the World Championships held in China, Liu Shiwen in the lead of Ding Ning's good situation, due to Ding Ning's sudden foot and suspension, after which the "little jujube" was greatly affected, but eventually lost, achieved Ding Ning's world championship - and this time Liu Shiwen gave Ding Ning, Chen Meng each an 11-0 round, she won the World Championship women's singles championship for the first time, which seems to show: insist on not letting go of the ball, maintain the same concentration and mentality as always, more conducive to the state of the players to maintain and play.
If it really does not have any impact on the outcome of the game, of course, "water release" can also exist, for example, in a football game, 10 goals are scored, and then the water is released to collect the kick, which obviously has no impact on themselves, and also preserves physical fitness, easier to avoid injury, and at the same time gives the opponent a face. But like table tennis, if the difference in strength is not very large, giving way to one round, but it may affect the next round, then such a release of water, in fact, is not necessary!
At the same time, from the root of human psychology, is "giving the ball" itself really to give the opponent face?
The handicap, on the one hand, makes the giver have a more powerful image of the manifestation, and there seems to be a sense of superiority that seems to occupy the moral high ground; in the face of such invisible pressure, the opponent superficially gets the so-called face, but the heart is actually not comfortable - especially for professional table tennis players, especially in the case of the level difference is not very large, the deep heart of the lethal is actually an uncomfortable and painful state, so it is difficult for them to thank the giver from the heart.
Therefore, in the regular table tennis competition, even if our Chinese players are super strong, there is no need to deliberately let the ball go! —— Just like Xu Xin conceded a goal to the opponent and then eliminated the opponent, how much face can this give the host Singapore? What if you lose? That's called "losing the lady and folding the soldiers"! 【Original Review: Yu said that hugh】