Recently, news came from Germany that the famous Japanese table tennis player Zhang Benzhihe has joined the German club Ulm and will participate in this year's Bundesliga and the Champions League, and his teammates are Ochalov of Germany, Moregold of Sweden, and Lin Yunru of Taiwan.
Because Russian clubs are sanctioned by the European Table Tennis Association, many table tennis celebrities have been forced to leave the Russian league and join other countries. But what I didn't expect was that Japan's "T League", which has always aimed to "build the world's first table tennis league", also let go of famous players such as Zhang Benzhihe this time, plus Ito Mimako who has not participated from beginning to end, Ishikawa Yoshinori and Lin Yunru, who have appeared less and less, and the Japanese T League is about to sunset, and there is not much competitiveness.
However, for Zhang Benzhihe, the most fundamental reason for participating in the European League is probably to improve his own ability. In the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games, he has repeatedly lost to young people in Europe, which is simply unacceptable and incomprehensible to Zhang Ben, who has high ambitions. Zhang Ben's weakness lies in the forehand, his own speed is fast, but the strength is insufficient, and the European playing style is mostly power rotation, which is a good exercise and learning opportunity for Zhang Ben.
In addition, Zhang Benzhihe's teammate, Japan's national championship champion Yukiya Utada, also joined the European club one step ahead of him, which is probably a positive incentive for Zhang Benzhihe. In addition, the predecessor Mizutani Hayabusa also has the experience of "studying abroad" in Europe, and in the Japanese table tennis arena where the general forehand strength is weak, it may be a shortcut to go to Europe to develop more.
For the Chinese Table Tennis Association, on the one hand, it is necessary to pay attention to Zhang Ben's actions for development, and on the other hand, it may also have to pay attention to its own league. How to create a very attractive league, the various national table tennis associations seem to have taken many detours. India and Japan are the way to throw money to ask for foreign aid, can succeed once, but can not continue; the popularity of the European league lies in the formal operation, the classification is meticulous, from the top league played by professional players, there are many other levels, regional leagues, the participation of the crowd is not only professional top players, but also amateur golfers, I am afraid that this is a road worth learning from us.
As for the current stage of the Table Tennis Super League, running naked for many years, it is basically a "welfare game" in which enterprises and sponsors around the world give bonuses to national team members, in addition to attracting the participation of star players and ensuring a "high level", I am afraid that it is to attract celebrity fans to the scene, and there is not much practical value.
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