In daily life, when we talk about a teacher's teaching ability, we usually talk about the achievements of the students they lead, and this student is better taught by his hands, rather than stealing the fruits of other people's labor, or changing teachers halfway.
In the field of table tennis, the best proof is that this player has followed this coach since his debut, and then both the master and apprentice have achieved particularly good results.
Ma Lin did not have particularly outstanding disciples, and the two apprentices he was most proud of were Liu Shiwen and Chen Meng.
When Liu Shiwen followed Ma Lin, she had already won 4 World Cup women's singles championships and was an athlete who had been famous for a long time.
When Chen Meng followed Ma Lin, she had already won more than 20 open championships and was known as the queen of the open tournament. Therefore, Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen cannot be regarded as Ma Lin's true disciples, but only as a half-way partner's master-apprentice relationship.
And the reason why Marin is so eager for Grand Slams, in addition to not winning the Grand Slam himself, he is more eager to bring out Grand Slam players.
It's a pity that under his leadership, Liu Shiwen didn't even qualify for the Olympic women's singles, and Chen Meng still lacked a World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion.
By the way, there is also a sharp contrast, that is, when the Singapore Grand Slam, Ma Lin was the on-site coach, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong were all guided out by him. Xu Hui, who had no guidance experience, actually pushed Qian Tianyi, who had average ability, to the throne of the runner-up.
One more thing to add: Marin has twice served as an off-court coach, allowing her two big players to lose to Szokos. One time was Chen Meng, and the other time was Chen Xingtong.
Wang Hao's current most proud disciple is Fan Zhendong. Under his leadership, Fan Zhendong won 4 World Cup men's singles championships and 1 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championship. Because Wang Hao does not like to take risks when he plays, and pursues stability in every ball, he failed to win the Olympic men's singles championship, but the Olympic men's singles three consecutive runners-up are enough to prove that he can stand at the peak of the world table tennis scene for 12 years!
Now Wang Hao has been promoted and become the head coach. Fan Zhendong's coach has also changed. I don't know if he can create brilliance again and win the men's singles championship of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships! After all, the middle generation of national table tennis now relies on him to support the scene!