The selection method of national table tennis should be simple and clear, completely cancel the right of the coach to decide, and everything is subject to the direct competition
In recent years, the selection criteria for the Tianguo Table Tennis Asian Games have been questioned, and various conspiracy theories have also come out, and head coach Li Falcon has to clarify through the media that everything is operated in strict accordance with the announcement method. The author will not be like some extreme fans, talking nonsense without evidence, suspecting that there is a black box operation in the employment of national pingping; On the contrary, I subjectively absolutely believe in the fairness of the Table Tennis Association and National Table Ping. However, the author believes that the current selection method is really inappropriate, and the selection method should be made simpler and clearer, and everything is subject to the results of the direct competition.
The biggest controversy in the lineup of the Hangzhou Asian Games is that Olympic champions Ma Long and Chen Meng did not have the opportunity to play singles, and Wang Yidi, whose results were not convincing enough, was also a four-athlete, and many netizens bombarded the national table tennis selection for not being fair and open. In fact, the national table tennis has long announced the selection method, but it is slightly complicated, to see the results of the latest WTT Grand Slam sub-tournament, to see the latest world ranking, and even rumors that it is necessary to refer to the foreign victory rate, ordinary netizens do not have the patience to study carefully.
In my opinion, the selection of players with the latest ITTF world ranking points and international event reward points within the validity period is still a bit complicated, and some international events involving points who participates and who does not participate, where the right to decide is, and it is easy to misunderstand within the fan group. It is better to hold a direct tournament before the Olympics and other world series, and the direct race ranking will determine the participation in the Olympic Games and other world series. European and American countries in their own advantage project is basically the Olympic selection competition to determine the winner or loser, so simple and transparent, no one can say anything.
Some people may say that a straight-through race is too accidental and unfair to elite athletes. But in fact, this is the charm of sports, isn't the Olympic Games held once, is it possible to avoid accidental events, Olympic table tennis to be held several times? Moreover, national table tennis has formed a monopoly in the world, which is actually not conducive to the spread and popularization of this sport, so if a fortuitous event occurs, we send players who are not the first to participate in the Olympics, but it may be a good thing, which will make the competition more suspenseful and exciting.
Some fans will ask, what if you look at the results of a direct match and select a player with an average outside winning percentage? Selecting players based on foreign combat results is not in itself in the Olympic spirit, and is tantamount to establishing some kind of advantage through institutional intervention. And this kind of small calculation and careful machine will pull down the international image of Guoping, you are so strong, and play Sun Tzu's art of war, foreigners must be uncomfortable in their hearts.
The direct race decides everything, the benefits are obvious, a battle will determine life and death, everyone can see it very clearly. And maybe the cruel through tournament will become a table tennis event with higher attention than the Olympic Games, generating commercial value and social sensation, which is conducive to the take-off of the table tennis industry. After all, the level of table tennis players in world competitions such as the Olympic Games is uneven, and the direct tournaments are all domestic elites, and the venues are hearty and thrilling.
In the world's truly highly developed and highly professional individual sports, coaches should not have any decision-making power, such as tennis, coaches are all working children hired by stars. If table tennis wants to improve its status as a river, it must also go professional, the role of national table tennis coaches should be to help players improve their technical and tactical level, as for who participates in what competition, there should not be any right to decide, even the right to suggest.