In table tennis, in addition to offense, defense is also very important, and when it comes to defense, you have to mention the chipper.
Nowadays, because the International Table Tennis Federation keeps increasing the size of the table tennis ball, and at the same time changing the material of the glue, resulting in a greatly reduced rotation, there is almost no chipper in the Chinese table tennis team.
But the former chipper is also an indispensable presence for the Chinese team, and even helped the Chinese team win the World Series championship as a "wonder soldier".
Today, we will tell the story of Fan Ying, the former "No. 1 chipper" of Chinese women's table tennis:
One
On February 12, 1986, Fan Ying was born in an ordinary family in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province.
Neither of Fan Ying's parents were involved in sports, so when Fan Ying was a child, her parents never wanted to train her to become a professional athlete.
The reason why Fan Ying embarked on the road of table tennis is because her grandparents' house is relatively close to Bachaxiang Primary School, a famous traditional table tennis school in Zhenjiang, so Fan Ying has been studying in Bachaxiang Primary School since she started preschool.
In addition to this reason, Fan Ying was a little baby fat when she was young, and she was also a sports layman.
At that time, Fan Ying was the only one in the class who couldn't jump rope, and the angry Fan Ying's father held a hanger to scare her, telling her to practice skipping rope in the yard.
Therefore, Fan Ying just started practicing table tennis, and the most important thing is that her parents want her to lose weight.
In this way, from the beginning of preschool, Fan Ying and other children began to study in the morning, live in the dormitory at noon, and train together to play table tennis in the afternoon.
Although she has not had any sports cells since she was a child, Fan Ying learns table tennis very quickly, and Fan Ying is faster than other children of the same age from the very beginning.
However, at that time, Fan Ying, including her parents, had no idea of letting Fan Ying embark on the road of table tennis, just because Fan Ying's parents were busy with work, so Fan Ying had been growing up with her grandparents.
And my grandparents' house is not only close to Bachaxiang Primary School, but also not far from Zhenjiang Gymnasium, so Fan Ying often moved around this area when she was a child.
Until the first grade of primary school, Fan Ying's training in table tennis was in a state of "having no match", and her mother even enrolled her in piano lessons when she enrolled in interest classes.
This situation continued until the second grade, because of the increase in classes, Fan Ying's parents asked Fan Ying to choose one of table tennis and piano lessons as a hobby to continue to cultivate, after all, a person's energy is limited.
Fan Ying couldn't sit still when she was a child, so Fan Ying chose table tennis by herself, and since then, Fan Ying's table tennis training has become formal, with classes every morning, training in primary school in the afternoon, and going to the gymnasium on Saturdays and Sundays.
As mentioned earlier, Bachaxiang Primary School is a famous table tennis school, so the school leaders also attach great importance to table tennis training, not only have a good indoor table tennis hall but also have full-time coaches.
Therefore, as Fan Ying got on the right track on the road of table tennis, she also began to be noticed by the school leaders.
In the year when Fan Ying was in the second grade, Zhenjiang Table Tennis School began to form the next cycle, that is, the children's team to participate in the 14th Jiangsu Provincial Games, and came to Bachaxiang Primary School to select good seedlings.
Wu Fulin, the principal of Zhenjiang Table Tennis School at that time, took a fancy to the flexible Fan Ying: "At that time, in the second grade, I thought she had better quality and flexibility in all aspects, so I picked her and picked her to train just to try it, but after playing for a month or two, I saw that she trained harder, as if she was born to like to play, and she worked harder as soon as she got on the stage." ”
In this way, Fan Ying began to go to Zhenjiang City Table Tennis School to train, get up at 5 o'clock every morning, her parents sent her to the table tennis school for training, practice for an hour and then return to the school to take cultural classes, and then go to the table tennis school for basic skills training after school in the afternoon.
Since then, Fan Ying has not only been training during winter and summer vacations, but also has been accompanied by the table during holidays, including the Spring Festival.
Two
Before entering Zhenjiang Table Tennis School, Fan Ying learned ordinary attacking and playing.
One day, she and a little friend were called by a coach of the table tennis school to do a few movements, Fan Ying followed the coach's movements and gestures a few times, but she didn't expect to play more balls than her friends, and since then Fan Ying has changed to this strange action to play (that is, chipping).
Fan Ying's mother later recalled in an interview when her daughter practiced table tennis: "Playing table tennis is really very hard, plus Fan Ying still cuts the ball and pays more, it can be said that Fan Ying's childhood basically does not have the happiness of her peers, every day is spent in tears and sweat, you have to train before dawn in the morning, if you don't train for a day, the coach can't get through, she always feels that something is missing if she doesn't train for a day." ”
In 1996, the Jiangsu Provincial Junior Sports School organized a training camp for the 1984~1985 age group, Fan Ying was born in 1986, and the age was obviously not enough.
However, the coach of Zhenjiang Table Tennis School still took Fan Ying to participate in the training camp, but what she didn't expect was that in the final round-robin match, Fan Ying won the official members of the provincial junior sports team.
Because of Fan Ying's outstanding performance in the big round-robin competition, the Provincial Junior Sports School decided to keep this Fan Ying, who has a different style of play and is still one year younger.
In this way, Fan Ying was officially admitted to the Provincial Junior Sports School with the first place in the Jiangsu Youth Group Adjustment Competition, and became the youngest member of the Provincial Junior Sports School table tennis team.
Fan Ying entered the provincial junior sports school and received better guidance from the coach, coupled with her own efforts, Fan Ying began to enter the fast lane of growth.
In 1997, the Chinese Table Tennis Association selected five players nationwide to participate in the 6th "East Asia Hope Cup" Table Tennis Tournament held in Japan, and each province selected two players to participate in the training and selection competition.
According to age, Fan Ying's age was not enough at that time, but the provincial team coach thought that her playing style was different, and it was still very promising.
But who knows, a few days after participating in the training camp, Fan Ying accidentally twisted her foot during training and couldn't move for 10 days.
Fan Ying participated in the competition with a bandage on her foot in the tryouts, and in the end, 11-year-old Fan Ying finished fourth, the youngest of the five team members.
In Osaka, Japan, Fan Ying worked hard with her teammates and finally won the 6th "East Asia Hope Cup" team championship in one fell swoop, which was Fan Ying's first time competing abroad.
The following year, Fan Ying was selected for the Chinese junior team again to participate in the 7th "East Asia Hope Cup", and finally she won the team championship with her teammates.
Three
In 2000, the Jiangsu provincial team had two training places for the national second team, considering that Fan Ying's previous performance had been very good, so the provincial team decided to pay for Fan Ying to meet the world.
In the training team, Fan Ying looks quiet, but she is actually very strong in her heart, so after the training camp, Fan Ying was not only retained, but also let Fan Ying participate in the Sino-French Student Championship during the Spring Festival of this year.
Fan Ying has been pampered by her parents since she was a child, which also causes her to be a little willful sometimes, and not long after she entered the national second team, she caught up with the National Day, so Fan Ying, who was crazy, failed to return to the team on time, and she was punished back to the provincial team according to the regulations.
However, the coaching staff did not remove Fan Ying's dormitory in the national team, nor did they let her move things, which left some leeway.
After returning to the provincial team, under the dual education of the coach and parents, Fan Ying also deeply realized her own shortcomings, and after three months of hard training, Fan Ying participated in the National Youth Adjustment Tournament, scored the top eight, and returned to the national second team.
After entering the national team, because the style of play is particularly rare, the coaching staff also attaches great importance to Fan Ying, but at the same time, the requirements for her are also very strict.
In an intra-team game, Lu Yuansheng, the head coach of the women's team at the time, saw that Fan Ying was not doing her best, so after the game, he asked Fan Ying to stand under the national flag, and Fan Ying cried directly.
In another training camp, Fan Ying made too many mistakes in receiving the serve and was punished for running 24 laps on the 400-meter track.
After the run, Fan Ying called her mother aggrievedly, and as soon as she heard Fan Ying's voice, her mother knew that Fan Ying either lost or was criticized.
After listening to her daughter's explanation, Fan Ying's mother was very distressed, but she said: "You can run so well, you can enter the Ma family's army." ”
But later, Fan Ying's mother enlightened her daughter with the words of Lu Yuansheng, the head coach of the women's team: "The Chinese table tennis team has one less for you, and the championship will be won, but one day, when the national flag is raised because of you, it will be your lifelong pride." ”
After hearing her mother say this, Fan Ying burst into tears and laughed, and slowly understood the coach's good intentions.
In 2001, the World Women's Club Team Championship was held in Jiangyin, Fan Ying represented the Jiangsu Wuxi team, and she won several key balls, making great contributions to the Wuxi team's victory.
Xu Shaofa, a Chinese table tennis celebrity who served as the commentary of the live game, said: "Fan Ying's style of play is a bit like Ding Song, she can cut the counterattack, pull the arc circle, and the serve is a little bit of a change of turning or not turning, which has potential...... Chipping has been dull for many years, and it is great to see that there is a new generation of female chippers in the Chinese table tennis world. ”
In 2002, 16-year-old Fan Ying partnered 14-year-old Guo Yue, and the two made it all the way to the final of the Austrian Open, and finally won the championship.
In 2003, Fan Ying won the championship in the women's singles competition of the 16th Asian Cup, and it is worth mentioning that this year the Chinese men's table tennis also had a member of the team, that is, Wang Hao.
Wang Hao, who was 20 years old at the time, won the Asian Championships, the National Championships, and the ITTF Tour Finals singles championship one after another this year, and was the hottest new star of the men's team at that time.
At that time, Fan Ying and Wang Hao were both at the age of the beginning of love, so the two who looked at each other fell in love like this.
At that time, the head coach of the national table tennis team was Cai Zhenhua, and the national table tennis team also implemented militarized management, and there were strict rules for the love between the players.
In particular, Wang Hao was also the next generation successor of the men's team at that time, so in this case, Fan Ying was directly expelled from the national team.
At that time, Fan Ying was expelled from the national team together, as well as Bai Yang, Hou Yingchao and Li Nan, among which Bai Yang was in love with Ma Lin, the main player of the men's team, and Hou Yingchao and Li Nan were a couple.
The national table tennis coaching staff expelled these people from the national team, the most important thing is that the national table tennis team was in love at that time, and they had to "set an example", but it was less than half a year before the Athens Olympics, and being expelled from the national team at this time was still very demoralizing for these people.
Especially Fan Ying originally had a certain probability of participating in the Athens Olympics.
Four
A few months after being expelled from the national team, Fan Ying scored excellent strength and entered the national team again.
Returning to the national team, Fan Ying and Wang Hao were completely broken, after all, in the face of the future, the love between teenagers does not seem to be so important.
Although Fan Ying's strength is also very strong, fans who are familiar with table tennis know that chippers are more of supporting roles in top-level competitions.
Especially after the diameter of the table tennis ball continues to increase and the spin of the table tennis ball decreases, it is difficult for a top chipper to dominate the world series.
Although Fan Ying was relatively powerful among the chippers at that time, she still could not escape the fate of a supporting role in national table tennis.
The best result in Fan Ying's career should be the 2011 World Cup team title.
At that time, when the national team coaching staff signed up, they did not choose Liu Shiwen, one of the five main forces, but Fan Ying.
This is not because of how much the coaching staff trusts Fan Ying, but because Liu Shiwen lost two points in the women's team final of the Moscow World Table Tennis Championships the year before, so this time the coaching staff did not use Liu Shiwen It can be regarded as a punishment for Liu Shiwen.
The most important thing is that in this World Cup team competition, Fan Ying has been sitting on the bench and has not played, because after she won the world championship with the team, some fans said that Fan Ying mixed a world championship.
In this regard, Shi Zhihao, the head coach of the women's team at that time, and Huang Biao, the team leader, pointed out in a CCTV commentary that Fan Ying has the strength to defeat the world's strongest players, and she is sure to win if she plays.
In fact, Fan Ying has hardly lost foreign wars in those years, especially some strong players, so it is not controversial that Fan Ying won this world championship.
In 2013, in the national table tennis direct to the Paris World Table Tennis Championships trials, Fan Ying was unable to continue the game because of a serious elbow injury, and this became Fan Ying's last game in the national team.
In 2014, the national team held a retirement ceremony for 11 national players, including Fan Ying, at the Zhenjiang Sports Convention and Exhibition Center.
Compared with the other 10 national players, retiring in Zhenjiang has a different meaning for Fan Ying, because her table tennis dream started in Zhenjiang, and she often recalls the scene of practicing in Zhenjiang when she was a child in her dreams.
Soon after retiring, Fan Ying and Gao Xin, who was also a national table tennis player, entered the marriage hall.
Soon after marriage, Fan Ying gave birth to daughters and sons one after another, and now Fan Ying has both children and a happy marriage, which can be regarded as making up for the regrets of her career.
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