Straight Ball Sight | From Sun Yingsha's tears, the secret of the national table tennis training system was revealed

Yingxian said

2024-07-17 12:07Published in Zhejiang Former Sports Weekly International Department reporter and senior sports creator

Let's talk a little about the very distinctive tradition of "sealing training" of the table tennis team. I feel that this tradition should be a tradition of the Chinese sports team with the longest history, the most brilliant achievements, and the most widespread spiritual values.

In my personal impression, the earliest mention of "closed training camp" was probably the beginning of the women's volleyball team and table tennis team at the end of the 70s - at that time, due to the special period we experienced, all aspects of information and conditions were relatively closed, in order to prepare for the 79 World Table Tennis Championships, the table tennis team began to try this "closed training" method to maximize the state and concentration of the players.

Here are two points to explain a little - one is that there is an essential difference between the object and the goal of closed training and ordinary training. Usually the meaning of the ordinary training camp is that the whole team practices together, and although the plan of each player is different, the training duration and daily rhythm are the same. The closed camp is completely different, the main target is the players who have already been selected for the competition - for example, in the case of the squad for the Paris Olympics, we selected them back in May, why? It is for the goals and plans of the subsequent closed training camps to be clear. The main players take on the biggest training load, while the other players play different "challengers" and are dedicated to the main players.

On the other hand, the secrecy of ordinary training camps is far less than that of closed training camps, which are almost state secrets, and the whole process is usually completely isolated from the outside world, especially media reports. In the past 20 years, there seems to be a practice that the last few days of the closed training camp, such as 40 days of intensive training, will be regarded as an open day for the media. As a result, the state of the national table tennis players announced in front of everyone has reached the peak level after training, and they are all alive and well in front of the ^_^ camera, and it is easier to explain in all aspects.

Going back to what I said above, I remember that the first batch of players who started the "closed training camp" included Cai Zhenhua - when this word seemed to come out of Li Furong's mouth, he would vomit wildly - it was really vomiting. It is said that the intensity of the training that year was extremely intense, and each player sweated several pounds on average every day for indoor training, and ran 10 kilometers ^_^ around Longtan Lake Park outdoors

Today's training is probably not so cruel, but the amount is still certain - after all, the task of the game is heavy, especially the main players such as Sun and Wang, who play 4-5 games every day and can't lose every game, which is a huge challenge to physical and mental strength. Therefore, during the cycle of sealing training, they will generally practice three times a day, and after 3-4 "10-day cycles", their physical and competitive state will be adjusted to the peak state.

This relatively cruel training method is what we have always called "three from one big" -- difficult, strict, starting from actual combat, and exercising a lot. And it's been a good result – I would say that the kind of ordeal that athletes have endured under a national system like ours is a good thing from a historical point of view.

Let's go back to Sun Yingsha's situation in the question - as mentioned earlier, the tears that Sasha can see by the media are actually the media content that flowed out when the closure was near the end - you can't see the challenges and pressures she actually endured, and you won't let it be broadcast ^_^

In addition, I personally think that Sasha's child is still safe, her neurological type belongs to the kind of "stable and crisp", which is the most suitable personality trait for the sport of table tennis - at this point, she can probably catch up with Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, I believe this is also the reason why she was given such a heavy burden and so much trust this time.

All aspects of the Paris Olympics seem to be ignored, but the table tennis team is still the core focus of the Chinese delegation, and I think the bitterness of the training itself will probably make Sasha taste the sweetness on the field. Bless her.

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