Recently, there is news that another coach of the national table tennis coaching team has left, and she is Ding Ning's head coach Guo Yan. Judging from the scene of the Olympic Games, the National Games, the Table Tennis Super And other competitions, she has long disappeared.

Previously, Sun Yingsha's head coach Huang Haicheng instructed him to apply to the team to leave because of family reasons, and he had returned to Guangdong after receiving permission, one of the purposes was to help his eldest daughter become a player like Sun Yingsha.
Guo Yan, after Ding Ning's former head coach Chen Bin (now vice president of the China Table Tennis Academy) left for physical reasons, took over Ding Ning, but unfortunately due to the limitations of playing style, she encouraged Ding Ning to attack out, the Ning team did not have the same sharp first three board skills as Guo Yan, the Grand Slam Ding Ning was also beaten 11-0 by Ito, and finally because he did not adapt to the current rhythm, he was admitted to Peking University as a graduate student and became a student.
Guo Yan's career was bumpy, but his strength did not need to be questioned, and he once defeated Zhang Yining in the World Cup final to win the championship. In the 2010 World Championships team competition, the coaching staff was suspected of being promoted by seedlings, boldly using 19-year-old Liu Shiwen and 20-year-old Ding Ning to take on the big responsibility, the result was that both of them lost points in the final, Xiao Zao lost 2 points, and lost 2 points in the final, only Guo Yan took 1 point, and he was not shaved.
After retiring, Guo Yan, committed to the grassroots to grasp, cultivate small players, founded the Yanshang Ping Pong Club, professional, amateur, can come to learn, she uses a platform to love the cause of table tennis.
During the Olympic Games, Guo Yan updated on social media and passed a video calling on everyone to cheer for the Olympic Games and cheer for the boy band. During the National Games, she did not go to the scene, attended an event, took photos with fans, signed autographs, and had fun together.
Retired national table tennis players like Guo Yan, starting from the grassroots level, there are many to cultivate small players, such as Cao Yanhua, the original devil king, Niu Jianfeng, the lover of Liu Heng in the active coaching team, and Huang Haicheng, the head coach of Sun Yingsha, who returned to his old profession.
National table tennis can flourish for a long time, in addition to the national team coach leading the team on the world stage, there are some unknown youth coaches, grassroots coaches, disciples every time they win the championship, there is also an honor for them.