Ping Pong Life

Chapter 151 The Hardest Whetstone

"But this is still not enough, because he is indeed congenitally deficient. No matter how hard he practices, he still does not have a single evaluation to be the first in the team."

"He just trained all these indicators at the end of the crane before to the second and third positions in the team, but he couldn't reach the first position anyway."

"We all know that if we want to beat everyone, we must have our own unique things. If we are still inferior to other players in terms of depth, then the only thing we can do is to expand the breadth of technology."

"So Sun Tianlong continued to practice new technologies. Table tennis has been around for decades, and countless technologies have been born. Almost every famous player has his own unique skills. What he has to do is to learn all the skills. .”

"Only in this way, when facing the same ball, he can come up with many different ways to deal with it."

"Others play the game with only one set of tactics, but he has many sets of tactics."

"In this way, until the fall of his 17th year, we finally felt that it was almost done."

"He registered for the French Open in September and the Swiss Open in October, and won the championship in both competitions. In these two international competitions, he defeated Xiao Fei who was in full swing at the time. That’s how it became famous.”

Wang Chaoyao thinks back to the past, a young man with mediocre talent who was underestimated by everyone worked hard, practiced hard, and finally became a blockbuster. This story is actually even more amazing than Luo Jiu's rise today.

Because Luo Jiu has long been recognized as a genius, but he has gone through too many detours.

But Dragon Team is different, he came out amidst doubts all over the world.

"Of course, the title of the Open Championship is not actually a championship. The Grand Slam title only requires the championship of the three major competitions. Therefore, what Sun Tianlong wanted more at the time was the championship of the World Table Tennis Championships in December at the end of the year."

When Qin Huachang said this, he sighed: "However, there was Wang Wendong at that time..."

Huaping has produced the devil king from generation to generation. Even among the devil kings of all dynasties, Wang Wendong is definitely an extremely prominent one.

Wang Wendong's dominance in the history of table tennis, in a sense, only loses to the current Dragon Team in terms of durability, because the Dragon Team has ruled for seven full years and has not declined yet, while Wang Wendong has only ruled for two years , will decline early.

But his dominance at his peak was not inferior to the Dragons.

In fact, Cai Guodong's ability to take over as the head coach of Huaping is closely related to his contribution to training Wang Wendong.

"Sun Tianlong successfully won the quota for the World Table Tennis Championships that year, tried his best to reach the final, and was swept by Wang Wendong 4:0."

"In the second year, Sun Tianlong got a place in the World Cup and met Wang Wendong in the semi-finals, and was swept by Wang Wendong 4:0."

"At the end of that year, Sun Tianlong successfully won the invitation to the year-end finals of the ITTF Tournament, but met Wang Wendong when he entered the fourth round of the eighth round, and was swept away 4-0 again."

"In the following years, Sun Tianlong continued the hell-level training intensity I designed for him. He persistently wanted to break through Wang Wendong and practice more skills until there was no new technology to practice, but I was defeated by Wang Wendong time and time again."

"When Sun Tianlong was 22 years old, he finally defeated Wang Wendong for the first time. It was at the Hong Kong Open of the ITTF World Tour. However, the problem still remains. The champion of the Open Championship is not recognized by the world table tennis. If he wants to To prove myself, we still need three major events.”

"One year later, Sun Tianlong was 23 years old and successfully selected as the main team of the Olympic Games. At this time, he already had the title of uncrowned king in the world table tennis world, because the whole world can see how strong he is, but his luck is very bad. , almost all the three major competitions will definitely meet Wang Wendong, and even Xiao Fei, who was completely suppressed by him at the time, has already won a World Cup championship, but he still maintains a state of no results in the three major competitions."

"That year he won the runner-up in the Olympic Games. In the final, it was still he and Wang Wendong. They reached the decisive game. Sun Tianlong lost 2:11 in the last game, and his mentality collapsed."

"Actually, Wang Wendong was no longer in his heyday at that time. In terms of objective strength alone, many people were optimistic about Sun Tianlong, but after six years of disastrous defeats, he had already formed a demon. How could it be so easy to break through?"

When Qin Huachang said this, he took a sip of the mineral water next to him, feeling a little emotional: "So, I often say to new players later, how can there be any person who is born with good psychological quality? Even Sun Tianlong, at the beginning During the competition, my whole body trembles, my hands are stiff, and I break out in a cold sweat before I start playing... There is no competition machine in this world, but when you practice to a certain level, you have a technical crush on everyone. Squeeze, then in the eyes of outsiders, your psychological quality will naturally be better, after all, you won, and the winners are right in everything they say, while the losers, everything they say is like an excuse."

Wang Chao wholeheartedly agreed and nodded.

As a former marshal, he also felt deeply about this.

The great demon king of Huaping in the past will give people an indestructible sense of despair in the end, as if his mentality will never fluctuate. In the previous life, a certain cold-faced queen didn't even have the slightest expression fluctuation when winning, so foreign players have rumors Huaguo players are game machines.

But in fact, there is no competition machine in this world.

Emotional fluctuations are the root of human beings, and they cannot be completely overcome by reason.

Therefore, the reason why the big demon kings we see are so calm in adversity or even desperate situation is not because they have good psychological quality, but because they really have confidence. They know that their technology is leading and their strength If they are crushed, then, no matter how bad the situation is, they firmly believe that they can have the last laugh.

It's that simple.

"After the Olympics, Sun Tianlong told me that he wanted to retire. He felt that he might not be able to beat Wang Wendong in this life. At that time, I said a word to him. I said, try again for the last time in the World Cup next year. If you can't beat it, I won't stop you, but if you win, you have to promise me that you will fight until you are at least 30 years old."

"Then Sun Tianlong personally defeated Wang Wendong in the World Cup at the age of 24, with a score of 4:0."

Qin Huachang paused, took another sip of water, and suddenly smiled: "After the World Cup, Wang Wendong announced his retirement, and Sun Tianlong broke through his demons from then on, transformed magnificently, and entered an invincible state, which has continued until today.

But Wang Chao heard some secret inside story from Qin Huachang's tone, which made his heart skip a beat, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind like lightning, and he couldn't help but screamed "ah" in shock, saying : "Wang Wendong handed over the ball?"

Qin Huachang smiled and remained silent.

But Wang Chao understood in an instant.

Yes, Wang Wendong handed the ball...

After winning the Olympic champion, Wang Wendong's career has come to an end. At that time, his strength was actually inferior to that of Sun Tianlong, and up-and-comers like Xiao Fei had already emerged one after another, so Wang Wendong knew very well that he could not wait for the next Olympic Games. I can't create more brilliance in my career.

He chose to retire, and before retiring, he needed some way to allow the strongest Huaping player at that time to really stand up and lead Huaping to the next ten years of glory.

This can be regarded as the inheritance of Huaping spirit.

So Wang Wendong chose to handicap in his last World Cup.

At that time, Wang Wendong was already in the twilight years of his career. Even if he refused to give up, the Dragons might not be defeated, but in any case, he did play that game with the belief that he must lose. As for the final score of 4:0? Because the handicap is due to the difference in strength, I am afraid that outsiders will never know.

The room was quiet for a long time before Qin Huachang broke the silence with a cough again and asked, "Do you know why I told you this?"

Wang Chao nodded and said, "I know. You want to tell me how difficult it is for the Dragons to get to where they are today."

He was suppressed for seven full years.

He started hell training at the age of 16 and continued until he was 24.

Ordinary people don't have this kind of perseverance, but because of Wang Wendong's suppression, the Dragon Team is always like a taut bowstring. In seven years, he has only two endings, either to break down, or to stretch out a huge tension that ordinary people can't imagine.

The Dragons finally held on.

This is exactly Huaping's training philosophy for many years: If you want to stand out, step on your seniors.

If you can't step on it, then stretch it out for me.

The tighter it is, the greater the stamina.

Dragon Team is probably the hardest player in Huaping’s decades of professional table tennis history. He was originally just an ordinary and outstanding stone, but the persistent polishing under ultra-high pressure finally polished every mediocre surface to shine. , In the end, he went further than those players with special skills. Every surface of him became a specialty. In the end, he had no shortcomings and became a "hexagonal fighter" recognized by the world.

Wang Wendong's sharpening stone, which is hard enough, finally sharpened the dragon team's best sword in the world.

"So I'm very unconvinced..."

Qin Huachang sighed softly: "How come Luo Jiu can reach the level that Sun Tianlong took 15 years to reach with just one technical transformation?"

One year of hard training in the dark, plus seven years of oppression, seven years of glory, a total of 15 years, let the dragon team touch the ceiling of the highest level of table tennis, but Luo Jiu just changed a piece of rubber and trained hard for three months , just did it.

The pain of changing the rubber, the pain of being questioned by the outside world, is really less than one-tenth of the pain the Dragons have suffered.

"And you." Qin Huachang looked at Wang Chao with complicated eyes: "You and Luo Jiu are the kind of people beyond my understanding. God is actually unfair. Your talent is too strong, which will affect the table tennis. The balance of the ball movement."

Wang Chao was stared at by him a little hairy, and waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for Qin Huachang's words, so he avoided Qin Huachang's sharp eyes and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

(End of this chapter)