Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 5 [005] Never give up until the ball falls
"I guess this guy wanted to show off in front of me, so he used all his strength right from the start, so the ball exploded like that."

Wang Hao thought.

He also expressed his understanding of this.

The fact that Coach Wu recommended him with all his might shows that this young man has talent and hard work.

But the key is to let others see the boy's strength.

It is understandable that the young man wants to seize the opportunity and try his best to perform.

however.

Wang Hao soon realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Because Chen Jin's second shot, with stronger rotation and power, flew towards him in an extremely exaggerated arc.

"Snapped!"

The force penetrates the soleplate, causing the hand to vibrate more.

Wang Hao felt his wrist trembling slightly and almost failed to hold the ball.

To know.

The structure of Hurricane Long 5X is 2+ internal aromatic carbon, which has relatively higher control and stability than external baseboards.

But this ball came rushing over, and without Wang Hao actively exerting force, it actually penetrated the rubber and hit the core of the board.

This shows how terrifying the opponent's power is!
Wang Hao didn't expect that this would lead to a significant deviation in the landing point of the return ball.

The ping-pong ball flew towards Chen Jin's center baseline at an extremely fast speed.

This angle is particularly tricky.

And the ball speed is fast.

It is difficult for ordinary people to connect.

Even if you manage to connect the ball, the quality of the return will decline.

but,
Chen Jin twisted his waist and turned sideways, adjusted his steps in time, and swung his arms and racket.

"Snapped!"

Another sudden surge.

The power rotates without any reduction.

"what?"

Wang Hao showed a look of surprise, "Can this ball be saved?"

Young people have good waists!

What he didn't expect was...

Chen Jin's pull shot was unstoppable, with each shot being heavier than the last.

It caught him off guard.

After defending five or six times, he was not careful and failed to control the arc of the ball on the last shot, and it flew directly out of bounds.

"nice shot!"

Wang Hao praised, "Come again."

As he spoke, he took out a ping-pong ball from his trouser pocket and served a flat ball to the other party.

This time, he was obviously much more serious.

Whether it was the arc or the landing point, it was defended perfectly.

However, I could still feel the terrifying quality of Chen Jin's ball, which made my fingers and wrists a little numb.

"The quality of this kid's forehand is even more exaggerated than Xu Xin's at his peak."

Wang Hao admired in his heart, "I wouldn't have needed to hit it horizontally if I had known this earlier."

During his peak period, Xu Xin was known as the "world's best forehand".

The speed of a violent topspin ball can reach over 120Km/h.

But at this time, Chen Jin was just a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.

The power obviously hasn't reached its peak yet.

It is hard to imagine how terrifying this boy’s forehand will be in the future.

of course.

Table tennis is a competitive sport that combines strength, rotation, control, skills and tactics, mentality and other factors. It is not possible to stand at the top of the world as long as a single technique is strong enough.

Otherwise, Xu Xin would have achieved the Grand Slam long ago.

While Wang Hao was calmly defending the ball, he asked, "What kind of base are you playing with?"

"Specially made N301."

Chen Jin replied.

However, this did not distract him and reduce the quality of his shots.

"N301?"

Wang Hao half-jokingly said, "Since it's a straight-blade horizontal hit, why didn't you use my Kuang Biao Hao?"

"My first choice was the 301. I got used to it, so I didn't change it."

Chen Jin smiled.

"Where's the rubber?"

Wang Hao asked again.

"Double backhand, forehand 40 degrees, backhand butterfly D09C."

Chen Jin adjusted his breathing to make his voice sound steadier.

"What is the thickness of the forehand rubber?"

“It seems to be 2.2.”

"Don't play 2.2, change to 2.1, then your forehand may be thinner and the ball speed may be faster."

Wang Hao suggested, “However, fine-tuning must be done in terms of control.”

"Yes."

Chen Jin said, "Thank you, Coach Wang."

In fact, he and Coach Wu had discussed the issue of rubber thickness before.

The reason why Wang Hao suggested Chen Jin to give up the 2.2mm thick rubber was simply because he was worried that Chen Jin would not be able to hit the ball through every shot.

But in fact, even with 2.2 rubber, Chen Jin is still able to hit the ball hard with every stroke while also taking into account control.

However, Wang Hao doesn’t know Chen Jin very well.

“Nice forehand.”

Wang Hao praised, "Try your backhand horizontal hit."

As he spoke, he slightly tilted his body to the right, moved his wrist slightly, and directed the ball to Chen Jin's backhand half of the table. Chen Jin also immediately switched from forehand pull to backhand horizontal hit, with a natural and smooth transition.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

……

The explosive sound of the ball hitting the ground is like a cannon, shaking the eardrums.

"what?"

Wang Hao was pleasantly surprised, as if he had found a treasure. "This horizontal hitting frame not only has small movements, but also stretches smoothly, exerts sufficient force, and rotates strongly. It has a perfect balance of power and speed, and is not weaker than the forehand at all."

Back then, he dominated the world table tennis arena with his straight-blade horizontal hitting technique and was known as the "double-faced heavy artillery."

Before this, straight-blade techniques were mostly single-sided, with forehand attack and backhand push and block.

With the changes in the rules of the ball, the rotation of the table tennis ball has been weakened a lot, which also makes the straight-blade gradually unable to compete with the horizontal-blade.

Especially the backhand stalemate.

Wang Hao's straight-blade horizontal hitting completely abandons the traditional push-and-block method and introduces a backhand system, which perfectly solves this problem.

This also allows Wang Hao's backhand to be at no disadvantage when competing against top horizontal board players.

Unfortunately.

Straight-blade horizontal hitting requires more training to be fully mastered.

Although Xu Xin also hits the ball with a straight-blade horizontal stroke, he focuses more on his forehand and his backhand is relatively weak.

For example, the current young player Xue Fei's backhand horizontal stroke quality is comparable to Wang Hao's in his time, but he ignores the forehand advantage of the straight-blade.

In terms of table control and forehand and backhand connection, he is obviously far inferior to Wang Hao.

Therefore, they can only survive in the cracks of the national table tennis team which is full of top players, and it is difficult to stand out.

Chen Jin's straight-blade horizontal hitting with such balanced forehand and backhand is rare not only in the Chinese national table tennis team but also in the entire world table tennis world.

"Our national table tennis team finally has a successor for its straight-blade blade."

Wang Hao felt excited.

As a straight-blade player, over the years, he has wanted to cultivate a straight-blade genius who can dominate the world table tennis arena.

However, due to many factors, this goal was not achieved.

The appearance of Chen Jin finally ignited some hope in his heart.

Of course, he knew very well that no matter how high the quality of the practice was, it was just practice.

A real competition depends on comprehensive skills in all aspects.

However, Chen Jin's performance at this time was enough to surprise him.

"good."

A smile appeared on Wang Hao's lips.

Caught off guard, a backhand turned into a straight line, fast and sudden.

The ball went straight to Chen Jin's forehand at a wide angle, which was quite a long distance away from Chen Jin's position.

Wang Hao's original intention was to take the opportunity to end the practice.

But what I didn't expect was.

Chen Jin flashed and pounced at an extremely fast speed, actually pulling the ball back.

However, he used too much force and couldn't stop, so he fell to the ground, rolled around, and knocked down several baffles.

This caused a burst of exclamations from the people around.

Seeing this, Wang Hao was stunned for a moment, then he showed an expression of appreciation.

good boy!
Just based on this hard-working spirit, the future is promising!

The Chinese national table tennis team has never lacked talented people or hardworking people.

The only thing missing is this kind of hardworking genius!

Wang Hao quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pull Chen Jin up, and looked him up and down: "Are you okay?"

"fine."

Chen Jin was calm and composed. He dusted himself off, smiled and shook his head. "It's just that my elbow was scraped a little."

But I saw that there was indeed a large piece of skin worn off at the elbow of his right hand, and blood was oozing out.

Wang Hao quickly called for rehabilitation personnel to disinfect and stop the bleeding.

"You dare to save this ball from this angle?"

Wang Hao's tone was a little accusatory, "It's just practice, is it necessary to work so hard?"

"If you get hurt accidentally, it won't be worth it."

We have finally found such a good straight-blade player. If he really has to say goodbye to the court due to injury, it will definitely be a huge loss for the national table tennis team.

Thinking of this, Wang Hao felt a little scared.

“Never give up until the ball drops.”

As Chen Jin spoke, he gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain caused by the iodine disinfection.

at this time.

Coach Wu and Ma Lin had already gathered around to check on Chen Jin's injuries.

Seeing that it was nothing serious, I felt relieved.

"Coach Wu, congratulations on training another outstanding disciple."

Wang Hao smiled and said, "Chen Jin, good luck in the trials."

It was originally a simple sentence, but it contained infinite expectations for Chen Jin.

Hearing the head coach of the men's table tennis team praising Chen Jin, everyone at the scene felt envious and jealous.

Especially Xie Mingyang.

I'm so jealous that I'm about to burst.

In his opinion, the one who just won the Youth Championship should be the most handsome guy shining here.

But now, all the attention has been snatched away by a person with connections who got in through the backdoor.

One can imagine the resentment in Xie Mingyang's heart.

"Don't think that just because you are Coach Wu's disciple, you can do whatever you want in the national table tennis team."

Xie Mingyang gritted his teeth secretly, "In competitive sports, strength is king, and only results can tell everything."

"When the trials come, I will beat you in public and let everyone know who is the real future of the Chinese table tennis team!"

(End of this chapter)