The national table tennis staff includes Zhang Yining, Wang Nan and Li Xiaoxia, but why did Liu Guoliang not invite Deng Yaping?

The first thing that needs to be ruled out is that it was not due to estrangement or other conflicts between Deng Yaping and Liu Guoliang that Deng Yaping failed to enter the coaching bench of the national table tennis team. In fact, famous players like Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, after retiring, He did not join the national table tennis team as a coach again, but Liu Guoliang did invite Zhang Yining, Wang Nan, Li Xiaoxia and others to become the national table tennis advisory group. The reason has a lot to do with each person's personality, characteristics and pursuits. Career Just because his performance as a player is great and outstanding enough does not mean that he will be successful in his transition to coaching. Just like Deng Yaping's performance as an athlete is much better than that of Liu Guoliang, but it does not necessarily mean that Deng Yaping will be the head coach of the national table tennis team. Can be better than Liu Guoliang. In just a few sentences, Liu Guoliang expressed the following meanings:

The national table tennis female players participating in this Olympics originally had meager results, but due to the postponement of the competition due to the epidemic, everyone gained A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rise to the top. It is not difficult to understand this. If the competition is held in July 2020, Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning will still be very competitive. Chen Meng did not win the World Cup singles championship at that time. Sun Yingsha also has a shallow foundation, not to mention Wang Manyu. So these three people The success is also the result of "the times create heroes." Even if the above three people seize the opportunity, it does not mean that Chen Meng is now the only one in the family. In Liu Guoliang's view, the level gap between her, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu is not big, and the so-called creation of an era must be He must be far ahead of all his teammates and opponents, so it is indeed too early to say that Chen Meng is the leader now.

So let’s take a look at the other recognized leaders of the national table tennis women’s team. What are their different characteristics?

They are all world champions many times, especially the singles gold medals are far more than others, and they must at least achieve a Grand Slam - the previous Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia, and Ding Ning are all In this way, Chen Meng is currently one World Table Tennis Championships singles championship away from the Grand Slam, and the total number of singles championships is only 2. There is indeed a gap. The status of leading figures in the past was not established quickly. It took at least several years of accumulation and waiting for their results to be stable before they could be counted. For example, the duel between Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning went through many times before they finally established their status as the "first sister" for a certain period of time. However, Chen Mengzhi's rise only started last year. The lead in such a short period of time is still relatively small. It is far from enough to prove that the entire female table tennis team is "dominated" by her, and it still needs time to be tested.

Compared with the previous Grand Slam seniors, Chen Meng still has one shortcoming, that is, he reached the top a little later. World singles champion

Chen Meng won the world singles championship at the age of 26 and won the singles gold medal at the Olympics at the age of 27. So what about the other Grand Slams?

Also in the singles arena, Deng Yaping won the gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 18 and a double crown at the Olympics the following year; Wang Nan topped the World Cup at the age of 19 and won the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 21; Zhang Yining became the World Cup champion at the age of 20 , won the Olympics at the age of 23; Ding Ning won the World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup at the age of 21; Li Xiaoxia won the World Cup at the age of 20 and the Olympics at the age of 24 - compared with his predecessors, Chen Meng started too late!

However, Chen Meng can definitely learn from Ma Long. Although the latter was crowned the World Cup singles champion at the age of 23, he waited until the age of 26 to win the World Table Tennis Championships singles gold medal, and did not achieve a Grand Slam at the Olympics until the age of 27. . But even so, five years later, Ma Long is still the strongest athlete in the table tennis world. At the age of 32 this year, he just became the first men's double Grand Slam winner in history and became a true "evergreen" legend!

Although Chen Meng is no longer young, she can also catch up with her senior brothers and establish her own era with a longer sports life and better results. We are also looking forward to a A new "big devil" is born to lead the national table tennis women's team to new glory: Come on! Deng Yaping

Speaking of Deng Yaping, many people’s first impression of her is that she is the first “big devil” figure in the history of Chinese table tennis. She is the first to win four Olympic gold medals. A national table tennis player, his performance as an athlete is one of the best in the entire history of Chinese table tennis. However, Deng Yaping's failure to join the national table tennis team was actually determined by many reasons.

First, although Deng Yaping performed well as an athlete, her character is not necessarily suitable for the role of a coach. As we all know, Deng Yaping herself is a very hard-working player, and her physical talent is not considered. Gao, being able to achieve such outstanding results is inseparable from her silent efforts behind the scenes. However, after all, the nature of the work of coaches is different from that of players. As a coach, you must know people well and make good use of them. Therefore, from this aspect, Deng Yaping may not Suitable for the position of coach of the national table tennis team.

Secondly, the reason why Liu Guoliang did not invite Deng Yaping to return to the national table tennis team is also related to Deng Yaping's status and environment at the time. After retiring, Deng Yaping first went abroad for further study, and in 2002, Deng Yaping also After entering an important position in the International Olympic Committee, during the Beijing Olympic Games, Deng Yaping also entered the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and served as the management of the Olympic Village. In November 2008, she was promoted to deputy director of the Equipment Management Center of the State Sports General Administration. It can be said that Deng Yaping's career The development was still very good. After that, Deng Yaping also started doing business. In 2016, she and New Oriental founder Yu Minhong created the first sports industry innovation and entrepreneurship platform in China. It can be said that from the perspective of personal wishes, Deng Yaping did not have to Then he joined the national table tennis team to coach.

Therefore, for the coaches of the National Table Tennis Team, as the Chairman of the Table Tennis Association, Liu Guoliang needs to examine personal willingness and ability, rather than focusing on the relationship between fellow countrymen. After all, this is no longer the case. In the age of relationships, only those with the ability and willingness will get the most suitable jobs.