"When I grow up, I want to be an athlete, because I want to beat others and get the first place." Chen Siyang, 5 years old, said to the camera with her immature voice.
A few days ago, the video of this little girl playing table tennis had been popular all over the net, and her mother shared the story of Xiao Siyang and table tennis with reporters from Chinanews.com.
Image source: Chen Siyang's mother provided.
In the previous video, there are 9 disposable paper cups on one end of the ping-pong table, and the 5-year-old girl with her left hand held a pat, knocking down all the paper cups in just 31 seconds, with high strength and accuracy.
Once this video was broadcast, it was hotly debated.
In fact, during the Tokyo Olympics,
the topic of
"5-year-old girls practicing table tennis all year round"
received widespread attention.
The topic of "5-year-old girl using table tennis to accurately play paper cups" also quickly appeared in the hot search afterwards. Up to now, the
reading volume has reached 130 million.
Image source: Weibo screenshot.
Chen Siyang is from Xinyu, Jiangxi. The reporter learned from a conversation with Chen Siyang's mother that during the epidemic last year, his grandfather, a table tennis enthusiast, built a table at home.
At that time, Xiao Siyang was only 3 and a half years old, but she quickly showed great interest and love for table tennis.
However, due to his young age, the initial process of Chen Siyang's connection with table tennis was not smooth sailing.
"When she was over three years old, she was sent to the gym. The coach said she was too young to accept her (usually over five years old)." Mother Chen said.
With the training of his grandfather, Xiao Siyang further demonstrated his talent in table tennis.
"When I was almost four years old, I took it to the coach and showed it to the coach, so they arranged an enlightenment coach for the baby." In this way, Chen Siyang began to receive professional training.
Image source: Chen Siyang Ai's work by Ping Pong Douyin.
At that time, Chen Siyang was still slightly short and needed to stand on the stage to play.
In the transitional phase of removing the tabletop, children’s elbows often hit the table tennis table when swinging.
"It will be very painful, and there will be bruises. We will deal with it in time, rub some ointment, and massage." Between the lines, I can see that Mother Chen is very distressed.
Speaking of injuries during training, she also said, “The sport of table tennis is relatively safe, and this is one reason why we support it.”
This "paper cup challenge" is just a microcosm of Chen Siyang's daily training.
Behind the success is cast with sweat.
This 5-year-old girl keeps training every day of the year.
"
Summer vacation is 6 hours a day, usually half a day in kindergarten in the morning, 2 hours in the afternoon, 2 hours in the evening, and
rest halfway." Mother Chen introduced the child's training plan.
For most of the time, Xiao Siyang spends time with his beloved ping-pong.
Image source: Chen Siyang Ai's work by Ping Pong Douyin.
For young players, mastering the basic knowledge and training skills of table tennis may be a more important task.
From fixed-position forehand and backhand training to hitting practice on the move, after continuous training, Chen Siyang has made significant progress in terms of hitting speed and accuracy.
"
Training is very tiring, I never said that I would give up
." This sentence almost became the epitome of Chen Siyang in table tennis training.
In addition to the daily basic practice of table tennis, she also needs physical and strength training. In the video, there are step exercises, rope skipping exercises, dumbbell training, etc.
"We will cry if she is tired from playing. We will encourage her and take a break to continue playing. But most of the reason for crying is that the ball is not playing well, and the baby has higher demands on himself." Mother Chen said to her daughter. The pride also allows everyone to see the hard work behind the results.
Image source: Chen Siyang Ai's work by Ping Pong Douyin.
Even if he can't help crying sometimes, but soon, the agile and precise Chen Siyang will reappear.
With one wave, her love for table tennis was fully revealed.
That love never wavered.
Chen Siyang is a girl who refuses to admit defeat.
Mother Chen revealed: "Once I played with the son of her enlightenment coach (9 years old) and lost to the other party, she cried at that time. When I returned home, I asked my grandfather to practice with her until late."
In fact, among the players of the same age who train together, almost no one can compete with Chen Siyang.
Image source: Chen Siyang Ai's work by Ping Pong Douyin.
It is precisely because of the hard training day after day that Chen Siyang consumes more physically than other children, so the family has formulated a meticulous schedule and diet manual for her.
She is guaranteed 10-11 hours of sleep every day, breakfast is a bowl of meatloaf soup, an egg, a carton of milk, lunch and dinner are also mainly meat... She spends every day like this.
After a year and a half of practice, the 5-year-old Chen Siyang showed a maturity that was not commensurate with her age when playing.
When netizens saw such superb skills, they called out "where to play" and "the national team is waiting for you".
Everyone can't help asking, why are Chinese children so talented in table tennis?
Image source: Weibo screenshot.
In fact, after the Tokyo Olympics, former world champion and grand slam winner Deng Yaping said in an interview, "The level of our grassroots coaches is too high. If they compare with each other, they are likely to be coaches of other national teams. Level.” Among this, it is the inheritance of national table tennis from generation to generation, and it is also the strong heritage of Chinese table tennis.
As a "national game", table tennis has a domestic penetration rate and needless to say.
And when children are exposed to table tennis when they are young, they are expected to improve quickly after receiving enlightenment training from high-level coaches, and thus the possibility of embarking on a career path in the future will increase, which forms a virtuous circle.
National Ping Pong's outstanding results are also inseparable from "starting from the baby".
Image source: Chen Siyang Ai's work by Ping Pong Douyin.
In order to let Xiao Siyang feel the atmosphere of the game better, the coach arranged for her to participate in the 7-year-old children's competition in Xinyu City.
Among the good hands of those who are older than herself, she won the first place.
As for whether she will let her daughter take the path of a professional player in the future, Ms. Chen said, “I’ll be a hobby for training at the moment, but I’ll stick to it. We will look at her situation in the future and make plans.”
"When I grow up I want to be an athlete, because I want to beat others, want to be the first."
Chen Siyang said.
The glory of national table tennis continues in this dream.
(Liu Xingchen)