China News Service, Changsha, July 31st (Tian Ling) The strongest table tennis team of "Shuijingfang" 2022 China Amateur Table Tennis Team Competition Changsha Station is going on fiercely.
After the first day of competition, 16 teams including Tianxin Table Tennis advanced to compete for the "strongest table tennis team" in Changsha Station on the 31st.
After the fierce battle on the first day, 16 teams including Shandong Shangri-La Mansion, Hengyang Aoxing Team, Hunan Table Tennis Club, Shuijingfang Yaoyi Team, and Li Ning Hunan Normal University entered the knockout round, and the second team of the "strongest table tennis team" finals The team will also be generated from these 16 teams.
This year, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese table tennis team, as the "strongest table tennis team" for the amateur event jointly created by the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the WTT (World Table Tennis Professional League), more than 2,500 amateur table tennis players will be assembled. , covering 8 cities including Chengdu, Changsha, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Baoding, Zhengzhou, Nantong, and Guangzhou. In the name of the team, they will compete against each other, showing the national ball spirit of "hard work, hard work, and friendship" in Chinese table tennis.
Players are playing.
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This "strongest table tennis team" in Changsha Station not only included representative teams from most cities in Hunan Province, but also teams from Shandong and other places came to participate.
The competition on the first match day was extremely fierce, and many players sighed after the match: "This is indeed the highest-level amateur competition in Changsha City, and even the entire Hunan Province in recent years."
Xu Xin, the National Table Tennis Olympic champion who came to Changsha from Shanghai on a special trip, and the "National Promotion Ambassador" of the "strongest table tennis team" Changsha Station, also enthusiastically supported amateur table tennis fans in an interview.
"The atmosphere of table tennis is very good now, and the participation rate is very high. Everyone pays attention to basic skills." Xu Xin hopes that players can maximize their own characteristics in amateur competitions.
"For example, it is like rushing to attack a serve. If you practice this serve well, it can actually produce unexpected good results in the game."
Xu Xin also specifically mentioned the important role of formation in team competitions.
He believes that the key factors in the outbound team competition are responsibility, impact and mentality.
"The players who play first must have a special sense of responsibility, and try to take the lead for the team to gain an advantage. Players who play later must have the momentum to impact their opponents. Once the game enters a stalemate, the players who play at this time are not necessarily the most capable or The technology is the most comprehensive, but it is necessary to have rich experience and a stable mentality, so as to win the psychological game and stabilize the team's position." Xu Xin said.
When facing amateur players imitating his own style of play, Xu Xin said with a smile: "First of all, I personally feel that my style of play belongs to my own school. If amateur table tennis fans want to imitate me, it will be difficult. Because I The ligaments are relatively good among the players of the national team, so it may be more comfortable to do some movements with a large range, and it is not particularly recommended for amateur table tennis lovers to learn.”
Xu Xin is also the first vice-chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation and the only official of an international table tennis organization among active players.
"I hope that through this position, the sport of table tennis will be better popularized and people from more regions will be encouraged to participate in the sport of table tennis." Xu Xin wants to enter the campus, promote table tennis to the youth group, and fall in love with table tennis.
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