In the history of table tennis in China, there are many such examples. For example, a son followed in his father's footsteps and eventually became famous, shining on you. Deng Yaping. Liu hekong. Their fathers are all table tennis coaches, but for Jiang Huajun, although she has a little "priority" in training since she was a child and often eats her father's "small stove", she didn't get much light along the way, let alone smoothly.
During 1996, 12-year-old Jiang Huajun knocked on the door of the provincial sports team and Bayi team, but failed repeatedly and stood at the first crossroads of his playing career. Someone once advised Jiang Huajun's father, "Wait, let the children have a rest first, maybe there will be news later." But the stubborn father thinks that his daughter's ball has reached a certain level and can't be delayed any more, otherwise her skills and state will plummet. Finally, with the efforts of many parties, Jiang Huajun entered Qingdao Erti. For herself, although she is not a provincial team, she is very happy to continue playing. The father Gao Wen also devoted too much effort to his daughter's growth.
With the help of the coach, Jiang Huajun further improved his skills, especially highlighted the speed and strength of backhand rubber hitting, and practiced his unique skills. Two years later, the national junior competition and Beijing training finally let Jiang Huajun step into the door of the second national team. Under the careful guidance of the coach for more than a year, Jiang Huajun stood out from his teammates in the same group and entered the first team with Zhang Jing, Jia Beibei, Bai Yang and Li Jia when the national team was adjusted in 2000.
The dream of the national player has come true, but what Jiang Huajun faces is not the aura of the national player, but the cruel reality that "the skills are not as good as people". "As soon as I joined the team, I was assigned to Li Sun's training group. At that time, there were Zhang Yining and Yang Shulin in the group, and then I joined Li. At that time, although my backhand was good, my overall play was not clear enough and I didn't have my own characteristics. In the past, the coach of the second team asked me to practice forehand pulling. He told me that I used to practice forehand not pulling, but' rubbing'. " Confused Jiang Huajun has been thinking, where is the way out for raw rubber? Li Sun told her: "The final direction I set for you is a steady forehand and a fierce backhand. Don't throw the ball casually on the forehand. Backhand is the main scoring method. " So, under the guidance of this policy, Jiang Huajun practiced for five years. During these five years, she has grown into a big girl, gained a firm foothold in the first team, and participated in the ITTF professional tour on behalf of the China team.
Jiang Huajun was satisfied with his career as a national player, but he also had some regrets: "The team gave many opportunities, but there were still some regrets, that is, the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris." Before the 47th World Table Tennis Championships, Jiang Huajun achieved the sixth overall score in the women's team round robin. At the same time, she is also wondering whether she can "scratch the edge" and participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, because the total score of the two rounds of round robin is the main reference index for the coach to determine the candidates for the World Table Tennis Championships. For various reasons, a few months later, although Jiang Huajun went to Paris, her identity was not a player, but a sparring partner. "This is my personal experience of the World Table Tennis Championships. It's really different from the public. Unfortunately, I didn't even sign up for a doubles. " It can be said that Jiang Huajun's regret is not a real regret. Compared with others, at least after a period of time, she will not only be able to represent China and Hongkong in the Open, but also have the opportunity to show herself on the stage of the three competitions.
The World Table Tennis Championships in Paris is a watershed. Since then, Jiang Huajun, whose playing style and strength are not optimistic, has been "suppressed" for three years, from representing China in the Korean Open in 2003 to representing China in the German Open in 2005. Three years, more than a thousand days and nights. Now, Jiang Huajun will have to wait for three years before he can participate in his dream world competition. To outsiders, this is really cruel. Jiang, who has been dealing with the outcome since childhood and adapted to the competition law of "the winner is king" since childhood, just said faintly: "I am used to sitting on the bench. In 2005, Li played so well that I didn't have many chances to play. There is no international competition, and there are not many league games, which directly affects your state. The performance of the National Games is really shameful. " Fortunately. In recent years, Shandong Luneng Club has provided the best stage for Jiang Huajun's growth.
In all fairness, the Shandong women's team won the second place in the 10th National Games, and Jiang Huajun, as the third main force in the team, was also a meritorious minister. After defeating Liu Juan in singles, she entered the quarter-finals, and Jiang Huajun's performance was also remarkable. Of course, let Jiang Huajun, the "shameful" game has to be mentioned-the women's team final of the 10th National Games. Shandong and Beijing 1 draw 1. In the third set, Jiang Huajun played against Beijing teenager Ding Ning. In the first set, Jiang Huajun simply lost. After that, she fought harder and harder, and the whole game became Ding Ning's performance alone. After Jiang Huajun's rout, the Shandong women's team also lost a good game, and finally 1-3 passed the championship. Recalling the suffocating women's team final, Jiang Huajun felt a little guilty, because it was her last time to represent Shandong in the National Games. "I was in a good state before the National Games. I often thought that the last time Shandong played the National Games, I must do my best to get a good result, and finally I lost ..."
With this regret and homesickness, after the 10th National Games, Jiang Huajun bid farewell to the land of Qilu where he was born, bid farewell to the national team where he grew up, and put on the shirt of China Hongkong Team. In fact, as early as the end of the women's singles competition in the National Games, Li Huifen, who led the team, stopped Jiang Huajun at the edge of the venue and asked her to pay attention to practicing her physical fitness after the National Games. She went to China and Hong Kong team, and prepared to play the Open in Europe.
For Jiang Huajun, going from Shenzhen to Hong Kong is not only a change in geographical location, but also a change in two systems and two lifestyles. Some people say that Jiang Huajun defeated Zhang Yining, Guo Yan and Guo Yue in the Kuwaiti Open. Judging from her performance on the court, she got a long pass. In this regard, Jiang Huajun himself holds a negative attitude. "Impossible, there is not much change in technology. Think about it. How long have I been in Hong Kong? June 5438 +2005 10. When the Hong Kong team plays the finals, the World Cup and the Asian Cup, if I don't have a coach and no training opponents, I can only train with Yu (a local player in Hong Kong). "
Come to think of it, Jiang Huajun's words make sense. Practice, when the China team closed training, the training was basically kept at 6 to 8 hours a day, often practicing three times a day; However, as always, the training of the Chinese and Hong Kong teams starts at 9: 00 am, ends at noon 1 1, starts at 3: 00 pm and ends at 6: 00 pm. Live, China team lives in Tiantan apartment, and the standard of accommodation for training is not low; Members of the China Hong Kong team share an apartment, and there is no TV in the apartment. In terms of physical fitness, the China team has a full-time physical fitness coach, a strength room and strict physical fitness planning and assessment; China and Hongkong have taken the initiative on their own, and there is no rush or rigid plan.
"If you have to ask me why I played well this time, I think it is mainly three points. First, I have a good attitude and a representative.
When the China team plays a game, they are always afraid that if they lose the game, they will have no chance to play, so the burden is particularly heavy. Now their mentality is better, and they still have a chance if they lose. Of course, the competition should not be too ugly, they should be worthy of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association. Second, people grow up and have different goals in life. Now, for me, playing ball games, especially the Open, I regard them as my career and my means of making a living. Thirdly, I get along well with coaches Jun Hui and Li Huifen, especially Jun Hui, who likes me, so he often gives me a lot of advice. "
After the 10th National Games, Jiang Huajun, who was also called by some Shandong media as a "sinner" who missed the team championship of Shandong Women's Team, got rid of the shackles of psychological pressure and became the absolute main force of China Hongkong Team and the representative of "overseas mission" overnight.
On February 23, 2006, at the Kuwait Open with the highest ITTF prize, Jiang Huajun. Just like a red-crowned crane that has not tried its wings for a long time but suddenly soared into the sky, it focused all eyes. Before the competition, no one, including Jiang Huajun herself, her coach and teammates, thought that she could win the women's singles championship, let alone beat the first, second and third seeds. Tracing back to the source, this spirit of Jiang Huajun was actually put forward by Cao Zhen, a fellow villager in Binzhou, at the Qatar Open. At the Qatar Open, Jiang Huajun met China teenager Cao Zhen, who played the same way as himself, and was almost unbeaten in foreign wars. When the score was 0-3, Jiang Huajun suddenly lost his mind. "At that moment, I thought a lot. Last year, I lost in the Swedish and German Open, and I didn't play well. I can't be eliminated in the first round this time. It's a little too difficult. I just arrived in Hong Kong. I don't think this can reflect my own value. " Jiang Huajun recalled this.
On one side of the stands, all the players of the China team watched the game at the nearest distance. The harsh eyes of former coaches and teammates made Jiang Huajun, who was backward, ignite the desire of rebirth in adversity. So little by little, she miraculously took the victory from Cao Zhen. After that, Jiang Huajun still failed to go further. Three years ago, she lost 3-4 to Strutzer, the team she defeated. This game also made Jiang Huajun realize the progress of his opponent and the importance of playing more international competitions. After the game, Jiang Huali sincerely thought, "Bonuses and achievements are only one aspect of the game. Now, playing table tennis is my profession, so as long as I have the opportunity, I must try my best to win. "
Kuwait, the blessed land of Jiang Huajun, won the powerful Zhang Yining, Guo Yan, who has not won for three years, and the young Guo Yue. Jiang Huajun personally opened the enough paper that had been posted for more than ten years. My mother was very happy when she heard the news. She called her and asked, "Yes, how did you win three?"
When the congratulations and honors gradually blurred with the passage of time, Jiang Huajun and the team members from China and Hongkong also began intensive training before the Beijing World Table Tennis Championships. Unlike the Paris World Table Tennis Championships, she can't play, can't go to the German World Table Tennis Championships, and can only cheer for her teammates in front of the TV.
At the end of the one-hour interview, Jiang Huajun took a sip of coffee and told reporters that when she was able to play the World Cup in 2008, she didn't have much ambition, only a very simple wish. "I hope that if I participate in the Beijing Olympic Games, I won't lose in the first round at home. I don't want to be too shameful. "
Jiang Huajun, once recognized as a "computer expert" by the China Women's Team, is now a "professional player" fighting against language barriers in Hongkong. When her goal surpassed the one-stop open champion, she made all the preparations, and she felt "sudden coolness and excitement after entering Shenzhen from Hong Kong" in the competition.