Table tennis, known as China's "national ball", is a world-popular ball game, including attack, confrontation and defense.
Table tennis originated in Britain, and the name "table tennis" originated from 1900, so it was named after the sound of "table tennis" when it was struck. In Chinese mainland, "table tennis" is its official name, as are China, Hongkong and Macau. 1926 65438+ 10, an international table tennis competition was held in Berlin, Germany, with 64 male athletes from 9 countries participating.
In February of the same year, the International Table Tennis Federation was formally established, and the European Championship held in London was named the first World Table Tennis Championship.
Table tennis organizations include the International Table Tennis Federation, the Asian Table Tennis Federation and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
As the audience becomes younger and younger, whenever the China table tennis team returns home with honor at an Olympic Games, there will always be some discordant voices that there is no suspense in the table tennis competition, and the participation enthusiasm of other countries is very poor, so it is of little significance to continue to exist at the Olympic Games.
In fact, ITTF shares the same concerns. In order to curb China's table tennis strength, they did not hesitate to modify the rules for the China team nine times during the period of 18. Unfortunately, the strength of the China team has long been above these easily changed rules. According to Japanese netizens, it is the strength of "cosmic people".
How strong is Guo Ping? On this issue, there is a joke on the Internet that table tennis is divided into five levels: simple, ordinary, difficult, hell and China. A joke is a joke, but China's record in the Olympic Games really deterred any opponent. Every time the national table tennis team is reorganized, there is always an argument that "table tennis has lost its charm" or even "table tennis should be cancelled in the Olympic Games".
In fact, since 1998, ITTF table tennis rules have been reformed and adjusted as many as nine times. On average, a reform measure is introduced every two years, which is rare in all sports. Its purpose is also very clear, that is, to break the hegemony of China.
From 65438 to 0999, ITTF reduced the maximum number of participants in men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships to seven (pairs), which prevented China from entering the quarterfinals in these three events, while men's doubles and women's doubles were three pairs, which prevented China from entering the quarterfinals and reduced the possibility of China winning a medal.
In 2000, ITTF began to change the small ball of 38 mm into the big ball of 40 mm, which limited the fast-break play of China team.
200 1, ITTF changed the rules to serve every two balls, limiting China's changeable serve. In the same year, the service was changed to tee off, which limited the strength of the first three boards in China.
In 2002, ITTF changed the best-of-five system from 2 1 minute per game to the best-of-seven system, with 1 1 minute per game, which increased the contingency of the game.
However, ITTF's painstaking efforts did not limit China's dominance of table tennis in the world, and even had a certain reaction.
After 2004, ITTF and the Olympic Committee began to try their best to restrict the China team in the competition system, so as to increase the enjoyment of the event. At the Athens Olympic Games, the lottery system was reformed. In men's doubles and women's doubles, two pairs of players from the same team must be drawn into the same half-court, so it is impossible for China to win all the gold medals and silver medals.
In 2007, ITTF requested to change the sponge rubber of table tennis bat from organic to inorganic, which reduced the elasticity and restricted the development of China's fast break.
In 2008, China's "overseas corps" was restricted again to prevent table tennis from becoming a world dominated by China players.
In 2009, the number of singles teams in the Olympic Games decreased again, from three to two. As a result, only Ding Ning and Li played in the women's singles in China this Olympic Games, and it was impossible to win the top three as before.
Among them, every rule change will cause some difficulties for China team, but China table tennis team has outstanding training foundation and abundant personnel reserves, and will adapt to any changes faster than its opponents. No matter how limited ITTF is, China's overall strong position is hard to shake.
However, the power of table tennis in China is not just lip service. Table tennis was always under the control of the Japanese and Hungarians until China won the championship for the first time in 1950s. The reason why China team can rise in this project comes from the guarantee of the national system, the strong mass base and the grand occasion of dominating the table tennis world, which is a respectable achievement made by several generations of table tennis people in China.