From the beginning of 2009, when Cai Zhenhua took over as China Table Tennis Association, he put forward a long-term plan focusing on the future development of table tennis, and prepared to take the way of "going out, please come in" to help foreign table tennis players improve their level. In the 2008 Olympic Games, the men's and women's singles in table tennis won all the medals, which also worried ITTF. If we can't change the pattern of international table tennis, it will be bad for table tennis, and it is likely to cause a worse development situation! Therefore, we put forward the development direction of "going out, please come in" in order to find ways to change the imbalance of table tennis development, even if this change is small! "Going out" means exporting our high-quality coaching team and our understanding and application of this sport. "Please come in" means inviting excellent foreign players to play in China and inviting developing foreign players to come to China for quality training.
Since the plan of raising wolves was put forward, it has been developing hard. We can see from the media reports that coaches from many countries in the world are active in China, and even many China players have joined foreign countries to represent other countries. But the question is, how many of the talents we export and the players we train have become real wolves? We don't talk about former China players who played for other countries. I have always thought that this is not a wolf, because they cannot be called wolves in essence. The essential requirement of keeping wolves is to train athletes who are not from China. Back to the question just now, how many wolves have we raised in these years!
The first is women's table tennis. In recent years, several outstanding players have stood out, but they are still not a threat to China women's table tennis, such as German Sorgia, Japanese Fukuhara Ai, Ishikawa Kasumi, Hirano Miyu, Ito Micheng and Romanian Szox. Other than that, they can't even remember the truly outstanding foreign women table tennis players. Look at the ITTF women's ranking again. You can see how many players from China are in the top 50. In recent years, except Japanese Ping Ye, Miyuki and Miki It?, other players have not even attracted our attention. But these two players have the benefits of our plan, but the contribution of their own countries is also obvious. Therefore, in terms of women, our plan to raise wolves is unsuccessful.
Tell me more about men. In recent years, the international competition of men's players has become more and more fierce, and the level is getting closer and closer. One is that our young players' game thinking is different from that of top foreign players. Without the guidance of a coach, the rhythm and changes of most foreign players in the game are much better than those of some domestic players. This has something to do with the training situation and sports crowd in their country. But it also shows their talent in this sport. In addition, in most competitions, they have caused a big impact on the national table tennis men's team. But also beat the China men's table tennis team in many competitions. Such as Bohr and Ochalov in Germany, CalDelano in Brazil, Freitas in Portugal, Zhihe Zhang in Japan and Volker in Sweden. It is not difficult to see that men's table tennis has shown a good development trend. Although we did well in the three competitions, we also saw the growth and progress of foreign players, which was more obvious than women's table tennis. So the man's wolf plan is effective. For the last time, whether these wolves are wolves or not. If we are compared to dragons, these can certainly be regarded as wolves, but we still need to grow up in front of dragons. If we are put in the same position as them, although they have not reached the height required by wolves, their impact has already possessed the characteristics of wolves. We hope that the development of foreign players will be better in the next few years. As a native of China, I don't want to be defeated by players from other associations. As a person who sees things equally, I still hope that this sport can be balanced.
Speaking of the development of the wolf-raising plan, let's talk about the influence of the wolf-raising plan on Guo Ping. With the continuous emergence of outstanding foreign players, it has caused a big impact on national table tennis. For women, it accelerates the alternation between the old and the new, and also accelerates the discovery and use of new technologies. That's why there are younger teams participating in the Olympic Games now. It can be said that the age structure of women's table tennis in Tokyo Olympic Games is younger than before. Men are particularly embarrassed! The situation of veteran leading the way has not changed. It is better to bring new traditions to the old team or give more opportunities to the old players. But on the whole, it also reflects the serious problem that young male table tennis players abroad are not competent enough to keep up with the update speed. Now there is only one Fan Zhendong, and the other players behind him have some problems, which fail to meet the requirements of replacing the old players. This embarrassing situation is unfavorable in front of the current table tennis world. In the next few years, if this situation still exists, table tennis men will face a more severe test!
Let's talk about what role the wolf-raising plan has played in cultural development. This plan is an export form of China culture. Whether it is language output or thought output. Facing the output of the coaching team, coaches should learn the language and living habits of the other country. But in the process of teaching, the coach will also export some inland areas of China appropriately. For example, languages, the best examples are Ishikawa Kasumi and Fukuhara Ai, who speak Chinese very well. And in the process of inviting in, foreign players have a deeper understanding of Chinese in the melting pot of China. For example, both Bohr and Ochalov can understand Chinese, which they also admitted in the interview. They may not speak well, but they can understand that this is a reflection of the output. In addition, the progress of foreign players in tactical thinking and technical application is also obvious. For example, CalDelano is exquisite in Taiwan Province technology, which is a traditional technology in China. In tactical thinking, many of them are also very China-like, and the most obvious one is Bohr. China culture, with this tentative output, has also promoted the development of this sport, and at the same time, it has also prompted the players of this sport to know more about China.