Ping Pong Life

Chapter 184 See Through
The situation on the field was just as expected by several bigwigs, and began to reverse strongly in the other direction.

The score began to climb alternately with difficulty, but Lin Zijun's side had to climb a little faster.

4: 3.

5: 3.

5: 4.

6: 4.

7: 4.

7: 5.

8: 5.

8: 6.

9: 6.

10: 6.

10: 7.

10: 8.

11: 8.

The score was finally fixed, and Wang Chao lost the third game by three points.

The audience was full of laughter and applause, only Lin Zijun stood quietly in front of the stage, not showing any provocation or gloating towards Wang Chao.

A modest gentleman, gentle as jade.

He was so quiet that it made people feel distressed, and he was so polite that made people feel distressed. This kind of demeanor made Wang Chao more and more like a villain.

The director put the camera on Wang Chao's face on purpose, trying to capture Wang Chao's distraught or angry appearance.

But Wang Chao just wiped his sweat slowly with a towel, his eyes were calm and thoughtful, obviously thinking about how to play the fourth game, but he didn't show the slightest emotion that the audience wanted to see, which made the director unavoidable Kind of disappointed.

Half a minute later, the fourth game began.

At this time, it is already in fast5 mode, because there are only 24 minutes left in the 2-minute countdown, which is not enough to support the next full 11-point game.

"In fast5 mode, Wang Chao still has a chance." Qin Huachang said: "He has a lot of tricks, as long as he can trick Lin Zijun once or twice, he will have a chance to win this round."

Zhu Zeshi nodded and agreed: "Yes, fast5 is an opportunity for Wang Chao, I hope he can seize it."

However, the situation did not go as expected by the two big men.

Another 3 minutes passed, and Lin Zijun won the fourth game 5:4.

It is worth mentioning that there is no "golden ball" in the T2 competition system. The scores of the two sides do not need to be separated by two points. What matters is whoever reaches 5 first wins.

Wang Chao changed his tactics in this game and started serving to Lin Zijun's middle baseline.

This is actually the inspiration he got from the game he played against Zhu Ding.

It is impossible for every player to have [-]% control over every point of the table. There must be some areas that will cause confusion in the judgment of the players. At the beginning Zhu Ding challenged Luo Jiu three times, and Luo Jiu used this principle in the next two times Defeated Zhu Ding.

Wang Chao watched the video in the middle of the night yesterday, and vaguely saw where Lin Zijun's blind spots were.

So he wanted to give it a try.

Facts have proved that this trick is still effective. He used this method to successfully cause confusion in Lin Zijun's judgment, and thus scored two points.

But Lin Zijun is too smart, after being targeted by Wang Chao in this way, he immediately made adjustments and set an iron rule for himself: When I can't rely on my intuition to choose my own moving direction, I always move to the right.

It was not a difficult decision for him to make, since his backhand is indeed much stronger than his forehand, so running to the right is definitely not wrong.

The blind spots that Wang Chao worked so hard to find had already been filled before he could use them one by one.

In this round, Lin Zijun's fight was even more fierce. He missed two goals during the attack and scored five goals. In addition, he lost two points due to blind spots, so the final score was 5:4.

By this time, everyone once again felt that the overall situation was settled.

It's just that the relationship between victory and defeat this time is completely reversed. They think that Lin Zijun has at least a [-]% chance of winning.

Another 4 minutes later, Wang Chao lost the fifth game 3:5. So far, Lin Zijun won the game point with a score of 3:2, and officially overtook Wang Chao from the score for the first time.

All the audience was very excited. They almost all stood up, refused to sit down, clapped their hands regularly, shouted slogans, and waited for a peerless reversal to be staged under their noses.

Only need to wait another three to five minutes, and when the two sides play another round, Lin Zijun will eliminate Wang Chao 5:4 and enter the final with confidence.

With his terrifying strength and terrifying mentality in this game, no matter whether the opponent is Zhu Ding or Lu Feiyang, he will definitely be killed by him.

On behalf of the Bay Island Table Tennis Association, which has been in decline for more than ten years, he will stand out from the encirclement surrounded by the mighty Huaguo Table Tennis Association's three strong players. He will take the final crown and complete an unprecedented feat.

Even the always calm Wandao veteran Zhuang Huishen lost his composure at this moment, feeling his heart beating and even holding his breath.

He knew Lin Zijun very well.

He thinks he is the second person in the world who knows Lin Zijun best, because the person who knows Lin Zijun best is Jiang Peirong, head coach of Bay Island Table Tennis Association.

Zhuang Huishen believes that when entering this great situation, Lin Zijun's only psychological flaw will no longer exist. In this case, he has already entered an invincible state.

The aura condensed by breaking and standing like this was iron-blooded and tragic, and pushed Lin Zijun's state to the peak step by step. Even if Wang Chao had Luo Jiu possessing him at this moment, the dragon team might not be able to turn over.

After all, Lin Zijun was simmering with anger towards Wang Chao, and anger was always the strongest motivation.

"I just want to have a friendly discussion with you, but you want to kill me, so now, I want to kill too." ——Probably this feeling.

……

The sixth game begins.

The referee blew the whistle, Lin Zijun served the ball, and went straight to the baseline of Wang Chao's forehand.

Wang Chao made short moves.

Lin Zijun swung back.

Wang Chao poses again.

Lin Zijun swung back again.

Wang Chao stopped swinging back, he took a step forward, inserted the racket into the underside of the ball, turned his wrist, and slapped fiercely.

Lin Zijun blocked it firmly.

Wang Chao fights again.

Lin Zijun pulls.

Wang Chao backhanded to change the line.

Lin Zijun chipped back a board.

Wang Chao moved his body forward again, ignoring the downward spin of the ball, and made another fierce attack.

Lin Zijun's defense finally fluctuated, and he returned a slightly high ball.

Wang Chao seized this rare opportunity, opened with a burst, ended with a short shot, and pierced through Lin Zijun's defense.

1: 0.

No one thinks there is anything wrong with this ball, because in such a high-quality game, the so-called strategic direction is just a general thing, and various changes and accidents can occur in the specific content of the game.

If the entire battle proceeds strictly according to the plan, then there will be no miracles in the table tennis match. It will be all 11:0, either complete victory or complete defeat, polarization, and loss of suspense.

So Wang Chao scored first, and no one was surprised.

Only in the small room of the imperial capital, Qin Huachang, who was the keenest, let out a soft "Huh", as if he had discovered some faint clue.

Lin Zijun served again, still going straight to the bottom line of Wang Chao's forehand position.

For Lin Zijun, this is already the standard serving method for him to face Wang Chaoshi, and it is also the best method in theory.

Because he was sure that Wang Chao would not turn sideways and would compete with him for rhythm.

The principle has been explained many times before.

But Wang Chao turned sideways suddenly at this time, and rushed to the board without hesitation.

This is an anomalous board.

This board was really beyond Lin Zijun's expectations. Fortunately, his nerve reaction speed and muscle memory speed were fast enough. When he took a stride, his arms had no time to fully open, so they simply retracted, and his wrists adjusted finely. Cut a board on the side.

This ball showed his delicate touch. The cut ball was very flat, floating, and very spinning. It seemed that Wang Chao didn't have any chance to lift the ball.

But Wang Chao took half a step back and pulled the board hard.

Faced with this strong side spin, he didn't choose to pull the arc high, but chose to pull a heavy arc regardless of his life, wanting to kill Lin Zijun with a single blow.

This is another unreasonable response.

But he succeeded.

The speed and strength of the ball flying over exceeded Lin Zijun's prediction, and he was finally forced to step back and pull the ball back with a backhand.

Lin Zijun's strength was limited, and the ball was too long, so the pulling ball lost his sharpness of twisting the ball inside the table and became very mediocre.

Wang Chao didn't waste this opportunity, he stepped forward fiercely and charged again.

This board took [-] points of strength, and after he finished playing, he stood in place and gave up the follow-up.

With his physical fitness, he really can only stick to these three boards.

But it was also the third board that killed Lin Zijun, because Lin Zijun had retreated to the COSCO platform on the left side of the table, and the radius of his running was multiplied, while Wang Chao's explosive charge was a forehand with a large angle. , so even if Lin Zijun has "extreme speed", he can't keep up.

2: 0.

The cheers from the audience were a little bit weaker. They couldn't understand the problem, but they just thought it was a bit weird that it was Wang Chao who scored two points in a row.

Only Qin Huachang understood. He said "Oh" meaningfully. He leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, putting on an inscrutable look.

He Jingping looked at him expectantly.

He ignored it.

So He Jingping got angry, and went straight up and grabbed his ear: "Old Qin, let me tell you, I'm in a panic right now, don't force me!"

Qin Huachang yelled "Ah, ah!", and finally couldn't put it on anymore, but still didn't want to give up his compulsion, so he broke free from He Jingping's hand, then shook his head and sighed softly, "Old He, your apprentice is really a genius!" That's it...he took another step ahead of us."

At this moment, although the eyes of the bosses are still fixed on the screen, their ears are quietly pricked up.

Therefore, it must be admitted that there is still a difference between the superior and inferior coaches after all. Regardless of the ability to teach students for the time being, Qin Huachang is indeed the most powerful among this group of people in terms of personal professional ability. The coach didn't even understand it, but Qin Huachang already understood it.

"Didn't you notice that Lin Zijun's mentality has changed again." Qin Huachang pointed to the screen: "Just now, he even dared to twist the ball that we thought we couldn't twist. He really risked his life to turn the tables. At that time, he had blood and courage in his chest, otherwise he would not have been able to win three sets in a row, but now, his thinking is different..."

Having said that, you big brothers suddenly realized.

In fact, within Huaping, almost every national team player will be taught a class called "mentality adjustment" by the coach. The most important part of the course is "not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat".

In a more cultured way, it is called "Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself".

What I'm talking about is that no matter how turbulent the outside world is, and the pros and cons change, you must strengthen your inner cognition, and don't let your emotions influence your objective judgment.

This truth is easy to say, like a cliché, but it is actually extremely difficult. At least, in the decades of world table tennis, countless professional players have emerged, but almost no one can really do this.

Only in Huaping, there have been people who have reached this level almost from generation to generation.

That's why it is rumored that Huaping players never give up and are best at handling key balls.

When Lin Zijun beat Wang Chao, he experienced a tortuous three-stage psychological change.

When he first started playing, his attitude was to be cautious and win, because he had carefully analyzed all the videos of Wang Chao, and thought he had a slight advantage in technology, so he sought stability in style, refused to fight, did not dare to fight, Because fighting itself means that the error rate increases.

After being completely defeated by Wang Chao, he finally let go of all his restraint, broke through and stood up, and began to fight desperately, just like he beat Sun Tianlong in the final of the Kangaroo Country Open.

He himself has super personal strength, coupled with enough calm and rational habits, and finally relied on a few incredible extreme twists to complete the big reversal.

When the total score becomes 2:2, he can continue to play like this, because the old saying goes: one effort, then decline, three exhaustion, and Lin Zijun has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

But when the total score became 3:2, when Wang Chao became vulnerable, Lin Zijun's mentality inevitably changed again.

He felt that he had already won the game.

He felt that he was indeed superior to Wang Chao technically.

Unknowingly, he returned to the mentality he had when he first started playing: win with caution and avoid accidents.

"I just need to win the sixth game steadily, and I will win."

This kind of thing seems ridiculous to say, it seems to be an insult to the IQ of the players, you will say, isn't this simply a fan of the authorities?
But in fact, this is the reality on the table tennis field.

The mentality of the people who watch the game is generally stable and detached, but the people who play the game, in just a few 10 minutes of what you see, actually experience great sorrow and joy, all kinds of life, intrigue, and thrilling.

You are a bystander experience, but he is an immersive experience.

While Lin Zijun went through a tortuous mental journey, Wang Chao remained stable.

From the end of the second round to the end of the fourth round, the only change in Wang Chao was that he stopped jumping up and down and shouting wildly.

It's not that he was beaten, but because his yelling is not a real release of passion, but a kind of performance, and the purpose of his performance is just to crush Lin Zijun.

When he found that he couldn't crush Lin Zijun, the performance lost its meaning.

So in the fifth game, both sides actually played very silently.

The silent Wang Chao is the one who is really concentrating and starting to work hard.

He fought hard in the fifth game, but he still lost 3:5. At this time, Wang Chao clearly realized that he really couldn't beat Lin Zijun at this stage.

But Wang Chao did not admit defeat because of this.

He has always maintained a high fighting spirit, and started attacking and fighting continuously at the beginning of the sixth game, and even used unconventional and unreasonable methods to force the board. He actually didn't know if it would work, he All he knew was that he had to fight like this.

If Lin Zijun's mentality has been changing, then Wang Chao's mentality has not fluctuated at all from the beginning to the end. He has always held the belief of "fighting and killing".

He has always put himself in the position of "challenger", to challenge Lin Zijun, the big devil.

When the battle situation is ahead, it is fighting, and when the battle situation is behind, it is still fighting.

Now he is in a desperate situation, if he loses this round, he will be eliminated, and he wants to fight even more.

He is fearless and a real fighter, but everyone is paying attention to Lin Zijun, and they don't see through Wang Chao's decisive and tragic inner world.

——Until this moment, Qin Huachang was the first to see through the truth of the matter.

"I understand him, Lao He, I understand him better than you, and I am his only confidant." Qin Huachang only felt regretful, as if he had missed the most beloved girl in his life: "Give him to me , I beg you. His thoughts are too deep, he is a perfect match with me, you don't understand him at all, what kind of teacher are you..."

　Thanks to "Autumn Wind House" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)