Ping Pong Life

Chapter 354

"Hello, audience friends, welcome to my live broadcast room, I am Hou Xijia."

"It is now 14:30 in the imperial capital, which is also 08:30 local time in Germany. Next up is the sixth stop of the ITTF World Tour this year, the German Open Mixed Doubles 8-to-4 match. The two sides are my country's Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan, and Sakura Country's Yichuan Mima and Niwa Xiaoxi."

Hou Xijia can be regarded as an old fritters anchor for many years. This opening speech is extremely proficient, and he doesn't need to think much. He didn't have time to casually glance at the number of people in his live broadcast room after he finished speaking.

Then he was a little surprised, because the popularity of the live broadcast room today was abnormally high, at least five times more than the usual number of viewers in the main match of the Open.

How is this going?

Hou Xijia's first reaction was to directly click on the table tennis live broadcast section of the Yinqiu Feiwu forum, and take a look at the live broadcast room of the real head anchor Da Mage, and then he found that Da Mage's popularity was only one-fifth of his own one.

According to the normal situation, the popularity of the two people's live broadcast room just reversed.

He looked at the homepage of the website again, and it was quite normal. The official did not attract traffic or make big recommendations for him.

Hou Xijia is also a real person. Since he couldn't figure it out, he asked the audience directly, and he got the answer soon.

It turned out that the audience came to see him explain this mixed doubles match.

As for why not choose Big Brother?
The reason is also very simple, because there has always been a rumor in the market: "Watching Big Brother is just for fun. If you really want to listen to professional explanations, you have to watch anchor Hou."

Speaking of this, you should have remembered it, right?

This Hou Xijia Hou anchor, who once appeared on Shonan TV's "Masked Guessing Guess" program with Wang Chao in March this year, is the legendary No. 1 professional commentator of domestic table tennis. The first level is also the first level in the professional table tennis commentary. Even though he is over [-] this year and has two children, he is still a fierce player in the table tennis Super League. By the way, he won the men's singles in the domestic championship a few years ago champion.

As a rare chipper, his ability to actually interpret table tennis matches is actually higher than Yi Jing, the female anchor of China Television's official sports channel. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most professional commentator in China.

Such a legendary figure, in terms of personal experience and actual combat level, ten big brothers can't keep up, but he has worked on the Silver Ball Flying Dance website for many years, and even today, he is still only the second commentator.

The root cause is that he doesn't know how to work hard, and he doesn't have the witty words like Big Brother, and the audience usually doesn't need professional commentary when they watch the game. So, of course Big Brother is more suitable than him.

But today is different.

Because today's game is mixed doubles.

During this period of time, the controversy over the guiding principles of mixed doubles has been very fierce, and it has been raging all over the world. Huaguo is the number one table tennis country, and fans naturally pay more attention to these things.

In this era when all the theories of table tennis have been developed to a great extent, it is rare that there is a project that is still in the pioneering period. With so many opinions, the audience naturally wants to hear the opinions of professionals.

At this time, Brother Da Ma can't do it anymore. Even though he still invited Ye Hongye, the big boss of the forum, to work on it today, the two of them were still discussing whether to make another wave of things more powerful than canned herring to attract popularity, but still Unstoppable, the audience poured into Hou Xijia's live broadcast room like a flood.

"Anchor Hou, let's talk."

"Anchor Hou will spread the basic knowledge of mixed doubles to our new audience."

"Anchor Hou, who do you think will win today?"

"Anchor Hou, I only know that the Tang Dynasty team uses a special style of play, so what kind of style does the Sakura Kingdom team use?"

"Anchor Hou, here's your chance, you have to fight hard. If you can't say anything, I'll go to Brother Da Ma. They bet on bitter melon juice in the live broadcast room today, and this time it's for real."

Hou Xijia suddenly felt a lot of pressure. He adjusted his mentality and decided to show off.

"If you want to ask me how to play mixed doubles, I really dare not talk nonsense, but if you want to say who will win this game, I can still say a few words."

"The strength of the Tang Dynasty combination is naturally beyond doubt. Last month's Malaysia Open, they won the championship by crushing the whole process. I heard from a friend of my Huaping first team that the Tang Dynasty combination was also rumored to be a gossip during the team's practice. So in fact, right after the Malaysian Open last month, the Tang Dynasty team was [-]% number one in the world, without a doubt.”

"But how did they get the number one in the world? Have you thought about it carefully?"

"Actually, it's because at this time last month, the whole world didn't know how to play mixed doubles. Everyone was arguing, and the quarreling was fierce, and the teamwork ideas cultivated by different table tennis associations were all different. Even our Huaping team didn’t make up their minds at that time, why? Because the newly formed Tang Dynasty team couldn’t beat the Gossip team in the internal test.”

"Competitions, no matter how perfect the theory is, must be based on actual combat. At that time, the coaching staff of Huaping believed that the Tang Dynasty combination was a standard upward compatibility, and the Gossip combination was a standard downward compatibility. Tang Dynasty could not beat Gossip. That means backwards compatibility isn't necessarily wrong, right?"

"So when the Tang Dynasty team showed their true style of play in the world arena, the whole world was actually taught a lesson, and even the Huaping coaching staff was shocked."

"It's not that I'm deliberately alarmist. This is what I heard from a friend of my coaching staff."

"It is said that the head coach Cai Guodong initially thought that the Tang Dynasty team was trained under the guidance of the coaching staff. It was not until the last internal examination before going to Malaysia that he found out that something was wrong. After careful questioning, he found out about the Tang Dynasty team. During the training, no other coaches were allowed to intervene at all, and it was Wang Chao's idea from the beginning to the end."

"That's why the Tang Dynasty team was not an upwardly compatible style of play from the beginning, but went directly to a special style of play. This is the real one-step approach."

"Isn't this kind of thing outrageous? To be honest, I was shocked when I heard it, but coach He Jingping is so self-willed. He stopped all other coaches who wanted to give advice and asked Wang Chao to let go. no way."

Having said that, there is already a lot of laughing and joking on the barrage, making fun of Hou La Liga.

"A team friend of mine."

"A coach friend of mine."

"There should be a friend of mine who is an anchor."

"Anchor Hou really has friends all over the world."

"Anchor Hou, why don't you invite a friend to be a guest? The next-door brother has found a forum boss, so we have to find a real Huaping boss."

When Hou Xijia saw these ridicules, he didn't take it seriously, because he is a person in the professional circle, so when he usually broadcasts live, once he wants to talk about technology and allusions, and he is afraid that the audience will not believe him, he often uses "I have a profession. Players' friends" or "I have a table tennis coach's friend", over time, this has become a meme in the live broadcast room.

As we all know, being an anchor these days, he is not afraid of lack of strength, but he is afraid of lack of stalks.

Hou Xijia continued: "In short, after the Malaysian Open, the whole world has reached a consensus that the mixed doubles must be based on upward compatibility, and then use the individual strength of the players as a variable to create a tactical system. , from this moment on, the mixed doubles event is really on the right track."

"The champion of the Tang Dynasty combination must have super high gold content, because it is equivalent to re-establishing the industry standard of mixed doubles, but if we talk about dominance, it is definitely not enough, because no one knew how to play before. Only you know the correct answer, so you can win the championship, but now we all know how to play, in this way, you just practiced for a month more than us, how much advantage can you have?"

"So we can see that once June is over, there will be more than a dozen pairs in the world table tennis. Many small countries are ready to make a move. Even a big place like Luxembourg claims to have a pair to compete next month. And Sakura Guo's two powerful pairs are even more courageous, and all players were replaced immediately, and even Jin Dalai, who has not been born for a long time, couldn't help forming two pairs of mixed doubles in one breath."

"What does this mean? It means that everyone thinks that the Tang Dynasty combination can be defeated, especially the Jindalai country. They are very poor, and players need to spend money to participate in the competition. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all consumed. If you can't get it in the game To fill this hole with the prize money, it is a loss. Therefore, we can completely believe that the mixed doubles team of Jindalai Country is here for the championship. After watching the video of the Tang Dynasty team winning the championship last month, they think that they I can win, so I dare to come.”

Hou Xijia's analysis was well-founded, and the audience was very convinced, so they swiped the presents and urged: "Brother Hou, keep going, don't stop."

"Brother Hou, hurry up, hurry up, I mean speaking speed."

"Brother Hou, go deeper, deeper, I mean the depth of the topic."

"Brother Hou, be more vigorous, and more vigorous, I mean topic strength."

Hou Xijia took a look at the live broadcast source and found that the two players had just entered the field and were shaking hands. Next, they had to guess coins and determine the server and receiver. In other words, there were still a few minutes before the official start of the game, so he Go on.

"Okay, let's talk about this game. Yichuan Mima's previous partner was Mizutaka, and she and Mima are the standard upward compatible kingly style of play. In all the matches of this pair last month, Yichuan Mima was basically the same. Not offensive, she is an excellent player with strong discipline and self-discipline, coupled with a nuanced touch, so she can definitely rank among the top ten female players in the world in terms of ball control and handling. In fact, if She has a little better control of the spin, and she's no problem in the top three."

"Waterbird's offensive ability is very strong, and he also has a subtle touch, which makes his forehand attack ability also rank among the top ten men's players in the world. This combination is actually very perfect, especially Dual talent is even more luxurious than Huaping."

"But in the end they were beaten by the Tang Dynasty group."

"So, Yichuan Mima's change of partner is not only due to the pressure from Sakura's domestic fishing boats and fans, but more importantly, she herself realizes that if she continues to be paired with Waterfowl Hawk, then their upper limit will only be reached. Here, if she wants a higher upper limit, she can't continue to superstitiously believe in the domineering style of play, but must go further and form a special style of play."

"So, she must find a new partner with outstanding strengths."

"She herself is a player with outstanding strengths. In the women's singles field, her rhythm, pace, speed, and rebounding ability of backhand raw rubber particles are completely different from other female players. Then when she finds another player with outstanding strengths Theoretically speaking, as long as a reasonable system can be polished and the strengths of both parties can be brought out, the upper limit of their combination will be frighteningly high."

"Then what kind of player is her partner Nikubo Takashi?"

"This person is 22 years old this year. He debuted for four years. Although he is young, he is not considered a rookie. He has not made it to the top in four years. He is still ranked 67th in the world. In terms of personal record, he can give Zhang Benkuang a boost. The shoes don't match."

"But Yichuan Mima did not go to Zhang Benkuang for a strong alliance, but chose him firmly, because although this person is not very good at playing, his specialties are very outstanding, and Yichuan just took a fancy to his specialties .”

Hou Xijia paused at this point, took a few sips of water beautifully from the teacup, then sighed, looking very comfortable, stretched his waist, and worked hard, but didn't say a word.

This is also the habit he has developed over the years as a professional commentator, that is, "every critical moment must break a sentence", its meaning is similar to that of an online novel author breaking chapters.

The difference is that if the author breaks the chapter, he will be called a broken chapter dog, and readers will be threatened to cancel the full subscription, while the anchor Hou's broken sentence can make the audience frantically swiping for gifts, asking him to continue.

When a lot of presents, big or small, floated across the screen, Hou Xijia finally spoke again: "Friends in the audience, this is pure dry goods. I did a lot of work last night. I have searched and watched dozens of videos, so, asking you for some gifts is worthy of the hard work of an old man like me who stayed up all night."

The audience expressed their understanding and slapped hundreds more.

"This person's side cut is very good, and he likes to use it very much." Hou Xijia began to throw dry goods: "Other side cuts are usually when there is no way to carry out regular offense, or when they are purely defensive after falling into extreme passiveness. But Nikubo Xiaoxi is different, he only thinks about one thing in the side cut, and it goes smoothly."

"At the same time, he can cut sides on both sides of the racket. Sometimes when you watch him play, you will feel that he uses side cuts not because he is suitable, but because he is too lazy to run, because as long as he runs, the ball is the best. The way to deal with it becomes a sideways burst."

"So, he has a well-known nickname in the Sakura country, called the little prince of the Buddhist style side cut. And the reason why he can't get good results after playing for four years is precisely because he handles the ball too casually and is too superstitious about side cuts. In fact, many coaches in Sakura think that as long as this person is a little bit more diligent, runs a little more, and plays a little more rationally, he can steadily enter the top 20 in the world."

After Hou Xijia said this in one breath, he took another sip of water, and the audience began to slap their hands frantically.

"Anchor dog, I brushed Rockets just now, but you finished it in one breath, how could there be a sentence in the middle?"

"Does the dog host still want a gift? I only give you a slap."

"Hurry up, hurry up, the game is about to start."

"Hurry up, hurry up, Nima's appetite, not to mention that I'm going to see Brother Da Ma, it is said that Ye Hongye has already drank a glass of bitter melon juice, and then they will bet on jade tendon fish juice."

"Don't mention that thing, it's too fishy, ​​I vomit..."

After all, it was the first time for Hou Xijia to have such a high popularity, and he had never experienced such a battle. At this time, he immediately showed his timidity, and he dared not show off any more, and said again: "Finally, I want to tell you a big news. Talented, so this new combination is also a double-entry micro combination, and Nikubo Xiaoxi's side cut is known as the world's number one side cut. Just looking at the talent indicators, they are indeed not weaker than the Tang Dynasty combination."

At this time, all the pre-match details have been completed on the live broadcast screen, and in the end, Wang Chao was unlucky to get the right to serve, while Yichuan Mima received the ball on the opposite side.

Just looking at this choice, it can be seen that there is definitely something for the Sakura Country pairing, because Yi Chuan Mima actually chose to let Wang Chao attack her on his own initiative. player.

The referee blows the whistle and the game officially begins.

Hou Xijia rushed to express his point of view at the last moment: "My prediction for this game is that it will be six or four, and the Tang Dynasty combination will be six."

The Huaguo anchor is optimistic about the Huaguo group, which seems like nonsense.

But it's not.

Because if you only look at the record of the Tang Dynasty team last month and the actual content of the game, this game should have been opened on September [-]st.

Even if Yichuan Mima and Niwa Xiaoxi defeated the veteran pair of Jin Feng and Jin Zhong the day before yesterday, in the world table tennis world, especially in Europe, the final prediction result of fans voting on the forum is still [-]-[-]. Tang Dynasty combination seven.

It can be said that, as the most professional commentator of Huaping, Hou Xijia is actually more optimistic about the Sakura Country than most people in the world.

(According to the schedule, there will be a series of battles. I will intersperse some more commentary and analysis from various outsiders to make the game less monotonous. I hope you like this way.)
(End of this chapter)