Ping Pong Life

Chapter 386 Rhythm is King
Wang Chao served with another short backspin.

Lin Zijun swayed short.

Wang Chao made short moves.

Lin Zijun swayed short.

Wang Chao continued to swing short.

Lin Zijun swayed short again, a little bit high.

From the audience's point of view, both sides of this ball match have a certain degree of obsession with fighting, especially Lin Zijun. His persistent fighting seems to be a gamble to prove that he is not weaker than Wang Chao.

But the real reason was that Lin Zijun was not afraid of Wang Chao's attack.

It's just that when he took the initiative to feed the ball, Wang Chao's performance was "not knowing how to cherish", so he returned to the standard normal style of play, no longer actively showing his flaws, but naturally lost in the rigorous fighting process.

As soon as he took the lead, Wang Chao directly challenged him inside the stage.

Wang Chao didn't choose to hit the ball violently, because the point of the ball is in the center of the table. If he wants to hit the ball violently, he must move to the side of the table to adjust his posture. At the same time, he will face the problem that his body cannot recover quickly. It is indeed difficult for Lin Zijun to be killed by pure speed, and the essence of the method of violent picking is indeed speed.

Faced with this level of provocation, Lin Zijun did not even need to step back to block back.

So far, he still prefers to use push and block methods to defend, rather than counter pull.

At this moment, Lin Zijun has already made all kinds of preparations. If Wang Chao's next consecutive attack is of quality, he will maintain the current defense. If Wang Chao's next attack deliberately weakens his strength, he will directly Intercept, hit a lore unreasonable ball.

He wasn't sure if it would work, but he was willing to try again.

Then he discovered to his surprise that Wang Chao didn't lift the board immediately.

In fact, Wang Chao took the initiative on the scene. He only needs to wait for the ball that Lin Zijun blocked to bounce to the highest point, and attack with a normal forehand.

But Wang Chao seemed to get stuck suddenly, and he actually waited for an extra moment, waiting for the ball to fall by a third of the time before lifting the board and pulling it forcefully.

It is also because of this card that the hitting point of the racket is slightly lower than Lin Zijun expected, so the handling of the ball naturally has a little more friction and a little less forward rush.

Of course, this is not a problem, because the quality of Wang Chao's offensive veneer has not changed much. After Lin Zijun got stuck, he still easily blocked it.

Lin Zijun's mentality now is completely different from that of 2 minutes ago. At that time, he had no idea of ​​attacking in his mind. After Wang Chao refused to cooperate, he was at a loss. But now he has comprehended a unique offensive method under super speed. When full of excitement and freshness, as long as Wang Chao's continuous attack is weak or any other flaws are exposed, he will launch a strong counterattack without hesitation.

But Wang Chao's attack on the third board still didn't show any flaws, but it was not quite what Lin Zijun imagined.

This time, Wang Chao's timing of hitting the ball was not when the ball was at the highest point, but when the ball had not bounced to the highest point.

To put it simply, Wang Chao also pulled a header.

It's just that, usually when players raise their headers, it's the moment when the ball just bounces, but Wang Chao seems to be stuck again, so the ball is about to bounce to the top, but it's just a little bit short. He was slapped hard by Wang Chao's racket.

Probably the timing was so delicate that Wang Chao was a little uncertain about friction, so he took the ball hard.

Lin Zijun instinctively felt uncomfortable.

In fact, Wang Chao's offensive power is not too great, but it is either faster, slower, with rotation or without rotation, which makes the rhythm very chaotic and not smooth at all. , This feeling is like listening to a stutterer, a word can be stuck for a long time, and after the stuck, a few words in a row will all pop out like setting off firecrackers, and then enter the next round of stuttering.

Lin Zijun bit the bullet and continued to block.

On the fourth board, Wang Chao changed his tactics again.

In fact, the ball was in his backhand position, and it belonged to feeding food to his mouth. As a left-hander, he could shoot it with a raised hand, but he obviously had the racket to meet him, so he just had to use his strength, but suddenly retracted his arm , stepped back sideways, forced the ball to fly for a while, and then pulled the ball in a descending period.

Lin Zijun gritted his teeth and blocked again.

Wang Chao stopped drawing on the fifth board and hit a long long ball from the bottom line.

Without hesitation, Lin Zijun exerted strength and slammed a forehand forward to loop the ball. As a result, he pulled the ball off the net and committed suicide directly.

4:3, Wang Chao broke the balance again and took the lead.

The applause from the audience was somewhat sparse.

Compared with the high-profile warm-up before the game, the scene effect presented now actually disappoints the audience.

The ball was really not wonderful. Wang Chao attacked four boards, all of which were average. Lin Zijun attacked one board, which was not only average, but also committed suicide. It can be regarded as a mistake.

So the audience was very puzzled.

The audience in front of the screen was more fortunate, because a big guy talked about the ball: "This ball is not ordinary, everyone, in fact, what Wang Chao is playing now is what our coaches have emphasized the most throughout their careers, rhythm. "

"It is difficult for professional players who have just entered the industry to play a smooth rhythm, and what they pursue is a smooth rhythm, but when you really reach the top level, you will find that the smoother the rhythm is, the better it is, because You are fluent, and your opponent is also fluent. When everyone is playing too smoothly, there will be no difficulties for each other. What is the essence of a table tennis game? In fact, it makes the opponent uncomfortable while playing yourself. Comfortable."

"The reason why Sun Tianlong is number one in the world is because his skills are too comprehensive, so facing anyone, he can come up with skills that the opponent is not suitable for and make the opponent uncomfortable."

"Sun Tianlong lost to Wang Chao in March this year. Why did he lose? Of course, injuries are also a factor, but another important factor is that Wang Chao successfully suppressed his backhand, which made him uncomfortable."

"Wang Chao is the only player who can make Sun Tianlong uncomfortable in these years, so it is understandable that he can win."

"Then look at this game again, what is Lin Zijun's most comfortable rhythm? Of course, the opponent is attacking wildly, and he relies on super speed to defend in an all-round way, directly defending the opponent to death."

"So Wang Chao didn't give him this chance from the very beginning. Lin Zijun hoped that Wang Chao's attack would be as strong as possible. As a result, Wang Chao fought weakly, and even gave up the initiative on purpose, putting on an appearance of comprehensive defense. Let Lin Zijun know what to do."

"However, I have to say that Lin Zijun is indeed a genius. He actually broke through himself when he was about to attack and came up with a new attack method."

"At this time, Wang Chao is actually very passive, because if he wants to win, he must attack, but the offense will be in a dilemma. If the attack is too strong, Lin Zijun will play super defensive. If the attack is strong If it's too small, Lin Zijun will directly counterattack and launch a super attack. At this time, most professional players may be desperate, because they really have no way to solve it."

"However, Wang Chao immediately thought of a solution, that is to use the rhythm to destroy Lin Zijun's mentality and state."

"So in the next few balls he pulled, the rhythm of each ball was different, and the stuck point was very subtle, which made Lin Zijun very uncomfortable. This feeling that the rhythm was not right made his state involuntarily damaged. So that when I finally got the chance, I just lost the ball."

"It can be said that his suicide, although Wang Chao did not put pressure on him on the surface, it is still a forced error, not an active error."

Qin Huachang suddenly smiled when he said this, and thought it was quite interesting: "Do you still remember how Luo Jiu beat Hu Ke at the Huaguo Open in March this year?"

Of course the audience remembers.

In fact, Luo Jiu broke Hook's mentality abruptly by continuously serving the ball and wiping the net. This style of play once made the whole world table tennis world shout "Victory is not martial", so until now, European fans They all claimed with lingering anger: "Luo Jiu is not worthy to be called Huaping Gemini with Sun Tianlong. He must win Hook head-on once before we recognize his strength."

"But you must not know that this method was actually taught by Wang Chao."

I don't know whether Lao Qin deliberately messed up or really slipped his mouth. He told the internal secrets of Huaping directly like this, and continued to say as if he didn't realize it: "The method Wang Chao thought of at the time is essentially The point is to make Hook feel uncomfortable, and the accumulation of this discomfort will affect his mentality and state, and the ball he hit Lin Zijun just now is essentially the same as the idea he gave Luo Jiu."

"The difference is that Hook's state is inherently unstable, and he will collapse if he is slightly messed up, but Lin Zijun, not only is his state stable, but he also has a strong desire to win today, so if he wants to bring him down, he must continue to work hard." ah."

The reason why Qin Huachang was able to say such a long paragraph without worrying about missing the game was because Lin Zijun called a timeout for himself immediately after committing suicide.

He shouldn't have missed the ball. He realized that there was something wrong with his mentality, and he had to use a 1-minute timeout to adjust it.

Wang Chao, who returned to the baffle, met Sun Tianlong's strange eyes.

"I feel like you don't need me." Sun Tianlong said.

As Wang Chao's temporary coach, he was under a lot of pressure because he knew that he had actually picked He Jingping's peach.

So from the very first ball, he watched carefully and analyzed desperately in his mind, wanting to quickly figure out all the situation, provide Wang Chao with the most correct advice, and help Wang Chao win the game.

He wanted to prove that he was worth sitting here.

But when Lin Zijun suddenly came up with an offensive method, Wang Chao did not choose to pause.

And then, Wang Chao perfectly showed the means of restraining Lin Zijun.

In fact, the method Wang Chao used was exactly the same as what Sun Tianlong thought of at the time.

At that time, the reason why Sun Tianlong asked Wang Chao if he wanted to suspend was because he felt that this was a question of the top game experience, which was hard for a rookie like Wang Chao to think of.

The result is that he has been sitting until now, with zero effect.

"Brother Long, please be safe and don't be impatient." Wang Chao smiled at him and ate a banana: "The whole world doesn't know what cards this super-evolution Lin Zijun has, so don't take it lightly, maybe he Later, I will suddenly come up with something new, I don’t guarantee that I can solve it by myself, and I will rely on you when the time comes.”

Sun Tianlong nodded and said nothing more.

Although he has a heroic heart, in fact, his wisdom and acumen are not inferior to his teacher Qin Huachang. At this time, he has faintly realized that Wang Chao may not really need his help when he asks him to guide him, but because of other reasons. intention.

Because Wang Chao's consolation just now was actually not sincere enough, it was a bit like an excuse.

Perhaps Wang Chao felt that he had acted sincerely, but Wang Chao underestimated Sun Tianlong's sensitivity.

Now it is the middle of the game, Sun Tianlong will not ask more questions, let alone show any strange emotions, because this may affect Wang Chao's state.

He just buried his doubts in his heart and watched quietly.

He turned his head and glanced at He Jingping.

He Jingping was really simple, and at this time he patted him on the shoulder eagerly: "Aaron, Wang Chao's game is very important, and it is related to his Olympic quota... I will leave everything to you."

Sun Tianlong smiled bitterly, nodded his head: "I will try my best."

(Sorry, I originally wanted to finish writing this game today, but in the end there is still a chapter that I can’t make it out, so I can only wait for tomorrow)
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