Ping Pong Life

Chapter 93
Yes, Geng Shuai, who is now a bad player in the pingjia, and Zhu Ding, who has beaten all the invincible players in the pingjia, were once one of the six dragons.

At that time, Luo Jiu was recognized by the coaching staff as the most talented, while Lin Li was considered the least talented.

As for Geng Shuai, his style of play is special and not mainstream, but because of his excellent physical condition, both strength and speed, he is also considered to have great potential.

Today's Great Demon King Zhu Ding was originally considered to be the weakest in terms of overall strength among the three dragons in the same group.

The match in Denmark was extremely exciting, and was later evaluated by the ITTF as the most exciting stop in the twelve tour matches of the year. The level, let the audience who sell tickets to enter the arena hooked.

In the end, Luo Jiu narrowly defeated Zhu Ding 4:3 by virtue of the double-sided arc ball attacking style that had initially formed at that time, and took the lead.

Then Luo Jiu met Geng Shuai, and it was a thrilling score of 4:3, but this time it was Geng Shuai who had the last laugh.

Geng Shuai in his heyday was super powerful. Luo Jiula couldn't stop his offense without his defense. Grind to death.

In the other half of the area, everyone was optimistic about Xiao Fei, because Xiao Fei was ranked second in the world at that time, only under the Dragons.

But in the end, Lin Li, who was hardly favored by everyone, completed an incredible comeback. He first lost three sets, then won four sets, and eliminated Xiao Fei in a thrilling manner. , and extremely delicate observation and fine-tuning abilities during live games.

Since then, Lin Li has had no setbacks, and has passed all the way until he is out of his own half area.

As for Geng Shuai, who is favored by more people, he ran into the host player, Danish veteran Christian Hart, in the final battle of his own half.

Hart was a top player in Europe, but he was far from being a top player. The recognized super player in Europe at that time was the 27-year-old German player Hans Bayer, who later became Uncle Baier.

In terms of the structure of the world table tennis world, only top European players can compete with the first-line players of the Chinese national team.

In other words, Geng Shuai could theoretically fight head-on with Bayer, who was in the prime of his life at the time.

Facing Christian Hart, Geng Shuai was fully suppressed in the early stage and played passionately. Hart's famous backhand burst couldn't beat Geng Shuai at all. On the contrary, he was forced by Geng Shuai many times. Pulling back can be said to be completely defeated from one's strongest point.

But Hart has an advantage, that is, he is patient enough.

He hardly found any way to score in the first two rounds, and he tried all the tricks, but none of them worked, but at this time, he still didn't give up.

He was pressed on the face by Geng Shuai and slapped him hard. He hit the left with the stick and right with the stick. He couldn't fight back at all. In the end, he had a sudden idea.

Since no matter how aggressively I defend, I will always be pierced by the opponent, so why don't I try another defensive method?
Even if that method is no different from breaking a jar.

When Hart received the ball, he no longer tried to press down, and he didn't care about the landing point at all. He went all out, and the dead horse was treated as a living horse doctor. When Geng Shuai made another strong attack, he simply picked the ball hard. heaven.

The ball flew very high, several meters long, and slowly landed on Geng Shuai's table.

This is already a self-defeating style of play.

Because in any country's professional field, players must practice a basic skill called "killing the high ball".

This level of high ball is an excellent opportunity. As a professional player, I can't wait to pull up the ball against the table forcibly. As for this kind of high ball, I can completely release 120% of the force, and hit a theoretically necessary board. Smash.

Hart himself didn't expect that he somehow found Geng Shuai's weakness.

Geng Shuai is very rough. He was a very extreme player when he was in the provincial team. He played like a god against the opponent whose style was restrained by him, but he played like a piece of shit against the opponent whose style restrained him. .

His golf quotient is not high, but his physical fitness is ridiculously good, so the coach couldn't bear to give up on him like this, but racked his brains to customize an exclusive racket for him, which is very non-mainstream in terms of elasticity and friction.

Relying on this racket, Geng Shuai's skills have made a leap, from the provincial team to the national team, becoming one of the six tigers.

But he actually has some flaws that ordinary professional players do not have. For example, he has not specially practiced "killing the high ball".

The reason why he doesn't practice is because he is afraid of heights...

Yes, this is a reason that no one can think of.

Geng Shuai has been afraid of heights since he was a child, and the condition is extremely serious. Even when he is down-to-earth, he will feel afraid when he looks up and sees things that are too high. So when he was practicing basic skills in the sports school, he refused to practice the high ball because he looked up. Feel dizzy as you watch the ball slowly fall.

After all, the coach of the sports school is not that strict. After a protracted stalemate with Geng Shuai, he chose to compromise, just because the kid's physical condition is so good, with excellent strength and nerve reflexes, the coach couldn't bear to give up on him.

Of course, being afraid of heights is not a serious problem. Geng Shuai is a professional player after all, so when Hart threw the high ball for the first time, although Geng Shuai felt some discomfort, he still did not hesitate to hit the high ball and beat Hart to death.

But Hart didn't give up. He couldn't get the upper hand anyway, so he just gave up and waited for Geng Shuai to attack, and he continued to throw high balls.

He didn't see Geng Shuai's weakness, but wanted the whole job.

European players have always been good at tidying up during games. When they find themselves completely outmatched, they will voluntarily give up their advantage and turn the last round of the game into an exhibition match. Generally, they will cooperate very friendly.

Of course, there will be some customary rules for this kind of cooperation. For example, the party who takes the initiative to make money can no longer take the opportunity to attack, and must remain passive throughout the whole process. Otherwise, this is not money making, but deception, and the nature will change.

So Hart really just wanted to live the whole life. He never thought that he won the lottery.

Geng Shuai slapped Hart to death five times in a row, which made Hart wonder: Kid, you are already 3-0. I have already given up on this last game. Why are you so serious?Hurry up and play with me.Don't you, a rookie, even know the rules of the whole job?

But when Hart continued to throw high balls, Geng Shuai was finally overwhelmed by the growing discomfort.

He fumbled the ball, committed suicide on offense, and dropped a point.

On that day, thousands of spectators in the Royal Stadium in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, did not realize that they were about to witness a miracle.

In the next few minutes, Geng Shuai behaved more and more outrageously in the face of Hart's high ball. Don't dare to lift the board.

Hart, on the other hand, experienced a mental journey from confusion to suspicion to ecstasy. His original collapsed state began to recover. Even though Geng Shuai held on and drew a few good shots, he tried his best to catch them.

Then Geng Shuai really collapsed.

He led from a big score of 3:0, all the way to a 3:3 tie, and then couldn't hold on anymore, took the initiative to admit defeat, and gave up the last game.

In the last half hour of the game, all the local spectators at the Royal Stadium in Copenhagen stood up and shouted in the rhythm of Hart's high ball. Every time Hart threw a high ball, they all booed in unison. The momentum is almost like New Year's Eve.

This is not an exaggeration, because in the eyes of the Danes, it is worth celebrating that a player like Hart can defeat a character like the Six Tigers of Huaguo.

And when the referee announced that Geng Shuai had surrendered ahead of time, the entire stadium erupted instantly.

At that time, the instructor sitting on the sidelines was Zhu Zeshi, who accompanied his disciple Xiao Fei to guide the Four Little Dragons.

"Old Zhu knew at that time that Geng Shuai was finished. Because our consistent principle is that the game can be lost, but the spirit can't be lost."

Qin Huachang sighed softly: "Even if Geng Shuai scored 0:11 in the last game, it is forgivable, but he chose to give up and made Huaping make a fool of himself in the international table tennis world, so the national team can only give up on him."

Wang Chao was speechless for a while.

Huaping's reputation in the world is too high, to the point where no stains are allowed. Of course, this is wrong, but the concept has been formed, and no one can change it.

The throne that I personally cast, no matter how cold and heavy it is, I still have to hold it firmly.

Geng Shuai's fear of heights is a physical problem, which is reasonable, but he gave up the game because of fear of heights, which really violated the big taboo of Huaping.

Wang Chao suddenly remembered the game of Osmanthus fragrans a few days ago. Geng Shuai was broken by Hiroshi Yoshikawa, but he still refused to give up. He just asked for a timeout, probably because he had suffered too much for giving up the game back then. lesson.

Fortunately, Spade Q is not Hua Ping, and Fan Xiaoxian is not Cai Guodong, she is willing to take the initiative to help Geng Shuai admit defeat.

"In fact, everyone knows what's going on, but the rules cannot be broken. We returned Geng Shuai to the provincial team to calm the public opinion and protect him. At that time, head coach Cai Guodong specifically explained it during an internal meeting, and let his The head coach will continue to pay attention and call him back at an appropriate time in the future."

Qin Huachang shook his head with some disappointment: "But what we didn't expect was that after Geng Shuai was returned to the provincial team, he started to give up on himself."

Wang Chao never asked such stupid questions as "Why didn't you save him".

There are too many talents in Huaping. Even a genius of Liu Xiaolong's level is still not much more than him, and not much less than him. Therefore, if any player wants to reach the top, he must rely on himself, not Count on a good coach to be selfless to you.

In a sense, the way Huaping trains players is to "raise Gu", survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest.

"I didn't pay attention to Geng Shuai anymore. After all, I am not in charge of him. Unless he can achieve results in various domestic competitions, let his name come into my sight again."

Qin Huachang smiled and said: "But it's a pity that I haven't heard Geng Shuai's name since then, which means that he hasn't made any achievements. I also learned about his situation by the way because I followed you a while ago."

(End of this chapter)