Liu Guobang was about to serve, Kong Zhendong leaned forward, raised his hands, and made a starting gesture to meet the hair.

Mi Xingbang and others stared at Liu Guobang's wrist that was about to shake the ball very seriously, and they also realized that this round of service and return duel would affect the trend of the first game.

Liu Guobang's left hand is straight, and there is no movement of the big arm driving the lower arm, and he purely relies on the wrist to shake the ball upward.

At the moment of spinning and serving, the left arm plays a very good role, making it impossible to judge whether to turn or not.

Kong Zhendong leaned forward and turned sideways slightly, judging that Liu Guobang's ball was biased in the middle of the backhand, but he shook his body and chose to take a step forward with his forehand and press up and swing short with his forehand.

Zhang Xilin saw this confrontation and said in amazement: "These two little guys are really not simple, such a simple serve and extension, how much thought and feints have been used." Turn ~ Don't forward the ball, and the trick feint to receive the serve, it's all demonic! ”

In the stands, Li Xiaodong was also introducing Ye Ying to the subtleties of this ball. Because their videotapes will eventually be handed over to the Table Tennis Association as an introductory guide for young players, Li Xiaodong explained very carefully: "The national team and Zhendong should represent the two development directions of young Chinese players, but fortunately, they have not deviated in the two most critical techniques of table tennis." As I mentioned earlier, serving is the most important technique in table tennis, and there is no one, why do you say that? Let's start with the Japanese team's research on table tennis technology. ”

Ye Ying felt that Li Xiaodong, how could this old man jump like a young man, this ball has something to do with the research of the Japanese.

Seeing the disdain in Ye Ying's eyes, Li Xiaodong said patiently: "Don't look at the decline of Japanese technology to the top ten in the world, but after all, they are the first table tennis power to end the European table tennis rule and establish a dynasty on behalf of Asia." The invention of the curved ball is just a microcosm of the Japanese people's pursuit of technological excellence and continuous innovation. The Japanese are very meticulous in their study of table tennis techniques, and they subdivide the ability and quality of a table tennis player into six elements. ”

This is a brand-new technical theory, Ye Ying also put away his heart of complaining and listened patiently.

Li Xiaodong said: "The Japanese subdivide the core abilities of table tennis players into six categories: strength, speed, technique, defense, serve, and experience. In this, except for the serve, each item covers a fairly wide range. For example, strength and speed cover all basic qualities. Technology and defense cover all the killer features, such as Kong Zhendong's very amazing backhand twisting, fast belt, fast tearing, full force play, and the connection of gods, all of which are covered in the two major abilities of technology and defense, and they are not qualified to be listed separately. In the same way, the major attribute of experience includes the ability to fight at all psychological levels, such as mentality, state adjustment, and targeted tactics. ”

Ye Ying said clearly: "These five are indeed all-encompassing core abilities, but a single serve, why should they be listed separately from them?" Shouldn't the serve, as a technique in itself, be classified as a technique? ”

Li Xiaodong said with a teachable look: "That's because the serve is not a single technique, all table tennis people choose to list the serve separately, that is, to upgrade each subdivided serving technique to the same level as the backhand twisting, fast tearing, and fast belt." Then the serve is also a collection that covers all serving techniques, an all-encompassing set, with the status of a three-legged stand with technique and defense. There are many athletes and coaches who attach importance to serving in China, and we often describe XXX serve as threatening, and XXX serve as characteristic. However, such a level is obviously not enough, and before Liu Guobang, no one in the Chinese team has elevated the serve to the lifeline, to the height of one of the three major technical systems. ”

Ye Ying is also the first time to come into contact with the technical system of the six abilities of table tennis players, and she can't imagine how terrifying the future champion dragon is to be called a hexagonal warrior.

However, after Li Xiaodong's explanation, she also knows how to analyze the two sides of the duel through the three basic abilities of speed, strength, and experience and the overall composition of technology, defense, serve, and three technical abilities.

Once the serve was singled, Ye Ying immediately found that Liu Guobang's overall strength was obviously superior.

But at this time on the field, Kong Zhendong used shaking + full force to catch the ball to attack Liu Guobang, and did not show his advantage at all.

Often if Kong Zhendong can survive Liu Guobang's unpredictable third board, the subsequent fourth board can also kill Liu Guobang and grab some points.

Ye Ying asked curiously: "Director Li, Liu Guobang's service advantage is so obvious, but Zhendong is not left behind at all, did he find a way to defeat Liu Guobang?"

Li Xiaodong said with a smile: "It's impossible to beat, but Kong Zhendong did find a breakthrough in the return technique." It can be said that he has also brought the technical system of Chinese players to a new era. The subtlety of table tennis lies in control and counter-control. Although the score of table tennis depends on the last board, there is no ball that is the power of a board, and the score of a board is definitely the result of the previous board or the first few boards, even if it is a surprise score that is very different from the previous board, it is also because the previous board contained the opponent and created the timing and route of the raid. In the entire duel of table tennis, only two cricket balls are not affected by the ball in front. One is an absolutely active first board serve, and the other is an absolutely passive second board return serve without the help of early connection transfer. These two crickets are the most difficult matchups, and they are also the essence of table tennis matchups. ”

Li Xiaodong pointed to Kong Zhendong, who was grabbing his forehand, and said: "The receiving technique itself spans two categories: technique and defense, so this technique has been upgraded to a new level. The essence of serving is to make good use of the advantage of being completely active, and to create the greatest advantage or even score directly on the only board that is completely active and unrestricted. The essence of receiving the serve is to use the power of one board to reverse the passive defense, and even reverse the opponent in the case of absolute passivity, without front assistance and restrictions, to create conditions for the strong attack of the fourth board. ”

What Kong Zhendong is doing at this time is to target Liu Guobang's strongest serve and carry out a counter-robbery of the serve. When facing Liu Guobang, he knew that the full-force receiving method he used in front of him, the forward hitting method, and the shaking connection were not enough.

He also added an extreme forehand sideways catch today. This is also the groundbreaking catch-and-catch routine of the crossboard offensive play.

Because of the plate type, more than 80% of the first plate in the transverse plate joint table is backhand cutting, picking, rubbing, springing, dialing, and pushing. Crossboard players often don't dare to take the serve and use their forehands sideways.

Why is the advantage of the straight board in the table ball? Because the straight board is the backhand of the horizontal board with the forehand.

Kong Zhendong's response is to abandon the traditional backhand ball receiving technique of the horizontal board. Regardless of whether the conditions are sufficient or not, based on the pace and ultra-high body flexibility, more than 90% of the forehands are used to catch the ball in the table.

Of course, Kong Zhendong's forehand direct force will also make mistakes, but most of them are hit, and once they are played, they will almost cancel out the advantage of Liu Guoba's serve.