Liu Guoliang smiled: "You're cool, double, the coaching staff asked you and Wang Fei to form a double-horizontal combination, you need to imitate Primorac or Gaiting." Then form a horizontal combination with me, and you simulate Lee Seung-chul. ”

Isn't it, do you want me to imitate two world superstars and a first-class master in a month?

Kong Zhendong pondered it carefully, and also understood that this was a helpless move by their young team members.

At this time, the national table tennis did not have a complete sparring system and training system like later generations.

Why is table tennis so strong in later generations? That's a strong, sophisticated team at work.

Before each World Championship, the Chinese team can collect videos of recent matches from all competitors, hundreds of world ranked experts, and analyze and study them. Minimize the chance of an unfamiliar opponent causing an upset.

On the contrary, the national team in the nineties was poor and white, although it raised a few sparring partners, but it was mainly aimed at singles players.

The doubles training of the national team is usually not systematic, and it will give way to the singles training and competition of athletes, and it is impossible to retain a mature doubles sparring team.

Then doubles sparring has become an excellent path for young players to train themselves.

Another advantage of young players as sparring partners is that the Olympic draw has not been announced. Bringing young players abroad, according to the actual opponent's game process changes, the young players' undefined technical play can quickly simulate learning and assist training, while the old sparring players who have formed a style do not have this ability.

Kong Zhendong rushed back to the capital from Zhengding, only rested for half a day, and the next day he joined Liu Guobang, Wang Fei and other young players into intense simulation preparations.

Because the Olympic draw has not been determined, the two pairs of national table tennis doubles may play against any combination, so Kong Zhendong and others need to switch roles intensively and simulate matches with the two pairs of players.

Kong Zhendong's strength is particularly high. In a sense, doubles requires more skill than singles. Because the previous board you are connecting to is not an opportunity created by yourself, how to avoid deviations when understanding and using it?

At the same time, if you can't kill your opponent with a single board shot, you also need to create opportunities for your partner on the next board.

Therefore, how difficult it is for two people to create a doubles combination that is more than one person.

In the history of table tennis, almost all doubles combinations are a peerless powerhouse with a companion who is suitable for him to fill in the gaps.

As a result, only one of each doubles pair is often able to play after the split.

In the history of table tennis, only one pair of peerless powerhouses formed before becoming a Grand Slam was born, that is, Kong Zhendong + Liu Guobang.

After Zico and Champion Long reached the top of the world, some of the matches formed doubles could not be counted, they already had the strength of the world's top two and then combined, even if there was no tacit understanding, just relying on their respective singles strength, they could be proud of the world.

Kong Zhendong and Liu Guobang have not yet formed their own world-winning playing systems at this time, and the doubles combination of the two has to rely on tacit understanding and complementarity to create winning opportunities.

In the combination of Kong Zhendong and Liu Guobang, he plays more of a role in creating opportunities, and his control and connection create opportunities for Liu Guobang's next stunner.

Once switched to the combination of him and Wang Fei, Kong Zhendong's role immediately changed. Wang Fei himself is a strong defender and a weak attack, and Kong Zhendong simulated Gaiting and Primorac in the pairing.

In the two pairs of Geiting and Elois, Primorac and Lubilescu, the duo of Geiting and Primorac are absolute supporting roles, creating offensive opportunities for them.

What's more, many times, peers can't create offensive opportunities, and Kong Zhendong's imitation of Gaiting has to take the initiative to create opportunities to score.

Such a sudden change in the offensive and defensive style of play made Wang Tao and Lu Ning very uncomfortable, and they almost lost the simulated game. After all, in the general doubles combination, when the partner does not create an opportunity, then he should connect with one board and directly transition for the next opportunity.

But it is simply unreasonable to take the initiative to create scoring opportunities by yourself and start directly with a way like Gaiting. But if you can't win if you can't win, then he is the most reasonable way to play.

In the following month, Kong Zhendong switched back and forth between the two doubles systems, while honing Wang Tao Lu Ning and Ma Wenhua as a prodigy, the powerful chemistry released by his and Liu Guobang combination also shocked the entire national table tennis coaching staff.

Although he and Liu Guobat are both too young this year, the coaching staff is already looking forward to the Olympic doubles in four years.

On July 11, two weeks before the start of the Barcelona Olympics. The Chinese Olympic delegation was announced on this day.

The Games itself existed to replace war. Therefore, before each Olympic Games, the National Sports Federation will hold a grand pledge meeting, and senior leaders will attend in person.

The Chinese Olympic delegation is composed of team leaders, coaching staff, athletes, sparring partners and translators.

At the age of 13, Kong Zhendong became the youngest member of the delegation.

At the same time, he participated in the Olympic pledge meeting as a double sparring partner of the table tennis men's and women's teams, which can be regarded as making history.

In the speech of the pledge meeting, the emphasis was on friendship first, competition second. Emphasize the style of the game and the level of the game.

But everyone understands that such a grand and formal scene, such a passionate oath, what we are pursuing is: champion! Champion! Champion!

The pledge meeting is not only the general button to mobilize the competitive state and mentality of athletes and coaches, but also a watershed in the internal training intensity of national table tennis.

After the pledge meeting, the participating players entered the cycle of maintaining the state to avoid injuries. Kong Zhendong and other sparring players also completely relaxed.

During this time, the women's team that finished the Zhengding training camp also returned to the capital training center for daily maintenance training.

Kong Zhendong took this opportunity to find Mr. Zhang, the translator in the team, and continued to sort out and learn English knowledge.

English is more about listening and speaking practice, plus ample vocabulary.

These Kong Zhendong have a good foundation in his last life, and after the combing of Mr. Zhang's outline in the past two months, Kong Zhendong has already possessed the daily communication skills of English.

On July 20, Kong Zhendong's table tennis team, together with the badminton team, basketball team, and volleyball team, went to Barcelona as the first echelon of the Olympic delegation. China has already made ambitious applications for the 2000 Olympic Games, so all sectors of society are paying special attention to the results of the Olympic delegation.

Only when we become a sports powerhouse at the top of the gold medal table can we have face if we hold the Olympics at our doorstep.

If you just watch foreigners from all walks of life win gold and silver in their own country, isn't that looking for abuse?

With such huge expectations and pressure, Kong Zhendong and others set foot on the land of Barcelona.