In the Chinese sports world, badminton was once a dream team like table tennis. However, in recent years, there has been a big gap in the development of the two projects. As China's national sport, table tennis still stands at the top of the world and is still the dream team that makes the Chinese people proud and proud. But badminton, especially the men's team, has long fallen from the world's top ranks and is no longer the Cosmos team that won all five gold medals at the London Olympics.
Not long ago, in the Thomas and Uber Cup, which is very important in the badminton world, the performance of the national badminton team, especially the men's team, can be said to have made fans sigh. It was under such circumstances that Zhang Jun, the top leader of the Badminton Association, and Chen Yu, the men's singles coach, also successfully made themselves popular figures at that stage. Fans asked them to dismiss get out of class one after another. Zhang Jun was even called by some fans as the fat man who doesn't understand football. After all, as a once world-class team, the current situation of Guoyu has really disappointed fans. The fans' doubts about Guoyu mainly focus on the lagging style of the men's team and why the IELTS team was separated in the first place.
Recently, Zhang Jun, who has become a hotly searched figure, spoke frankly about facing these doubts for the first time during a live broadcast. In the live broadcast, Zhang Jun, who is currently in a training base in Chiang Mai, Thailand, first talked about the issue of the IELTS combination being separated. Zhang Jun first fully affirmed the strength of the Fanchen combination and the IELTS combination, and then said that the Guoyu coaching staff has actually been helping to improve the shortcomings in order to maintain sufficient competitiveness. The reason why the IELTS combination was split at that time was also due to this reason.
Zhang Jun said: "Chen Qingchen/Jia YifanAlthough they missed the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics finals, their strength is still there. Of course, there is also the problem of Chen Qingchen's serving. In terms of offensive intensity, the coaching staff has discovered their problems and is still helping them improve.”
In fact, the national badminton mixed doubles partner “IELTS Team” did encounter a bottleneck last year and performed poorly. They failed in the heavyweight Olympics and the World Championships. Therefore, in the view of the coaching staff, this pair really needs new strength to activate. Therefore, the IELTS combinations were split up at the beginning of the year and paired with newcomers. Now, this pair has regained its original self. In the recent Thailand competition, they defeated the Desha combination and won the championship.
Then, Zhang Jun supported the national team coach Xia Xuanze, saying that he also hoped that the fans could fully believe in coach Xia's ability. However, after saying this, Zhang Jun also said something directly. Once this sentence was spoken, it meant that the situation of the national badminton men's team may indeed change. Zhang Jun said: " Guoyu plans to invite old meritorious coaches to take the pulse of the men's singles."
In the Thomas and Uber Cup not long ago, the men's singles performance was indeed very unsatisfactory. Not only were the results unsatisfactory, but even the tactics and playing methods were lagging behind. Obviously, this has a lot to do with the men's singles coach Chen Yu. This is why Chen Yu's dismissal became a hot topic after he was eliminated from the Thomas Cup. What made Chen Yu feel embarrassed was that in the subsequent Thailand competition, the men's singles seemed to have undergone some major changes. Whether it was Zhao Junpeng or Li Shifeng , there were obvious changes. Especially Li Shifeng, he reached the finals. However, it was not Chen Yu but Qiao Bin who was providing guidance outside the court.
Now, Zhang Jun said this, which means that he really has doubts about Chen Yu's coaching of men's singles. However, Lin Dan , who had been very popular before, basically had no possibility of entering the national feather team because of Zhang Jun's words. After all, Lin Dan had just retired a few years ago. It does not meet Zhang Jun's requirements. Of course, Lin Dan himself currently doesn’t have much interest in serving as the national badminton coach. But no matter what, facing Guoyu's current backward situation, Zhang Jun has already begun to take action.
