Liu Guoliang, the legendary life from "Crooked Neck Liu" to "Chairman Liu"

In the end, relying on his excellent comprehensive strength and the excavation of the characteristics of foreign players, he and Kong Linghui became the table tennis hegemons of that era and were known as the "Gemini". And Liu Guoliang achieved the first Grand Slam of the National Table Tennis Men's Team in 1,102 days.

However, "the wood shows itself in the forest, the wind will destroy it". Given that both Liu Kong and Kong use fast attack, the Table Tennis Federation changed the 38mm small ball to the 40mm big ball before the 00 Olympics. thus restricts the fast break of the two to a certain extent.

At the same time, foreign players also aim to defeat the two, focusing on the analysis of the two people's play and the way of the ball, so as to make targeted countermeasures. Under this double pressure, Liu Guoliang became a "victim" under the new rules. defeated Waldner at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and only won the bronze medal.

Liu Guoliang, who shaved his head and "Mingzhi"

In 2002, the Table Tennis Federation began to implement unobstructed serve , and this is one of Liu Guoliang’s ultimate tricks, and the implementation of this rule has directly reduced Liu Guoliang. Threatening on the court.

Faced with the changes in the rules and his lack of strength on the court, Liu Guoliang chose to retreat from the rapids. was appointed as the assistant coach of the men's team in 2002 and officially became the coach of the national table tennis men's team in 2003.

2. Coaching for the first time-to build up the foundation of national table tennis

became the coach of the national table tennis men's team at the age of 27.Even some of the team members are older than his coach, and Liu Guoliang was not very convincing because of his insufficient age. In addition, the national table tennis men's team is at the threshold of missing the Paris World Table Tennis Championships finals, and Liu Guoliang was pushed to the forefront in a short time! Many people are questioning whether Liu Guoliang can maintain the glory of Guoping? Why is he able to take the position so young? Can you be a coach if you have good skills?

Faced with many doubts, Liu Guoliang chose to speak with strength. This may be the tradition of the national table tennis team!

Less than a hundred days after taking office, Liu Guoliang led Ma Lin to win the World Cup in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. , ushered in his first championship as a coach.

I thought it would be a smooth journey, but I didn't expect Liu Guoliang to usher in a huge blow again.

In the 2004 Athens Olympics Table Tennis Men's Singles Final, Wang Hao was under too much pressure to win the championship. There were some problems in mentality, but and Yoo Seungmin did not have the burden of winning the championship. Instead, they played harder and harder. In the end, Wang Hao upset and lost to South Korea. Player Liu Seungmin lost the men's singles championship for the first time since 1996 and 2000.

Faced with this failure, Liu Guoliang learned from it and said bluntly: "I am not a coach for food, but to be a "gold medal coach" as directed by Cai, and to become the best coach in the world. Beijing Olympic Games , My goal couldn’t be more clear, men’s singles, men’s doubles, both gold medals!"

Since then, Liu Guoliang has made many changes. The first is to improve the training methods of national table tennis, and the training methods are more diverse For example, a variety of highly targeted trainings such as stress test competitions were added to the training plan; secondly, a number of "rookies" were cultivated, such as Zhang Jike, Malong and Xu Xin; finally It is to let go of the thinking of on-the-spot command,It is more handy when conducting competitions.

This change took effect quickly. At the 2005 Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships, Guoping successfully won 7 golds under the leadership of Liu Guoliang. In 2006, Liu Guoliang led the National Table Tennis Men's Team to win the Men's Team Championship of the 48th World Table Tennis Championships and the Men's Team Championship of the Doha Asian Games. In 2007, the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb led the National Table Tennis Men's Team to win all the championships and runners-ups in five individual events. In 2008, the Guangzhou World Table Tennis Championships led the National Table Tennis Men's Team to win the third World Championship team championship.

What really made Liu Guoliang’s coaching career famous was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Ma Lin, Wang Hao, and Wang Liqin not only won the first men’s team championship, but also won the men’s singles gold, silver and bronze medals. made three sides. The five-star red flag was flying over the table tennis arena. With such dazzling results, Liu Guoliang has no more gossip, and only praise is left.

Since then, Zhang Jike has officially risen. In May 2011 he won the men's singles championship at the Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships. In November of the same year, he won the men's singles championship at the Paris World Cup. In August 2012, he won the men's singles championship at the London Olympics. achieved a grand slam in just 445 days, and became the first disciple of Liu Guo to win a grand slam.

In addition, Liu Guoliang’s greatest impact on the national table tennis team during his coaching process is not the results and the new generation of players, but the layout!

Internal: Under the leadership of Liu Guoliang, every player can find his own value and find a way to adapt to his own training. For example, Xu Xin , he is not a left-handed player by nature, but when the coach discovered that his left hand is stronger than his right hand, specially formulated relevant training plans for Xu Xin, which made it a world. First left straight .

External: Faced with the decline of foreign table tennis in 2009, Liu Guoliang and Cai Zhenhua pushed for ’s " wolf raising plan " , which sent a large number of coaches and players to others. nation. In 2017, Hirano Miu, Zhang Benzhi and , Ito Mima, Hayata Hina, Li Shangzhu, Pitchford, Hugo and other foreign players and Taiwanese players Lin Yunru 's rise,Shows that the "Wolf Raising Plan" has been effective. With the successful implementation of this plan, not only ushered in an era of open competition for various play styles in the world table tennis, but also gave national table tennis a sense of crisis, thus accelerating the innovation of national table tennis technology and concepts.

Field: Every big game, Liu Guoliang basically sits on the sidelines to guide, and this also gives the national table tennis players a "reassurance pill" . Just like Sun Yingsha said, every call from Liu Guoliang on the sidelines is to strengthen the mentality of the players and prevent them from mental problems . Among them, Wang Hao is the most typical one. Basically every commentator of his game will say: "Wang Hao's performance on the court is completely dependent on the performance of Liu Guoliang outside the court. Without Liu Guoliang, Wang Hao is completely free on the court."

Liu Guoliang instructs Wang Hao

However, both Liu Guoliang and Guoping in 2017 ushered in a crisis, and even Guoping almost was overtaken by Japan.

Three, 17 years of resignation storm

At 19:00 on June 23, 2017, the national table tennis players used a unified format on the Weibo to collectively voice: "At this moment we have no intention to fight... just because I miss you "Liu Guoliang"."

Immediately after 19:52, ITTF issued a Weibo confirmation, and Malone, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong_strong8 retired one after another. .For a time, public opinion raged, and there were constant controversies about Guoping’s collective Weiwei and Ma Long’s retirement, but they all involved the resignation of Liu Guoliang from .

After Liu Guoliang became Chairman of the Table Tennis Association,In order to meet the strong impact of the Japanese team in the Tokyo Olympics two years later, as well as the challenge of the reform of the Table Tennis Association and the reform of the league, the internal and external development of the national table tennis has also been formally carried out. Two-way selection mechanism

This action breaks the original coaching and teaching model. Coaches and athletes are no longer limited to the allocation mechanism, but make two-way choices between each other. This is conducive to achieving an optimized combination according to the personalities and wishes of both parties to strengthen and activate the team's work.

2. Establish Athletes Committee

This measure is conducive to athletes’ ability to integrate with the world, gain the right to speak internally, and protect their legitimate rights and interests and gain space for self-development, thereby mobilizing The potential of athletes and their role.

3. Develop assessment standards

In February 19, Liu Guoliang set up a assessment system for the national table tennis coaching staff with a full score of “18000 points” . The champions of the finals, Asian Championships and other events are awarded points. will be rewarded when it reaches 14,000 points throughout the year. If the points are below 12,000, there will be a penalty of downgrading and salary reduction, and he himself will be fined for the entire year.

Under this change, the national table tennis changed its previous "decline". In 19 years, the national table tennis won a total of 21 singles titles and 5 mixed doubles titles. It also won the Asian Cup, Asian Championships, and World Table Tennis Championships. All 12 gold medals in the World Cup, Men’s and Women’s World Cup, and World Cup teams. At the same time, 's Mima Ito and Zhang Benzhihe's win rate against Guoping also dropped to around 40% and 27% .It is even harder for famous players such as Boer and Ochha to beat the National Ping Pong.