Chapter 273
Chapter 273: A Feast
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"For today's practical training, our ping-pong team will send three trainees . Each of you is responsible for one person . You determine your own training contents, methods, and programs . " Ping Wang grinned slyly, then continued, "To ensure fairness in our selections, we won't use any of our original team members, but three 'outside assistants' to receive your training . "
Dai Li and the other two all nodded agreement . They were all Sports Team coaches, and Youdi Wei had more than ten years coaching experience and knew plenty of people on the team . If today's trainees were ping-pong team players, since they might already know the coaches, the trainee and coach could deliberately collaborate in order to get a high grade .
But if the trainees were from other places, and had never met the coaches before, then there weren't any potential conflicts of interest . This made it less likely that any shady deals would happen .
Coach Ping Wang finished, then took out his phone to make a phone call . "Mr . Zhang, please come here!"
After a short while, three old men came in . They were all dressed in sport suits, with ping-pong paddles in their hands . The three were in their sixties, with well-proportioned figures, ruddy faces, and energetic appearances .
Are they the so-called outside assistants? Why are they so old? Dai Li, Youdi Wei, and Guang Wu were all shocked . They had guessed that Ping Wang would invited three athletes from the Qingcheng city team, a sport university, or even sport schools, but they had never expected him to find three old men .
"Please allow me to introduce our assistants . These three are our Retired cadres of the provincial Party committee, and are experienced ping-pong lovers . "
"This is Mr . Zhang, who once won the championship in the Qingcheng Amateur Ping-Pong Games . This is Mr . Liu . He won three successive championships in provincial transport system ping-pong games . This is Mr . Chen . He used to be a professional ping-pong player, and participated in national competitions . He is our senior!"
"For the rest of the day, you will take care of these three seniors," Ping Wang instructed . Then he turned to the old men and said politely, "Gentlemen, these our our three coaches, you can pick whoever you want . "
Mr . Liu was the first one to respond . "I'm the oldest among the three, so I will choose the oldest coach . " As he spoke, Mr . Liu pointed at Youdi Wei .
Youdi Wei was indeed older than Guang Wu and Dai Li, which could be easily distinguished from their appearances . But after being selected by Mr . Liu, Youdi Wei felt bitter in his heart . He had never trained an older person before . As Mr . Liu mentioned, he was the oldest of the three trainees . There was a saying: Old people do not talk about muscles and bones . When getting old, people began to have poor physical qualities and less flexible movements . In athletic events, the older one was, the more disadvantages one had .
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People at this age were suitable to play Taiji boxing or square dance, but they were not fitted for fierce competitions .
After Mr . Liu chose Youdi Wei, Mr . Zhang stepped forward and pointed at Dai Li . "I will follow this young man!"
"Then I don't have any choice," said Mr . Chen, naturally following Guang Wu . Mr . Chen used to be a professional ping-pong player, while Mr . Liu and Mr . Zhang were only amateurs . It looked like Mr . Chen had a better foundation .
But in fact, the three were at similar levels .
The three were all in their sixties . Mr . Chen had been a professional forty years ago, and at that time, being an athlete required a "poor peasant" identity rather than talent . If one was not a "poor peasant," no matter how gifted he was, he could not be an athlete .
Not only being an athlete, but also being a worker, becoming a civil servant, or going to college—only "poor peasants" had such preferential treatments .
Moreover, at that time, many people could not feed themselves, and were commonly malnourished . Without enough food, how could they have sufficient energy for training? Therefore, even professional athletes didn't have high competencies .
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On the other hand, ping-pong amateurs in mining enterprises often acquired better skills . In the era of vigorous development of a planned economy, factories didn't care about marketing, they only focused on production . At that time, workers were better than civil servants, since they had urban residences, received so-called "Treasury grains," and enjoyed the same treatment that civil servants did . While enterprises controlled production resources, they sometimes offered extra benefits to the workers, which ordinary civil servants could not have .
Therefore, in that era, many factory workers had better living conditions than professional athletes . As the saying went, "Study when poor, play sports when rich . " People who lived in better living conditions had more energy to play sports .
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Dai Li didn't have any experience in training elderly people, either . So when facing Mr . Zhang, Dai Li reacted just like the other two; he didn't know where to start .
This Coach Ping Wang is indeed difficult, finding three old men for us! Although the three all have some ping-pong basis, they are still lagging far behind when compared with young professionals . Besides, this is the provincial team; they are not competitive at all in front of provincial team members . Hence, I can't use the same methods to train them that I used training professionals .
But these three are not ordinaries, they should be at the top among amateurs . Therefore, the normal training methods for amateurs won't work on them, either .
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Furthermore, considering their ages, they can't receive extreme exercises . They couldn't bear such exertion . If they were sent to the hospital due to overtraining, I would be in big trouble .
Ugh, it's so complicated . . . Definitely more difficult to arrange plans than to train athletes . To design plans for elderly people, I must consider their ages and physical endurance . Plus their bodies are weaker than young people's, and once I increase the tasks, they may not bear it . I must focus on their reactions all the time, and adjust my plans on the spot .
Wait, I got it! At this moment, Dai Li finally understood why Ping Wang had found these old men .
Ping Wang found these old men because he wants to evaluate not only our training abilities, but also our abilities to react and adjust .
It is difficult to make fitting plans for the elderly people, which is the first challenge . But during training, we will have to adjust plans based on current conditions . Due to the fact that the elderly have disadvantages in age and physical qualities, we must adjust plans faster and more accurately, which will allow him to test our reactivity . This is the second challenge .
Considering this, Dai Li shook his head slightly . He keenly sensed that things would probably be more complicated . Perhaps after they started, there would be third and fourth challenges waiting for him .
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