Chapter 290
Chapter 290: The Test
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There were 78 players on the National Table Tennis Team . Team One had 16 men and 16 women, which totaled 32 . And the remaining 46 were in Team Two .
The 32 positions in Team One were fixed and would not change . Players in Team Two fought through promotion games to get into Team One, while unqualified players of Team One were gradually weeded out .
The number of players in Team Two was not fixed . New players joined Team Two while players in the team might be sent back to the provincial team . But generally, players in Team Two outnumbered those in Team One .
It was impossible to draw up training plans for national team players through applying exactly the same plan to every player . The different technical features, physical conditions, and ages of different players required unique training plans . Everyone needed a targeted plan .
That was a complicated task . The coach had to know the athlete well, and he had to know the athlete's advantages and disadvantages . The coach also needed to know the athlete's play style, and more importantly, the athlete's injuries . A training plan had to be based on the overall condition of the athlete .
Zhizhong Gu set Dai Li to designing physical training plans as a test of Dai Li's ability, a fact which had not escaped Dai Li's notice .
Outstanding performance on his part would lead him to a core position . He would even have the chance to take part in the training of major players . But if his performance was not so good, he might be sent to Team Two to be a coach of those ordinary young players .
And Zhizhong Gu gave Dai Li only one month, 22 working days . Normally, that would have been far from enough for a coach to make 78 physical training plans .
It was easy for a fitness coach to make a physical training plan for one player in a day . 22 days meant 22 plans . But 22 physical training plans from Dai Li would hardly impress Zhizhong Gu . An ordinary fitness coach could do that, too . What Zhizhong Gu needed was obviously not an ordinary coach .
Dai Li didn't know how many plans Zhizhong Gu expected from him . It might be 30 or 40 . That would be difficult for ordinary coaches .
In addition to quantity, quality was another important concern . Physical training plans without specific aims would lower Dai Li's score . Quality was even more important than quantity .
Improper training would cause a decline in strength rather than an improvement for high-level athletes . A coach was meaningless if he could not help an athlete improve their strength .
So, the quality of the training plans was more important than the quantity . What Dai Li needed to do was make as many training plans as possible while ensuring their quality .
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Dai Li left the training field, and then Zhizhong Gu started to talk with the Chief Coach of Team Two, Feihong Liu .
"Feihong, what do you think of this young man?" asked Zhizhong Gu .
Feihong Liu shook his head, "I don't know . He accepted your assignment to make training plans so quickly . I think he is very confident . And he should be . A Champion Coach of the Asian Games at such a young age should definitely be confident . When I was his age, I was just an intern coach!"
When Feihong Liu was young, he was the third major player in the National Men's Table Tennis Team, next to Zhizhong Gu and Bin Wang . He was younger than Gu and Wang, but he had chosen to retire earlier because of injuries . And taking his injuries into consideration, the National Table Tennis Team let him stay as a coach . Feihong Liu started as an intern coach, and after years of hard work, he finally became the Chief Coach of the National Team Two .
Zhizhong Gu sighed . "As a coach, Dai Li started from a higher place than us . And he is so young . He might not be used to this job temporarily, but he deserves that we spend our time on him . If he cannot satisfy me in one month, I will leave him to you . Let him work in Team Two to gain experience . "
"Ok! Team Two will never get enough players . Please give us those whom you don't need in your Team One!" Feihong Liu laughed . "One month is not enough for one to make 78 physical training plans . How many do you expect from him?"
"30 physical training plans," Zhizhong Gu replied immediately . "I will keep him in Team One if he can complete 30 plans with good quality . Less than 30? Then he will be yours . "
"That's not a hard task . It should be easy for a fitness coach in Team One," Feihong Liu said with a smile .
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"If he can't complete 30 physical training plans, he is not qualified to stay in Team One," Zhizhong Gu said with a smile . "If he can make 40 plans, I will give major players like Anshan Wang and Shuang Pang to him . "
"40 plans?" Feihong Liu shook his head at once . "That can't be done in one month . He is a newcomer and not familiar with these players . He needs time to observe every player's condition . He must be a very gifted coach if he completes 40 physical training plans with good quality . "
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Dai Li was constantly taking notes on his small notebook by the side of the training field .
Dai Lai only needed to run a detection of the athletes to determine their shortcomings and advantages . Thus, all Dai Li had to do was take notes . He didn't need time to observe their play .
Dai Li recorded all the detection results of the 32 players on Team One, and then he went to the training field of Team Two .
The greater number of players in Team Two resulted in more time spent taking notes .
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It cost Dai Li a whole day to record the detection results of all 78 players in the National Table Tennis Team on his notebook . And then he started to make a targeted physical training plan for each player respectively .
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A week later .
The regular meeting of the National Table Tennis Team brought all the coaches to the meeting room .
"Anything else?" Zhizhong Gu looked around the crowd and didn't see anyone still wanting to speak . Then he concluded, "Ok . We will stop here today . Dismissed!"
Everyone got up and left the meeting room in twos and threes .
Dai Li ran to Gu and gave him a file box .
"Coach, I have worked out all the physical training plans . "Please download our sponsor's game to support us!