149 Staying on the team as a coach
◎Do you plan to stay in the national team as a coach in the future?◎
Although I couldn't train because of my injury.
But it was nice to be in the gym for a while.
Zhu Qi has become accustomed to this kind of life.
Three points and one line, every day just think about training and competition, don't worry about the rest.
Many of her peers at her age should have already gone out to work.
Many people think that athletes have a hard life.
It was indeed very hard. Many people who couldn't make it returned to school early and continued to live a normal life.
It is also very boring. Almost every day is a repeat of yesterday's things without any exception.
Sometimes Zhu Qi even took advantage of his foot injury to return to Beijing Sport University to teach a few open classes.
Because I won the women's singles championship at the World Games, I was successfully admitted to graduate school. Now is the stage of transitioning from undergraduate to graduate school.
Who could have thought.
Even the World Games champion has to earn credits in front of his tutor.
But it’s very interesting to see so many fresh faces and different groups of people on campus.
Zhu Qi rarely came to school, having been "locked up" on Tiantan East Road since he was fifteen. Although he had traveled extensively to many countries and competition venues over the years, he had absolutely no time for travel.
Life at school...feels like it was a lifetime ago.
On the first day of delivering materials to school, Zhu Qi was recognized by her classmates. After all, when she had just won the Moscow World Games and the replica "Miriam" Cup, the school hung banners at the gate to congratulate her.
Many teachers also use Zhu Qi's competition achievements to publicize them in school.
Then, after being recognized, Zhu Qi began to become the focus of discussion among classmates.
"Hey hey hey is it her?"
"Yes, yes, it's just like what you see on TV!"
"It looked so small on TV, but I didn't expect it to be so tall."
"Maybe it's because the teammates around me are all taller."...
Students these days are more reserved. They don't hide behind trees, taking photos with their phones and uploading them online. After all, only a few have phones. At most, when they run into Zhu Qi, they'll glance over curiously and whisper a few words.
Over the years, such encounters have become common, and Zhu Qi has become accustomed to it. He has now evolved to the point where he can automatically filter out all the gazes and comments of people around him and focus on doing his own thing.
This is also the result of Ren Xinhua bombarding the national team with a loudspeaker every time there is a major competition over the years.
As soon as he got into the state, Zhu Qi directly entered an empty space.
No matter what anyone said, it didn't reach Zhu Qi's ears.
After submitting my graduate application materials in the morning, I had originally planned to stay up late at noon, sit in the library for a while, and then talk to my supervisor about my thesis in the afternoon before returning to the national team.
Zhu Qi's foot has not fully healed yet. Although he no longer needs a cane, he still limps when he walks.
Usually when she was on the national team, A Shui and Qin Xiaoba would always be by her side to support her, but they both got admitted to Shanghai Sports University and are not in the same school as her, so now she has to be alone.
The cat's back injury prevents him from moving. Except for eating and washing time, he can get up and move around. Most of the time, he has to lie in bed.
I thought I would be alone the whole day, but unexpectedly, when I was strolling around the school in the middle of the day, someone suddenly patted Zhu Qi from behind.
Zhu Qi turned around and saw Song Linzhou carrying a mountaineering bag. There was a little sweat on his forehead. He looked like he had run all the way here. He smiled at him and said, "What a coincidence! I see you right after I get here."
"Why are you here?" Zhu Qi was a little surprised. "Didn't you graduate a long time ago?"
"Come and get the information." Song Linzhou saw Zhu Qi wandering around the school just now. He guessed that Zhu Qi didn't know the way, so he suggested taking Zhu Qi to the cafeteria.
There is a certain difference between the school cafeteria and the national team cafeteria.
The national team’s canteen strictly follows various indicators, and many ingredients that do not meet safety standards cannot be eaten.
The school cafeteria has a slightly looser standard for variety. After all, some of these students don’t need to participate in world competitions, but the wide variety of food makes people particularly appetizing.
But Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou still had to play the game, so they could only control their diet.
Zhu Qi ordered a bowl of tofu and chicken noodle soup, and the two of them sat near the door and planned to have a simple meal.
Everywhere were students of about the same age as Zhu Qi.
Sports schools are generally populated by boys, but the girls who make it are among the best and most energetic. However, their physiques are still inferior to those of the national team players, as they don't exercise as much as the national team players.
"Is your foot better?" Song Linzhou sat opposite Zhu Qi and asked in a low voice.
Zhu Qi took a bite of noodles and said "hmm".
Her attention was drawn to a large hanging TV facing her.
The schools in the capital are well-equipped.
Even public computers were set up at this time.
Coincidentally, the computer was playing the video recording of the National Table Tennis Championships.
It is probably because Zhu Qi won the replica cup, which also made the school feel proud.
When Zhu Qi was watching, the men's singles quarterfinals had just ended.
The scene of the match between Qin Xiaoba and Mori Yunan.
Mori Yunan lost to Qin Xiaoba with a large margin of victory in one game. When he was interviewed by reporters from the Hong Kong team, although the conversation was in Cantonese, there was a simplified Chinese translation.
The reporter first asked Mori Yunan about his opinion of the match. Wearing the Hong Kong team's white tracksuit with purple and red stripes, Mori Yunan answered with neither arrogance nor humility: "Qin Shang's performance was excellent. He made virtually no mistakes and gave no chances. I wasn't as good as him in terms of endurance in the latter stages of the match, so we lost."
The reporter suddenly asked about Mori Yunan's two years with the national team: "...You once went to the Chaojing National Team for two years to improve your skills. When you first returned to Zhuhai, you told many reporters that you learned a lot in Chaojing. But do you feel that what you learned is not useful now?"
When Zhu Qi heard this sentence outside the TV, he knew that the Hong Kong media was indeed recognized as the most sharp-tongued group of reporters, and they liked to ask questions like these that could easily lead to confrontation.
If there was improvement, why didn’t they make it to the semi-finals?
If there is no improvement, then the next day there will be a flood of posts criticizing the national team for being xenophobic.
Zhu Qi has been busy treating his foot since the World Table Tennis Championships and has not watched these people's interviews. Now, after listening to Mori Yunan's answers, he feels that this guy has quite high emotional intelligence.
Mori Yunan naturally understood what the Hong Kong media meant and said with a smile, "Actually, when I first arrived in Beijing, I had the same idea as you. I was also very puzzled. They looked no different from the Hong Kong team's players, so why did they always win championships in major competitions around the world? With this curiosity, I kept observing them, wanting to know what special moves this team, recognized as the world's strongest, had. But it wasn't until I was about to return to the Hong Kong team that I understood something..."
Many reporters in the audience looked at him with curiosity.
"...their unity is evident. Perhaps many people find the word 'unity' too empty, but I believe maintaining such a quality in this age of everyone for themselves is incredibly rare. Their head coach, head coach, captains of the men's and women's teams, and even the young players are all united in their efforts to face the outside world. No matter how heated their arguments may be at home, they hold hands when they're out in public. This is incredibly difficult for the Hong Kong team and many foreign teams."
The Hong Kong media reporter persisted: "Your 'unity' may be important in team and doubles events, but you lost in the individual events..."
"Even individual events require 'unity'. It requires the selfless dedication of teammates to practice with you, the guidance of your supervisor and dedicated training, and the support and trust of the coaching staff. To be honest, Qin Shang and I played against each other twice in Beijing, and he lost both times. But Qin Shang has made such rapid progress in just six months. It would be absolutely impossible for him to train to this level alone. So I think this is what the Hong Kong team lacks the most, and it is also what I think they should learn the most from the national team..."
Zhu Qi was deeply moved when he heard this, and a hint of relief appeared on his face involuntarily.
Song Linzhou looked at her and smiled, "Lieutenant, how would you rate this answer?"
"4 points." Zhu Qi said.
“Why not a perfect score of 5?”
"Giving him one point less might make him proud."
Song Linzhou had never heard of this joke before. When he realized it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "But if Xiao Ba heard this interview, he would definitely yell."
"What are you yelling about?"
"He always thought he won the one-hour fight with Mori Yunan that morning."
Zhu Qi said with a smile: "It was just the two of them that day, with no one else around. Who knows who won or lost?"
Speaking of this, Song Linzhou put down his chopsticks and looked at Zhu Qi with a smile: "But he has indeed made great progress in recent times. It shouldn't be difficult for Riyadh to compete for the men's singles."
"That being said, can you and Daxiong give him this opportunity?" Zhu Qi scooped up another mouthful of noodles, but then remembered that Qin Xiaoba had just defeated Song Linzhou at the National Table Tennis Championships. He might even have a chance to compete with Song Linzhou and Daxiong for the men's singles title. So Zhu Qi glanced up at Song Linzhou, wanting to encourage him, but instead saw a piece of gauze peeking out of Song Linzhou's collar near his right shoulder. "Is your shoulder injured again?"
Song Linzhou shook his arm and nodded: "A little reaction... I just got an injection from the hospital this morning."
Athletes at this age are covered in injuries.
After Song Linzhou switched to practicing straight-grip horizontal hitting, his shoulders were severely damaged because every time he hit the ball, his shoulders were wide open and closed.
Thinking of the cat still lying in the dormitory, Zhu Qi sighed.
"You're still missing the World Games, right?"
Song Linzhou was startled, then realized that Zhu Qi was talking about his Grand Slam, and nodded.
"We still have to fight for it," Zhu Qi added. "It's probably going to be hard for you to win the Pembroke Replica Cup, but you should still have a chance at a Grand Slam."
Zhu Qi spoke very directly, and Song Linzhou was not unhappy. He just appreciated Zhu Qi's straightforwardness.
At his age now, Song Linzhou himself knows better than anyone else.
I will be 30 years old by the next National Table Tennis Championships, and my body may not be able to hold on until then.
Young players are still catching up, and the living space for veterans is getting smaller and smaller...
Think of this.
Song Linzhou felt a little nostalgic. So much time had passed.
He was only 18 years old when he first met Zhu Qi.
Now 10 years have passed...
A lot has changed in 10 years.
But what is strange is that Song Linzhou feels that Zhu Qi has not changed at all. Since childhood, Zhu Qi has shown a more mature personality than his peers, as if he would not change his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.
She has won almost all the honors she deserves over the years, and unlike many athletes who became famous at a young age, she is not arrogant and spoiled. Instead, she is more calm and composed.
Sometimes when he passed by the women's team and saw Zhu Qi training the young players, he always felt that he had the style of a coach. It made him inexplicably think that if Zhu Qi continued to stay in the circle as a coach in the future, it would probably be like this.
Her face is stern, her words are sharp, and her comments are direct... Just like her playing style, every shot is like a knife flying by.
"If you stay in the national team as a coach in the future, it should be quite suitable for you. You will definitely be able to bring out many outstanding players..." Song Linzhou said with a smile.
In fact, many people can see what Ren Xinhua is thinking.
She is training Maomao to be the coach of the national team and also giving Zhu Qi the right to manage players.
The treatment of national team coaches is actually not much better than that of provincial team coaches. The average monthly salary is only 300 yuan more, but they have to worry about 30,000 yuan.
Moreover, they are too far away from their families, so many people prefer to return to their hometowns to be coaches, without having to bear the pressure of the three major competitions.
Therefore, it is best to train coaches from within the national team.
The achievements of Zhu Qi and Maomao are obvious to all in the team. No one will be able to say "no" to them when they become coaches in the future.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Qi shook his head without even thinking.
"No, I want to go back to Jianghuai Province."
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