Chapter 293: The Way of Changes (1/2)

Chapter 293: The Way of Changes

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

”Have you heard that the new Coach Li was directly assigned to team one?”

”Really? He was assigned to team one? Usually, new coaches are assigned to team two first, aren't they?” someone questioned.

”Of course, it's true! I've seen it for myself. He was assigned to team one by Coach Gu. It seems that Coach Gu values him very much!” the coach of team one said.

”Over the past years, Gu has picked several coaches from other places, and there has never been a coach who was directly assigned to team one,” said the other.

”Yes. Who is this Dai Li? If he was assigned to team one, he may have a strong background, or maybe he is the son of a leader,” someone said with disbelief.

”Don't guess blindly. Dai Li is a real talent!” said someone who had known about it.

”Du, you are quite familiar with Bin Wang. You must know something. Can you share with us?” someone asked.

Du replied, ”Did you all get a new physical training program? It was made by Dai Li.”

”Oh, it was him who made it? To be frank, it was a great physical training program,” sighed the man.

Someone opposed and said, ”It is not a big deal. This kind of physical training program is quite easy for me, so why haven't I been assigned to team one by Coach Gu?”

”Can you make seventy-eight physical training programs for the team in one week?” Du countered.

”What did you say? Seventy-eight physical training programs, for the whole team, in one week? How is that possible?” the naysayer said.

”You can't do it, but Dai Li is able to make seventy-eight physical training programs in a week. And these programs are now in our hands,” Du said. ”If you don't believe it, you can ask other coaches if they've got the new physical training program.”

However, nothing could be kept secret forever in this world. As the seventy-eight physical training programs were sent to each coach, the news that Dai Li was assigned to team one was also spread throughout the national table tennis team.

Nevertheless, it was also a great challenge for Dai Li to be in team one. In team one, there were several world champions and grand slam players. They had both reputation and strength.

They were all successful athletes. However, as a newcomer, how to get these world champions to follow his instructions, and train them according to his program, were the first problems for Dai Li.

Standing in the shoes of these athletes, it's easy to understand. They would feel like, ”I am a world champion, and the backbone of the national table tennis team. You are just a young and new coach, not an athlete. And as a coach, you haven't got any brilliant achievements. So why should I obey you?!”

When Dai Li went to the Sports Department of Tsing Hua University, he also encountered similar problems. At that time, he quickly convinced Guohong Liu, Xiaotian Xin, and other athletes, by pointing out their shortcomings, then, finally, his training went smoothly.

But this method didn't apply to the national table tennis team. After all, table tennis is a highly technical sport. While acting as a physical coach, it is obviously unpersuasive for Dai Li to talk about the skills of table tennis with these athletes.

The national table tennis team boasts China's top table tennis coaches, many of whom have trained world champions. Therefore, they are more experienced than Dai Li, in terms of table tennis skills.