Chapter 313: A Famous Coach (1/2)
Chapter 313: A Famous Coach
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Dai Li was not a psychologist, so that was all Dai Li could do to help Shuang Pang adjust his mindset.
Actually, Shuang Pang should have understood many things by himself. After all, he was still under 20, and his career life had just begun. An athlete at this age had tremendous room for growth. Shuang Pang had just come across the problem of the ”Eternal Second”; more setbacks awaited him in the future, so he had to acquire the ability to overcome difficulties by himself.
Dai Li also had his own work to do. He needed to prepare for the Olympic Games.
As a quadrennial event, the Olympic Games was the most important event for most sports. During the preparation period of the Olympic Games, all coaches of the National Table Tennis Team stayed in the training base; sometimes they couldn't go home for a whole week.
This was acceptable for bachelors like Dai Li, who had gotten used to living in dormitories. Most of the rest of the coaches had families; therefore, they really sacrificed a lot by staying with the team every day and leaving their family members at home.
The players who would participate in the Olympic Games had been decided internally at the beginning of the Olympic year.
The players who had not been selected to participate in the Olympic Games also had tasks. They acted as the training partners of the contestants by simulating the playing style and techniques of their opponents.
This kind of training was quite monotonous and dull, but the monotony was an efficient time-killer.
In a blink, August had come, and the quadrennial Olympic Games successfully attracted the attention of the world.
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The experience award for a champion of the Olympic Games is really good! Dai Li couldn't help showing a delighted expression on his face. The national team had obtained 3 gold medals so far; with the awarded experience, Dai Li had upgraded again. Now he had successfully moved beyond the threshold of the top-level coach and had been upgraded to a famous coach.
This time, Dai Li hadn't had to wait long for the upgrade. The main reason was that players of the National Table Tennis Team could always win championships, so Dai Li was awarded more experience than before. Moreover, the experience he gained in this quadrennial Olympic Games was many times more than his experience accumulation in normal days.
After all, this is the Olympic Games, which is held every four years. The gold content of a champion of the Olympic Games is quite high. The experience award is also several times that of open tournaments and championships. In addition, the experience award of the team champion is also much higher than that of an individual champion.
The table tennis event of the Olympic Games had four gold medals for the men's singles, the women's singles, the men's team, and the women's team respectively. It was certain that the National Table Tennis Team would take all four gold medals. Now the gold medals for the women's singles, the men's singles, and the women's group had been obtained by the national team, among which, the most experience gained by Dai Li came from the gold medal of the women's team.
In the award identification of the system, the team events are more important than those individual events, as expected, Dai Li thought.
”It is more than that,” the system said. ”The experience award is also dependent on the importance of the match, the popularity of the event, and the distinctiveness of the award.”
”I could understand the importance of the match; for example, the Olympic Games is definitely more important than ordinary international events, so the award for the Olympic Games is more. What is the meaning of the popularity of the event? Does it mean the award for events which are more popular is greater?” Dai Li asked immediately.