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I have yet to see another European player with a backhand like Dima.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the European was the world leader in techniques, but now it is clearly behind Asia. Liu Jiayi said, "Europeans are too lazy. They stand in the middle of the table, playing both FH and BH. They don't pay attention to the forehand step-around like Waldner did. The forehand step-around requires good footwork. The Europeans are used to sitting in the car and their leg functions have regressed. They can't run even if they want to."上个世纪80年代末和90年代初,欧洲乒乓球技术处世界领先地位,但现在明显落后于亚洲。刘加诒说:“欧洲人太懒,他们站在球台中间两面打,不像当年瓦尔德内尔那样注重正手侧身攻。正手侧身需要很好的步伐。而坐惯汽车的欧洲人腿部机能退化,他们想跑都跑不起来。”
Yoshihito Miyazaki said that the strongest feeling in the joint training is the difference of teaching methods between Japan and South Korea. For example, Japanese players usually do not step around that much after making backhand shots, due to recovery concern. However, Korean coaches stress during the guidance that they must increase the range of the step-around and let the feet out. Under the personal demonstration of the Korean coach, the Japanese players also saw the power of such exercise. Still, because there is very little such training in the Japanese training system, Japanese players can't master this technique quickly.宫崎义仁表示,在合练当中感受最强烈的是日韩两国教学方法的差异化,宫崎义仁举例说在联合训练当中,通常日本球员在反手击球之后侧身的幅度都不会很大,因为会考虑到还原的问题,但韩国的教练员在指导时强调一定要加大侧身的幅度,将脚迈出去,在韩国教练的亲身示范下,日本球员也看到了这样练习的威力,但因为在日本的训练体系当中,很少有这样的训练,所以合练中日本球员对这样的技术还不能很快掌握。
宫崎义仁总结说,“虽然日本和韩国两个国家都属于乒乓球比较强的国家,也都是亚洲国家,但是彼此之间训练体系和思路的差异化,的确是很让人觉得有意思的事情。”
I see a very worrying trend here. The overall FH quality of European players has stagnated, perhaps even regressed, in the last 2 decades. The 1st point makes an excellent example here. It should and would have ended on the 4th shot(2nd forehand shot) if you go back a decade or so.
Maybe there are more balls on the table due to no more speed glue and the bigger slower ball?
Maybe there are more balls on the table due to no more speed glue and the bigger slower ball?
Ahem...Liu Jiayi made note of that trend in 2007, when table tennis was still played with 40mm and speedglue.
I have yet to see another European player with a backhand like Dima.