Day 2 pictures
Here pictures taken from day 2 on the venture in China.
Players entering the gym
Women's National Team listening to instructions from the Strength and Conditioning coach in the gym.
Men's National Team listening to instructions from the Strength and Conditioning coach in the gym.
Felix and Robin preparing footage for the documentary.
Felix and Robin preparing footage for the documentary.
Behind the scenes quick fire questions with Xu Xin.
Behind the scenes quick fire questions with Zhu Yuling.
Behind the scenes quick fire questions with Fan Zhendong.
This is the entrance to the complex where the Chinese National Team live.
This restaurant 'Kadan' is right next to where the players live in Beijing and a lot of the players take their family there when they visit.
Eating in the Kadan restaurant with the STIGA China team and STIGA's Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong. I have used chop sticks before however usually there was a knife and folk to rely on. Not in this case haha! I cannot actually believe the only time I was forced to use chop sticks was in front of Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin! It was funny on my failed attempts initially and the boys laughed out loud. I soon adapted! They are very humble guys.
The coach that takes the players to and from the Chinese National Team training complex. The building in the background are the rooms where the players live.
The entrance to where the players live.
In the Chinese National Team training hall, there is a huge cabinet with all their trophies won over the years. Here are some examples.
History on the wall of many Chinese table tennis legends.
This is one of the two training halls. This hall belongs to the A squad of the Chinese National Team. There are 24 tables. I will upload a video of me touring this floor soon.
The entrance to the Beijing Province Club where the Chinese Super League and young members practice.
This boy is top 5 in China under 13's. Me and Felix took him on in a match in a 1 game to 11 points. It was great fun.
Pictures of the players practising in the Beijing Province Team. So much focus and hard work was taking place. The had no one talking except balls being hit a super speeds with crazy amounts of spin.
This player was training 3 point forehand with 2 kilogram weights on his feet.
This youngster had a backhand like Kreanga!
Felix and Robin preparing footage for the documentary.
This is the entrance to a local club in Beijing, I had an awesome time in there. The atmosphere was amazing. I recommend all players to cisit if your ever in Beijing.
I played against 5 different players in the hall. Most of them had short pimples of some kind. It was very difficult to play against the players were so consistent!
I got owned during this drop shot!
Myself and Felix were challenged in a doubles match.
Haha the focus!
