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Why did Liu retire so early? Why did he become a national coach?

Liu has decided to retire.

2001February 26th

With the implementation of the national big ball system, Liu, a national player who has been in poor condition recently, gradually gave up. When chatting with teammates and friends, he repeatedly revealed his idea of retiring after the 46th World Table Tennis Championships.

What really made Liu quit was technical and tactical issues. Liu's style of play is fast break, with obvious scoring means, poor strength and outstanding service. With the increase of Liu's participation in international competitions, foreigners are becoming more and more familiar with him. Sweden was the first to find a way to break Liu by turning left and pressing right. Before the Olympic Games, Cai Zhenhua repeatedly stressed the need to give Liu a technical breakthrough, and the breakthrough is to let Liu use several boards of reverse glue, strengthen the exchange and use of positive glue, and change the pace of the competition. As experts know, this breakthrough is an arduous effort. Because it is impossible for a top player like Liu to make a breakthrough in technology.

In fact, for a successful teenager, it is not surprising that he has this idea at this time. As the first man's Grand Slam winner in China, this title certainly brought him great honor, but it also inevitably brought some negative effects.

According to the analysis of relevant people, Liu's decline began at the 1999 World Cup. Liu, who just won the men's singles title in the World Table Tennis Championships, unexpectedly lost to persson in the eighth round, and persson stressed after the match that he had found a way to deal with China. This sentence was regarded as raving and didn't attract the attention of Liu and Cai Zhenhua.

However, this sentence has become a reality. Liu lost two points in a row in the Sino-Swiss final in Malaysia. Liu's self-confidence began to waver when he saw the Swede lift the Swislin Cup.

Since then, the doping incident has dealt a greater blow to Liu, and his psychology has been greatly affected. After the Sino-Swiss century war subsided, Liu once again became the object of ridicule by Swedes. Before the game, Waldner once said, "I will definitely win Liu Guo Liang." As a result, Liu was defeated again and lost two points. After the game, despite repeated comforts, Cai Zhenhua was still depressed.

Another main reason is the pressure from domestic players. After changing the big ball, Liu Hekong has been in a bad state. Kong is not fully familiar with big balls, while Liu is basically familiar with big balls. The bigger the ball, the weaker Liu's deadly weapon, the service right. Seeing that my skills have not improved, my brothers have made rapid progress. Wang, Liu and Liu all passed the big brother.

All this forced him to reconsider his career. He said, "I've got what I deserve, and now I don't want anything."

Retired in 2002, served as the coach of the men's team of China National Table Tennis Team, and registered as a human resource management major in the School of Management of Shanghai Jiaotong University. On June 23, 2003, he became the head of the teaching and research group of the men's team of China National Table Tennis Team and the head coach of the men's team.

Liu is the first athlete in China to win the World Table Tennis Championships, the World Cup and the Olympic Grand Slam. He has won all the world championships in table tennis team and individual events. This special status is one of the advantages of being the national men's team coach at the age of 27.