From “Undefeated Winner” to “Wolf Is Coming”, Talking about the Influence of “No Lost Foreign War” Pressure on Athletes and Countermeasures ——Take the Chinese women's table tennis team as an example
Table tennis 5 elements and core technology; Mima Ito; Personal characteristics; Unconscious ability; Choking phenomenon; internal and external attention
The International Table Tennis Federation’s change to plastic ball, by coincidence or other reasons, has provided a shortcut to success for Japanese player Mima Ito, making her the biggest enemy of Chinese women's table tennis team. Since then, the Chinese table tennis team has experienced the era of “undefeated winner” to “wolf is coming”. Based on the five-element principle of table tennis competition, the author conducts a qualitative analysis of the development of table tennis and the core and non-core technologies of China and Japan's main layers before and after the International Table Tennis Federation's change to 40+ plastic balls. It turns out that change of the plastic ball has inevitable great effect on the core skills of all players but Mima Ito. This constitutes one of the factors threatening the main force of our country, but this is not the main factor. According to the research, China’s unwritten requirement of “no lost in foreign wars” links athletes with Olympic qualification. Under such great pressure, athletes will have to put extra effort and this kind of “chocking” is actually the main factor that leads to the dilemma of the main force of the Chinese team. To solve this problem, it is suggested that the unreasonable requirement of “no lost in foreign wars” be given up as a strategy to avoid pressure. This is another representation of effort. When athletes believe that there is still hope for the Olympic games even they fail to meet the unreasonable requirement. They can reduce extra efforts to recover their initial level. In conclusion, let the main force develop a positive and relaxed mental attitude, and decide the name list of Olympic singles at the earliest will be the best strategy.