Looking at the Training of Shanghai Table Tennis Reserve Talents from this Traditional Competition in Shanghai
Recently, the final of Li Ning's 2023 Shanghai Youth Table Tennis Championships and Shanghai Youth Sports Elite Series Table Tennis Tournament came to an end at Shanghai High School. Teenage athletes from 16 districts in Shanghai are fiercely competing, showcasing the vitality of Shanghai's table tennis reserve talents.
This competition is divided into 6 age groups, with events including men's and women's teams, men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. A total of 34 gold medals were awarded, attracting a total of 926 young athletes from the city to register for the competition.
Elite competition is a traditional competition for young people in Shanghai
The Shanghai Youth Sports Elite Series, hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, aims to guide young athletes to strengthen their physical fitness and basic training in specialized skills, providing an important competition platform for athletes with different training levels to participate in layered and classified competitions. The Shanghai Youth Sports Elite Series Table Tennis Competition is held in three stops throughout the year. The first stop is a second line test competition, which encourages more teenagers to participate in basic physical fitness and specialized ability training through the popularization of second line tests; The second round is a group point competition mode, and only athletes who achieve the required points in the first and second rounds can participate in the final round of the third round.
Elite competition is a traditional competition for young people in Shanghai, with a student age range from 8 to 18 years old. The participating team in Baoshan District is a traditional strong team, with members from schools such as Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School and Yangtai Elementary School. Coach Da Rongrong, who led the women's team to participate in Group B competitions, introduced that the group of children in front of them are already veteran students who have been playing for a long time. "Once students register as young athletes, the elite competition is their first competition. From elementary school to high school, each competition is an important platform to test their level of table tennis."
Teenage competitions are equally exciting and intense
The contestants are all students from various districts, and the elite competition has become a stage to showcase the achievements of Shanghai's table tennis ball education integration. Many players from Xuhui District play at home, training at East China Science and Technology Club and Shanghai High School on weekdays. Among them, there are some top players representing Shanghai High School in the National High School Games. Playing basketball and reading are both equally important. After participating in their last Shanghai Youth Championship, the children are about to enter their desired universities. According to the coach, "All the children who graduated this year have been admitted to their ideal universities, and table tennis will become their lifelong hobby."
As the organizer of this competition, Shanghai High School has been hosting the Shanghai Youth Table Tennis Championships for many years, cultivating high-level table tennis players through a combination of sports and education. On the one hand, students in the table tennis class adhere to the path of specialization and continuously improve their competitive level; On the other hand, the school sets up and implements specialized courses for them, including morning cultural classes, afternoon and evening professional training. The school has also developed a teaching outline for table tennis high-level sports team students that suits their development needs, covering multiple disciplines such as morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and arts. At the same time, it is continuously improved and revised based on feedback from graduates and parents, allowing the cultivation of sports team students to take the path of comprehensive development and tapping into their potential.
Elite competitions provide a platform for athletes to exercise and grow
Wang Liqin, Chairman of the Shanghai Table Tennis Association, introduced that table tennis has a deep mass foundation in Shanghai. From various mass competitions, the number of participants, including teenagers, is leading in the country. The elite competition plays a positive role in enriching youth sports activities, attracting more young people to participate in sports, promoting table tennis projects, and selecting table tennis reserve talents. Let young people win at the starting line, and the Municipal Table Tennis Association is actively planning to focus on building a youth competition system to build a platform for them.
