Chapter 8 2. Being expelled from the national youth team, enlightened

Shortly after returning from that military training, I represented the Bayi team and was selected for the Chinese team.The competition was held in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar.I remember that Xie Xingfang also participated in that competition. At that time, her main event was the women's doubles, and she lost to Zhang Yawen in the women's singles. In the men's singles game where I scored 16 goals from 32, I lost to an Indonesian player who was a little older than me.He did play a little bit better than me at the time.After the loss, I was criticized by all the coaches immediately.They said that I had no willpower on the court and would give up if I couldn't beat, so after I came back, I was removed from the national youth team, that is, expelled.

At that time, the Chinese youth badminton team was training intensively in Fuzhou, and I was the only one in the group of men's singles of my age who could participate in the 1998 Asian Youth Championship.At that time, I also trained with Bao Chunlai and Qiu Bohui. They couldn't go, so I went.As a result, I was labeled like this, so I was fired when I came back. I remember that when I came to the stands after the game, I was criticized one by one by all the coaches and criticized severely.The coaches at that time were Chen Xingdong and Wang Yaoping, and Wang Yaoping was the father of Wang Lin (2010 World Championship women's singles champion).I remember those people who scolded me very clearly.There was also Mr. Ren Chunhui, the team leader at that time. Each of them criticized me one by one. Standing there, I felt that the sky was about to fall.I thought at the time, it's over, my badminton career is over, and my eyes are dark.

The return itinerary is to fly from Yangon to Beijing first, and then transfer back to Fuzhou.There were no mobile phones back then.When returning to Fuzhou from Beijing, I had a period of time to rest. I took the IC card and called the Bayi team coach He Guoquan and director Gao Lujiang. I was also very guilty on the phone, so I said, "I didn't play well this time." The coach told me, "You have to be mentally prepared, you might be transferred back to the Bayi team." At that time, I heard this In other words, people are wooden. It was a really big blow to me as a 15-year-old at the time, and what happened afterwards was very embarrassing for me.

After I returned to Fuzhou, I had consciously organized my things and was ready to leave at any time.The bases of the National Youth Team and the Bayi Team are together. As long as I carry a suitcase and walk from one building to another, I will return from the National Youth Team to the Bayi Team. On the phone, our coach said, anyway, just wait for the notification.As a result, the next day after I came back, the national youth team informed me to hold a meeting in the afternoon, and I went.I remember it very clearly. As soon as I sat down, one of the coaches told me: "You don't have to sit here, you are no longer a member of the National Youth Team." I stood up and walked out under everyone's gaze. Conference room door.It's everybody, all the men and women out there, and I'm just thrown out.And this coach is Zhang Shaochen, the coach of Xiao Bao (Bao Chunlai) in the Hunan team. At that time, he was coaching in the National Youth Team.

I was very sad that day, and my heart was too uncomfortable.But it's not angry, because I have no right to be angry, it's true that I didn't play well in the game. Perhaps it is due to nature, since I was a child, there has been an unyielding energy in my bones.When I was nine years old, I just joined the Fujian Youth Team and won the championship in Group B of the Longyan badminton competition.When young and successful, it is inevitable to be frivolous, arrogant and arrogant.Not only is he stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat in competitions and training, but also in life.I remember that in 1998, I went to Chengdu to play a game on behalf of the Bayi team. At the dinner table after the game, Wu Yong, a teammate of the Bayi team and a native of Sichuan, joked to me: "You can win the first place in badminton, but you eat chili peppers." Is it alright?" When I heard this, I became mad again and said, "Isn't it just eating chili, I still won't lose to you!" As a result, acute appendicitis was caused by eating too much chili, and I had to undergo surgery .At that time, I was still far away in Sichuan, and I asked the coach not to tell my parents the news, so as not to worry them.In the end, it was Wu Yong's mother who drove more than 300 kilometers from home to the hospital to take care of me.

At this moment, the 11th Fujian Provincial Games opened in Quanzhou, and I had to rush back to represent Longyan in the competition.After returning to my hometown Shanghang County Hospital that time, I immediately rushed back to Longyan for training. Finally, I won two championships in badminton men's singles and men's team in Quanzhou. Our head coach cried. The character of not admitting defeat, being competitive, and eager to win is like a double-edged sword. It not only made me later, but also caused me to encounter crises many times in my career. The defeat in Athens is the best example .

Facts have proved that this incident of being expelled from the National Youth Team is actually a good thing for me.After returning to the Bayi team, I really realized that I am really nothing.If you have good conditions, those people will praise you, but if you have no grades, it means you have nothing.I started to review my training. In the period after I was fired, I started thinking about my past.In the past, if I practiced well on a certain day, I would be particularly motivated;I was also suspended for 20 days for throwing a racket. The coach at that time had never seen such a disobedient player.

Since then, whether it is training or competition, I have been more serious, and I have begun to understand what true dedication is.The game is not something you can lose casually if you feel bad today. During this period, the Bayi team also sent me out to play some small games such as the Four Nations Invitational Tournament and the Sino-British Tournament.I am changing, and the coach is slowly discovering that I am different from the original.Three months later, one day the coach said to me: "You can return to the National Youth Team." After returning, I cherished this opportunity very much.

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