As for table tennis in China, I think many people may be like me. The first thing that comes to mind is not how many games they won and how many championships they won around the world, but countless jokes about table tennis in China. For example, "No one can beat China in football and table tennis, and no one can", or "If we talk about table tennis diplomacy now, China may break off diplomatic relations with all countries in the world". There are many jokes like this. Although they are just said to make everyone laugh, they also reflect the level of table tennis in China. Really strong, the world champion of the Olympic Games is not the highest in gold content, but the national champion. While indulging in the laughter brought by these jokes, have we ever wondered why table tennis in China is so strong?

First of all, table tennis has a huge population base. Many people may have guessed this and realized it more or less, but they may not have a specific understanding. I believe that when we went to school many years ago, the school infrastructure was not particularly good, but even if it was worse, even if there were no football fields, basketball courts and runways, there would never be a shortage of table tennis tables. I remember the gym where I usually work out. Although it is not particularly large, there is still some room for two table tennis tables, both of which are basically empty. How broad is the mass base of table tennis in China? Just look at the picture below. This picture comes from Lv Nan's "The Forgotten Man-The Living Condition of the Mental Patients in China".

According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 30 million table tennis amateurs in China, and this is a conservative statistic. Meanwhile, according to foreign media analysis, at least 300 million people in China can play table tennis. What a huge number! China has a population of 654.38+04 billion. It can be seen that China people's awareness of table tennis is quite high, even higher than basketball and football. I put forward a point here. In every school in China, there are definitely more people who can play table tennis than basketball and football.

Secondly, the attention of the State Sports Commission. You know, many leaders of the State Sports Commission are table tennis players, such as Zhuang Zedong, Cai Zhenhua and Li Furong. They are regarded as the first heroes of table tennis in China and the emperors in the world. Among them, Cai Zhenhua is a must. Before him, both sides of the racket were red, but he took this rule to the extreme. Referees often can't tell the difference between a positive and a negative ball, forcing ITTF to order that the rackets in the future must be red and black. The leaders who have been hacked the most have such strength. How can they not be strong?

Finally, there is a very mature selection mechanism. Looking for talents from primary schools, rising step by step, facing better training conditions and better teachers, will only become stronger and stronger. The power of table tennis is the national system, and everyone can play and pay attention to it. I also hope that China football will have such a day.