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CHINESE TEAM DAILY TRAINING SCHEDULE
Translated by Chung Lau
In the
latest Table-Tennis World, there is a report of what went on in the training camp as the
Chinese prepared for the Worlds. Here is a translation of the daily schedule. It was
reported elsewhere that there typically is a half-day off every week during the training
period. But the players are usually so tired that very few would go outside of the
dormitory.
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07:15 |
Women's team assembled in front of main entrance.
Roll-call, then breakfast in cafeteria. |
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07:30 |
Men's team assembled in front of building. Roll-call,
then breakfast in cafeteria. |
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08:30 |
Men's and women's teams assembled in main gymnasium.
Address by coach Cai, flag ceremony, and playing of national anthem. |
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08:35 |
Men and women separately met with coaches to receive
individual morning practice schedules. Training starts with 1.5 hrs of singles, 1 hr of
doubles and competition, then finally physical training. |
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10:40 |
The 4 men's doubles teams play a tournament, with the
other players cheering on to simulate crowd noise. Women start doubles training. |
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11:10 |
Women start physical training. |
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11:30 |
Men start physical training. |
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12:00 |
Lunch. |
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15:30 |
Coaches set up detailed training schedule for the
afternoon. For today :
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Men
: individualized practice for 30 mins., counter-looping for 20
mins., multi-ball for 60 mins.
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Women
: serves for 20 mins., serve-and-attack for 30 mins., multi-ball for 60
mins.
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15:35-18:00 |
Training according to schedules. |
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18:30 |
Dinner. |
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20:00 |
Players separated into groups to watch TT video-tapes
and discuss techniques and strategies.
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21:00 |
Medical treatment. |
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22:00 |
Lights out. |
Courtesy
of About.com and Sean O'Neill
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