BUTTERFLY Secret Of Strength - Table Tennis Video

The Chinese players Kong Linghui and Zhang Yining coach you Chinese style ping pong and table tennis.

• Techniques and training methods
• How to practice what he has done in the process of growth.
• Basic and Advanced Technology
• Agility
• Body balance
• Power of female athletes
• Service attacks
• Multi-ball practice
• Footwork
• Drive
• Services
• Techniques of play on the table

Kong Linghui born on October 18, 1975 in Heilongjiang) is a male Chinese table tennis player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 1996 he won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition together with Liu Guoliang.

Four years later he won the gold medal in the men's singles competition and the silver medal in the doubles event again together with Liu Guoliang. Third player to achieve a career gland slam of 3 majors (Olympics, World Cup, World Championships).

In 2004 he was eliminated in the third round of the men's doubles competition together with his new partner Wang Hao.

Kong's style was believed to be modeled on the top European players of the late 80s through to the late 90s, namely the Swedes Jan Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson, who won the World Championships in Dortmund in 1989 and Chiba in 1991 respectively. They utilised the shakehand grip, and played consistent good all-round games characterised by playing close to mid distance from the table, equal on both backhand and forehand sides and being strong in both attack and containing - both players have excellent receive of service techniques and solid blocking games.

In China's attempt to shake the early 90s European male dominance of the sport - where players such as Saive (Belgium), Gatien (France) Waldner, Persson and Appelgren (Sweden) and Rosskopf (Germany) were dominating proceedings internationally, they sent the young Kong to Sweden in an unprecedented move to learn the European style of play. He arrived back in China in 1993, and shortly after was ranked world no.1 as of December 1993.

Kong is considered one of the all time greats of table tennis and has now taken up position as the coach of China National Female Team.

About Zhang Yining

Zhang Yining (born October 5, 1982 in Beijing) is a female Chinese table tennis player.

As of August 2008, she is ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles.[2] She has held the ITTF #1 ranking continuously since January 2003 and remains a dominant figure in women's table tennis. With 4 Olympic gold medals, 9 World Championships, and 4 World Cup wins, she is considered to be one of the most successful female table tennis players in history.

Zhang is a graduate from Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where Li Jiawei of Singapore studied as well.

Titles

    * 45th World Table Tennis Championships (1999) Women's Single Silver.
    * 45th World Table Tennis Championships (2000) Women's Team Gold..
    * 5th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2000) Women's Single Gold.
    * 5th Table Tennis World Cup (2001) Women's Single Gold.
    * 46th World Table Tennis Championships (2001) Women's Team Gold
    * 6th Table Tennis World Cup (2002) Women's Single Gold.
    * 7th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2002) Women's Single Gold.
    * 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2003) Women's Single Silver, Women's Double Gold.
    * 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2004) Women's Team Gold.
    * 28th Olympic Games (2004) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, Women's Double Gold.
    * 8th Table Tennis World Cup (2004) Women's Single Gold.
    * 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2005) Women's Single Gold, Women's Double Gold.
    * 9th Table Tennis World Cup (2005) Women's Single Gold.
    * 10th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2005) Women's Single Gold.
    * 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2006) Women's Team Gold.
    * 11th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2006) Women's Single Gold.
    * 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2007) Women's Double Gold.
    * 11th Table Tennis World Cup (2007) Women's Team Gold.
    * 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2008) Women's Team Gold
    * 29th Olympic Games (2008) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, Women's Team Gold.
    * 50th World Table Tennis Championships (2009) Women's Single Gold.