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Ping Pong

This show is the selected drama by NRTA

in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the PRC,

and was funded under the 2019 Art Creation of Hubei.

Episode 22

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Look at this.

You'll attack and I'll defend.

How about that?

Whatever.

We won't look at these during the game.

What about the gestures then?

What?

Gestures.

This one then.

This...

Topspin.

Backspin.

What are these?

Are you Spider-Man?

These are too complicated.

You can set it then.

Topspin.

Backspin.

Long, short.

Tell me again.

Topspin, backspin.

Long, short.

Tell me again.

Topspin.

Backspin.

What's wrong?

My finger is cramping.

You go first.

You go first.

They are almost ready.

It's time for the next phase.

Turn your body and return the shot with your forehand.

I'm afraid that it'll be hard for me to use my backhand here.

I can give it a try.

I can use my forehand for the whole game.

We can try it out more.

Teach me about the loop later.

I have an announcement.

This cuff will retire with honour from today onwards.

What are you doing later?

Eat. I'm so hungry today.

Who is this?

Who is this?

Are you free?

Are you free?

No.

I'm free.

No. Wait.

Remember to send her back!

Welcome.

Mister. How many of you?

Two.

Let's go.

-Show me the menu. Thank you. -Okay.

Thank you.

You are welcome.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

Didn't you see it?

A meal for two is over 2000.

It's too expensive.

It's okay. I can afford it.

I'm not hungry yet.

Let's walk around

and find another restaurant.

It's okay. Let's go.

No.

Do as I say.

Okay then.

Let's go in and take a look.

Hello, welcome.

Hello.

Let's leave. This place doesn't suit me.

Do as I say for today.

Let's go in and take a look.

We'll take a look around.

This looks nice. Try it on.

It doesn't suit me. I don't want it.

Try it on.

No. I'll never wear this kind of clothes.

How would you know unless you try it on?

These are our new arrivals too.

Buy two and you can get a 20% discount.

Try them on.

You have such a nice body. Try them on.

Forget about

the heels.

I don't wear heels.

You know that.

We should always make a breakthrough.

Try them on.

Here. Take them.

Go on.

You better don't laugh at me.

Go on.

Hello, Mr. Teng.

I'll give you 30 seconds.

You have to give me an explanation.

Why is Xu Tan training in the centre now

while you are nowhere to be seen?

Do you still want to enter the first team?

I'm taking a leave today.

What rights do you have to take a leave?

Yu Ke Nan.

I just uncuffed you.

And you are already acting as your please?

Where is that spirit of yours

where you won't stop until

you can play well?

Let me warn you.

You are not even the member of the second team now.

If you can't pass the test this time,

there won't be a place for you

in the team anymore.

It's weekend today.

Can't you let me rest?

Yu Ke Nan.

I've already applied for the leave.

You can punish me however you want when I go back.

Yu Ke Nan!

How is it?

You look beautiful.

Really?

I think it's raining.

Let me shield you from it.

Is this how you do it?

I'll shield you like this then.

What's wrong?

I'm fine. I just twisted my ankle.

Are you okay?

Let's call for a taxi.

Sit down over there.

Be careful.

I'll go and hail a taxi.

Be careful.

Sit down. I'll hail a taxi.

Can you stop?

Stop it.

It's already 11. There's no taxi anymore.

Come.

Get up.

It's okay. It's so embarrassing.

Get up.

Alright. Let's go.

Stand well!

Yu Ke Nan.

Let me tell you one last time.

I can stay out of

your relationship issue.

But your situation now

has affected your training!

You have to calm your heart down

and think carefully

about what you are going to do next!

What's wrong?

Why did you call us to come here?

What kind of a mess is this?

What is this?

MP 3, mobile phone,

cake, travelling shoes, scarf...

You want to send someone a gift?

It's for a girl, right?

Let me tell you. There is

leniency to those who confess.

So, this is the question that

you want to ask us?

Let me tell you.

If you want to buy a gift for a girl,

the most important thing

is to find out what she needs the most.

He wouldn't have to ask you if he knew.

No.

We are here to support him.

Look at him.

Cake.

Travelling shoes.

Maybe she won't like this kind of gifts.

You even want to give her scarf.

Let me tell you.

You need to know what she wants

in order to make her happy.

Why are you here?

Where's your school uniform?

I want to eat at your house.

Aren't you going to turn 18 soon?

Do you have any wish?

I'm not in the mood to think about that.

By the way, I...

I want to improve my mathematics result.

I'm leaving.

Bye.

Mr. Fu.

Mr. Teng.

Mr. Fu.

I suddenly remember this one game.

Usually, when I change side and return the shot,

our opponents will go into defend mode.

So, when that happens, you have to attack.

You should try

going forward and attack them.

Bye, Mr. Fu.

Bye, Mr. Teng.

Okay.

Mr. Fu.

Mr. Fu.

Mr. Teng.

We'll do a last-minute doubles match today.

Just a simple best out of three.

You can play however you want.

They have the advantage because one of them

is right-handed and the other is left-handed.

Furthermore, forehand drop shot is their strength.

That is your nemesis.

You have to be careful.

But in terms of backhand,

they are not that good with it.

When they shoot the ball to you,

don't hesitate.

Just hit it back.

Understand?

Let's start.

Okay.

Be careful.

What's the core of playing doubles?

Are you testing me out?

Take turns.

The basic rule of doubles

is that they have to take turn to hit the ball.

So, their partners

need to give space to

the other partners.

Do you still remember the time when Xu Tan and Yu Ke Nan

were still new to playing doubles?

They didn't know how to take turns.

That's why they kept hitting each other with their paddles.

That time,

Xu Tan's arms were so swollen.

What about now?

I don't know.

But I can see that Xu Tan's arms are no longer swollen.

Yu Ke Nan is all about attack

while Xu Tan is on the defend.

We should target Yu Ke Nan with the body-hit.

Serve.

What kind of a return shot is that?

There was no problem with my shot.

What do you mean?

Play according to what I told you just now.

How could you flip his spinning shot?

From what I can see,

Xu Tan is good in defending.

But his return shot is too bad.

Yu Ke Nan

is good in attack.

His return shot is good.

But he has a flaw in his otherwise perfect skills.

He's not that good in defend.

Both of them

are quite an interesting pair.

But,

in other words,

one of them only knows how to defend

and the other one

only knows how to attack.

Mr. Fu.

Both of them

have just played with the members of the second team before.

But suddenly, they had to play with the members of the first team.

I could see how panicked they were.

They are

lacking in experience.

Or else,

they wouldn't have lost so badly.

They wouldn't be able to win even if they were not panicked.

Didn't you see?

Their opponents did two body-hits on Yu Ke Nan

and what happened?

Both of them became a mess.

Yes.

Both of them didn't

analyse both of their strength and weaknesses

before the competition.

So, they had exposed

their weak points since the very start of the game.

With this kind of level,

tell me.

Do you think I can let them enter the first team?

Mr. Fu.

You can see that

both of them

have indeed improved a lot recently. Look...

A lot of athletes look like they are almost there but actually,

they still have a long way to go.

We can only lead a horse to water,

but we can't make it drink.

They

still have a long way to go.

Mr. Fu...

You can't just use drive for every shot.

You have to defend when it's needed.

I'm not in charge of defending.

You have to attack when it's needed.

My attack is not as good as yours.

Yes! Your attack is not as good as mine.

That's why we've already talked it through, right?

You'll defend and I'll attack!

You can't just change that!

I didn't do that.

You wouldn't even look at my gestures.

They are not playing by the rules!

What's the point of your gestures?

Eleven versus two.

Eleven versus three.

You couldn't even win one round.

They defeated you so easily!

What's the point of this game then?

If we knew who our opponents are

and were given time to get ready,

we wouldn't lose.

You were given multiple

extra trainings for doubles before this.

What do you think I was preparing you for?

For Chinese New Year?

Mr. Teng.

We did badly this time.

We won't be like this next time.

Next time?

Dream on.

There's no next time!

Today's last-minute competition

is a test from Mr. Fu to see how well you can play in doubles.

If you had won, he would send you into the first team.

But what did you do?

Did you perform well?

You didn't tell us before that

this is a test for us to enter the first team.

You fight for your chance

by winning!

You don't get it for free!

What is the coaching team looking for?

We are looking for the right people.

We look at the future!

You are unprepared today.

You did badly!

How can we be sure that when the World Cup is here,

you'll be prepared and in your top form?

You've indeed stayed too long

in the second team.

You are so arrogant

just because you've improved a little bit!

It's time to give you a good slap.

Now you know

how bad you are compared to others!

There's another thing.

Your cumulative scores are too low this year.

So, the team has decided to

cancel your rights to participate in the intragroup elimination.

Okay now. I'm done.

Go back and reflect on yourselves.

Get out.

Today is this year's last training day.

I'll represent the coaching team

to wish you first.

I hereby wish you a Happy Chinese New Year.

As usual, you'll have five days of holiday.

Those who are going home

can go back and pack your bags tonight.

Those who will be participating in the Kuwait Open

will not be able to go home.

But,

this sacrifice for your country

will be worth it.

When you come back with good results,

we'll celebrate your victory with you.

Moreover, it's February now.

After Chinese New Year, we'll have

the Zagreb World Table Tennis Championships.

Of course,

this is mostly for the first team.

As usual, there'll be three rounds of games to choose three players.

The other two will be chosen by the coaching team.

After that, it'll be our intragroup elimination.

The World Ping-Pong Tournament Selection.

And after that, it'll be the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

We have little time but we have many things to do.

I hope that everyone can be prepared beforehand.

Lastly, as usual,

let's welcome the new year with our 10,000-metres run.

Awesome!

Turn right!

Start running!

Run!

All the Best in the Kuwait Open

Okay. Don't be nervous.

Okay.

Best of luck.

Don't just go back to eat and drink!

Remember to watch us win in the live broadcast!

No.

It's not easy to lead a team.

Spring 2007, Anshan, Liaoning

Come. Let's eat.

Cheers. It's Chinese New Year.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Let's drink.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Spring 2007, Shanghai

Cheers.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Come, Xiao Nan.

Ping-pong is a national sport.

So many people are playing it in this country.

It's amazing that Xiao Nan can make it into the national team.

Moreover,

in this society now,

studying is not the only way.

It's good as long as our children can do well

in what they like.

Am I right, Xiao Nan?

He's been in the national team for a year.

He didn't do anything besides creating troubles.

He can't even

enter the first team yet.

He can't even play well in ping-pong.

Come.

Come, son. Eat.

Let's eat.

Let's eat.

Brother.

You are too humble.

You must be very happy.

Sister-in-law.

Xiao Nan

is always away for such a long time.

It's only the two of you at home.

Can you get used to it?

We are fine

because we are working every day.

But I'm worried that it'll be too stressful for him in Beijing.

Stressful?

What stress?

He's having fun in Beijing every day.

Come, brother.

Cheers.

I'll be happy if my son can be

as good as Xiao Nan.

Mother.

I'll go back first.

Combined Training Centre

Excuse me, please open the door.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Come.

Wait.

The ping-pong team of China

is doing excellent in the Kuwait Open.

The men's team has won again

in the men's singles and doubles.

The thing worth mentioning is,

our first-timers, Ma Chuan, has won

the gold medal in men's double with Leng Yi.

And the other chopper, Liu Shi,

has won the silver medal in the men's single.

Both of you are first-timers here.

Did you expect

to get this kind of result?

It's okay I guess.

We saw that

the players from Germany are very strong too.

How did you prepare yourself

when you faced such talented players

during the game?

The way we dealt with it was to...

Well.

I just treated it like our usual training practice.

There's always a chance to win.

He's a little bit nervous.

Well.

Actually,

we have to first thank

the leaders of the national team

for trusting us and

letting us join the Kuwait Open.

And then,

I want to give special thanks to our coach,

our team leaders and our team members.

Because they had been working hard too.

Besides that, before the competition with the main players

from the Germany team,

we had fully analysed

their styles and strategies.

Are we going to train tonight?

The players from Germany are first-timers too.

Let's play with them when they come back.

Luckily, everything has ended well for...

We got lucky.

Okay. Congratulations again.

That's it for the interview.

Thank you.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Xu Tan, Happy Chinese New Year.

Come give me a hug.

Happy Chinese New Year, Xu Tan.

Happy Chinese New Year.

Jia Chen!

Xu Nuo!

What is it?

Hurry up!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Everyone is here. What are you waiting for?

What are you doing? Everyone is here already.

Don't mind me.

Why are you so talkative? Let's go.

Now that I'm back, I need to

improve my first three stroke.

That player from Germany

is too good at his attacks.

My first three stroke is too weak.

You should train your forehand first.

You have to take things step by step.

But I still have to work on it anyway.

Qin.

How about you teach me the ultimate move?

Hurry up and eat.

After the forehand training, teach me the ultimate move.

I was looking for you the whole day.

You are quite free lately, right?

I'm playing in the Direct Tournament lately.

After that, I have to play in the new round of elimination.

Then, I have to learn the ultimate move,

travel around, cut my hair

and wash my hair.

You are quite free then.

What is it?

Lately, Xu Tan and I need an opponent.

You are free, right?

No.

Are you going to do it or not?

Is this how you ask me for a favour?

I won't do it.

I won't do it.

The hostel's electricity was cut off

because you were eating hotpot, right?

Besides, last year,

our security guard said that a person sneaked out.

So, you sneaked out to play games all night long.

Let me tell you.

That was Liu Shi's doing.

He was the one who ate the hotpot.

Don't try to drag me into his mess.

Okay. I'll go and ask the security guard then.

What is it?

We are friends.

What are you doing?

Look at you.

Are you going to do it or not?

I...

I'll find the security guard now.

Five boxes of chocolates every week.

Five boxes?

You should just go and rob the chocolates.

Look at your stomach.

You still want five boxes of chocolates?

One box.

The thing is,

I won the gold medal in Kuwait.

I have to maintain my own price value, right?

Three boxes.

Deal.

Deal.

You are finally here.

All of us are here.

Come on.

You are playing doubles?

Are you kidding me?

I'm a chopper.

How can I play doubles with you.

You can just play normally then.

You are familiar with the styles of the first team.

You are our only hope.

Thank you.

You are welcome.

Well...

I've already accepted the gifts.

Come!

Use the strategy you used with Leng Yi

when you won them the last time.

That strategy?

Okay.

Xu Tan.

The shot you gave Fatty was too easy.

He could just smack you.

You wouldn't be able to go faster than that shot.

This is the legendary body-hit.

Not bad.

Did you learn this from Mr. Qin?

Of course I have to improve.

There's another problem with both of you.

You never attack.

And he's too impatient to defend.

If we stop him from attacking,

you'll have no chance to score.

That's right.

Body-hit doesn't necessarily work on others.

But it'll be fatal for a pair like you.

I understand the theory.

But I can't stop myself from attacking.

Yes. That's why you are too monotonous.

You...

What do you mean?

Well.

What should we do then?

Actually, it's easy.

When Yu Ke Nan is being targetted,

you should attack.

If Xu Tan is being targetted,

you have to defend him then.

Just switch your role

and you'll be able to break this deadlock.

Not bad.

Who taught you that?

Of course I have to improve.

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Ping Pong Little Drama

Offensive-Defensive Transition

Offensive-defensive transition.

In this episode, at the beginning of

their doubles competition,

Xu Tan and Yu Ke Nan are partners

where one is purely on the offensive

and the other one is purely on the defensive.

That is a fatal weakness

in doubles.

In the original doubles,

controlling the game and getting the upper hand

were two very important segments.

But with the development of new skills,

both strategies

are no longer that effective.

The defensive segment

is gradually replaced by the offensive segment.

At the same time,

a new phrase is born.

Offensive-defensive transition.

Offensive-defensive Transition

The concept of offensive-defensive transition

is for the players

to change from being defensive

Change from being defensive

to being offensive.

to being offensive

Then,

it will be

a complete offensive-defensive transition.

In the ping-pong world now,

the advanced skill of

offensive-defensive transition

is the key to victory.

Ping Pong