Technical ability and tactical literacy are in a relationship where they play a role in each other and promote each other's progress.
Players who come out of the North American training system lack sufficient technical ability. Naturally, their tactical literacy loses the soil for germination and growth——
Simply put, "ball quotient" is touching.
Many times, when the first plan doesn't work, you don't know how to play. Use force, force, and force. Even if you hit the ball with force, you can't threaten your opponent at all, you can't score, and you will even make frequent mistakes, but
They have no choice and continue to exert their efforts blindly.
Simple, direct, brutal, straight line.
Lack of variety.
A pure "muscle" exercise, a quick but awkward exercise.
In fact, I don't mean to say this in any way, but the objective reality is that players in the North American training system are indeed more "stupid". What I'm talking about here is "goal intelligence" rather than "IQ" or "emotional intelligence".
It is precisely because of this that the North American training system is called "Strength Flow"; and based on this training system, industry insiders also proposed a new concept -
Basic skills should start with clay.
The reason is equally intuitive. From footwork to tactics, from rotation to power, clay soil has many requirements, and players are required to pay attention to changes at all times.
Even the batting technique is different.
It is also a forehand. In addition to blindly hitting flat shots, you can also find many different shooting methods to enrich your tactics in terms of rotation, rhythm, strength, etc., and finally achieve the goal of changing the entire game.
Strength cannot be solved on clay. Naturally, the training requirements for basic skills on clay are more diverse and richer, and different possibilities can be evolved based on the player's own quality, style, type, and talent, and the entire playing style is enriched.
Diversify and form a virtuous cycle.
Of course, the European training system also has power-based play, such as Del Potro, such as Wawrinka, such as Karlovic, and so on.
However, compared with the North American training system, the styles and types of players trained in Europe are obviously diverse. Players of different heights, different sizes, and different talents can all find their own way of playing. Various batting techniques and playing styles are naturally adopted.
Categorized under "Technical Stream".
Look at Federer and Nadal. Although their forehand attacks are very entertaining, the techniques and tactics of both players are very rich and diverse. Whether they are leading or lagging behind, they can change their tactical routines through different hitting methods and techniques.
, and then establish your own advantages.
It is precisely because of this that industry insiders have always firmly believed that the "Big Four" all belong to the technology stream.
and!
The basic skills trained on clay are applicable to all venues. When going to hard courts and grass, you can also convert them according to your own technical characteristics; but conversely, the basic skills trained on hard courts may not be applicable on both clay and grass. After all, the power lies here.
Both venues are useless for shooting.
At the same time, the same is true for footwork. The footsteps trained on red clay are light, flexible, and highly adaptable. They can adapt quickly to hard courts or grass. However, the footsteps trained on hard courts are not good. They must overturn heavy weights when entering red clay or grass.
Come, otherwise it will be like Sharapova's words, "cow on ice".
The first two decades of the 21st century have also proved this development trend. Professional players in Europe have risen in an all-round way. Even if we don’t discuss the Big Four for the time being, a large number of new generations have emerged in France, the Czech Republic, Italy and other countries and regions.
Outstanding players, even small countries such as Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, etc. are no exception.
On the other hand, players who came from the North American training system are in decline——
Even though there are more and more hard courts around the world and there are more and more hard court events, they do not get more room to play.
On the contrary, players who came from clay courts are gradually taking off the label of "clay court experts" and their performance on hard courts and grass is getting better and better.
It is precisely because of this that the rise of the Big Four was just the beginning. Later, the entire professional tennis world formed a "World VS Europe" pattern. Even the later Laver Cup team competition was divided into the World Group versus the European Group. It can be seen that Europe
A large number of talented people emerged, completely becoming the center of the world tennis world.
Relevant discussions have developed into 2020 and 2021 and have become a consensus in the industry. Gao Wen heard about it more than once when watching the live broadcast of the game.
But it's one thing to talk on paper, and Gawain only knows the existence of such a theory; actual personal experience is a completely different thing -
Even training can't compare. Only when you actually stand on the field and compete with real swords and guns to win or lose can you deeply feel the essence of theory.
Gao Wen himself came from the North American training system, but the point is that he is very special——
His strength is not his strong point, including serving, and he is not able to fully utilize his height advantage. However, he is trained as a technical player because of his talent in touch. He enriches his game with different hitting techniques and plays in the brute force style of power collision.
Find a trace of living space in it.
In fact, according to the development curve of the previous life, regardless of whether Gao Wen suffered a knee injury, it will be very difficult to survive in the NCAA and find it difficult to open up the situation.
The reason is very intuitive. Even if Martin has a special regard for Gao Wen, it is difficult for Gao Wen to win the living space in the arena where the NCAA power flow is rampant. The space for growth and development will be compressed step by step. Before he has the opportunity to enter the professional tennis world and appreciate different technical flows.
The fighting style has been annihilated before.
Geelong and Macdonald are the best examples for comparison.
They also have objective shortcomings in terms of physical talent. Although they have invested a lot of time in basic skills and improved their competitiveness in the NCAA, after entering the professional arena, on the one hand, they are relatively short of strength, and on the other hand, their skills are not diverse enough.
, competitiveness cannot keep up with the trend.
In fact, Geelong and MacDonald have been persisting and working hard. By 2021 and 2022, they have successively entered the top 100 in the world rankings, and have also been able to win many times in the Grand Slam and Masters, but often
It is difficult for them to get past the third round, they are the template of Gawain.
To be precise, they are the highest limit after Gawain's smooth development in his previous life. More realistically, Gawain may not be able to reach their height.
However, after regaining a second chance, thanks to the help of the system, Gawain's shortcomings in strength were made up, and at the same time, it also provided room for the growth of technology flow. As a result, a new world unfolded before his eyes.
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At the beginning of the NCAA, Gao Wen struggled against powerful players, but later in the National Championship, he completely turned the situation around. This was a very intuitive experience.
This is what Gao Wen gained from today’s first clay court match:
Basic skills.Basic skills.Basic skills.
Even though he has worked very hard and spent a lot of time on basic skills, the gap became apparent when he actually entered the clay court.