Liu Guoliang Applies For Chief Coach of Chinese Man Table Tennis Team

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Liu Guoliang Applies For Chief Coach of Chinese Man Table Tennis Team

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On June 22, the Table Tennis & Badminton Administrative Center Under the State General Administration of Sports declared the establishment of the coach leading team of the national table tennis team for 2004 Olympic Games, as well as the adjustment of the coach team.

On the base of earnestly summing up the experience and lessons of the 47th World Table Tennis Championships, in view of the international development trend of table tennis and the concrete conditions of the coach team, the leaders of the Table Tennis & Badminton Administrative Center and Chinese Table Tennis Association has by way of serious consideration decided to establish the coach leading team to prepare for 2004 Olympic Games in order to fulfill the missions of the team competitions of the World Championships in Athens Olympic Games.

Cai Zhenhua, Deputy Director of the Table Tennis & Badminton Administrative Center and the chief coach of Chinese Table Tennis Team, assumes office as the head of the coach team, and Lu Yuansheng, Yin Xiao and Li Xiaodong as the deputy head. Liu Guoliang is in charge of the men's team and his position as the chief coach of the man's team is submitted to the State General Administration of Sports for approval; Lu Yuansheng is concurrently the chief coach of the women team.

Meanwhile, the Table Tennis & Badminton Administrative Center also decides a new management mechanism will be tried out in the men's team and instead, the former mechanism dividing the whole men team into No. 1 team and No.2 team will be called off. From now on, three to four coach teams will be set up under the leadership of the chief coach, and the top players and other players will be organized and administrated in these groups according to their abilities and ages. The main purpose of trying out the new mechanism is to further define the assignments and responsibilities of each team, form a competitive mechanism, bring the initiative of coaches into full play, improve the team administration and training and insure the breakthrough and development of the men's team before the rigorous challenges in the international table tennis field.

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