Reporting from China Training Week 1
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Normally when I go to China, the 1st week is spent just trying to adapt to how they train: time, system and food everything, so normally thats the hardest. I felt like my body is going to crack, because of the heat: just the physical difficulty with the multi ball and players being so fast and fearless.
But my aim for the first week is to adjust to the time, get familiar with the food as its a big difference from the chinese food in the U.K or even europe but really I just tried to do what they do rather than putting on limits to myself. I never said “I cant do this or that as i have just got here”.
I am trying to follow the Swedish model, for when J Persson and J.O Waldner went to China when they were young, they completely adopted and imitated the Chinese culture instead of trying to live a comfortable Swedish life in China.
The club is in Shanghai, in the middle of nowhere, but the set-up was great for sports, something that I haven’t seen in the UK which isn’t too suprising. Its a large sports complex designed for Table Tennis, Swimming, Football, Volleyball, Badminton and many others.
The club I’m at are in the Chinese Super League, probably best league in the world with all the chinese players and many asians (occasionally a few top europeans players but I was training next to the ex-world champion. It was a great feeling and a priviledge to see him train and really see how its done, I was 2 tables away from him. but the most annoying thing is that the mosquitos keep biting me. Before when I was here 2 years ago you cant hear a thing, only know when they bite. It is so frustating….
But I’m enjoying it so far, and it will keep with the updates.
~ Darius