[Wolf11]

Da mein soeben getätigtes Posting in dem "Wer ist die beste Spielerin"-Thread" auf eine Frage von JanMove eigentlich in diesen Thread gehört, kopiere ich die Abhandlung der englischen Wiki-Seite über den Einfluss von Chuang-Tse-Tung auf den Tischtennissport und die Frage, ob er noch mehr WM'S gewonnen hätte, gerne auch nochmals in diesen Thread herein

Zitat Wiki, GB

The Unique Style Zhuang's among Penholders and his influence

Influenced by a veteran national team member and national champion Wang Chuanyao, and encouraged by his coach, Zhuang picked up the "Dual-sided Offense" style in the 1950s when he was a teenager.[3]

During the 50s to 60s, the majority of the pen-holding style players lacked attacking or counter-attack capabilities on the backhand side, and relied solely on push-blocking. Wang is believed to be among the pioneers of the "Penholding Dual-sided Offense" style that emphasize on offensive backhand strokes and drives.

Zhuang adopted but modified Wang's style by:
1.Shortening the strokes of backhand drives * sometimes even by simply using wrist or finger actions to flick the racket (referred to by himself in his book as to "knock" or "snap" the ball).
2.Standing closer to the table than Wang * but still two to three feet away from the table, which is farther away than most push-blocking penholders who are normally within two feet.

He did so as a result of his meticulous analysis of the physical differences between him and Wang * Wang was much taller and had a longer arm-coverage which enabled bigger, more powerful swings and strokes.

Zhuang had to streamline his strokes and instead attempted to generate a sudden burst of explosive power via a smaller motion, similar to the "one-inch punch" in the Wing Chun Kung Fu style.

He won and dominated three World Championships with this unique style, and encountered almost no competition from the Japanese, European and his fellow Chinese players. Table tennis observers generally believe that he could have won one to two more world championships if the Cultural Revolution had not occurred. This is evidenced by the fact the next two champions both had lopsided losing records against Zhuang during the time when the Chinese team did not participate during the Cultural Revolution