Wang Hao's Spirit is Back!

jdzhao wrote: Schlager looks very ugly to me, his upper body is too straight, his legs too stiff, most time he looks like he is only moving his upper arm, just not good at all....   Of course he derserves lot of credit for coming out of a small program and won the world champ, lot of talent for sure.

I'm sure that he doesn't look handsome either but his stiffness is certainly his '' trademark ''. He has such a robotic style but tremendously smart and very unique.

I never followed him closely. In the last new years, I don't remember watching any clip with him winning, at least against all Chinese players. What caused his decline?

Regarding Wang Hao: His spirit is definitely back, and he is in better shape, however, he's still not the World Champion and World's #1 Wang Hao. He hit his peak, got lazy and declined, and now he's going back up, though he's still not quite there yet. Ma Long/Xu Xin/Zhang Jike are still stronger than him at the present time, although he is a little more mature with more experience and his mental game is probably better too.

jdzhao wrote: I never followed him closely. In the last new years, I don't remember watching any clip with him winning, at least against all Chinese players. What caused his decline?

ttCrawsaive wrote: I remember Wang Hao at his strongest moment around 2007-2008. He was playing one feet away from the table attacking with strong topspins, FH and BH, topspinning all the time. If he comes back in that style, I think he can be No.1 again.

Keen observation indeed. My Chinese coach from China says almost the same thing about playing one foot away from the table. If we can handle all kinds of incoming balls from a close table position we have a better chance of controlling the game and winning points. But we have to be at the top of our shape to react fast and deliver the ball accurately.

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