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Coach serves up table tennis skills for students

Updated: Oct 7, 2023 China Daily Print
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Children relax and have fun after a training class in Shuiman center school of Wuzhishan city, Hainan province, on March 9, 2023. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY

Guan Yan is a table tennis coach at Shuiman center school in Wuzhishan city of Hainan province. In December 2021, Guan Yan and her husband settled in Wuzhishan city to encourage more local children of different ethnic groups to try out table tennis.

When Guan arrived at the school, she and her husband picked more than 40 children to teach and help improve their abilities. During the training, the students would often take more than four hours practicing skills under her instruction. Faced with difficulties and challenges, these young children insist on their studies and hope they can become table tennis champions.

Children collect table tennis balls in Shuiman center school of Wuzhishan city, on March 19, 2022. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Chinese national table tennis team athlete Lin Shidong teaches children how to serve in Shuiman center school of Wuzhishan city, Hainan province, on April 26, 2022. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Children play table tennis in Shuiman center school of Wuzhishan city, Hainan province, on March 23, 2023. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Guan Yan pays a visit to students in Fanglong village of Wuzhishan city, Hainan province, on March 19, 2023. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY
A child serves the ball in a game held in Baisha county, on May 15, 2023. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Guan Yan takes school team members to meet provincial team members in Hainan sports professional college, on May 22, 2022. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY

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