1993年结束球员生涯后,李永波就被委以重任,现实要求他迅速接过中国羽毛球队的帅印,并要求尽快把这支已呈下滑状态的球队带回到颠峰。他打破常规,龚智超等身材矮小的实力选手得到重用,使得中国队的选材更加多样化。他亲历亲为,与田秉毅一手调教出葛菲/顾俊等多位世界名将。他重用大批事业型教练田秉毅、唐学华、钟波、陈兴东等人,培养林丹、谢杏芳等大批羽毛球人才。 After the end of the player career in 1993, Li Yongbo was entrusted with the task, the reality demanded that he quickly took over the handsome seal of the Chinese badminton team and demanded that this team have been declining as soon as possible brought back to the peak. He broke the routine, Gong Zhichao and other short stature players have been reused, making the selection of the Chinese team more diverse. He personally experienced, and Tian Bingyi tune hand Ge Gufei / Gu Jun and many other world famous. He re-used a large number of career-type trainers Tian Bingyi, Tang Xuehua, Zhong Bo, Chen Xingdong and others, training lindane, Xie Xingfang and a large number of badminton talents.