After doing some research on tennis, in which he started gaining great interest, he returned home to Chiayi, and got some girls together to practice with. This was the beginning of the Chu-chi Middle School girls 'tennis team. These girls later fulfilled Chang's dreams by beating some of the older national players. Chang points out that the Chu-chi team attracted a lot of attention for two reasons.
後來他慢慢地接觸，看書、看比賽、找人談論，對這種圓滾滾的小黃球愈來愈有興趣，剛好有一個機會，他回到了自己的家鄉嘉義竹崎，在等服兵役的空檔，找來幾個孩子練球，這就是被稱為「網壇紅葉」的竹崎國中女網隊誕生的緣由。