Zhang Guan, who broke the national record, got a week's leave. After returning home for a short gathering with his parents, he returned to the track and field team to start new training.
On the track, Zhang Guan stepped on the starting block with both feet.
Mr. Chen raised the starting gun and shouted loudly: "Everyone, get ready..."
When the gunfire rang out, Zhang Guan rushed forward, but immediately gave up his strength and stopped after a few steps.
Zhang Guan is practicing starting.
Mr. Chen frowned and murmured to himself: "Why do I feel that your start is very fast! No, take a five-minute rest and let's try again."
Zhang Guan nodded in agreement, but laughed secretly in his heart. The new passive skill "Quick Reaction" can indeed speed up his starting reaction time. Now his starting reaction time can be maintained between 0.15 seconds and 0.17 seconds. This is similar to other professional athletes.
Moreover, the "quick reaction" skill not only improves the starting reaction time, but also makes the reaction speed of other actions faster.
Throughout the morning, after more than a dozen consecutive starts, Mr. Chen could clearly feel that Zhang Guan's starting reaction time was not inferior to that of professional players. This completely different performance made Mr. Chen feel very strange.
"How come I've been home for a week, and my starting reaction time seems to have become faster." Mr. Chen scratched his head in confusion, and then said: "Let's go find the equipment and test it."
The athlete timing equipment used in international competitions is a very complex set of equipment. The starting gun is connected to a sensor for the starting time. There is also a sensor device in the starting block used by athletes. After the gun sounds, the time from when the athlete's feet leave the starting block will be It is calculated at the first time to determine whether the athlete has started the race, and the sensor at the end is used to calculate the athlete's finishing time. It is also equipped with a high-speed imaging system and a slow playback system to detect when it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Provide evidence. According to international standards, the time accuracy of this set of equipment is required to reach one thousandth of a second, which is considered a precision instrument. Therefore, it is also expensive. Even the provincial team only has one set of this equipment.
It took the technician an hour to debug the equipment. Then Zhang Guan stood on the starting block, while Mr. Chen sat next to the screen and stared at the data on it.
The starting gun sounded and Zhang Guan started quickly, and the electronic screen immediately displayed Zhang Guan's starting reaction time.
Mr. Chen stared at the screen with wide eyes. The numbers on it made him feel both surprised and unbelievable.
"0.159 seconds?"
Even in international competitions, a starting reaction time of less than 0.159 seconds is considered a qualified number, while those starting reaction times of about 0.13 seconds are simply something that can only be met but not expected.
"Is there any problem with this equipment?" Mr. Chen asked the technician next to him.
The technician immediately replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, this equipment is expensive and expensive. We maintain it every day, so there will definitely be no problem."
Mr. Chen immediately turned to Zhang Guan and asked, "Xiao Zhang, did you use the pressure gun and run away?"
Zhang Guan immediately shook his head.
"Impossible, how can it be so much faster in one week! This is unscientific." Mr. Chen thought for a while, and then immediately said: "Take a break for ten minutes. Let's try again. This time I will give the order myself."
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The reason why Mr. Chen prepared to issue the order personally was to verify whether Zhang Guan used the gun-pressing method to start.
The start of a sprinter is very critical. A normal start is called a gun run, which means that the athlete starts after hearing the referee fire the gun. The gun run is also a conventional sprint tactic during the start. Athletes follow the referee's habits. According to the starting rhythm, strive to start when the starting gun sounds. If this starting method is successful, it can at least gain more than 0.02 seconds.
Pressure running is often used by athletes with rich competition experience. However, many truly capable athletes rarely use the tactic of pressing gun running in order to seek stability in the competition; or they only use it when encountering evenly matched and powerful enemies. , you will use the pressure gun to run; or if you know that you are not in good condition today and will lose or not win at the normal start, you simply use the pressure gun to run and gamble.
As a coach, we do not encourage or even allow new athletes to use the gun run. What new athletes need most is to practice the basics and improve their level through solid training, rather than pin their hopes on improving performance in the gun run. A blocking tactic. Therefore, Mr. Chen does not want Zhang Guan to be exposed to the technique of pressing the gun and running too early.
"Everyone is in his position, ready..."
Mr. Chen raised the starting gun, but did not issue the order for a long time. He was preparing to deliberately disrupt the usual rhythm of issuing orders. If Zhang Guan used the tactic of pressing the gun and running, he would definitely take action before the starting gun sounded. You must know that this electronic starting device is very sensitive, and it can be sensed when the athlete's feet are at least slightly away from the starting device.
But Zhang Guanjun did not move, but calmly waited for Mr. Chen to issue the order.
"Snapped!"
The sound of the starting gun sounded, and Zhang Guan moved accordingly.
"It doesn't feel like he was running under the pressure of the gun. His body obviously moved after the gunshot sounded." Mr. Chen immediately turned back and asked the technician in front of the screen: "What is the starting reaction time?"
"0.161 seconds." the technician replied.
Although the starting reaction time this time is 0.002 seconds slower than before, this slight difference of one thousandth of a second is completely negligible. The two starting reaction times can be regarded as the same level of results.
"How is this possible!" Mr. Chen has never encountered such a situation in his decades of career as an athlete-level coach.
The main reason why sprinters' starting reaction time is relatively short is because they have undergone a lot of long-term training. Without training, it is impossible for normal people to achieve the athlete's starting reaction time of less than 0.2 seconds. Human reaction speed is affected by the brain and nerves. It is a physiological indicator and follows the laws of nature. Significantly increasing the starting reaction time in a short period of time obviously violates the normal laws of nature. This is exactly what Mr. Chen said. A puzzling place.
"What have you been doing at home this week?" Mr. Chen asked.
"Eat, sleep, and play Doudou." Zhang Guan whispered, "'Doudou' is my dog."
Mr. Chen obviously didn't believe it: "Then how come your starting reaction time has improved so much!"
"Mr. Chen, didn't you say that I am a sprint genius? Geniuses naturally have to create some miracles!" Zhang Guanshen said mysteriously.
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The scorching heat of August could not withstand the passion of the athletes for training. Sweat and tears were intertwined and sprinkled freely on the training field, supporting the beautiful dreams of the athletes.
At the end of August, the results of the 9th World Athletics Championships were reported back to China. The national team ranked 37th with two bronze medals, and seven people ranked in the top eight in five events. Among them, both male and female athletes ranked outside the top ten in the higher-level race walking events. The women's hammer throw was ranked 4th, the women's discus was 7th, the women's pole vault was 9th, the women's 5,000 meters was 9th, and the women's javelin was 11th. , the women’s triple jump ranked 13th. As for the men’s track and field events, few qualified for the competition, let alone achieved rankings.
However, there were some highlights in this competition. A national record was broken in the men's decathlon. Xing Huina set a world youth record in the women's 10,000-meter event. Another female athlete, Sun Yingjie, won a bronze medal in the women's 10,000-meter event. What is even more worth mentioning is that Liu Feiren won the bronze medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles event, creating history for the national team.
The two bronze medals are already the best results achieved by the national team at the World Athletics Championships in recent years. It is a huge improvement compared to the previous championship, not to mention the breakthrough in the men's 110-meter hurdles event. Therefore, as soon as the national track and field team returns to Beijing , and received a warm welcome. Next, after a short break, the national track and field team will usher in the 15th Asian Track and Field Championships.
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Early September.
The provincial track and field team's training ground was much less crowded, and the rest were mainly young athletes, and even many coaches were not there.
The competition at the Huangpu Station of the National Track and Field Championships is in full swing. For the vast majority of domestic track and field athletes, they have no chance to stand on the world stage. An event like the National Track and Field Championships has become a good way for them to show themselves. platform.
Because this event is a touring event, the qualifications have been determined at the beginning of the year. Therefore, Zhang Guan, a "monk who became a monk on the way," is not eligible to participate in this event. He will have to wait until next year for the opportunity to sign up. So Zhang Guan continued to stay in the provincial capital and continued to train with Mr. Chen.
This was the time when Qiuhuhu was showing off his power. Zhang Guan's training uniform was already wet with sweat, so he simply took it off and started training shirtless.
Mr. Chen looked at the tanned muscles on Zhang Guan's body and felt that the size and lines of these muscles were completely different from those of a seventeen-year-old young man. He couldn't help but said: "Xiao Zhang, I think you are much stronger than before. .”
At this moment, Mr. Chen's cell phone rang, and it was a call from Coach Zhou.
"Hey, Xiao Zhou, it's me. Aren't you supposed to be at the game now? Why do you have time to call me? How is our team's performance?" Mr. Chen asked.
On the other side of the microphone, Coach Zhou's words were very urgent, and Mr. Chen's expression suddenly became joyful.
After a while, Mr. Chen put down the phone, took a deep breath to calm down, and then said to Zhang Guan: "There is good news. You will definitely be able to go to the Athens Olympics next year."
"Why?" Zhang Guan asked. He knew that matters involving local interests would not be so easy to compromise.
Mr. Chen answered: "Coach Zhou told me that Chen Jian ran 10.17 seconds in the competition just now, setting a personal best and reaching the Olympic A standard!"
According to Olympic rules, if both Chen Jian and Zhang Guan can reach the Olympic A standard, they can compete. The national team obviously will not give up this opportunity for two people to participate. Even if it is just to make soy sauce, it is good to send one more person to show his face.
Zhang Guan took a deep breath. The course of history still followed its original direction, and his butterfly wings had no effect. Chen Jian still ran 10.17 seconds at the National Track and Field Championships. In the original historical process, Chen Jian failed in the first round of the Athens Olympics. After that, no Chinese athlete ran 10.20 seconds in the next seven years.
"The Olympics! I couldn't even think of it before, but I can actually compete in it!" Zhang Guan felt new hope in his heart.
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