Although Sharapova is a Grand Slam winner, she is a female player after all. It is still difficult to catch a ball with a speed of more than 120 miles per hour, at least there will be some problems in controlling the angle and landing point. However, Zhang Guan, a rookie, obviously has a bigger problem. In Sharapova's view, it is a big victory for Zhang Guan to catch the ball.
The tennis ball was hit back over the net by Sharapova, and then I saw Zhang Guanyi running over in small steps, and then returned the ball smoothly.
The angle of this return is not tricky, it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, but for a rookie, the quality of this return is already very high.
"The ball came back! The angle is quite good." Sharapova subconsciously ran in the direction of the ball, and then hit the ball back over the net again.
Then, Zhang Guan made another small step, and then returned the ball smoothly. The angle was still not tricky, but the landing point was still very stable.
"This return of the ball is not bad! Isn't the return of the ball just now a coincidence? What's going on? A few minutes ago, he obviously played badly and had no talent in tennis. How come it only took a few minutes for him to serve and catch the ball? Not bad, at least he is qualified. Could it be that he has been pretending not to know how to do it just now?" Sharapova suddenly felt that Zhang Guan had been pretending not to know how to learn.
"I seemed to be teaching him step by step before!" Sharapova suddenly remembered that when she taught Zhang Guan how to play tennis, their bodies were always close to each other, and Zhang Guan seemed to be enjoying it.
The tennis outfit is of good quality and shows off her figure. Zhang Guan certainly enjoys the feeling of Sharapova's whole body being pressed against her.
"This abominable guy, no wonder he never learns! It's all intentional, it's all pretense! You bastard..." Sharapova blushed slightly, and then added a difficult side spin to her next return.
Zhang Guan obviously couldn't return this side-spin ball. He still followed the original method, and the ball naturally returned higher.
"Let you pretend you can't do it!" Sharapova directly hit Zhang Guan with a high-pressure ball smash.
"Oops!" Zhang Guan was caught off guard, and the tennis ball bounced directly into his face...
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After learning tennis, Zhang Guan and Sharapova had more common languages. Sharapova began to talk to Zhang Guan about interesting events in previous games, such as the victory over Davenport in Wimbledon and the victory over Young in Birmingham. Kovic, reversing Serena Williams in the year-end finals, etc., and Zhang Guan at least has some tennis knowledge. When Sharapova talks about tennis professional matters, Zhang Guan will not turn a blind eye.
The two chatted together, went shopping together, played tennis together, did sports together, and did various sports... Then it entered 2006. Sharapova was about to prepare for the Australian Open again, and Zhang Guan also ended his vacation. Bid farewell to Sharapova and returned to China.
As usual, indoor track and field competitions are still held from late January to early March, and the first stop of this year’s IAAF Indoor Championships is the Moscow Indoor Track and Field Championships. However, Zhang Guan has no plans to compete this year. The only indoor track and field competition this year is the 11th IAAF Indoor Track and Field Championships in March worth attending. In the remaining time, Zhang Guan feels that it is more important to strengthen the training of the 400-meter sprint.
In outdoor track and field events, the competitions in the first half of the year are actually relatively scattered. For example, there are six IAAF Grand Prix events before the IAAF Golden League, which were held in Senegal, Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States and the Czech Republic. Six games spread across five continents. It is impossible for athletes to travel to such a scattered venue. It is almost a principle to participate in the nearest place. Zhang Guan can only participate in one IAAF Japan Grand Prix at most.
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Xinzhuang training base.
On the big screen in the electronic classroom, Zhang Guanzai carefully watched Jeremy Varina's game video.
"How is it going? What insights do you have?" Director Yu asked.
"The follow-up ability is very strong!" Zhang Guan sighed.
"You can see it too." Director Yu continued: "This is just Varina during the Athens Olympics. At that time, he used the same running method as the other two American athletes. In the first 200 meters, he was not actually leading. Advantage, after entering the second corner, yes, you see here, his teammates accelerated a little earlier, and then he started to accelerate. In the recent 400-meter running method of Americans, the acceleration point generally started to advance. .”
Director Yu continued to play the scene: "Look again, when entering the straight track, Varina was only in second place, about one meter behind his teammate Harris, but in the final sprint, just at the beginning Varina caught up with Harris. Let me step back and compare. Harris's sprint speed is actually not slow, and is even faster than other athletes, but Varina can still surpass Harris. .”
"Let's take a look at Varina's video of last year's World Athletics Championships." Director Yu changed the video.
"Did you see that Varina's running style has changed? After entering the first straight track, his strides have obviously become larger, but his rhythm has not changed. Then look at him entering the corner, his pace It has become smaller, the frequency has become faster, and the speed has begun. As I said just now, the time point at which Americans accelerate has been improving. In the past, they started to accelerate at about 250 meters, but now some athletes start to speed up at 230 meters. Varina But when entering the corner, it starts to increase speed." Director Yu continued to analyze.
"It's very scientific to run like this. You need to increase your pace to maintain speed on the straight. Other runners adjust first and then increase speed after entering corners. He increases speed first and then adjusts, but this requires a lot of physical fitness!" Zhang Guan Asked.
Director Yu nodded: "Yes, this is very demanding on the body. At least so far, I have not found any other athletes who can do this. But Warina will still maintain good explosive power in the end when he runs like this. You will see next Here, they entered the final straight from the scimitar. At this time, Varina actually entered the straight at about the same time as the second place, but in the final sprint, his abundant physical strength ensured that he could win the championship."
"This running style is very special." Zhang Guan continued.
Director Yu glared at Zhang Guan: "Your running method is even more special!"
Zhang Guan smiled awkwardly. He wanted to use some normal running methods, but he couldn't distribute his physical strength so strictly.
The rhythm of 400-meter athletes is accumulated over time and acquired through extensive training. They are already extremely familiar with their bodies and know when to go fast, when to go slow, and when to run at what rhythm. This can be said to be a sprinting feeling. But Zhang Guan's training time was too short, and he had not yet developed this feeling, so he could only rely on the skill of "incomplete sprint activation" to limit his movement rhythm.
In general, Zhang Guan now adopts a running method that requires the least technical content. He relies on "incomplete sprint activation" to run at the beginning. At the end, he removes this skill and sprints directly. He can hit multiple blocks. Many pieces. The whole process does not require too much physical adjustment, just pay attention to the basic movements and running routes.
Just listen to the guide continue to say: "Everyone has their own running method, and I don't force you to change your running method, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement in your current running method. The first is on the straight track. Sometimes, like Varina, you can increase the distance of your steps while keeping the original rhythm; the second is to grasp the sprint point, you can advance it appropriately and place the sprint point in the corner, even if it is only five minutes in advance. Meter or ten meters is also an improvement."
Zhang Guan thought about it carefully. When running on a straight track, increasing the distance of the steps while maintaining the same rhythm is actually a difficult technique to master. It is impossible for him to master it in a short time; but sprinting in advance can be considered. of.
"If I use stamina potion to increase my stamina to above 90, I should be able to start sprinting earlier, so that the speed can be faster. I should be able to run within 44 seconds." Zhang Guan thought silently.
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The New Year of 2006 fell at the end of January, and Zhang Guan had no important events in the first half of the year, so he had a holiday more than ten days in advance.
However, Zhang Guan did not go home immediately. He still had two commercials to shoot, one for air conditioning and one for insurance. There is also a watch endorsement. Among them, the watch endorsed an international brand, and the final endorsement amount reached 3 million US dollars.
Since winning the final grand prize of the Golden League last year, some international brands have contacted Zhuge Wenbo to discuss Zhang Guan's advertising endorsement contract. This change is undoubtedly good news. In fact, for domestic athletes, advertisers and endorsement companies mainly sign contracts with them for the Chinese market. Even some multinational companies will not put advertisements for Chinese athletes in the United States or Europe. Recently, these international brands are paying attention to Zhang Guan, not just for the Chinese market, but many of them are preparing to use Zhang Guan as their spokesperson for global promotion.
In fact, very few Chinese athletes can truly achieve internationalization. Even Liu Feiren only participates in the promotion of the domestic market. It is difficult to see Chinese athletes in the advertisements of various major brands we see abroad. figure.
In many domestic advertisements, especially those for international brands or luxury goods, it is easy to see well-known foreign athletes. This is the difference in the internationalization of athletes.
This international difference is also directly reflected in money. An endorsement deal for Liu Feiren starts at 4 million U.S. dollars a year, and the highest endorsement deal is 15 million U.S. dollars a year for a certain high-end car, all calculated in domestic currency; while an endorsement deal with Usain Bolt starts at almost 2 million U.S. dollars, and the highest he can get is 10 million U.S. dollars. level of endorsement fees. Bolt is not like Liu Feiren, who has a huge Chinese market behind him, but he earns several times more than Liu Feiren. This is the benefit of internationalization.
If you join the global publicity strategy of a major international brand and let people all over the world see you, the advertising endorsement fee will naturally be much higher than just in the Chinese market.
After all, Zhuge Wenbo has worked at CAA and knows how much internationalization can increase an athlete's income, so he has been working on related matters in the past six months. Zhang Guan's latest watch endorsement is the result of Zhuge Wenbo's operation.
The first chapter has been delivered, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket! The holiday is over and I’m back at work today. I’ve used up all my manuscripts during the holiday. I’ll work hard to save manuscripts these days and give myself a boost!
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