Director Ma's face instantly darkened. It is not easy to win an international medal in track and field, and the 4x100m is also considered a team event, which represents the overall level of a national team's sprinting. The gold content of medals is very high, so Director Ma does not want to give up the 4x100m at the Asian Track and Field Championships. m project.
Zhang Guan can't even start the 100-meter race, and he has never run the 4x100m at all. In a high-level competition, one Zhang Guan will definitely drag down the entire team, so there is basically no need to count on the 4x100m at the Asian Track and Field Championships. .
After thinking for a moment, Director Ma asked the other person: "Director Tang, do you have any good ideas?"
Director Tang is not a sports-related major, so he is able to sit here because of his outstanding personal abilities. Compared with other athletes around him, Director Tang has a serious background in statistics from Tsinghua University, and his thinking is much more flexible than others.
Director Tang did not show off, and immediately returned: "Director Ma, I think Zhang Guan should be summoned to the national team immediately, and a dedicated person should be assigned to conduct special training for him in the 4x100m event."
"Athletes' training does not last for one or two days. There are only ten days until the Asian Track and Field Championships. It may be too late to train a newcomer into a 4x100m athlete." A person next to him said.
"So we need to conduct special training." Director Tang said, holding up the white paper in his hand, drawing a track on it, pointing and saying: "Zhang Guan is a new athlete, and he has only trained for 100 meters so far. That is to say, he will definitely not be able to run around corners. In the 4x100m event, the first and third legs are both curves, so Zhang Guan will definitely not be able to run; the remaining second and fourth legs can be used by him. Run one of the sticks. The athletes in the second stick need to receive the first stick and pass the third stick, which requires baton receiving and passing skills, while the athletes in the fourth stick only need to catch the third stick and do not need baton passing skills. The fourth stick athletes After the short curve when taking over the baton, the rest is a normal straight-line run, which is the same as running a hundred meters. So we only need to train Zhang Guan’s baton-taking skills and let him run the fourth baton.”
"That's a good idea." Director Yu nodded: "So among our four athletes, let Chen Jian run the first leg; Shen Baolai run the second leg; Yang Yao was originally a 200-meter sprinter. With rich competition experience and comprehensive skills, there should be no problem running the third baton; Zhang Guan can use his speed to run the fourth baton. In ten days, he can do it by practicing only one baton. If you are lucky, This 4 x 100 meter medal must be returned to us."
Director Ma slapped the table: "That's it. Even though the generals have changed, we can't give up this medal easily. For the sake of national honor, we have to fight for it no matter what!"
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An hour later, Zhang Guan received a notice to participate in the Asian Track and Field Championships.
Zhang Guan didn't know what happened to cause such a turn of events, but Mr. Chen vaguely guessed something, but he didn't explain it.
Zhang Guancheng took the train to the capital that night, and the next day, Zhang Guan arrived at the National Track and Field Team Training Center.
Director Yu personally trained Zhang Guan, and the national team also assigned a special sparring partner for Zhang Guan.
"Xiao Zhang, have you ever run a 4x100-meter relay before?" Director Yu asked.
Zhang Guan shook his head: "I have seen others run, but I have never run."
"Then let's start with the rules." Director Yu said helplessly. He is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team and the coach directly responsible for training. Under him are the top track and field athletes in the country. But I never expected that as the coach of the national team, he would explain the most basic rules of the game to an athlete.
Director Yu pointed to the prepared drawing board and said: "This is the pre-run area. You cannot take the baton in the pre-run area. You have to wait until the baton take-over area in front. The take-over area is twenty meters long, which is enough The athlete completes the baton takeover. The task of your fourth leg is to start in the pre-running area, receive the baton in the takeover area, and then cross the finish line as quickly as possible.”
"I understand." Zhang Guan said.
Director Yu continued: "In 4 times 100 meters, baton passing is the most critical. The rhythm of baton passing is mainly controlled by the person handing over the baton, so you only need to listen to the instructions of the third baton. If he asks you to reach out, you will Reach out and he asks you to take the baton, so you grip the baton tightly and rush forward. Do you understand?"
"Understood." Zhang Guan nodded again.
"I've found a partner for you to practice taking over the baton. After two days, Yang Yao, who runs the third baton, will come. Then we will run in and train with you. Our time is very tight, only ten days, so these days The training intensity will be very high, you have to be mentally prepared." Director Yu said.
"Don't worry, Director Yu, I will practice seriously."
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"Start!"
"Reach out!"
"Stop! Stop!" Director Yu shouted loudly. At this time on the track, Zhang Guan had already passed the receiving area, but the baton was still in the hand of the training athlete.
Director Yu frowned and looked at the two of them, and said: "The baton has always been slowed down by the one taking over, which affects the passing of the baton. This is the first time I encountered the baton taking over who started too fast and the one passing the baton behind couldn't catch up!"
The old sparring partner's face turned red with embarrassment. This sparring partner was once a professional athlete, but later retired due to injury. He originally signed up as a coaching assistant for the national team, saying he was an assistant, but he also had to do some sparring work, and the work was hard. The salary is not high and the remuneration is not good. There is no official establishment yet, but the experience as a national team assistant coach can add a lot of quality to his resume. In the future, it will be much easier to apply for a coach in some municipal sports teams or some university sports teams.
Even when he was at his peak, this training partner did not meet the standards of the national team. Now facing Zhang Guan, a freak, when he took over the baton, he could not catch up with Zhang Guan's speed at all, resulting in a failure of the baton. .
Director Yu also knows that the level of sparring partners is about this. Unless they find official athletes from the national team to serve as Zhang Guan's sparring partners, it will be difficult for anyone to catch up with Zhang Guan's speed. The official athletes of the national team are all participating in the National Track and Field Grand Prix in Huangpu, and Director Yu is also a skilled woman who cannot make a meal without straw.
Director Yu had no choice but to say to Zhang Guan: "Xiao Zhang, this is an exercise. The main purpose is to let you find the feeling of 4x100 meters and get familiar with the operation of taking over the baton. There is no need to work so fast. Wait for your baton Now that I’m more proficient, it’s time for Yang Yao to return to the team, and then we’ll have formal training. Okay, let’s do it again!”
So Zhang Guan stopped using his sprinting skills and finally started training to take over the baton.
"Start!"
"Reach out!"
"Take over the baton! Okay, not bad! Stop, let's do it again!" Director Yu signaled Zhang Guan to return to the running area for another training session.
There are three main ways to pass the baton in a relay race. The first is the push-in baton passing method. This baton passing method requires two players to be very close to complete the baton handover, but it cannot effectively reduce the running distance. Basically, It is used by amateur players who have never undergone professional training.
The second type is the uploading type of passing the baton. The person who takes the baton extends his hand back and the tiger’s mouth downwards. The person passing the baton passes the baton from bottom to front and up into the hands of the person taking the baton. This method is relatively easy to master, but the disadvantage is that when the fourth baton member takes over the baton, he can only hold the front end of the baton, which may easily drop the baton or affect the speed of running with the baton.
The third type is the push-down baton pass. The recipient's hand extends backward, with the palm facing upward, the thumb and other four fingers spread out, and the tiger's mouth facing backward; the passer passes the front end of the baton from top to bottom to the recipient's hand. This method makes it easier to run quickly while holding the baton, and the process of passing the baton is more accurate; the disadvantage is that it is uncomfortable for the person taking the baton to extend his arm backwards. Moreover, this is also the most technically demanding way of passing the baton, and professional athletes will use this method to pass the baton.
The main difference between the second and third methods is whether the hand of the person taking over the baton is with the palm down or the palm up. When a normal person takes something, dragging it with his hand is definitely more stable than grabbing it with his hand, but when athletes take over the baton, it is definitely more stable. When running at high speed, it would be very uncomfortable for a person to extend his hand behind him with his palm upward. Therefore, the use of downward pressure baton passing requires more technical requirements for the person taking over.
Since Zhang Guan was a newcomer who had never run in a relay race, Director Yu decided to train Zhang Guan to use the uploading method of passing the baton. This method does not affect the speed and is easy to master, and the technical difficulties in the passing process are all on the third baton. As for the athletes on the fourth baton, they only need to grasp the baton tightly and don't drop the baton halfway.
The more important reason is that time is so tight. After Zhang Guan fully grasps the baton, the four relay athletes will have to train together for one to two days. Excluding the time to fly to the Philippines and the time to report before the game, Director Yu thinks it would be great if Zhang Guan can master the uploading style of passing the baton.
For five days, in addition to some basic physical training, Zhang Guan mainly trained how to take over the baton. As the competition is approaching, in order to allow athletes to conserve energy and avoid injuries, they will not arrange too extensive training. Counting the rest time during training, Zhang Guan’s daily training time is only about five hours. The real physical fitness It will not take more than four hours.
Zhang Guan's understanding is neither strong nor weak. After a few days of training, he is basically familiar with the technical points and will not make mistakes in taking over, but there is still a big gap between him and the top athletes.
At the same time, Zhang Guan also hopes to seek help from the system, but perhaps because passing the baton is not a difficult skill, there are no relevant skills in the system, so Zhang Guan can only rely on his own practice to improve his skills.
Two days later, Yang Yao arrived at the track and field center and trained with Zhang Guan on the passing of the third and fourth balls. .
Two days later, Chen Jian and Shen Bao also arrived. The four of them had a short two-day training together, and then hurriedly boarded the plane to the Philippines with the national team.
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