During training breaks, athletes gather together, drink water and chat.
Only Yang Sijie sat quietly aside, holding a large water glass in his hand, not talking to anyone, not even making eye contact.
"He is really introverted! He doesn't talk to his teammates." Dai Li has been observing silently.
For athletes, being introverted isn't a big deal. Athletes are not reporters or anchors, so they do not need an extroverted personality as an aid to their careers. The most important thing is for athletes to improve their performance.
But this Yang Sijie seems to be a little too introverted, and he has nothing to say to his teammates.
Dai Li continued to observe. He found that several other athletes would not take the initiative to talk to Yang Sijie. They seemed to be used to it and simply ignored Yang Sijie's presence.
After the training, the athletes left in groups, but Yang Sijie was still the "lone ranger". He walked at the back of everyone and there was no communication throughout the process.
"Isn't this child autistic?" Dai Li muttered silently.
Although sprinting is an individual event and does not require tacit understanding and cooperation between teammates, in the domestic system, track and field athletes are in a group. The highest level is the national team, the next level is the provincial team, then there are the city team, and even the school team, and the first-level training teams are just small groups. As long as an athlete has not retired, it is impossible to break away from this group.
And Yang Sijie is like an "alternative" who has separated from the group. He doesn't talk to others, and others don't talk to him.
Dai Li recalled that the word he heard most often from Yang Sijie was "oh". No matter what Li Dai said, Yang Sijie always agreed with this word.
"Isolation!" This word suddenly popped up in Dai Li's mind. He felt that using this word to describe Yang Sijie could not be more accurate.
Dai Li was suddenly curious about what kind of growth experience this Yang Sijie had to have to become like this.
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training ground
"Xin Xiaotian, you ran well just now, but you still need to stabilize your center of gravity. Have you noticed that the landing time of your supporting leg is uneven? This is caused by the unstable center of gravity. Don't exert force deliberately. When pushing on the ground, you need to be a little more natural, think of each step as a whole, and then think of the entire running process as a whole... "
Dai Li was instructing eloquently, while Xin Xiaotian kept nodding, taking note of what Dai Li said in his mind.
Li Dai can always point out Xin Xiaotian's shortcomings immediately. Xin Xiaotian has long been accustomed to this, so he admires Li Dai more and more.
After Dai Li finished the technical guidance, he suddenly changed his voice and said, "You seem to dislike that Yang Sijie. I see that you have never spoken to him. Is there any conflict between you and Yang Sijie?"
"Are you talking about him?" He joined the sprint team, and later I found out that his father was very powerful, and I heard he knew many big shots. The school gave his father face, so he was allowed to join the sprint team."
"Going through the back door?" Li Dai was a little surprised. He felt that it would be easy for an athlete with A talent to enter the national team, but there was no need for connections to join the sprint team of Tsinghua University.
But when he thought about Yang Sijie's low ability value, Li Dai believed Xin Xiaotian's statement again.
"Even if Yang Sijie came in through the back door, you can't isolate him, right? I think you usually don't talk to him." Dai Li continued.
"It's not that we don't talk to him, it's that he doesn't want to talk to us." Xin Xiaotian shook his head: "When Yang Sijie first came here, we took the initiative to talk to him, but he always seemed to be indifferent, and it would not necessarily be possible to ask three questions. I can answer one sentence. Later we ignored him. His character was too withdrawn. A person who came in through the back door always looked cold and arrogant. I always felt that he was not in the same world as us. people."
Xin Xiaotian's last words resonated with Dai Li, and Dai Li could also feel that Yang Sijie was like an outsider. Although he was completing various trainings, he always seemed a little out of place. Dai Li would even have an illusion. , the person on the training ground was not Yang Sijie, but another insignificant person.
Dai Li has never encountered a situation like Yang Sijie. Passionless and dull, even though he was completing the training, he seemed to be in a state where he had nothing to do with himself mentally.
Dai Li felt that he should have a serious talk with Yang Sijie.
…
After the day's training, the athletes all left the training ground, but Dai Li called out to Yang Sijie.
"Yang Sijie, please wait a moment." Li Dai called Yang Sijie closer.
"Yang Sijie, what do you think of the recent training effect?" Li Dai asked.
Yang Sijie lowered his head and did not speak, still showing his introversion.
Dai Li had no choice but to continue: "I think there is a problem with your training attitude."
"I have completed all the training tasks you arranged." Yang Sijie said immediately.
"Yes, you have indeed completed it, but it is just completion. What is the purpose of our training? It is to improve your level, not to 'finish'." Dai Li paused and then said; "Your talent Very good, but your current strength does not match your talent."
Yang Sijie lowered his head and remained silent again.
"I think there is something wrong with your training mentality. Do you think training is an insignificant thing? Or are you somewhat resistant to training?" Dai Li continued.
However, Yang Sijie remained the same as before, with his head lowered and silent.
"Yang Sijie, I don't want to reprimand you, I just want to communicate with you. Now that I have expressed my feelings, I also want to hear your thoughts." After finishing speaking, Li Dai stared at Yang Sijie.
Yang Sijie had been avoiding Dai Li's gaze, and he even had the urge to escape.
"Silence cannot solve problems. The most basic way of communication between people is language. Only if you tell me can I know what you are thinking." Dai Li paused and said in a sincere tone. : "I don't know what you are worried about, but if you tell me what you think, maybe I can understand you."
Yang Sijie finally raised his head. It took him a few seconds to gather his courage, and then he said, "Coach, I hate sprinting. I don't want to be an athlete!"
Surprise flashed across Dai Li's eyes. He never expected to get such an answer.