"20 seconds 72, Zhao Yue's performance has improved again and exceeded my expectations. Xiao Li, you did a good job!" Xue Li was very satisfied with Zhao Yue's results in this test match.
"Next, Zhao Yue's training plan needs to be changed." Xue Li continued: "We need to add some relay race training content."
Li Dai nodded to express his understanding. For athletes participating in the sprint events of the Asian Games, the 4x100m relay race is also one of their competition tasks. Therefore, before the game, special training for the relay race will be concentrated on the sprinters.
Running a relay race is not about sending the four fastest people on the field to win the championship.
In a lap along a standard track, the real straight track is only about 160 meters, and the other 240 meters are within the scope of the curves. Among the four athletes in the 4 x 100 meter race, the first and third athletes are destined to run in the curves throughout the race. Therefore, to run a 4x100-meter relay race, at least two players need to have very good cornering skills.
From this point of view, 200-meter athletes obviously have an advantage. Athletes who run 200 meters have cornering skills, and their speed and explosive power are also very good, and they can take on any hit.
In comparison, those 100-meter runners without cornering skills can only run the second and fourth legs.
Just listen to Xue Li continue to say: "The 4x100 meter relay race is generally only held in major competitions, so there are not many training opportunities for relay races. I think you have never been exposed to high-level relay race training before, right?"
Dai Li nodded: "I learned some things when I was in school, mainly about baton handover skills."
"Let's talk about it. I learned those baton handing skills at that time." Xue Li was determined to take the exam for Li Dai.
Dai Li thought for a while and said: "The main ones are the upward baton passing and the downward pressing baton passing. The upward baton passing is when the recipient's arm naturally extends backward, and the arm and the torso are approximately 40 degrees apart. ~50 degree angle, with the palm facing back, the thumb and other four fingers naturally open, and the tiger's mouth facing downward. The passer will send the bat forward and upward into the hands of the recipient. The advantage of this method of passing the baton is that the recipient faces the baton. The movement of extending the arm from behind and below is more natural, and the passer's movement of passing the baton is also more natural and easy to master. The disadvantage is that after receiving the baton, the hand is already held in the middle of the baton. If you do not change hands and pass the baton to the next baton, it will only Being able to hold the front part of the baton can easily cause the baton to drop and affect rapid progress.”
"In the push-down baton passing method, the recipient's arm is stretched out backward, and the arm and the trunk are at an angle of about 50 degrees to 60 degrees. The wrist is internally rotated, the palm is upward, the thumb and other four fingers are spread out, and the tiger's mouth faces backward; passing the baton The person passes the front end of the baton from top to bottom to the hands of the recipient. The advantage is that the recipient can run quickly while holding the baton, and the process of passing the baton is more accurate. The disadvantage is that the recipient's arms are stretched backward and the movement is tense, which may lead to errors in passing the baton. .”
“When passing the baton, the first and third players run along the inside of the track and pass the baton to the left hands of the second and fourth players with their right hands. The second player runs along the outside of the track and passes the baton with their left hand. The stick is passed to the third stick player’s right hand.”
Xue Li nodded: "Well, you are right. It seems that you are not lazy in school. However, in formal competitions, we mostly use a mixed baton-taking method, and arrange which baton to choose based on the characteristics of each baton. Kind of a way to pass the baton.”
"For example, the athlete running the first leg does not need to think about taking over the baton, he only needs to steadily hand over the baton to the runner in the second leg; while the runner in the fourth leg only needs to think about taking over the baton and does not need to Think about handing over the baton. As for the second and third batons, they have to both take over and hand over the baton. So during the game, in order to reduce mistakes and save time, the second and third batons often Take a different approach to passing the baton.”
When Xue Li said this, his expression became serious: "But no matter what method of handing over the baton, the cooperation between the players is very important. A mistake in cooperation will cause the entire game to be ruined."
"Let me give you an example. Before the rise of the Jamaican team, the U.S. team has always been the strongest country in the world in relay races. For a long time, the U.S. team was the champion. At that time, the U.S. team usually did not win The only possibility of winning the championship is a bat-drop error during the game.”
"In the world's top competitions, a good handover of the baton can save 0.1 seconds of time, but the level of Asian track and field athletes is relatively average, so a good handover of the baton can save more time, and can even increase 0.2 seconds. results."
Xue Li said this as if reminiscing, and then asked: "Do you know which team won the 4x100m relay at the Asian Games eight years ago?"
Eight years ago, Dai Li was still a hard-working high school student. He got up early and stayed late every day. He had early self-study in the morning and late self-study in the evening. How could Dai Li have the time to pay attention to the Asian Games? So Dai Li could only guess: "I think it's the Japanese team, right? Before the naturalization of the West Asian Army, they had been the sprint hegemon in Asia for almost thirty years, right?"
"The Japanese team has monopolized Asian sprinting for 30 years, and the Asian Games eight years ago was almost at the end of the golden generation of Japanese sprinting. But the champion of the 4x100m relay at that time was not them." Xue Li spoke. explain.
"Is that the Saudi team? Saudi Arabia is also a powerful country in Asia in sports." Li Dai said.
Xue Li still shook his head.
"Iran team? Qatar team? No, the naturalized army should not have risen at that time. Is it a Central Asian country? Or South Korea? Could it be North Korea that released a satellite?" Li Dai guessed several countries in succession. , are all sports powers in Asia, but in exchange, Xue Li kept shaking his head.
"What you can't guess is the Thai team." Xue Li revealed the answer.
"Team Thailand? I still believe they can win the championship in Muay Thai. Can they also win the 4x100m relay?" Li Dai was a little dumbfounded.
Within Asia, sports in South Asian countries are definitely the weakest. The popular ones there are cricket and a sport similar to that of an eagle catching a chicken.
The sports level in Southeast Asia is not very strong, but each Southeast Asian country has one or two sports that they can excel in, such as badminton in Malaysia and Indonesia, boxing in the Philippines and Thailand, etc.
But when it comes to track and field sports, Southeast Asia really has to stand aside. Perhaps due to racial constraints, Southeast Asian countries have never made any achievements in track and field events.
Therefore, when he heard that the Thai team won the Asian Games relay championship, Dai Li was a little dumbfounded.
"Coach, it's the Asian Games. Can the Thai team win the championship? Did none of those strong teams participate, or did they make mistakes and were taken advantage of by the Thai team?" Li Dai asked.
"The Japanese team, the Saudi team, including us, all participated in the competition at that time, and they all completed the competition." A look of memories appeared on Xue Li's face, and he continued: "I personally led the team to participate in that competition. , and witnessed the entire process firsthand.”
"At that time, the four players on the Japanese team were all athletes who had reached the Olympic A standard, and three of them had even participated in the Olympics. On the Thai team, there was only one Olympic B standard player, and the other three did not even reach the Olympic B standard. .”
"However, the Thai team won. They won the game with more tacit cooperation. The Thai team's cooperation was very smooth. Whenever they started running, the Japanese team was always able to close the gap with the Thai team. And every time after handing over the baton, the Thai team was always able to pull away."
"I still remember the painful expression when the Japanese team's ace player Sasaki Akita crossed the finish line. Even in the Olympics, he could rush into the semi-finals. He could be said to be the strongest sprinter in Asia at the time, and in the Asian Games In the relay race, he could only place second."
After hearing this, Dai Li also gasped with emotion.
The A standard for the 100-meter dash in the Olympics is 10 seconds 21, and the B standard is 10 seconds 28. This means that there is a 0.7 second gap between A standard athletes and B standard athletes. At that time, Sasaki Akita could be called the number one flyer in Asia. His speed was close to 10 seconds. The best results of several other Japanese team members were also around 10.10 seconds.
The Thai team only has one Olympic Games B-standard player, which means that each of them is at least 0.2 seconds behind the Japanese team members. However, the Thai team was able to win the final relay championship, which proved that the Thai team was more than 0.2 seconds faster than the Japanese team in terms of passing and receiving the baton.
Next to him, Xue Li summed up: "I give you this example just to tell you the importance of tacit understanding among the team members in a relay race. Therefore, the essence of relay training is a process of practicing cooperation and cultivating tacit understanding! And This is our main goal in relay training!”