When Su Bai arrived at the coach's office of the sprint group, Zhao Heping was looking at the materials in his hand inside, and the expression on his face did not look good. After seeing Su Bai coming, Zhao Heping nodded and asked him to sit in the office.
At this time, the athletes are taking a short break after breakfast, and it is not yet time for training. During this time, coaches usually briefly sort out the day's training plan, and sometimes take this opportunity to review their players' previous training status and results.
Zhao Heping was currently looking at the training results of his players, with Qiu Wen being the focus.
By the way, Qiu Wen's grandfather is also a veteran of the S Province provincial team. Because of this relationship, Zhao Heping and others have always given Qiu Wen extra care.
However, although Qiu Wen’s training condition has been good recently and his performance has improved, Zhao Heping still has a headache when looking at the data in his hands.
Looking at Zhao Heping's face, Su Bai was a little hesitant, feeling that he came at a wrong time today. Then he heard Zhao Heping sniffing and looked up at the packed breakfast in Su Bai's hand.
"Oh, what's that smell? You're thinking a lot." Zhao Heping knew Su Bai's silent personality. Even though he was quiet after entering the office, Zhao Heping didn't find it strange. After smelling the aroma of food brought by Su Bai, Zhao Heping put down Qiu Wen's training data form in his hand and waved to Su Bai.
"Come on, come on, what food did you bring? It happens that I haven't eaten yet."
Ever since he tasted his disciple's cooking the day before, Zhao Heping's appetite had been aroused from time to time. Even though he was originally feeling upset, after smelling the aroma of the food, he temporarily put down what he was doing and decided to have a warm breakfast first.
Seeing that his master was interested in the food, Su Bai didn't care about anything else for a moment and handed the packed breakfast in his hand to his master's desk. Then he opened the package with his own hands and took out the food one by one.
The breakfast he brought was nothing special. It was millet porridge he cooked, cold tofu, freshly pickled vegetables, smashed cucumbers and a small dish of meat floss.
These things are all simple and light breakfast foods, and the side dishes are not large in portion. Their advantage is that they are diverse in variety, refreshing and not greasy. Eating them can fill you up without putting any extra burden on your body.
After seeing these side dishes, Zhao Heping smiled relaxedly. What's more, the side dishes brought by his disciple were all his favorite dishes, and there was nothing wrong with them. Thinking of this, Zhao Heping felt warm in his heart again, and his mood, which had been worried about Qiu Wen's grades, now relaxed a little.
Su Bai originally felt that his master was not in a good mood today, and he might not be able to test him at this moment. However, before he could suggest leaving first, his master glared at him.
"Why are you standing there? You want to leave now?" Zhao Heping said with a fierce look on his face: "Don't you even have time to sit down and chat with your master?"
"Uh...no." Su Bai was stunned for a moment, then sat down obediently.
Seeing Su Bai follow every instruction, Zhao Heping glared at him again: "You do what you say. You graduated from sports training, but you are so taciturn. If I really ask you to train the players, I don't think you even know how to teach them a lesson."
Zhao Heping's words hit the nail on the head. Although Su Bai majored in sports training, he had developed a taciturn personality, which would be a huge obstacle for him if he wanted to become a coach.
Apart from anything else, it’s just like what his master said - on the training ground, with his personality, he can’t even scold people properly, so how can he explain the key points of training and various tactical considerations to the players?
Zhao Heping's words made Su Bai wake up and realize that he should change this bad habit.
After teaching his disciple a lesson, Zhao Heping took a sip of the millet porridge in front of him. He felt that it was not only refreshing in taste, but also of just the right temperature as it slid down his throat into his stomach. It was really very comfortable.
Drink millet porridge, pick up some pickles with chopsticks, and occasionally eat two spoonfuls of refreshing and pleasant cold tofu.
Zhao Heping just felt that these were just ordinary porridge and side dishes that couldn't be more ordinary, but when made by Su Bai, they also had a different taste.
While eating, Zhao Heping did not forget the disciples beside him. He looked up at Su Bai and said with a smile in his eyes: "What's the matter? You remembered your master today and came to see me so early in the morning?"
Zhao Heping's words were obviously a joke. Su Bai was usually a taciturn person. Unless he had something to say or something he had planned to say, few people could pry open his mouth. In addition, Su Bai didn't like to communicate with others, so he came to him obviously because he had something to ask.
Su Bai didn't expect that the purpose of his coming here was clearly revealed to his master, but Su Bai only hesitated for a moment and then no longer concealed his purpose.
"...Well, I want to come and see Qiu Wen's training situation."
"Qiu Wen?" Zhao Heping was stunned for a moment when he heard this. "What rumors have you heard?"
Rumor?
Su Bai first looked up at Zhao Heping in surprise, then suddenly understood the meaning behind the words "wind sound", and then he frowned hard.
"Qiu Wen's recent training condition is not good?"
Zhao Heping shook his head: "He has been in good training condition recently. In the recent small cycle of training, the stability and improvement of his results are better than expected."
Hearing what his master said, Su Bai was a little confused: "Then why do you look unhappy, Master?"
Zhao Heping held the porridge in his hand, paused, and said, "Here are the comparative data of Qiu Wen's whole year last year and before and after winter training, plus the small cycle training data of the past week. Your major in college is also sports training. Come and see if you can figure out anything."
After hearing this, Su Bai stopped being polite and picked up a stack of data from his master's desk and started to look at them one by one.
If we only look at the data for the whole of last year, there is actually no particularly big problem. Qiu Wen's condition is the normal ups and downs of an athlete, but the overall performance is still improving. Qiu Wen's personal PB of 10.62 in the 100 meters was created in last year's competition. However, looking at the time before and after the winter training, Qiu Wen's overall performance level has not improved much. Moreover, since the winter training until now, Qiu Wen's best training condition is in the most recent small period.
Su Bai suddenly understood. When his master said that Qiu Wen's progress in improving his condition was better than previously expected, he did not mean that Qiu Wen had reached the condition that his master originally expected, but that he had previously had lower expectations for Qiu Wen's performance improvement.
It is a very bad sign when a coach has low expectations for his players' performance improvement.
You know, before this, Qiu Wen was in good shape in the past two years, and his results in 100 meters and 200 meters were close to those of national athletes. The team had high expectations for him, so he was always among the players who received more resources from the team.
Su Bai thought about it and roughly understood the situation - Qiu Wen has always worked very hard in training, but after completing the training according to the coaching team's training plan, when the improvement in performance is not as good as the coaching team expected, the coaching team will make certain judgments, such as whether the player's potential is insufficient, and then lower the expectations for this player, let go at the right time, and then select other players who have higher potential in the eyes of the coaching team to focus on training.
Looking at the file data in his hand, Su Bai hesitated for a moment, then looked up at his master: "Master... are you planning to remove Qiu Wen from the list of key players to be trained?"
Zhao Heping raised his eyebrows, then sighed: "The team has this plan. At the meeting yesterday, the team proposed a list of players to be observed, including a potential list and a removal list. However, this year's outdoor season will be considered his probation period. After this probation period is over, after next year, everything should be settled."
"But Qiu Wen works very hard in training..."
After Su Bai struggled to say this, he shut up.
Whether you work hard in training is one thing, and whether you have potential worth focusing on cultivating is another.
Although the sports team of Province S has relatively ample financial funds, they cannot spend the money indiscriminately. Since resources are allocated to the training of key players, they must have sufficient achievements or potential to show.
Being a coach, it is impossible to only consider whether the athletes under you work hard enough. Sometimes, you also have to harden your heart.
"Okay." Zhao Heping looked at Su Bai and shook his head. "Don't tell that silly boy Qiu Wen about this for now. His training condition in the past week is indeed quite good. If he can maintain this condition, his performance in the next season is hard to say. He may not be removed from the list."
The situation that Qiu Wen was currently facing made Su Bai silent for a moment. Finally, after hesitating for a moment, he asked the question that he had not originally intended to say today.
"Master... have you ever considered letting Qiu Wen try the 400-meter race?"
"400 meters?"
Su Bai's words really made Zhao Heping stunned for a moment, and then he frowned: "How did you come up with this idea?"
There are indeed players in the sprint group of the S Province Sports Team who train for the 400m, but most of them are 200m runners who also compete in this event, and their 400m results are very average.
All those who practice sprinting know that if the domestic 100-meter and 200-meter results are still respectable, then the current national record of 45.25 seconds in the 400-meter event is equivalent to the level of the 1950s in international competitions!
This level, which is 60 to 70 years behind the world level, makes many domestic track and field athletes feel powerless when they mention it, so it is extremely difficult to cultivate talents.
Su Bai's proposal surprised Zhao Heping for a moment, and he didn't understand why he had such an idea.
Since the words had already been spoken, Su Bai simply sorted out his thoughts and said, "Master, look at Qiu Wen's training data. His speed endurance is excellent. During the long-term shuttle training, his performance has always remained in a relatively stable state. It can also be seen from his 200-meter run segment data that a large part of his 200-meter performance relies on the maximum speed he achieved in the last 150 to 200 meters. In addition, he has also been training in the 100-meter run for a long time. Although his current absolute speed is not enough, there is still room for improvement."
After a pause, Su Bai said, "The key factors for the 400-meter run are the athlete's absolute speed in the 100-meter race and the athlete's speed endurance. Qiu Wen reaches his highest speed in the 150-meter to 200-meter section. This rhythmic characteristic is also completely in line with the characteristics of a 400-meter runner."
After these words were spoken, Zhao Heping's expression gradually became serious as he initially disagreed and took Qiu Wen's training data from Su Bai's hand again.
He had never considered the possibility of letting Qiu Wen practice the 400-meter race, but after Su Bai finished his analysis, Zhao Heping looked at the training data in his hand again and found that it was indeed as Su Bai said.
"Combining these data with the actual situation, I judge that Qiu Wen's potential in the 400m event is higher than his potential in the 100m and 200m events."
Su Bai couldn't directly tell the system's project potential value data, but it was not false that Qiu Wen's training data met the characteristics of a 400-meter athlete.
Zhao Heping felt relieved when he saw this, but...
"Even if Qiu Wen really has this potential, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult to explain the change of events to that kid." Zhao Heping frowned. If the reason for the change of events cannot be explained well to the athletes, and the athletes have psychological resistance to the new events, subsequent training will be difficult to carry out.
Unexpectedly, when Zhao Heping reached this point, a voice suddenly came from the door.
"...Coach, I'd like to try the 400 meters."
The owner of this voice was Qiu Wen.
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