Neither Su Bai nor Zhao Heping had expected that Qiu Wen would actually stay outside the door and hear their conversation.
His sudden response stunned Zhao Heping and Su Bai in the coach's office. They turned around and looked at Qiu Wen who was standing outside the door.
This 1.86-meter-tall guy was now standing at the door of the coach's office. He seemed to have made up his mind because of the conversation he had just heard. The stubborn look on his face gave Zhao Heping a headache.
"Okay, come in first!"
Zhao Heping was just about to put on a stern face and teach Qiu Wen a lesson, but when he looked down at the unfinished breakfast and side dishes in front of him, he suddenly felt that it was not serious enough to teach his disciple a lesson when he was halfway through his meal. So he could only glare at Qiu Wen who walked into the office obediently, then put away the side dishes on his desk with a little heartache in his eyes, put them aside, picked up the various documents that were originally spread on the desk, and began to read them carefully again with a frown.
Just now, Su Bai proposed a suggestion that Qiu Wen had never thought of, that is, to let him try the 400-meter sprint.
Su Bai knows exactly what the situation is with the 400-meter event in China, and as a coach he knows it even better.
Whenever these coaches have players they value, they will not let them practice the 400m first. Of course, they will train for the 100m and 200m first. The reasons for this are very complicated. Not only is the 400m event weak, but also because the 400m run, as the longest distance event in the sprint events, is actually recognized as the most difficult event to train in track and field events.
The country cannot even boast that its 100-meter and 200-meter training has reached world-class standards, let alone the 400-meter event, where the national level is actually several decades behind the world level.
Of course, the 400-meter event, as Su Bai said, pays great attention to the athlete's absolute speed and speed endurance.
After all, Zhao Heping holds the title of senior coach, so he certainly understands the situation of this project. For example, many people have done research and concluded that the athlete's absolute speed in the 100 meters will determine the athlete's 400-meter results. The world-famous 400-meter athletes of the American team, the real masters among them, only look at their 400-meter segment results, they all have the level of running within 10.30 seconds in the 100-200-meter stage. And in the 400-meter event, those with the best strength, their 100-meter strength is also mostly world-class.
At this moment, Zhao Heping began to filter a large amount of actual data in his mind. The current top domestic athletes can run more than 45 seconds. Among these athletes, in the 100-200m segment, which is usually the fastest for 400m athletes, the best performance is about 10.69 seconds...
So, when this silly boy Qiu Wen ran 200 meters, what was his speed in the 100m-200m segment?
Zhao Heping quickly lowered his head and glanced at the various statistical data in his hand.
According to the statistical data in Zhao Heping's hands, when Qiu Wen ran 200 meters, his speed in the 100m-200m segment was approximately between 10.50 and 10.70 seconds.
Since athletes do not need to go through a starting acceleration process in the second 100-meter segment like they do in the first 100-meter segment, it is normal for the second 100-meter segment to perform better than the first. In the past, Zhao Heping did not really think of linking this result with the potential of the 400 meters.
But today...
Zhao Heping looked through the various data records in Qiu Wen's training business files, and one of Qiu Wen's advantages was clearly recorded, which was his strong speed endurance and strength endurance.
It can also be seen from Qiu Wen's various training states that although Qiu Wen still lacks in improving absolute speed, his performance in training remains very stable, especially in multiple and repeated speed training. It can be seen that his speed record has not dropped much compared to the state of full physical fitness at the beginning of training.
It was not until this moment that Zhao Heping felt that a layer of mystery had been cleared up before his eyes. Qiu Wen, who had been trained by him as a 100m and 200m athlete, seemed to have great potential in the 400m event?
Thinking of this, Zhao Heping felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. He regretted a little bit that he hadn't seen Qiu Wen's potential earlier. He was also a little worried that if Qiu Wen really switched to the 400-meter event, would his potential be able to be converted into real results?
While Zhao Heping was thinking over the data in his hand, Su Bai, who was sitting next to him, and Qiu Wen, who was standing next to him as if he was being punished, did not say anything. However, while Qiu Wen was standing there as a punishment, he would occasionally glance at the breakfast dishes that Zhao Heping had put away, and then look at Su Bai with his tall body and pitiful face.
During this period of time, Su Bai had already gotten used to his roommate's expression of pretending to be obedient and pitiful, so after glancing at him, he calmly turned his gaze to his master, quietly waiting for him to finish reading the data in his hand, while sorting out his thoughts in his mind.
About ten minutes later, Zhao Heping let out a sigh of relief and looked up at Qiu Wen.
"You kid, are you really going to try the 400-meter event?"
Qiu Wen had been training with Zhao Heping for many years. When he heard what Zhao Heping said, he knew that his coach had also made up his mind about this matter. He no longer pretended to be a good boy. He wiped his face and said seriously, "Yes!"
Qiu Wen had no doubts about his answer.
He loves the track, loves athletics, loves every battle on the field, and also loves the exhilarating feeling of winning excellent results on the field.
Not only for his grandfather, he himself also deeply loves the event of track and field.
Just now, when he was standing outside the door and heard Su Bai discussing his future with the coach and the team's decision on his assessment, he felt a little flustered. But even though this panic made him nervous, he never thought of giving up his future path in track and field.
The thought that popped into his mind at that time was - even if he was removed from the key training list, he would still run desperately! Maybe he can't break the 10-second mark like Fang Yu and become a miracle among the yellow race, but he can still try hard, break his own limits and become his own miracle.
All these thoughts that popped up in his mind in the first second were telling Qiu Wen that he didn't want to give up, nor did he want to live his life in a muddle.
Therefore, when he heard Su Bai and the coach mention the possibility of 400 meters, he immediately pricked up his ears and listened attentively to Su Bai's suggestions.
It is obvious that Su Bai's suggestion makes sense, and the coach is also moved by it.
As for the coach's concern about his psychological problems in changing sports, this is not a problem for Qiu Wen.
His only fear was that he would not be able to continue fighting on this path.
The shining light and firm belief in Qiu Wen's eyes made Zhao Heping understand his thoughts and determination. He glanced at Qiu Wen, then at Su Bai who was sitting next to him, and finally made up his mind and said, "Go back and prepare. We will do a test in the afternoon."
After all, speculation is speculation. Only actual tests can serve as final evidence and can be truly submitted to the provincial team's management team as reasons and reference data.
Zhao Heping's reply immediately made Qiu Wen energetic. He responded loudly with "OK". Then Zhao Heping drove him out of the office and told him to take a rest and then continue to participate in the current training normally.
After driving Qiu Wen away, Zhao Heping looked at the data in his hand, shook his head, and said to Su Bai, "You came here today to test the waters with me and see if it's possible for Qiu Wen to practice the 400-meter event, right?"
Su Bai was stunned for a moment when his master exposed the truth, then nodded obediently: "Yes."
Zhao Heping looked at his disciple with amusement, and knocked on his head with the rolled-up data file in his hand: "You, you, when did you come up with this idea?"
Su Bai opened his mouth, but he naturally couldn't say that the system data told him, so he frowned and talked nonsense about "details that I occasionally observed during past training." This was really the first time that Su Bai lied in front of his master, and he spoke a little haltingly, but he didn't talk often, so Zhao Heping didn't think it was strange.
After Su Bai finished speaking, Zhao Heping smiled and said, "Look at how stumbling you are! When you were talking about Qiu Wen's training data and 400-meter suggestions, I saw that you were quite fluent in speaking!"
While Zhao Heping was teasing his disciple, he made another phone call and asked his assistant coach to retrieve all of Qiu Wen's past training business files as he needed to review them again.
After finishing the call, Zhao Heping put the files in his hand aside. Instead of eating breakfast, he crossed his hands, put his elbows on the table, and looked at Su Bai.
Su Bai felt confused and at a loss when being looked at like this by his master.
After a while, Zhao Heping said to Su Bai, "Xiaobai, tell Master if you still want to be a coach?"
This sudden question made Su Bai hesitate for a moment, but he did not evade it this time. Instead, he looked at his master seriously and nodded at him: "Yes, Master."
"really……"
Zhao Heping nodded. He actually guessed that if Su Bai didn't have this idea, why would he care about the potential events of the athletes in the team, and why would he come to him to test whether Qiu Wen could switch to the 400-meter event?
However, although Su Bai is also an excellent athlete who has trained in the team for more than 8 years, he has not achieved particularly outstanding results in his athletic career and does not meet the condition that "some outstanding athletes switch to coaching positions after retirement." However, Su Bai has now officially started working as a chef in the team.
With these factors combined, it becomes even more difficult for Su Bai to get a coaching position.
Zhao Heping frowned, thought for a moment, and said to Su Bai, "You're doing a good job in the kitchen. Stay here for now. After all, you're still in the team. If you're really interested, the coaching position will be on the table for you. We'll slowly figure it out later."
Su Bai could tell that his master was sincerely worrying about what to do in the future, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "Master, it's okay. It's fine for me to continue to work in the kitchen... As long as I can watch the team members train during normal times, that's fine."
"How can that be possible?" Zhao Heping frowned. "You can see Qiu Wen's potential in the 400m, which means you have the talent and vision to be a coach. How can you be a good coaching talent but end up being a chef?"
Zhao Heping denied Su Bai's statement, but he couldn't think of any other tricks for the time being, so he said to Su Bai: "Anyway, you should take charge of the kitchen for now, and I will think of a solution later." Zhao Heping paused and said: "After you finish your work in the kitchen in the afternoon, come to me. In the afternoon, you can go with me to see the test results of Qiu Wen."
Seeing that his master's tone was firm, Su Bai did not refute for a moment, but just said hello obediently. Then the two of them chatted for a while. Seeing that it was almost time to prepare lunch, Su Bai stood up, said goodbye to his master, and returned to the kitchen on the third floor of the cafeteria.
On the way back to the kitchen, Su Bai began to have another headache - for example, how to tell his master that being able to work in the kitchen was actually very important to him.
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