Su Bai's lecture, titled "Explanation of Coaching Ideas in Track and Field Training," received enthusiastic registration from coaches from various provincial and national teams. By the time the lecture finally started, there were nearly 200 coaches present.
When the lecture started, the largest conference room of the national team was used. Usually, it was used for mobilization meetings of the track and field team before each winter training or major competitions.
At this moment today, the crowd sitting below has changed from athletes to coaches.
The coaches from all over the country more or less saw old acquaintances. After meeting each other, many coaches gathered in twos and threes, talking about the "legend" related to Su Bai.
"I heard that Coach Su has a very sharp eye, and whoever he sees will succeed..."
"I heard that Coach Su is very skilled and all his players are obedient..."
"I heard that Coach Su is an expert in multiple events. There is nothing he doesn't know about track and field events..."
"I heard that this coach Su is superhuman..."
"I heard that Coach Su can see through a person's qualifications with just a glance..."
This large group of track and field coaches gathered together and chatted. In the end, their words became more and more exaggerated. Everyone smiled at each other and started to laugh.
They had heard a lot about Su Bai's legends over the past year or so. Not only had they heard them, they had also seen them with their own eyes. After all, everyone present knew exactly what the 400-meter sprint event was like in the past.
But in the more than one year since Su Bai took over, the 400-meter sprint event in China has actually taken off!
Take the Asian Championships that just ended for example. Two years ago, Zhang Ziyi probably wouldn't have made it to the finals, let alone won a gold medal. People who understand know that the gap between the two cannot be explained away by the fact that Zhang Ziyi was not old enough or had not trained enough two years ago.
The gap between them is really huge.
Speaking of Li Junhao, before Su Bai took over, many coaches in the circle sighed - what a good thing, but another unfortunate outcome, and this promising young talent was about to be ruined.
During that period, everyone who knew Wang Ting knew how much hair Wang Ting lost because Li Junhao couldn't change his mentality.
But under Su Bai's leadership, he was able to turn this unlucky kid Li Junhao around. Now we don't know what his individual performance is like, but just looking at his current position in the 4x400m relay, to be honest, Qiu Wen might not be as good as Li Junhao in the last leg.
Now let’s go back to Qiu Wen. He was originally a member of the S Province Track and Field Team, where he was training in both the 100m and 200m events. Who would have thought that this kid was so talented in the 400m sprint?
In fact, after knowing about Qiu Wen's incident, some coaches of provincial teams actually began to secretly observe the players in their own teams, hoping to see if there were any children in these teams who were in the same situation as Qiu Wen.
To be honest, some of these coaches have helped each other look at some of the athletes' data, but none of them are sure, nor do they have the heart to let an athlete who has practiced in the original event for seven or eight years or even longer change to another event and start from scratch.
These coaches know that there are still many ordinary athletes in this world. These athletes are definitely more talented than ordinary people, but this talent is not enough to make them reach the top level in the country or the world.
But even so, these athletes have worked hard and invested their emotions and youth in their own events, and have been training for so many years.
Now you tell him that you may have talent in another project and you can try changing it.
For something like this, if the result is like Qiu Wen's and he really shines in another project, then of course everyone will be happy, but what if not?
What if you change the sport of the athlete you are coaching, and he trains hard for one, two, or three years, but misses the golden period of explosive growth that he should have had, and then his results are worse than if he had just polished his original sport?
What to do then?
These are all athletes that they have brought up, or athletes who have worked hard in track and field events and spent their youth and adolescence. As coaches, they must have a conscience. If an athlete is ruined because of a careless choice, how can they feel at ease?
In short, these track and field coaches who have truly been in the track and field circle for many years have watched Su Bai's practices over the past year or so, and then seen the various results he has brought. They all went from thinking that he was too hasty at first, to finally feeling that this young coach Su Bai is truly awesome.
First-class vision, first-class courage, first-class decision-making, and first-class training skills.
Only those coaches who are truly in the coaching position, watching Su Bai's every move, will feel how thrilling everything Su Bai does and every choice he makes is.
Take the variety show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" during the winter training for example. No one paid much attention to it at first. But when they found out that the variety show contained serious training content, the coaches all acted like reviewing a competition. They watched the variety show over ten times over, picked out some key points, and discussed them with each other in their own coaching staff.
This way of discussion has really yielded a lot of gains.
Such a coach is only in his early 24 years old. At this age, he can almost be called a "kid" in the coaching circle.
But now, in the track and field circle, especially the coaches in charge of the 400-meter event, there is really no one who would say a word of dissatisfaction to Su Bai.
Su Bai's achievements are clearly shown here. The popularity of the 400-meter event, the results, and the attention it has brought have also been fed back to the entire 400-meter sprint event circle in China.
Firstly, there are now more sponsors for domestic track and field competitions than before, and with the addition of live internet and television broadcasts, the number of on-site spectators has also increased.
When players compete in such a competition venue, they are first of all in an inspiring atmosphere.
After seeing the popularity of the event and so many people coming to watch the competition, the players' previous casual state was almost gone when they were competing.
Moreover, the athletes saw that the upper limit of the average performance of the 400-meter athletes in the national team had increased so much that the national 400-meter sprint record was no longer 45.25 seconds, which had remained there for 15 years.
All of these things have brought excitement to the contestants, giving them more motivation and desire to work harder - and hope.
"When the athletes see that the performance of these top leaders is no longer comparable to the past, what does this prove? This proves that our Chinese athletes are not without potential or talent in the 400m event!"
When the coaches talked about this, they were all particularly moved: "So I say, the most amazing thing about Coach Su Bai is that he has brought hope to the coaches and athletes of our national 400m event."
With hope and spirit, things will truly be different from the past.
"you do not say?"
People were chatting in groups of three or four. Some of them knew Zhao Heping. When they saw that he had also arrived at the scene, they would talk to him with envy, praising their S Province Track and Field Team for their good vision and good seedlings - look, where did Qiu Wen, Cui Luoheng and Wang Shen come from? Isn’t it the S Province Track and Field Team? And that’s not all. Didn’t Liu Jiaonan, the top athlete in the hammer throw, also come from the S Province Track and Field Team?
While everyone was chatting, the assistant coach sent by the national team to Su Bai arrived at the scene first. He prepared the relevant materials for the podium, turned on the projector and microphone, and tested the microphone before checking the time on his phone.
"Hello, coaches. The preparations for the on-site lecture have been completed. Coach Su Bai will arrive in 5 minutes. Please find a seat and take a seat. The lecture will begin shortly."
As soon as these words were spoken, the originally noisy scene quickly quieted down. Each coach found a seat with his or her name tag and sat down immediately. He or she took out a notebook and the course materials that the national team's assistant coach had distributed in advance the day before, and began to wait for Su Bai's arrival.
During the 7-day lecture, there were course explanations in the morning and various discussions and feedback sessions in the afternoon, which were all what the coaches present were looking forward to.
There aren't many opportunities to ask Su Bai questions directly and have him answer them in person.
It can be said that every coach who comes to class must have a list of questions in his notebook that he wants Su Bai to answer personally. If this list of questions is given an allowed length... these coaches must want to write a list that is ten meters long.
The waiting time was not long, but the coaches present all had an anticipation that they could not contain, so much so that they seemed a little restless.
In this atmosphere of expectation, Su Bai walked with brisk steps into the large conference room where he was going to give a lecture.
When Su Bai went up to the podium and opened the lesson plan, he was about to say hello to the coaches present, but these coaches gave him a warm round of applause.
Looking at the two hundred people who seemed to be a dark crowd below the stage, and then seeing the expectation and seriousness on the faces of these coaches, Su Bai suddenly felt a little emotional.
Those present here can be said to be the backbone coaches of China's track and field events. They have been working hard in this event for many years, and to this day, these coaches are still devoting their efforts to this event.
Amid the applause of the crowd, Su Bai stood up first, bowed to the coaches who came to listen to his lecture, and then stood behind the podium again.
After the applause died down, Su Bai greeted all the coaches present carefully: "Hello, coaches. I am Su Bai. In the next 7 days, I will share with you some of my personal experiences in track and field events. Some of them have been verified, and some are still being tried. If you have any questions, you can raise them during the feedback period in the afternoon. I will try my best to give you my personal thoughts."
“During these seven days, I will try my best to share with you what I know, and I am very grateful for your support.”
After these opening pleasantries, the coaches on the scene applauded Su Bai again. Then Su Bai stopped talking nonsense and directly clicked on the prepared PPT materials and began to teach the first day's course by turning the pages.
The coaches present had all received the topics for Su Bai's series of lectures before coming to the national team. Most of these topics revolve around the difficulties that track and field coaches may encounter in their coaching work.
For example, 'It can be seen that the athlete's technical movements deviate from the standard movements, but is it necessary to improve the athlete's skills?'
It can be said that almost every coach present has encountered this problem.
This proposition, in a broader sense, is like whether Cui Luoheng had to choose the technical modification before the hurdles from eight to seven. In a narrower sense, it would be "the athlete's calf folding angle is incorrect" and "the deviation of the athlete's left and right feet touching the bottom time is too large", which are problems that many ordinary people may not even think about.
But coaches often encounter these problems with their athletes.
Of course, from the perspective of ordinary people - if athletes encounter technical problems, then of course they need to improve!
To use the terminology of a sprint coach, "more standard technical movements will result in better running economy." This means that the more standard the athlete's movements are, the more efficient the athlete's physical energy consumption and strength application will be.
Then, if efficiency improves, athletes' performance will also tend to continue to improve.
However, in the actual athlete training process, it is not such a simple matter.
It can be said that all the coaches present have encountered the situation where they have improved the athletes' technical movements but the athletes' performance cannot be improved.
In this situation, sometimes there is no way to reason.
So much so that later on, although the coaches knew clearly how many technical flaws their athletes had, they still had to discuss over and over again which technical problems needed to be adjusted, and then try them out - of course, the final result might not necessarily be what they wanted.
Seeing the topic that Su Bai directly raised, the coaches present instantly became alert. They stared at Su Bai and listened attentively to his opinions and solutions.
After raising this question, Su Bai immediately proposed an 'Analysis of Athletes' Technical Movements and Method of Grade Determination'. In this proposal, Su Bai directly gave a set of analysis ideas for athletes' technical movements that he personally summarized. All the coaches present knew the standard technical movements and optimal movement angles of each athlete. What Su Bai provided was a grade determination table of the athletes' current technical movements and their distance from the optimal effect.
At the same time, he listed a formula, through which the athlete's current technical flaws can be roughly calculated, and the impact index on the athlete's own performance upward or downward.
As long as the impact index is within a certain range, the technical adjustment is likely to do more harm than good. If the impact index is outside the specified range, the technical adjustment is likely to be beneficial.
After Su Bai gave this formula, the coaches present made a slight noise.
At present, no one in the country has published similar research results. It can be said that this formula was originally something that Su Bai enjoyed alone, but he actually released this formula publicly at the lecture!
The coaches knew that when they returned to the national team to listen to Su Bai's series of lectures, they would definitely learn a lot of useful information. However, they did not expect that Su Bai was so honest that he explained these things that could be considered exclusive skills in great detail and in detail to everyone.
"Of course, the calculation of this formula will fluctuate according to the coach's understanding of the athletes and the coach's own psychological considerations. However, as long as it is studied and applied over a long period of time, the success rate and accuracy of this calculation formula will be further improved in the later stages."
In fact, this formula was summarized by Su Bai during systematic training courses based on the explanations of the system professors and his own research. In the absence of a system support, it is still a bit difficult for ordinary coaches to quickly become familiar with and grasp the accurate scale of this calculation.
Su Bai could only explain the relevant public notice as clearly as possible so that more coaches could use it effectively in their daily training.
Regarding what Su Bai said, the coaches present certainly understood in their hearts - although this calculation formula exists, the coach's experience, ability and vision are still indispensable.
Many coaches are already thinking that this formula may require them to have closer contact with the data research groups in their respective teams in the future. As long as the effectiveness of this data is verified, even if the accuracy rate is only 60%, it is better than relying solely on the experience of each coach.
Once verified, this formula will surely become an important skill for every track and field coach to possess in the future.
Although they had known for a long time that Su Bai was extraordinary, at this moment, the coaches present felt deeply moved.
Speaking of which, many coaches feel that Su Bai is not only a good coach, but also makes them understand extremely clearly when he lectures. It seems that even their comprehension and memory abilities on the spot have greatly improved.
Oh, you said Su Bai, he does a good job in training and teaching!
They are all young men in their twenties, and the assistant coaches they bring to their provincial teams... Alas, when you compare people, there is really no way to compare them.
At the podium, from the moment Su Bai started to lecture, the teaching aura buff brought by his identity as a "primary coach mentor" in the system began to cover the entire venue, increasing the concentration of all students present by 20%, mental state by 20%, comprehension by 20%, and communication efficiency by 20%.
However, Su Bai did not expect that his status as a junior coaching mentor would give many coaches under him the impression that he had top-notch teaching ability.
In this 7-day series of lectures, in addition to the morning course, Su Bai was also present in the afternoon every day.
Unlike the morning when they just quietly listened to Su Bai's lecture, in the afternoon, these coaches really became good students who were eager to learn. During the period of feedback and on-site communication, almost every coach raised his hand high, hoping to get a chance to communicate directly with Su Bai.
There are so many coaches here that if we try to answer all the questions one by one, let alone a 7-day course, even 70 days might not be enough.
So after a brief confusion on the afternoon of the first day, Su Bai directly asked the coaches present to send their questions to his teaching assistant. After the assistant sorted out the homogeneous questions, he would set aside a separate time period in the afternoons of the next few days to answer these questions.
Once these same questions have been answered, if there are any additional questions, discuss them individually.
With this arrangement, there is finally a relatively appropriate solution to the many problems raised by the coaches. The discussion session on the first afternoon limited the questions to those related to the main course on the first morning.
During these 7 days, the entire course was packed with activities. Every afternoon, when the discussion time ended, most of the coaches felt that they had not yet completed their studies.
These coaches also discuss this privately.
"...Alas, before coming to this lecture, I was a little worried. It's not that I was worried about Coach Su Bai's personal ability, but as you all know, a coach's ability and a coach's ability to teach are two different things."
Moreover, some coaches, although capable, are not willing to share their skills.
Of course, the coach did not say this out loud.
"These days, I have really gained a lot."
The coaches discussed with each other the verification between some of the contents explained by Su Bai and their past work experience, and occasionally interspersed with affirmation of Su Bai's character and personality.
After these days of course teaching, it can be said that almost every coach has communicated with Su Bai, listened to his answers to their doubts, and also got answers to some of their own problems from the courses Su Bai taught.
On the seventh day, after Su Bai finished teaching all the courses, he told all the coaches at the venue: "China's track and field events, especially the sprint events, still have a lot of room for improvement. Many people say that our Chinese athletes are not talented, but I don't think that's the case."
"We have talented players, and we will eventually have top players who can reach world-class and super-class levels."
"I always have such expectations and confidence. I hope that the content I share with you in these 7-day courses can eventually help you and promote the progress of China's track and field and sprint events. I also hope that the content I share with you can one day discover a world-shaking genius for Chinese track and field and help those talented athletes avoid even the slightest detour."
"Thank you for your support over the past seven days. Like everyone else, I look forward to Chinese athletics becoming stronger and better."
As Su Bai finished speaking, the entire conference room erupted in warm applause.
There was emotion and admiration in the applause. They could understand what Su Bai wanted to express and could also understand Su Bai's heart.
The reason why he disregarded his own interests and shared all of this with everyone was that he hoped that Chinese track and field could become stronger step by step and that more athletes would not be buried.
Next to Zhao Heping, an old friend of his turned to Zhao Heping and said with great emotion: "Old Zhao, you have a good apprentice!"
Listening to his old friend's words and looking at Su Bai on the stage, Zhao Heping nodded solemnly: "Yes, I have a good apprentice!"
All the coaches present were also secretly impressed in their hearts - Su Bai is still so young, but he has such a broad mind. His future is still very long. In the future, how many talents can Su Bai bring to Chinese track and field?
Chinese athletics is waiting for a coach like Su Bai...
It really makes people look forward to the future!
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