The next day, after a night's rest, the members of the relay team were in good spirits. After all, they were only going to Yokohama, Japan, which was not as long and tiring as going to Jamaica.
After the group was organized, the players followed the staff of the Yokohama organizer to the Yokohama Stadium to get acclimated to the venue in advance.
When Pei Jinan, Su Bai and everyone else arrived at the stadium, there were already quite a few athletes on the scene. In addition to the Japanese athletes, athletes from various countries had actually gathered here. The Yokohama organizer arranged staggered adaptive training times for each team. Athletes and coaches from some countries also took advantage of this time to rest and adjust here, and to observe the situation of the teams from various countries.
In the huge stadium, the most watched are of course the athletes of the American team. Whether it is the men's or women's 4x100 meters or 4x400, these athletes of the American team have dominant strength. According to Pei Jinan, it is not surprising for these guys of the American team to win the championship, but it is surprising that they did not win the championship.
In addition to the U.S. relay team's ability to win in all aspects, other countries such as Bahrain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Jamaica and others have their own victories in various events. In their respective areas of strength, although they cannot guarantee to suppress the U.S. team, they can still compete with the U.S. team on the field.
"If nothing else, the training levels of countries like the United States and Germany are still top-notch." Pei Jinan looked at the players on the field and said with emotion: "When you first came to the national team, the team was actually discussing inviting a top international coach to come and coach. At that time, Fang Yu and Wu Yi's performance was a bit bottlenecked, and the national team sent them abroad for training, which did have a certain effect."
Su Bai also remembered this incident, but at that time he was not yet an official national team coach, so he only had a vague idea of these things and was not clear about the complete cause and effect.
"After Fang Yu and Wu Yi came back, they also explained the corresponding training methods to the team. Although we know the training methods for a certain period, there is a fundamental difference between our training concepts and theirs. If we force ourselves to expand the training content without a consistent concept, the result will probably be a failure."
It was almost time for the relay team members to train. Except for the two coaches, Pei Jinan and Su Bai, the rest of the team members were preparing to warm up. Pei Jinan started chatting with Su Bai because he remembered what happened when the national team sent Fang Yu and Wu Yi to train with a foreign coach's team.
According to the original idea of the national team, it was to first see the training effect by having the players train abroad, and then consider trying to invite top foreign coaches to the national team as special foreign coaches.
If we can successfully invite suitable foreign coaches, by accumulating their teaching and training methods, learning and understanding their training concepts and ideas, we can draw the essence from them, improve the level of athletes, and at the same time improve the level of domestic coaches.
Then, we started to improve the teaching experience and concepts of the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints, and gradually expanded the scope to events such as the 400-meter sprint that have higher requirements on teaching level and athlete's technical level.
"As a result, we haven't invited a foreign teacher yet, but you popped up." Pei Jinan couldn't help laughing when he said this: "Look, this is luck!"
Pei Jinan's luck refers to the fact that the national team was lucky to have encountered such a talent as Su Bai, and also to the fact that Su Bai was lucky to have appeared at that time.
At that time, Fang Yu and Wu Yi had just returned from the first training session. After participating in the Asian Games, they were supposed to return to the training base abroad for the second training session. However, the National Championships were held shortly after the Asian Games, and Fang Yu had a task to participate in, so he stayed to participate. He also stayed in the country for a short period of training, preparing for the winter training stage, and then going abroad for training.
It was also during the National Championships that Su Bai discovered that Fang Yu was not in right condition, which led to a series of subsequent attempts.
"In fact, at that time, the team was determined to try out the training plan you gave Fang Yu. In addition to the shock of your training effect prediction model, we also held a meeting within the national team to study your training plan. We felt that your entire training plan, in terms of concept, was very similar to that of Fang Yu's foreign coach abroad."
"Although your overall training plan is different from that of foreign coach Fang Yu, your explanation of the concept and analysis of the training content are also the reasons why the national team is determined to give it a try."
If the timing when Su Bai submitted the plan was not so perfect, when Fang Yu went abroad for training, he would not be able to try out the training plan given by Su Bai.
Su Bai didn't know that the training plan he gave to Pei Jinan had so many twists and turns.
"But, little guy, you usually look quiet and easy to talk to, but you can be really reckless when you get angry." Pei Jinan shook his head and said, "When I saw you suddenly gave me a copy of Fang Yu's training plan, I was so angry that I almost burst into tears."
Pei Jinan recalled his feelings at that time and sighed: "I was thinking about you at that time. The 400-meter event plus Cui Luoheng was not enough for you to lead? You still have the mood to meddle in Fang Yu's affairs?"
Hearing Pei Jinan's words, Su Bai laughed embarrassedly: "I was indeed reckless at the time."
Pei Jinan complained: "I only found out later that you not only meddle in our sprinting affairs, but also in Wang Shen's affairs! I was so angry that I went to find Li Mingzhuo. Fortunately, although Old Li looks like a hot-tempered guy, he actually has a soft heart."
"It's a good thing our track and field team coaches don't have bad intentions, otherwise you would have been in for a big rip off just for these things!"
Hearing this, Su Bai also nodded seriously: "I am lucky."
Along the way, whether it was the coaches and leaders when he was in the S Province Track and Field Team, or the people he met after joining the national team, they were all people who were wholeheartedly considering the sport of track and field. They all thought about how to make the project and the team members grow better.
Just like Pei Jinan said, this is a kind of luck.
While the two were chatting, the national team members had finished warming up and, under the arrangement of the organizer's staff, began adaptive training for the venue.
At this time, there were quite a few people on the field, and when it was the Chinese team's turn to train, Su Bai keenly discovered that many teams around had turned their eyes to the runway, and seemed to be paying attention to the training status of the Chinese team.
Pei Jinan also noticed this, and turned to Su Bai with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, Xiaobai, you are not only well-known in China, but also abroad."
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When Su Bai heard this, he was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding why someone abroad would know him.
"You know our past 400m results. You were able to bring the 400m event in China to the current level, and you were able to bring out Cui Luoheng and Wang Shen. Although people outside of Asia don't know much about you, as far as I know, the Japanese team and several Japanese coaches are very interested in you now." Pei Jinan glared at Su Bai and said, "You kid, you may be famous, but you are not allowed to run!"
Hearing Pei Jinan's warning, Su Bai smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Coach Pei, I still want to see how far I can lead our players in the national team."
After receiving Su Bai's reply, Pei Jinan also laughed.
Just as the two had noticed, many of the players from various countries present were indeed paying attention to the performance of the Chinese team.
Not to mention the 4x100m men's and women's teams which already had upper-middle strength, when his attention turned to the 4x400m team, Su Bai discovered that the teams from several Asian countries not far away, including Japan, Bahrain, India, etc., all showed a look of serious observation.
"This is the respect you get after your strength improves." Pei Jinan looked at the situation in front of him and said with emotion: "In the past, our 400-meter relay team couldn't even get a place in the Group B finals. How could these opponents pay attention to us?"
In sports competitions, the strong are respected. Only when your strength reaches a certain level will most people's attention be focused on you.
On the side of the track, there were originally only a few Asian teams paying attention to the Chinese team's 400-meter relay training, but after Zhang Ziyi started running, several European teams also shifted their attention to the Chinese team.
Su Bai saw that not far away, among the athletes and coaches from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Poland, some people were gathered together with raised brows, obviously discussing Zhang Ziyi who was doing a test run on the field.
After the first runner Zhang Ziyi comes the second runner Qiu Wen.
These observers were originally quite relaxed, but after seeing Qiu Wen's speed, some of them exaggeratedly opened their mouths and leaned back, obviously surprised by Qiu Wen's speed.
The Chinese relay team was not originally within their observation and defense range, but today's adaptive training made some teams that had never paid attention to China before notice the existence of the Chinese 4x400m relay team for the first time.
While Su Bai was watching the test runs of several athletes on the field, he was communicating with Pei Jinan about some details that he would need to discuss with the team members when he returned to the hotel later.
While Su Bai was communicating with Pei Jinan, a man from the Japanese team nearby who looked to be in his thirties, wearing a black training suit and looking quite imposing, came up to Su Bai with an interpreter.
"Hello, Coach Su, nice to meet you. I'm the 400m coach of the Japanese track and field team, Ryunosuke Arai."
Su Bai was stunned for a moment, glanced at the translator next to Arai Ryunosuke, and then showed a slightly awkward business smile: "Hello, Coach Arai, I am Su Bai."
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I have heard a lot about you recently. I hope I can exchange experiences in project coaching with you when I have time."
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Su Bai looked confused, but still smiled and nodded and said okay, then he chatted with Arai Ryunosuke for a while, and then the latter said goodbye and returned to the Japanese team's coaching group.
"...Coach Pei, what does this Arai coach mean?"
Su Bai really couldn't understand Arai Ryunosuke's purpose. If he wanted to communicate, he didn't leave any contact information. Moreover, the two of them didn't speak the same language. They only said a few words in a short time, and it was unclear what they were going to communicate.
Pei Jinan glanced in the direction of the Japanese team, then shook his head and laughed: "I know this Arai Ryunosuke roughly. He is also known as a genius coach in Japan. A 35-year-old genius coach can still be the head coach in Japan. This is a very powerful person." At this point, Pei Jinan turned his head and looked at Su Bai: "But he is young... You are younger than him. This person seems a little too arrogant."
Su Bai suddenly seemed to understand something.
Pei Jinan smiled and said, "The Japanese team suffered several setbacks in our team before, and they may not be willing to accept it. This time, the Japanese team should go all out. Anyway, let's see the truth on the court."
After hearing this, Su Bai also smiled and said, "Well, the truth will be revealed on the field!"
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