From the second day after Su Bai gave the training plan, the national team's 400-meter event group also began to enter the formal pre-match training cycle.
The day before, when Su Bai gave the training plan, the goals and bets he left were clearly heard by the athletes in the 400-meter event, making the athletes in the team feel uneasy and suspicious but also secretly expectant.
Several familiar players also discussed this privately - is the training goal given by Su Bai possible? Guo Dun from the B city team also secretly found Wang Ting to inquire whether Su Bai was serious about this training goal. The answer he got was that Wang Ting asked Guo Dun to take a look at the performance change curves of the three players that Su Bai had previously coached.
What is the performance curve of the three players that Su Bai coached before?
Then they are quite familiar with each other!
Aren’t they just Qiu Wen, Hu Li and Zhang Wei?
As for their performance change curve... Guo Dun, Zhang Ziyi and Lin Chuan looked back and immediately thought of the incident in which Zhang Wei, Hu Li, under the guidance of Su Bai, and Qiu Wen swept the top three in the 400-meter race in the Z Province Grand Prix. The victim, Guo Dun, was there!
What was Zhang Wei and Hu Li's original level? What was their level after being coached by Su Bai?
Those two used to run outside 48 seconds often, and their individual PBs had never been below 47.60. However, after about a month of training under Su Bai's guidance, their results soared to within 47.50, far exceeding their original PBs. In the subsequent Asian Games trials, their results also improved significantly.
It can be said that Su Bai, with his own efforts, helped two athletes, whose results had long been hovering outside 48 seconds, to raise their regular levels to within 47.50 seconds.
Thinking of this, Guo Dun and others couldn't help but think - what if they could achieve such a level of progress?
From over 48 seconds, they can suddenly step into the world of under 47.50 seconds. For those athletes who can run under 47 seconds through their own efforts, it does not seem as difficult as expected to stabilize their results within 46.50 seconds?
With such speculation in mind, the players who were communicating secretly gritted their teeth and decided to fight hard for the next month - today's practice match was really too stimulating for them, leaving them no room for escape.
Since their coach Su Bai said so, they might as well give it a try. After all, as Su Bai said, this attempt will only bring benefits to them and no harm.
The next day, the contestants led by Zhang Ziyi also witnessed Su Bai's training methods.
Su Bai's training habits are indeed completely different from those of Wang Ting or other coaches they have experienced. In addition to requiring them to change their professional running shoes and put on sneakers during training, there is no clear requirement for their training time. It only stipulates that they must complete a series of training items in the training plan with quality and quantity.
For Qiu Wen, apart from the fact that he was not quite used to changing his running shoes, all the other requirements were Su Bai's old habits. The other players nearby did not say much after seeing Qiu Wen obediently going to training.
Including Li Junhao, these new national team members who joined Su Bai all had a vindictive and positive attitude towards training. The stimulation brought by Su Bai's training in the practice match the day before still remained in their hearts. No matter what the reason was, every player on the training ground was extremely serious when facing training.
At the national team's training ground, in addition to the athletes, there are 4 assistant coaches on standby at all times to help the athletes with some training programs that require assistance and observation. The head coach Su Bai and the deputy head coach Wang Ting stand on the sidelines of the training ground to observe whether the athletes' training and technical movements meet the planned standards.
In addition, the athletes’ training plans also include technical adjustment courses in different time periods. At this time, the head coach needs to monitor the athletes in the current course one-on-one throughout the entire process to ensure that the athletes can get the ideal technical adjustment effects in the corresponding technical adjustment courses.
Wang Ting was quite moved when he saw the players working so hard on the field. He turned around and whispered to Su Bai, "Coach Su, let's not talk about the long-term effects of your plan. These players are training much harder now than before."
It’s not that these players were slacking off in past training, but Wang Ting can still see the state and enthusiasm of this training. Compared with the past, the players on the training ground now seem to have a lot of energy in their hearts, wanting to make real progress through training and prove their strength once again.
Su Bai is quite satisfied with the players' current training status.
These few days, before the training plan officially started, he had already turned on the "coach tracking training mode" around the clock, and because his coaching level in the system has been upgraded to intermediate, the training buff value brought to the athletes by this tracking training mode is also much higher than in the past.
In addition, he selected Zhang Ziyi and Li Junhao from among these players at the beginning, and spent a total of 480 reputation points to bind the dynamic physical condition analysis of the two.
However, in the adaptive training in the past few days, the data of Zhang Ziyi and Li Junhao directly reflected that the two were still a little out of shape, especially Li Junhao, who obviously did not intend to take seriously the training content that was not in the coach's plan.
Today was different. Needless to say, Zhang Ziyi was very focused and devoted. Li Junhao was also extremely focused in today's training. No matter which part of the training plan, even if he was obviously unhappy on his face, he did his best to complete it.
Seeing this, Su Bai also breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, although Qiu Wen did not notice anything different, the training plan that Su Bai gave to the players now was different from the past.
Since he was officially promoted to an intermediate coach, in addition to the improvement of the effect of the 'coach tracking mode', he also gained a new ability called 'attribute enhancement'.
The so-called attribute improvement does not mean improving the attribute ability of athletes out of thin air. Instead, as a coach, he can develop a new individual training plan for the athlete based on regular training after observing the individual attribute deficiencies of the athlete. If the individual training plan he designs for the athlete can be judged as effective by the system, then after a certain period of reasonable training, the athlete's basic attribute quality or ability can be stably improved.
In fact, in Su Bai's view, this so-called "attribute improvement" is just the "strength training" and "endurance training" in the regular coaching training plan. However, with the assistance of the system, Su Bai's plan formulation can be more carefully classified and ensure that as long as the athletes can complete the training projects with high quality according to the requirements of the training plan, they can achieve the training goals.
Since discovering this, Su Bai has basically been working hard to plan additional individual training content for the seven 400m athletes on the national team and Cui Luoheng, hoping to improve some of their individual attributes in addition to bringing out their original strengths as much as possible.
However, it is not easy to obtain these individual attribute points. There is not much time left in this training cycle, which will end before the Jakarta Asian Games. If we want the athletes to successfully improve their basic attributes through individual training, we must ensure that they can complete the training content with high quality.
Therefore, at this stage, Su Bai does not have enough time to slowly gain the trust of these athletes and make them obey his orders.
This is one of the reasons why Su Bai added the "practice match" process at the beginning of training.
After the overall training officially started, the athletes began to carry out overall training in full accordance with Su Bai's plan. Among the eight athletes, except Qiu Wen, as members of the 400-meter relay team, the remaining six athletes also had a separate relay training course.
In addition to Zhang Ziyi, Guo Dun and Lin Chuan, Li Junhao, Zhou Xu and Zhang Chang also need to compete for the qualification of the last starting member of the relay team.
According to the national team's past habits, Zhang Ziyi will serve as the first runner and use his own 400-meter strength to reduce the pressure on subsequent players to catch up. Lin Chuan and another random player will try their best to ensure that they do not fall too far behind in the middle two runs. Guo Dun, as the last runner, should try his best to complete the chase at the end.
When Wang Ting asked Su Bai about the baton arrangement for this year's 4*400m relay runners, Su Bai crossed out all the names except Zhang Ziyi.
"Coach Su, what do you mean?" Wang Ting was a little confused.
Su Bai pointed to the names of the remaining five players and said, "On the 20th day of this training, there will be an internal test match. At that time, the top three players, Guo Dun, Lin Chuan, Li Junhao, Zhou Xu, and Zhang Chang, will be directly selected as the main players of the relay team based on the final test results. The one with the best result will be the last runner."
? !
From the operations in the past few days, Wang Ting knew that Su Bai looked young and easy to talk to, but was actually very reckless. However, he did not expect Su Bai to be so reckless that he even planned to adjust the composition of the connecting team.
Su Bai was very calm about this. He explained, "For this training, we are pursuing a stable time of less than 3 minutes and 5 seconds for the relay team. Each of the 6 players in the relay team has relatively good baton passing skills and tacit understanding with teammates. In this case, the main players should of course be the ones with the best results."
"Well……"
Su Bai's words made sense. Wang Ting didn't know how to answer for a moment. He hesitated again and said, "But isn't it unreasonable to only look at the test results of that one time?"
Su Bai thought for a moment and said, "Coach Wang, you are right. The players' usual training status and the quality of their training projects will also be taken into consideration. If the players' results are significantly different from what was expected, they will be evaluated based on their usual training quality."
"So...is this the way to select the relay team members?"
Su Bai nodded: "Well, it's settled."
Wang Ting didn't say anything else. He gritted his teeth and directly followed Su Bai's decision and informed the current national team members of the news.
Hearing the news from Wang Ting, the two regular members of the relay team, Guo Dun and Lin Chuan, could not help but smile bitterly. However, over the past few days, they already knew what kind of person the angel-like "Xiao Bai" mentioned by Qiu Wen was. So they did not think of protesting to the coach, but turned around and started training more seriously.
For Zhou Xu and Zhang Chang, Su Bai's decision also greatly increased their chances of being selected as the main relay team members.
Suddenly, the training atmosphere of the 400-meter team of the track and field team became even more enthusiastic.
Of course, the one who implemented Su Bai's series of training plans and instructions most thoroughly was Qiu Wen. He was originally a player who was extremely dedicated and serious about training.
Su Bai's training plan no longer requires or even prohibits the players from doing meaningless extra training, so Qiu Wen changed his thinking and transformed his past enthusiasm for extra training into completing Su Bai's training program with high quality and high standards.
Another athlete in the team who implemented Su Bai's training plan most thoroughly was Li Junhao. He was of course unhappy and angry with Su Bai, but Su Bai's conversation that day aroused Li Junhao's angry mentality. He decided to see if he could complete the training tasks assigned by Su Bai with quality and quantity, and whether he could stabilize his results within 46.50 seconds as Su Bai said.
It was precisely because of this childish and angry idea, coupled with his own good talent, that Li Junhao's training results were closely behind Qiu Wen.
However, in the current training schedule, Su Bai has been asking the athletes to wear sportswear for training, and has not arranged any 400-meter full-distance running exercises, so the athletes do not know whether their current training is effective or not.
Starting from the second day of training, as long as the athletes' training quality meets the standards for that day, they will be summoned to the cafeteria by Su Bai and given an extra "Su's special" meal.
Every night while eating the midnight snack specially provided by Su Bai, even Zhang Ziyi secretly called Su Bai the "angel among the devils" - after all, Su Bai's midnight snacks were really delicious and tempting, and Su Bai's coaching methods were truly devilish.
The 25-day training period is not really long. After the athletes immersed themselves in Su Bai's training plan, time passed quickly. Soon, it was the 20th day of training, the only team test time planned by Su Bai during this training cycle.
Over the past 20 days, Jiang Wentao from the Track and Field Management Center and Pei Jinan, head coach of the sprint group, have given their full support to Su Bai's training program and overall plan. However, they became worried when they thought of the bold bet that Su Bai had made in front of the team members.
After waiting so long for this one and only team test, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan said they couldn't miss it, so early that day, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan went directly to the 400-meter training ground, waiting for the test arranged by Su Bai to begin.
On the training ground, the players who had been wearing athletes' training clothes for twenty days finally changed back into lightweight professional running shoes today. Compared with the slightly bulky sneakers, the feel of professional running shoes is almost non-existent, making them feel as if they were a little more relaxed after wearing athletes' training clothes all day long.
Beside the track, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan were whispering something to Wang Ting.
"Old Wang... tell me the truth, has Su Bai really not let the team members conduct a complete 400-meter test during this period of time?" Jiang Wentao was worried.
Wang Ting smiled bitterly: "Yes, during this period of time, I have done different training contents such as time control for segmented runs, 100-200m variable speed runs and fast runs, strength training, endurance training, etc., but I have never done a full 400m test."
At this point, Wang Ting shook his head and sighed: "I don't know if Coach Su is confident and knows the performance of the players. Anyway, I haven't seen the specific training results, so I'm still a little nervous."
Jiang Wentao and Pei Jinan looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly: "Alas, who wouldn't be panicked?"
The appointment of Su Bai and the support for a series of decisions made by Su Bai can be said to be the boldest decision made by the Athletics Management Center in all these years. This is because the 400-meter event has been in decline in the country for too long. After seeing the rise of Su Bai, a fresh blood, they decided to take a big gamble.
As a result… they didn’t expect that the young coach they had their eyes on would make a big gamble with his players when he first took office.
"Okay, let's take a look at the specific effects in a while."
There was nothing special about the team's practice matches. Su Bai simply instructed a few assistant coaches to use cameras to record as many of the team members' starting moments and running processes as possible. These would also serve as important materials for subsequent teaching review and research.
When Su Bai returned to Pei Jinan and the others, the contestants on the track were already ready to start the race.
On the track, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen and seven others are distributed on tracks 2 to 8. This competition, which is related to the verification of their training results over this period of time and the quota for the 4*400m relay team, will also officially start here.
When the players were ready, the assistant coach stood by with the starting gun. After looking at all the players, he calmly announced "ready", and after shouting "on your marks, set", he fired the starting gun cleanly.
With a bang, the contestants started quickly from the track, and the training ground was suddenly filled with a fierce competition!
From the moment he broke out at the start, Zhang Ziyi felt that his condition today was indeed different from before. At the start, his explosive power seemed to be stronger than before. At the same time, his self-control ability also followed up. During the acceleration stage at the start, he could clearly feel that he was more at ease than before? !
Not only Zhang Ziyi, but every contestant present also felt the changes in themselves to varying degrees.
During their usual training, wearing ordinary sports shoes, they did not feel these changes so obviously. But after changing into running shoes, coming to this track, and starting a full 400-meter test, the distinct feelings all came to their minds.
Li Junhao was originally a very talented player. He was also very sensitive to speed, but his weak explosive power and absolute speed had always been a problem.
He certainly cannot completely solve this problem by relying on 20 days of training alone, but on today's track, he can clearly feel that his explosive power and absolute speed skills have improved, including when accelerating at the start, which are much smoother than before.
Could it be that...
Does the training that Su Bai gave them really have such a quick and direct effect? !
Li Junhao was somewhat suspicious, but he was not willing to believe this judgment. He frowned and began to move forward on the track subconsciously according to the rhythm control plan that Su Bai had made for him during this period of time...
Not only Zhang Ziyi and Li Junhao, but also the rest like Lin Chuan and others, were filled with doubt and surprise in their hearts, and then rushed forward with even greater efforts - this feeling of improvement in performance that was most directly brought to them at the beginning of the race, made every player even more excited, and they ran in even better condition on the track!
In the first two 100-meter stages, Qiu Wen rushed as madly as usual, but this time, he could also feel that this mad rush was not like the speed in the previous practice matches where he lost self-control - he could still control this speed and was fully capable of maintaining the overall rhythm afterwards!
Zhang Ziyi also noticed that Qiu Wen's speed had increased, but he also realized that he did not feel too much pressure when controlling his pace to catch up with Qiu Wen...!
My speed in the first two 100-meter segments should have improved!
In this practice match, almost all the players went from being nervous before the match to gradually entering a state of excitement after the match started and they noticed the changes in their speed and strength. The forward speed and confrontation state of each player began to become more and more intense.
Beside the track, as the former head coach of the 400m event, Wang Ting has clearly felt the changes in speed and status among the team members.
"this……!"
The expression on Wang Ting's face gradually changed from nervousness to excitement: "20 days... This is a 20-day training cycle?!"
Although Pei Jinan and Jiang Wentao were not as keen as Wang Ting in perceiving the players' speed performance, Wang Ting's expression already explained a lot. When they looked at the competition field again, they gradually revealed anticipation on their faces.
Finally, this team test match came to an end as Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen crossed the finish line one after another.
On the field, when Zhang Ziyi crossed the finish line, he even felt as if he still had some energy left. He thought that if he pushed harder in the final stage, he should be able to do it...
Thinking of this, Zhang Ziyi suddenly became a little worried about his results - what if he didn't sprint with all his might in the final stage and his results failed to reach the goals set by his coach? !
Zhang Ziyi immediately looked at the electronic timer display on the training ground nervously. His score should be...
"What the hell?!"
The first people to shout out were not Zhang Ziyi, but Guo Dun and Zhou Xu.
When Guo Dun saw the first place result on the electronic timer, he almost jumped up. He slapped Zhang Ziyi on the shoulder and said, "Fuck, Zhang, you are awesome! This is the first time this season to break the 46-second mark!!"
Zhang Ziyi didn't react much after being slapped by Guo Dun. He raised his head and glanced at the electronic timer again, reconfirming his own result - [45.96 seconds].
Just as Guo Dun said, this was the first time in a long time that he broke the 46-second mark.
On the electronic timer, Qiu Wen ranked second - 46.16 seconds.
Obviously, Qiu Wen has also successfully completed the performance goals set by Su Bai for them before the training camp started!
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