Chapter 8: Doubts and Nervousness of the Coaching Staff



Competitive state is a comprehensive state, which is the most suitable preparation state for athletes to achieve excellent athletic results. It is closely related to the athlete's competitive psychology, physical condition, training status over a period of time, the athlete's own technical level, etc.

As a coach, before the start of a certain season, if the key competition tasks for the whole year have been clearly defined, the coach will develop a series of full-year training plans for the athletes based on the athletes' past training conditions and the coach's understanding of the athletes' conditions, in order to adjust the athletes' competitive state to the best during the competition.

However, competitive state is not eternal, just as it is impossible for ordinary people to maintain concentration for a long time, competitive state will also decline. Some athletes find it difficult to regain their best competitive state after a period of time.

Just like Fang Yu, the only athlete in China who has broken the 10-second mark for the 100 meters. He was in excellent form at a World Athletics Challenge more than two years ago, breaking the 10-second mark for the first time and running into the 9-second mark. But after that, his form has been declining and he has not been able to regain his best competitive form. For more than two years, he has not been able to break the 10-second mark again, so that the "yellow man miracle" that originally made the whole of Asia cheer has really become a short-lived miracle. Some people have even begun to doubt again whether the yellow man can really break the 10-second mark for the 100 meters again.

Su Bai looked at the status buffs under the names of Wang Shen, Cui Luoheng and Qiu Wen. This buff was followed by the same countdown as the 'validity period for primary associated users'. At present, it seems that the effect of consuming food once is the same as the effect after the primary associated user is associated for the first time.

Su Bai didn’t know whether there would be food buffs that could maintain the status for a long time, nor did he know whether these buffs could be superimposed on other training-related buffs.

The time from when he obtained the system to now is too short, and there are still too many things in this system that he has not been able to fully understand.

Qiu Wen and the other two had no idea what Su Bai was thinking. They just finished the fish soup and noodles in their bowls, without leaving even a scrap of soup.

On a cool spring night, drinking a bowl of warm and fragrant tofu and fish soup is truly wonderful.

No matter if it was Qiu Wen, Wang Shen or Cui Luoheng, all three of them ate with great satisfaction. Qiu Wen even opened his eyes and looked at Su Bai, trying to use his status as roommate to get more fish soup from Su Bai - but unfortunately the cold-blooded Su Bai did not let Qiu Wen get his wish.

After having supper that night, Su Bai arrived at the kitchen on the third floor early the next morning and started to get busy according to Sun Xiangdong's arrangements.

In the following week, Su Bai had basically mastered the work in the kitchen. Sun Xiangdong would ask him to cook about half of the side dishes for the nutritious meals. This week was enough for Su Bai, the legendary "third floor kitchen god", to become famous throughout the S province team.

Even Zhao Heping heard this name that was widely spread by everyone. Of course, the person who spread Su Bai's name to him was Qiu Wen, who lived in the same dormitory with Su Bai.

Over the past week, Qiu Wen's training status has improved, and Zhao Heping believes that the improvement in his overall competitive status is slightly higher than originally expected. So Zhao Heping talked to Qiu Wen alone, wanting to understand whether there were some additional factors behind Qiu Wen's improvement in status - this is the daily work that coaches need to have a detailed understanding of the players they are responsible for.

Qiu Wen himself also feels that he is in good shape recently, whether it is training or other things. As an athlete who needs to have extremely high control over his body, he also feels the improvement in his condition.

"I haven't done anything else these days?" Qiu Wen scratched his head, then thought of the delicious food he had eaten this week, and his eyes lit up: "Oh, right, I've been eating the meals made by Xiaobai all this time! Don't mention it, after eating the meals made by Xiaobai, I feel refreshed! When I think about having three meals prepared by Xiaobai every day, I can definitely train harder!"

Qiu Wen's answer made Zhao Heping stunned, and then he frowned: "What nonsense is this?"

The coaches are aware of and involved in the supply and formulation of nutritious meals in the provincial team canteen. Research and experience summary of various projects in recent years have proved that nutritious meals are indeed a very necessary part for athletes. However, the provincial team has had a nutritionist named Sun Xiangdong for many years. How could it be possible that this effect could suddenly be achieved this week?

But if we just say that the food cooked by Su Bai has this effect, it would be too mysterious. If outsiders really heard it, they would think that Su Bai put something in the food that shouldn't be put in!

"Oh, coach, I'm really not talking nonsense..." Qiu Wen scratched his cheek, trying to prove his seriousness, but Zhao Heping ignored him.

In the past two days, similar conversations occurred not only between Zhao Heping and Qiu Wen. Zhou Wen, the coach of the hurdles team, also found that Cui Luoheng was in surprisingly good shape during this period, and even his temper did not seem as bad as before.

Not only Cui Luoheng, Wang Shen also received special care from his coach.

When the coaches of the track and field group of the S Province team held their weekly meeting, one coach took the lead in bringing up the topic of some athletes' excellent form in the past week. Soon, coaches from all the sprint groups, hurdle groups, high jump groups, long jump groups... regardless of track and field events, came up and mentioned the topic of some of their athletes' improved competitive form over this period of time.

This is a good thing, but when a certain percentage of athletes start to improve for unknown reasons within the same period, it becomes a source of confusion and uncertainty for the coaching staff.

So in the weekly meeting, all the coaches simply pulled out the athletes' training business files for that week and listed all the athletes whose conditions had improved during this period.

After listing them, the coaching staff took a look and said: Wow! Wow, these are all the key players in the provincial team!

After seeing this list, the first feeling that came to the minds of all the coaches was not surprise, but shock.

After all, the outdoor season is about to begin. The track and field team of Province S did not perform well last year, but they have made a pledge to do a good job this year!

It would be fine if these main players were fine and their conditions had simply improved. But if there were any other factors involved, it would be a heavy blow to the entire S Province sports team.

The coaching staff quickly focused their attention on finding out what these players had in common, and Zhao Heping's brows jumped after seeing the lists - he remembered what Qiu Wen had said to him before.

[After eating the food made by Xiaobai, my whole state of mind became better! 】

At this time, Zhao Heping was not the only one who thought of this sentence. Other coaches also began to mention Su Bai, the "third floor chef" who had become famous in the entire track and field team recently.

Once the matter involved the kitchen, the coaching staff and the head coach of the track and field team looked even worse - the kitchens of the provincial teams were originally set up specifically for the athletes' food safety. If the athletes felt that their condition improved after eating in their own canteen...

Thinking of a certain possibility, the coaching staff's faces turned green.

The head coach even called an assistant coach and asked him to notify all the athletes who had eaten on the third floor to go to the team doctor for an impromptu physical examination immediately.

Athletes attach great importance to their physical condition, and this kind of temporary physical examination is not particularly rare. After receiving the order, the athletes did not have any special ideas. However, in the meeting room of the sports team, the coaching staff members who were waiting for the examination results of the athletes all looked unhappy.

"This Su Bai...was originally a member of our team, right? He should be very clear about the issue of food safety!"

During the arduous waiting time for the test, a coach who knew Su Bai couldn't help but speak up.

Zhao Heping's face was not very good, but he still believed in Su Bai's character: "I brought Su Bai up by myself, and he has a lot of feelings for our team. I don't think he will do anything illegal!"

"But this kind of situation had never happened before Su Bai took office in the cafeteria on the third floor. If Su Bai didn't do anything, how could this effect occur?"

Zhao Heping took a deep breath and said, "These kids all call Su Bai the Third Floor Kitchen God. We didn't pay attention to this in the past. Maybe the quality of food will really improve the training status of the players?"

In fact, Zhao Heping himself felt a little weak when he said this, but he was still willing to believe Su Bai, so he gritted his teeth and supported Su Bai.

As soon as Zhao Heping said this, the coaching staff members present looked at each other. A coach who was on good terms with Zhao Heping secretly gave Zhao Heping a look, asking him not to speak too hastily and give others something to talk about.

For a moment, the conference room fell silent again. The atmosphere in the entire conference room was a little depressing, and the other originally scheduled meeting topics were temporarily postponed. Until nearly two hours later, the assistant coach who had left earlier came back with a temporary test report directly given by the provincial team's internal doctor.

The head coach sitting in the first seat asked directly: "How is it?"

The assistant coach who came back ran a little hurriedly, but there was no worry on his face. After taking a breath, he said seriously: "Everything has been checked, no problem!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the coaches present breathed a sigh of relief, and the originally depressing atmosphere in the conference room became relaxed again.

However, some people raised the original question: "But, if there is no problem, why do more than half of the players dining on the third floor have improved their condition?"

After relaxing for a while, someone finally started to joke: "Maybe Su Bai's cooking skills are really superb, and after eating well, the contestants will be in good health?"

This statement elicited a lighthearted laugh from all the coaches around.

Someone even suggested: "Why don't we go to the cafeteria on the third floor and take a look?"

"Hey, that's a good idea. Let's see how amazing this 'Third Floor Kitchen God' is!"

Following this suggestion, the coaches who were in the meeting stood up one after another, and a group of people walked towards the cafeteria on the third floor.

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