Chapter 271 Good
When the audience watches athletes compete, their blood boils, and they feel envious and proud when they see them go on stage to receive awards, but few people know the hard work they put in during their daily training.
A good athlete must not only have outstanding professional skills but also a good mentality. Without a good mentality, it is impossible to achieve good results.
Gu Sanjing was backstage, listening to the coach's final psychological mobilization: "The competition is about to begin, so everyone should adjust their mentality. Don't get too excited, but don't take it too seriously either. As long as you perform at the level you usually perform in training, you will achieve good results."
Gu Sanjing sat among the team members, holding a banana in her hand, eating while listening. In the whole team, everyone was listening attentively, except her who was eating.
Just eat it, and you will perform well later.
"Do you want to eat it?" Gu Sanjing handed a banana to Qin Xiaoyu next to her. As soon as she entered the stadium, Qin Xiaoyu was extremely excited, as if there was a surge of energy in her body that was about to burst out at any time.
This state is not good. Being too excited before the game can easily make the muscles of the body tense, which makes it easy to make mistakes during the game.
"I don't want to eat." Qin Xiaoyu tried her best to suppress her voice. She knew that her current state was not good, but she couldn't control herself.
"You can't do this either. You're too relaxed." Qin Xiaoyu whispered to Gu Sanjing
Gu Sanjing smiled at her. Actually, she wasn't really relaxed. She was just craving something. But there were only bananas here for energy, so that was all she could eat.
In fact, before the competition, she was not allowed to eat many things. She had been craving for them for a long time, and she had to have a big meal after the competition.
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Now go change your clothes and get ready." After Coach Guan finished his speech, everyone stood up to change their clothes, and Gu Sanjing was stopped.
She threw the banana peel in her hand into the trash can, then walked up to Coach Guan and called out, "Coach."
Coach Guan hummed, "How do you feel now?"
It was her first time participating in an off-campus competition, and Coach Guan was worried that she would be nervous and her performance would be affected.
Was Gu Sanjing nervous? Not really, but she wasn't as relaxed as usual during training. She felt a little excited, but not particularly excited. She didn't know how to explain this to her coach, so she could only say, "It's okay. It feels about the same as usual."
Coach Guan knew her well enough to know that she was a skilled but rough-hewn athlete. He still advised, "Don't be too nervous, but don't be too relaxed either. The order of the competition will be announced soon. Remember, focus on stability. The more difficult moves will depend on the situation. But when performing the more difficult moves, you must be steady and not impatient."
Gu Sanjing nodded. The coach had said all this before, and now she was repeating it, she suspected he was even more nervous than she was. But no matter how straightforward she was, she wouldn't say it.
"Okay, go change your clothes." Coach Guan said.
"good."
She trotted to the locker room, where the other players were getting dressed. The divers' swimsuits were tight, so tight they even had to help each other get into them. Qin Xiaoyu was struggling to get dressed, so she went over to help her.
After helping her put on her clothes, Gu Sanjing began to undress. Qin Xiaoyu, standing beside her, couldn't help but sigh, "You don't have much body hair, so you don't need to shave much. It was so uncomfortable when I was shaving yesterday."
Divers shave their body hair before competition, firstly for aesthetic reasons and secondly to reduce drag. Although this drag is minimal, it can also significantly impact an athlete's performance.
Gu Sanjing has very little body hair, only the hair under her armpits needs to be shaved. But Qin Xiaoyu has a lot of body hair, and her arms and legs are also very hairy and need to be shaved.
"You'll get used to it after shaving it for a while." Gu Sanjing said.
Qin Xiaoyu smiled, "I also want to shave more often."
Frequent scratching means frequent participation in competitions. Only by participating in competitions frequently can athletes achieve good results.
After changing their clothes, they left the locker room together and waited in the waiting area for their match. To be in top form, they also needed to warm up before the match. Gu Sanjing and Qin Xiaoyu did squats and chest expansion exercises together.
At this time, the opening ceremony was being held at the venue, and the competition would begin after the opening ceremony.
After a while, Coach Guan came over and began to announce the order of their performance. Gu Sanjing was fourth, neither ahead nor behind, neither good nor bad. She prepared to perform the most difficult move she could.
No one knows whether the person behind her will perform more difficult moves, so she cannot underestimate it.
Soon the first competitor came on stage. Coach Guan called her over and whispered, "Jia Xiaoling is behind you. She was the runner-up in the 10-meter platform last year. Prepare for movement 3."
This was already quite difficult, but Gu Sanjing had planned to set the difficulty level to 3, but she hadn't told Coach Guan.
Soon, the first three dancers finished their dances. Their movements were standard and their scores were decent. But the real masters were behind them, so they couldn't be careless.
"Next one, Gu Sanjing from Lizhou City Sports School."
Gu Sanjing's name sounded from the loudspeaker, and the Gu family members sitting in the audience sat up straight, clenched their fists, and each one was more nervous than the other.
On the diving platform, Gu Sanjing placed her arms at her sides, adjusted her breathing, and waited for the command to dive. When the command came, she leaped upward, stretched her arms, then bent over, hugged her straight legs, and performed three and a half rotations in the air. Then, she released her arms, raised them above her head, and entered the water, the splash disappearing instantly.
At this moment, Coach Guan, who was sitting below watching the entire process, stood up and shouted, "Good!"
He never expected that this child could actually perform a move with a difficulty coefficient of 3, and do it so perfectly. Not only him, but also the judges on the jury were quite surprised, and they all said that this was a good seedling.
The judges for this Games were the national team coaches. These coaches, while acting as judges, also selected the best players for the national team. They were somewhat disappointed by the mediocre performances of the first three competitors, but were pleasantly surprised by the fourth.
The Gu family didn't know how difficult it was, but the moment Gu Sanjing fell into the water, they felt their hearts stop beating. Wang Yueju burst into tears. She was excited and proud.
Gu Sanjing came out of the sink, wiped her face with a towel, and then went to the shower area to rinse. The water temperature in the shower area was over 20 degrees, which was very good for relaxing tense muscles.
The judges' scores came out very quickly, and sure enough, her score was the highest so far, and much higher than the previous three.
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