《It’s better to practice figure skating than to fall in love》
Text/Xianhuanxianguan
National Figure Skating Club League, Youth Group Huai City Division.
Because the country is going to host the Winter Olympics, the popularity of winter sports has rebounded in recent years. However, figure skating is a sport with high entry difficulty and complex rules. Although it has frequently become popular because of its extremely high beauty and viewing value, in fact, the public appreciates figure skating more at the level of watching the fun. When it comes to the competition where you really need to know the tricks, figure skating is still considered a semi-unpopular sport.
Huai City has an advantageous geographical location, and ice and snow sports are already quite popular compared to southern cities. However, on the second day of the competition, the huge auditorium in the ice rink was still deserted.
Only the front row near the ice surface was a little noisy. There sat coaches from various clubs, all of whom had serious expressions on their faces, reminding their students about the competition.
Both adults and children seemed extremely nervous under the influence of the competition atmosphere.
——Except one person.
At this moment, Lu You was sitting on a small plastic bench in the waiting area. Her eyes, like black grapes, looked left and right, as if she had seen something interesting. She patted the person next to her and said, "Xie Yunjun."
The boy who was called put down the small towel he used to wipe the ice skates, turned around and found that the girl was not dressed properly again. He reached out to help her zip up her down jacket, and then asked, "What's wrong?"
"Look at the little girl next to us," Lu You whispered into Xie Yunjun's ear, "She seems to be so nervous that she's about to cry."
What is currently being competed is the women's singles free skating. The music selected is an excerpt from Mozart's "Symphony No. 40 in G Minor", which is a fairly standard selection. Sitting next to Lu You and the others is the next young female skater who is about to perform. When she heard the background music, she was stunned for a moment, and then her whole body became like a frightened kitten, suddenly becoming so nervous that she didn't know what to do.
There is a high probability that the song he chose is the same as the one chosen by the current contestant.
Although the possibility of having the same song as the other players is low in international figure skating competitions, that is because the coaching staff will pay more attention to other players' song selections before choreography to avoid having the same song as the other players, especially the top players.
After all, if contestants choose the same song as the other concubines at a banquet, it would be like the concubines wearing the same clothes. Whoever is ugly will be embarrassed, so before the banquet, the concubines will ask around to find out what others are wearing, so as to avoid wearing the same clothes.
However, in small-level competitions such as club leagues, coaches generally do not have and cannot find out what songs other players will use, so it is normal to play the same songs.
Especially for pieces like Mozart's G minor, which are easy to choreograph and do not require deep musical understanding, you should be mentally prepared to avoid being sung by other songs before choosing them.
The young girl's singles coach had obviously expected this, and calmly comforted her, "It's okay. Even though the songs are the same, it doesn't mean she skates better than you. You have a triple jump in your choreography this time, and there are not many young skaters in China with a higher difficulty reserve than you. Unless she also has a triple jump, you still have a great advantage. Keep calm and don't lose your composure."
As soon as he finished speaking, the accompaniment entered the accent, and the athlete performing on the field pushed off the ice to jump, turned 1080 degrees in the air, and after landing on the ice, quickly jumped up again with a touch of the ice, turned 720 degrees, and completed a 3F2T (triple Philips jump + double toe loop jump).
coach:"……"
Coach: "It doesn't matter. This jump combo is only worth 6.6 points, unless the judge gives you a higher score..."
3F, also known as the Philips triple jump, is a difficult jump in figure skating, also known as the advanced triple jump. The basic score is 5.3 points. Although it is only followed by a double Lutz jump worth 1.3 points, this difficult jump combination has beautiful take-off and landing. It is rare to see an advanced triple jump in domestic youth competitions, so the referee was naturally generous in giving points. With a wave of his hand, he generously gave a +3 GOE (execution bonus).
The scores were updated, and the score for the last jump of the athlete on the field was 8.39.
The young female singles player, who was consoled but not completely consoled by her coach's bad mouth, went from looking like she was about to cry to actually crying out loud.
However, her coach had no experience in coaxing children, and was at a loss as to what to do. As a result, the little girl cried even harder and even blew a snot bubble while crying.
The coach looked hopeless.
Lu Tingsong went outside the venue to smoke a cigarette, and when he came back he found that his little niece had become familiar with the person sitting next to her without her knowing.
He remembered that the child sitting next to him should be called An Jing, and her coach was Qiu Hai, a male single skater who retired from the national team at the same time as him. Qiu Hai said that An Jing was a rare female singles talent in the country. She was one year younger than Xie Yunjun, and like his niece, she was 13 years old. She already had a high level of difficulty reserves.
However, the biggest problem of this kid is that his mentality easily collapses. He usually practices well, but once he is on the court, he collapses terribly and can't even perform at half of his usual level.
Qiu Hai had mentioned this point countless times when he asked Lu Tingsong out for drinks. Lu Tingsong had no doubt that if this continued, Qiu Hai might have to use minoxidil to grow hair at such a young age.
Even so, under the current situation of the decline of women's singles in China, An Jing is still considered to be one of the most talented people. Huai City is a city where ice and snow sports are popular, and the reason why the competition in the sub-stations is so fierce and many players are willing to cross half of China to participate in this game is also because the national team's training base is here.
——No one knows whether the coach of the national team is watching this game in some corner right now. Even if the coach of the national team does not come, the usual practice of the provincial team selection is to first select good players from the club league and then invite them to participate in the provincial team selection.
Therefore, even though he knew that the Anjing triple jump had a high chance of failing, Qiu Hai still included this move in the free skating program.
Don’t worry about whether it collapses or not, at least let the coaches of the national and provincial teams know that they can do triple jumps.
Lu Tingsong sniffed himself and made sure there was no smell of cigarettes before he walked into the waiting area. At this time, Lu You was wiping An Jing's tears with a towel that he didn't know where he came from. Her partner Xie Yunjun was standing next to him, hesitating to say something, but Lu You didn't notice. He wiped her face with a towel while comforting An Jing: "It's okay, it's okay. She's already fifteen years old. It's normal for her to have advanced three weeks. Don't be discouraged, contestant An, your blessing is yet to come!"
As the saying goes, children are more connected with each other. An Jing really stopped crying after being comforted by Lu You. Lu Tingsong walked over and greeted the relieved Qiu Hai first, then took the notebook in his hand that recorded data and hit Lu You and Xie Yunjun on the head respectively: "You two are really carefree. The pair skating will start in an hour, and you are still in the mood to chat here. It seems that you two are really not nervous at all, right?"
Lu You cried out, covered his head and hid behind Xie Yunjun: "I am just caring about my colleagues!"
At this time, Xie Yunjun finally found an opportunity. He quickly took back the towel he used to wipe his ice skates and quietly put it into his pocket when no one was paying attention.
"You are quite great then," Lu Tingsong pulled Lu You out from behind Xie Yunjun, weighed him and frowned, "Why do I feel like you are heavier again?"
"Uncle, please don't slander me." Lu You was lifted up with his feet off the ground, and could only flutter in the air a few times. "It's been a year! I haven't eaten my favorite cheese sticks for a year! Do you know how I spent this year?"
Lu Tingsong said coldly, "Forget about the cheese sticks. Many geniuses have sunk into the lake due to developmental problems. If you don't want to be stuck at the bottom of the lake and never be able to fish them out, give up the idea as soon as possible."
After saying that, he put Lu You down, turned around and picked up Xie Yunjun again, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, Xiaojun has grown so much taller, but he hasn't gained much weight."
Lu You made a face at Lu Tingsong, who had his back to him, and was seen by Xie Yunjun. He covered for Lu You without leaving any trace: "I'll be watching over Lu You. She won't have a chance to eat anything."
Lu Tingsong obviously didn't believe it and snorted.
The previous contestant finished his performance, the scores were announced, and An Jing's name was quickly read out on the announcement.
She became visibly nervous and walked towards the entrance of the ice rink on her trembling skates.
Lu You only had time to pull Xie Yunjun and An Jing to say "Come on!" before he was ruthlessly taken away by Lu Tingsong to do warm-up training on the pretext of avoiding affecting his mentality.
"You're about to go on the ice. Save your energy by running three laps around the ice, doing 100 double-swing rope skipping and 100 high-leg lifts. Then come back and do some warm-up exercises and stretching," Lu Tingsong took the two children to the lobby outside the ice rink. "I noticed a few coaches from the provincial team were watching. You two should perform well."
"Whether you can successfully join the system depends on this one time."
When passers-by heard this, their foreheads jumped violently.
This is so scary. Has the civil service exam now been extended to teenagers?
When will the domestic involution phenomenon stop?
As the competition was approaching, many coaches came out with their students to do warm-up exercises. The next game was the pairs skating short program. The players who came out at this time were almost all in pairs. Among them, a pair of young pairs skaters were warming up not far from Lu You and Xie Yunjun.
The little girl said, "The girl who just finished the competition is amazing. Did you see that? She was only 13 years old and she could do 33 consecutive jumps. It's a pity that she had the same song as the competitor who did the advanced triple jump. Otherwise, she would definitely get a higher score."
Her male partner said, "You can't compare them like that. The woman who can do the advanced triple jump is already 15 years old, which is right at her peak."
Lu Tingsong was helping Xie Yunjun stretch her legs. Lu You had been practicing classical dance since she was a child, so Lu Tingsong didn't need to worry about her flexibility. She placed her legs on the handrail, easily grasped her ankles, and quietly listened to the conversation between the two young contestants next to her.
"But it's still scary to have the same song as the other. Sigh," the little girl also started to stretch her legs. "I hope the couple won't have the same song as the other. Otherwise, it will be very stressful."
Lu You nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
The young male companion thought for a moment and said, "Our song selection is very niche, so it shouldn't happen."
"Why don't you play the song and we can combine the music in our heads."
"good."
As the little boy said this, he took out his cell phone, found the music file, and clicked the play button.
Three seconds later.
"--hiss?"
When the familiar music sounded, Lu Tingsong paused in stretching Xie Yunjun's legs. He hissed in toothache, as if he sensed something. The coach of the pair of contestants next to him also suddenly raised his head and met Lu Tingsong's gaze.
They looked at each other in silence for a long while, and everything was said without words.
Lu You: “…”
Xie Yunjun: “…”
Lu Tingsong: "..."
Another pair skating duo & coach: “…………”
Lu Tingsong was silent for a while, then took out his mobile phone and bought himself an electronic lottery ticket.
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