Chapter 12
Although Su Yu and Zhou Yuang's training is at the junior group's training ground, their training is not conducted together with the junior group of the provincial team.
Regarding the basic conditions of Su Yu and Zhou Yuang, Pei Dingshan said, "Neither of them are good enough, and both need practice."
Of course, training is training, but it definitely doesn’t mean random training. Pei Dingshan set up different training plans for Zhou Yuang and Su Yu respectively to target their different characteristics.
For example, in the training for Su Yu, the emphasis is not on high-load training programs for the time being. Given Su Yu's current physical condition, it is necessary to give his body enough training stimulation within a limited training intensity, while leaving his body with enough space for recovery and adjustment. This will allow Su Yu to improve his physical fitness, strength, speed and other abilities through effective training without putting too much load on his body.
The training direction for Zhou Yuang is completely different.
Before the training, Pei Dingshan made the first and only request to Zhou Yuang - forget all the skills you have learned in the past, including your active leg, which is your starting leg, which also needs to be readjusted.
When listening to the previous words, Zhou Yuang was still happily saying "no problem", but when he heard that he had to change to the starting leg, Zhou Yuang's face really changed.
For sprinters, changing the starting leg before and after is no trivial matter. After years of training and learning, the starting leg is like the right hand of a right-handed person. It has become a habitual instinct deeply engraved in the bones. Changing the starting leg is a painful process no less than cramps and marrow washing.
In other words, this learning process is to allow Zhou Yuang to start learning running again.
After being stunned for a moment, Zhou Yuang asked Pei Dingshan "why" for the first time.
Pei Dingshan glanced at him, then at Su Yu who was also standing beside him, nodded, and then looked at Zhou Yuang: "Do you know how to grow a mouth today?"
Su Yu listened to Pei Dingshan's cold complaints about Zhou Yuang, then silently raised his eyes and looked at the stunned Zhou Yuang.
Zhou Yuang now put away his usual lively and cheerful appearance, and the expression on his face was much more solemn and serious than usual. It was obvious that Pei Dingshan's request for him to change his power leg had a great impact on him.
"Coach, you took us through a physical test, and my right leg is stronger."
Pei Dingshan flipped through the training book in his hand and showed the page that recorded Zhou Yuang's data: "It's almost the same."
Zhou Yuang is still striving: "But I have been using my right leg as the active force leg for so many years. I am very used to using my right leg to generate force, which is good for my reaction speed at the start..."
Pei Dingshan glanced at him and said calmly, "What you have been used to does not mean it is correct. If you think that the current starting leg is the best for you, then you don't even need to come to me for training again."
"I know that domestic coaches are not strict about the choice of starting leg. Most coaches let you make a choice according to your own habits. But have you ever observed that in international competitions, most of the top athletes use their left leg as the active leg?"
Zhou Yuang was stunned again, then shook his head: "...No."
"When I was studying at Brad College, I read a set of data that showed that when athletes used their left leg as the active force leg, they were generally able to achieve a faster reaction speed, ranging from 80 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds."
"Of course, maybe your current strength is not enough to pursue 80 to 100 milliseconds, but one day, when you are very close to the national record or even the Asian record, your speed will encounter difficulties. At that time, you may understand the meaning behind these 100 milliseconds."
Zhou Yuang was a little dazed when listening to Pei Dingshan's words.
Judging from the training situation these days, he originally thought that Pei Dingshan valued Su Yu more. As a "giant pendant" who took advantage of the training together, it was already good enough for the coach to give him individual guidance.
But Pei Dingshan's words suddenly made him realize that in fact Pei Dingshan did not fail to value him. As for his training and future, Pei Dingshan also considered a lot for him from the perspective of a coach.
At this time, Pei Dingshan put away the training book in his hand and said, "Do you want to follow me to change your active power leg now, or wait until your muscle memory is more deeply rooted in your bones and then change your active power leg because of possible performance difficulties? This is your choice - tell me when you have decided."
After saying this, Pei Dingshan no longer paid attention to Zhou Yuang, but looked at Su Yu: "Zhou Yuang's choice was difficult, and your choice will be equally difficult."
"Before this, you had no training foundation at all, which means that the amount of content you need to learn will be several times that of Zhou Yuang. At the same time, your physical condition also determines that your training volume must be less than that of Zhou Yuang."
When Pei Dingshan turned the conversation to Su Yu, Su Yu also looked at him steadily.
Pei Dingshan saw the stubbornness in Su Yu's eyes, which clearly showed that he refused to admit defeat.
A trace of barely perceptible satisfaction flashed across his eyes, and he nodded slightly, saying, "Can you hold on?"
Su Yu pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Okay."
Pei Dingshan smiled and said, "Then I hope you can do all the training movements accurately and use the most accurate and efficient learning method to make up for your current lack of physical fitness and physical quality."
"No matter what method you use, I need you to develop good enough muscle memory as quickly as possible - but I hope that you won't overload your body in the process of self-study."
"Since you have agreed to become a member of my experimental group, I hope you can be responsible for your own body and train strictly according to the training volume I prescribed."
"What I need is a healthy experimental group member, not one who hurts himself before my research comes to a conclusion."
"Do you understand what I mean?"
Su Yu listened to every word Pei Dingshan said, and finally responded with an annoyed "hmm".
He felt that he was clearly standing here with all his clothes on, but it was as if Pei Dingshan in front of him saw through him - it was indeed as Pei Dingshan expected. In his original idea, he thought that since his foundation was too poor to be as good as Zhou Yuang and others, he would train privately to catch up.
But it was obvious that Pei Dingshan saw through his thoughts and disagreed with them.
***
"Ancestor, what's wrong with you?"
When the training ended at noon, Jiang Yuan, who knew Su Yu best, could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Su Yu.
Su Yu pursed his lips and said, "It's okay."
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Jiang Yuan rubbed Su Yu's head speechlessly: "Okay, just be like this, you say it's okay and see if I believe it or not!"
Su Yu slapped his hand away unhappily.
Jiang Yuan still caught up with him and touched his forehead: "You don't have a fever or heatstroke, right?"
Under Jiang Yuan's action, Su Yu had to stop and let him finish the inspection before mumbling, "It's really nothing, I just find this coach annoying."
The future national team sprint coach will be able to give the CCTV reporter the cold shoulder ten years later, and of course he can also order him to abide by various terms and regulations now.
Well.
Knowing that Su Yu was upset with the coach, Jiang Yuan had no choice but to comfort him and said, "Xiao Yu, if you don't like this coach, why don't we stop practicing?"
The tone is particularly that of a spendthrift parent.
The kind that pampers children first.
Su Yu looked at Jiang Yuan in silence for two seconds, then said in a muffled voice: "I don't."
"Okay, okay, no then."
Jiang Yuan saw that he had almost coaxed the little ancestor, then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the other guy who had been absent-minded since they met today.
"Hey, Aung, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Yuan called out two or three times before he slapped Zhou Yuang on the shoulder to wake him up.
Zhou Yuang didn't wake up until Jiang Yuan slapped him. He then put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and wailed, "Wow, Yuanzi, I'm so miserable!"
Jiang Yuan was hugged by this big guy who was almost as tall as himself. It was a hot day and he had just finished training. The sticky heat made him speechless. But seeing Zhou Yuang looking so miserable and sad, he had to frown and pat his back reluctantly.
"Alright, alright, move away. If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. Don't make any moves. Don't you feel hot?"
Zhou Yuang then stepped back sadly and said miserably: "The coach asked me to change my active leg. What's the difference between this and forcing a right-handed person to become left-handed?"
"But he said a lot, saying that the limbs are controlled by the opposite side of the brain. In short, what he meant was that after I switched to the active leg, it would help my reaction to the start and the speed of the movement afterwards."
"He said the decision is up to me, but it's really hard to decide..."
Since the day Zhou Yuang started sprinting, he has always used his right leg as the active leg. His starting posture is right leg in front and left leg behind. From the moment the signal is given to start, after his right leg pushes off, his left leg takes the first step.
This has become a muscle memory and running habit for him.
"I asked the coach if the results would definitely improve if I switched to the active leg - the coach said it might not be the case."
Zhou Yuang had a mask of pain on his face: "How can I choose?"
After saying that, he began to sigh again.
After listening to this, Jiang Yuan roughly understood the pain Zhou Yuan was in. He was just about to say something to comfort him, but unexpectedly, Su Yu next to him suddenly spoke.
"Why not?"
Zhou Yuang was stunned for a moment, then he put away all the exaggerated gestures on his face and became serious: "Xiao Yu, you just heard the discussion between me and the coach. It's not that I don't want to agree, but I haven't thought it through yet..."
Su Yu still looked at him steadily: "Why don't you agree?"
Zhou Yuang didn't quite understand why their little ancestor was so persistent in asking this question, but this time Su Yu didn't mean to wait for his answer. Instead, he looked at him directly: "The reason you came to the summer camp is because your own grades can't improve, your grades have reached a bottleneck, and you think you need a better coach to help you?"
Zhou Yuang was stunned by Su Yu's straightforward question.
He didn't even remember that this was the first time Su Yu had spoken to him at such a length.
He stared at Su Yu in a daze, and was deeply stung by what Su Yu said.
Yes, it was because of his poor academic performance that he wanted to find a good coach to help him achieve better results.
The best coach he could find was undoubtedly Pei Dingshan.
"Your basics are not good, they all need to be revised." As early as the first day Pei Dingshan was willing to accept him, he had told him very bluntly that all his basics needed to be revised.
Today's requirement to change the active leg is just a little more specific.
It was clearly a request he had already made, but he was the first one to show fear.
This is so wrong!
After figuring this out, Zhou Yuang became full of energy again.
He rushed to Su Yu and hugged him, smiling with his big white teeth showing, and said: "You are really my little ancestor! As the saying goes, listen to your ancestors and you will have meat to eat!"
Su Yu was already feeling uncomfortable due to the greasy sweat on his body, and was also annoyed by Pei Dingshan's sexual desire. Then Zhou Yuang pulled him into his arms, with his face buried in Zhou Yuang's neck. He breathed in the steaming hot air coming from Zhou Yuang's skin, and immediately felt his hair stand on end.
"Get out of here!"
Su Yu was so angry that he wanted to pry his hands apart, but he was not as strong as the big guy. In the end, Jiang Yuan helped the over-excited Zhou Yuang to pry his hands apart. After they were finally pried apart, Zhou Yuang was delighted by Su Yu's contempt for the whole day.
When Jiang Yuan pushed Zhou Yuan away, Su Yu glared at him fiercely and turned to walk towards the dormitory. Zhou Yuan, whose hand was held by Jiang Yuan, scratched his head with his other hand and laughed, "Hey, Yuanzi, look at the speed and momentum of our little ancestor's walking!"
Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes speechlessly: "That's because I'm mad at you!"
Zhou Yuang immediately said in a serious tone, "Well, I was praising our little ancestor for his good physical condition! Look, when he just finished training this morning, he was so tired that he was wilting, but now he can walk to the dormitory so quickly!"
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Jiang Yuan looked at Zhou Yuang and said as if to say: Keep making it up!
"cough."
Zhou Yuang felt embarrassed by Jiang Yuan's gaze. After coughing and giggling for a while, he put away his frivolous look and grinned, "To be honest, I really have to thank our little ancestor for waking me up."
"He's right. My original purpose for coming to the summer camp was to become his apprentice. I had clearly made up my mind before coming here. I would agree to whatever the coach asked of me. Why did I back off when the coach asked for something?"
"Isn't it just changing the active kick?"
"It's difficult, but Liu Feiren also changed it before! Not only the active kick, but also the change from eight to seven before the hurdles. Each of these is a very difficult decision for ordinary athletes, and for a famous athlete like him, it is even more difficult to make a decision that may or may not pay off."
"But he persisted, which led to greater gains later."
"I haven't even started the technical transformation yet, but I'm already hesitating. I don't even have the faith to try my best, so how can I achieve anything in the future?"
Zhou Yuang smiled and said, "Thanks to our little ancestor's words, which hit the nail on the head."
"He's quite right - why not?"
“This is exactly what I wanted!”
After figuring it all out, Zhou Yuang seemed to have become more clear-headed.
"Let's do it! Isn't it just changing to the active leg? Decision! From today on, I will do everything with my left leg first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yuang, who was about to take a step forward, suddenly froze in place.
Jiang Yuan looked at him silently for a long time, then wordlessly patted him forward from behind.
With this gentle tap, Zhou Yuang instinctively stepped out with his left leg first, and then his steps became smoother.
When the two finally caught up with Su Yu in front, they unexpectedly saw someone from the youth team stopping Su Yu.
"Are you Su Yu?"
The young player from the youth team looked Su Yu up and down critically and said, "Why did Coach Pei like you? Since you are so weak, you don't need to continue training, right?"
"Be smart and withdraw on your own initiative, okay?"
Su Yu, who was stopped, frowned and glanced at the young general in front of him. His already unhappy mood became even more irritable. He turned his head away impatiently: "So noisy."
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