◎Flying towards the strong wind and huge waves◎
Xu Chi was at Coach Ma's house, playing mahjong with two other figure skating coaches he knew well.
They were all quite free this morning, but Coach Ma kept looking down at his phone with an irritated look on his face.
"Old Ma, why are you so inattentive?" Xu Chi smiled and glanced at Coach Ma.
"I found a male companion for Tiantian, and he said he would come over to visit her recently, but he changed his mind at the last minute." Coach Ma scratched his head irritably, "Another good female companion found him, but the young man was overwhelmed by the choice and said he couldn't come for the time being, but he didn't give a clear answer. He kept me hanging like this, and I had to go to him every day to ask about his well-being, hoping that he would give a definite answer. Really, his skills are not that good, but he is very good at putting on airs."
"Hahaha, this is harder than matchmaking, right?" another figure skating coach said with a laugh.
"That's right. Blind dates are sometimes simpler. If you have a house and a car, you're basically set. But when we choose a dance partner, we have to prepare resumes, photos, and physical test sheets. And in this case, you've flirted with many girls, and no one said you were a scumbag. You even begged them in a nice way." Coach Ma looked sad and turned to look at Xu Chi. "Your Tang Yi doesn't have to worry. There are girls lining up for him to choose from."
"It's difficult. An unsuitable dance partner is a loss for both parties." Xu Chi took a sip of the tea at hand and said with some emotion, "We felt that Qian Xiyue was not suitable for Tang Yi, but the leader thought it was suitable, so they were forced together. As a result, a whole season was wasted. The only good thing about this is that we have temporarily regained some initiative in choosing dance partners. But there are also disadvantages. If our performance after choosing a dance partner does not meet the leader's expectations, we will still lose the initiative."
"Ah." Coach Ma couldn't help but sigh. Ice dancing has never achieved results in international competitions, and it is weak among the four events of figure skating. In other words, it has no say in front of the leaders and can only be manipulated by others.
Just then Xu Chi's cell phone rang. He answered the call, and then his whole square face lit up.
"Neither you nor I need to worry anymore." Xu Chi put down the phone and smiled at Coach Ma, "Tang Yi said he persuaded Tiantian, and Tiantian agreed to be his dance partner."
"Wow, that's great!" The figure skating coach present exclaimed in surprise, "Your biggest problems have been solved!"
Coach Ma was not so happy. She was silent for a while, then looked at Xu Chi suspiciously: "But Tiantian was quite reluctant that day, how did you persuade her? Did Tang Yi persuade her in a formal way?"
Xu Chi took a deep breath and said, "What are you talking about? What else?"
Coach Ma continued to ask: "You didn't use force to coerce me, did you?"
"Although our kid is a little bit naughty, he's not this bad." Xu Chi shook his head helplessly, "If you're really worried, go ask Tiantian."
"Hey, don't worry, come and have fun!" another figure skating coach called out.
Coach Ma sent a message to Tiantian, then he completely calmed down and began to concentrate on playing mahjong.
"So this is why you keep coming to Nancheng." Coach Ma said softly after a while, "Tiantian is a good talent, but is she really that good that you need to come to Nancheng three times? She hasn't even done the synchronized twist and lift yet."
Xu Chi smiled and said, "If she and her other partners master all these moves, then my bear kid might never get a chance to intervene again."
"That's right." Coach Ma nodded. "Do we need to notify Tiantian's parents? When school starts, Tiantian's training time will affect her studies."
"Let's wait a while. Let Tiantian and our bear baby try it out first. It may not be really suitable." Xu Chi was thoughtful. As a coach, he must consider everything carefully. If Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi are not particularly suitable, there is no need to inform her parents in advance.
"Then aren't you afraid that Tang Yi and Tiantian will suffer losses together?" Coach Ma asked again.
"I admit it." Xu Chi paused, "When Tang Yi and Tiantian were sliding together that day, he helped Tiantian."
Generally speaking, if one skater is about to fall on the ice, the other skater should not help him up. This will affect the coach's judgment during practice, and in competition, the referee will score the male and female skaters based on their performance. If one skater falls, but the other is not affected and continues to complete the moves he should complete, the score he gets is higher than if both skaters interrupt the performance.
Tang Yi was taught the same way since he was a child. As long as the other person didn't fall and couldn't stand up, he should ignore him and skate on his own. Because on the field, he was not only carrying his own efforts, but also the hard work of him and his partner. Even for his partner, he had to complete his movements alone.
But that day, Tang Yi went against his usual habit and helped Ji Tiantian. The Swiss Army Knife who had no emotions on the ice had changed at that moment.
Moreover, the two of them responded quickly afterwards and cooperated well to easily cover up the mistake.
At that time, Xu Chi was sure that Tang Yi and Ji Tiantian must cooperate. They brought much more to each other than it seemed.
"I'm leaving first." After finishing the last round, Xu Chi stood up with a smile and patted Coach Ma on the shoulder. "Thank you for telling me that Ji Tiantian is here. I'll treat you to dinner some other day."
It is summer vacation, and Ji Tiantian has plenty of time to practice ice dancing.
Ji Tiantian bid farewell to the training camp, and under the guidance of Xu Chi, she and Tang Yi underwent a more rigorous intensive training for the national championship.
Xu Chi and Tang Yi have been living in a relatively cheap short-term rental house in South City for a while. Tang Yi is also in summer vacation now, so he has plenty of time. He and Xu Chi's future plans will be adjusted according to Ji Tiantian's progress.
The national championships are still about five months away.
This period of time is actually very tense for those who have just started skating and are about to participate in the national competition. However, Xu Chi, Tang Yi, and Tian Tian did not feel anything was wrong, and they all believed that they could create a miracle.
"Documents No. 1610 and 1611 issued by the International Skating Union stipulate that in the future, all major ice dance competitions will cancel the required dances, adjust the choreographed dances, and rename them short dances. From now on, all major ice dance competitions will only compete in two events: short dance and free dance. The final score is the total score of these two events added together." In the gaps between teaching on the ice, Xu Chi would impart theoretical knowledge to Ji Tiantian, "With your current age, the competition group you participate in is basically the youth group. The performance duration of the short dance in the youth group is 2 minutes and 50 seconds, and there can be a difference of 10 seconds. The performance duration of the free dance is usually 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and there can also be a difference of 10 seconds.
"Both short dance and free dance include technical score (T) and program content score (P). Program content score focuses on performance, so let's not talk about it for now, and just talk about the technical score. The short dance of ice dance must include the pattern dance stipulated in this season, short lift, successive steps composed of various steps, and synchronized twist steps. The free dance consists of short lift or long lift, combined rotation, successive steps, and synchronized twist steps. The judges will score according to the difficulty and completion of the above movements. The free dance contains more technical movements than the short dance, and pays more attention to the program content, so the contestants will definitely score more than the short dance. But the scores of both programs are not easy to get, and they need to be taken seriously."
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi first cooperated to complete the technical movements required for various programs.
Xu Chi Nian took Ji Tiantian's experience in ice dancing into consideration and did not ask her to do any particularly difficult technical moves. Ji Tiantian completed all of them without any problems, except for the twist step.
Twizzles, unlike spins, are a type of rotation with displacement. The athlete must rotate on one foot while moving forward.
In the two programs of ice dance competition, synchronized twisting is a difficult action that must be completed. That is, two people work together to perform the same twisting without touching each other.
Synchronous twisting steps are usually performed in three groups, that is, after two contestants complete one group, they switch 2-4 steps and then do the next group, and then the last group. Each group of movements must be different, smooth and beautiful. Synchronous twisting steps are one of the most iconic and highlight difficult movements in ice dancing.
The highest level of the International Skating Union is level 4, which is the highest basic score for synchronized twists. The first two groups of twists must be at least 4 turns, and the last group must be 3 turns. The first two groups of twists must ensure that the entry edges are different and the rotation directions are different. The speed of the male and female players must not be slow, and the distance between the two cannot be too far, the closer the better.
The combination of not colliding with each other at high speed, ensuring correct movements, and performing synchronous rotation and displacement makes high technical scores particularly difficult. Even many world-class players find it difficult to avoid mistakes.
Ji Tiantian was unable to perform the twist smoothly. She had finally mastered the spin, but was stuck with the twist with displacement.
The reason was the same as before. She spent too much time practicing ballet rotations and could not adapt to rotations on the ice. Because of the blockage of mental and physical inertia, her progress in learning twists was slower than that of a beginner skater. Neither Xu Chi nor Tang Yi could replace Ji Tiantian to overcome this difficulty.
Once again, Ji Tiantian fell hard on the ice while practicing a twist, and her knees went numb. Then she heard a lot of discussion around her.
"No matter how beautiful your other footwork is, it's useless if you can't do the twist. You have no chance of winning the competition."
"I thought she was a genius, but it turns out she isn't. She's only learned ice dancing for a short time and she's already thinking about competing. She's really underestimating other contestants."
"The short dance and free dance both require synchronized twists. If we can't get any points for the twists, then the final result will be terrible. I think Tang Yi should choose another partner..."
The ice rink that Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi are using now is the one used by the training class and the Nancheng City team. Sometimes when everyone meets up, they will gather around to watch, and from time to time, there will be voices of gloating that reach Ji Tiantian's ears. Not everyone is expecting her to perform a miracle. Some are waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
Ji Tiantian slowly propped herself up, breathing heavily.
"Tiantian, take a break." Xu Chi stood at the edge of the ice and spoke to Ji Tiantian.
Ji Tiantian wiped her face with the back of her hand. After living a new life, the reality was still cruel. Compared with her dream, it was much more bleak.
She knew it very well and understood it very well.
But she still chose ice dancing, chose to leave her comfortable cocoon and fly into the wind and waves. She was aware.
If a dream can be easily touched, it is not a dream. She gritted her teeth and got up and continued to spin forward.
-over-
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