Chapter 48: Team 48 Training
After a while, He Hui smiled and answered in front of the camera: "Because I haven't skated for a long time, I used my subjective initiative."
When this interview was broadcast on the evening sports news program, ice hockey fans burst into laughter.
"It's so funny, He Hui spent so much time trying to come up with a subjective initiative!"
“Hahahahaha, the goose girl’s expression is super interesting. She has a top-notch psychological quality of being flustered after being discovered that she was making up stories and pretending to be calm.”
"Everyone, stop laughing! Learn the high EQ quotes from the girl."
#He Hui has high emotional intelligence#
#He Hui's subjective initiative#
The two trending searches made He Hui's Weibo post, which only contained one message, gain a large number of fans again.
Although, many fans said that they must have followed a fake zombie account, He Hui doesn’t update at all!
People even turned her only Weibo post into a message board, sharing interesting things that happened to them and checking in for good morning and good night every day.
"Are you really not considering managing your Weibo?" Lin Xiaoman looked at He Hui's lively 4T birthday gift video and felt a little curious.
"No, it's quite troublesome." He Hui waved his hand.
"But I see that many athletes are operating accounts." Lin Xiaoman recalled that at a meeting some time ago, the bureau was still talking about encouraging athletes to share their lives more. "It seems to be very useful for improving commercial value."
"I don't accept any advertisements, so why do I need fans, reposts, likes and comments?" He Hui's answer is irrefutable.
Lin Xiaoman nodded: "Miss He is right."
Really, you call me Miss again.
*
He Hui, who returned to campus life after the season ended, has recently spent most of his time reviewing.
Therefore, her results in the high school entrance examination were quite good.
According to He Hui's scores, she could go to the top class of the provincial key high school. However, in the high school department of Rongchuan International School, He Hui can apply for university according to the plan and spend more time on figure skating training.
At the end of June, the new list of the national figure skating training team was released, with the focus on preparing for the Sochi Winter Olympics next year. Among them, one group is the key players for the Olympics, and the second group is more like a reserve list with more people.
In the women's singles event, He Hui and Zhu Xiangqing successfully appeared on the list of the first group. The men's singles group members are also Bian Jing and Sun Hongfang. There are only two groups of players in ice dance, but there are four groups in the pairs group.
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics quota is determined by the World Championships and the Winter Olympics Qualifying Tournament the previous year. Countries that did not get a quota at the World Championships will be determined at the Foghorn Cup in September of the new season.
The reason why there are so many names on the pair skating list is because they performed well in last year's World Championships. The sum of the top two rankings among the three pairs of skaters was less than 13, which directly secured the three places for Sochi.
At last year's World Championships, Zhu Xiangqing began to suffer from growth stagnation and ranked only 14th. Sun Hongfang only ranked 16th due to a series of mistakes.
Therefore, both the men's and women's figure skating teams from China only got the pitiful one spot in the Winter Olympics.
This shows how fierce the competition is in this national training team.
The training intensive for individual events will start in mid-July and last for four weeks at the Capital Gymnasium. It includes a wide range of courses, focusing on all-round development and combining theory with practice.
On the first day of the training camp, as soon as He Hui arrived at the venue, he smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air.
When Zhu Xiangqing saw He Hui, she took the initiative to step forward and greeted him: "Long time no see."
"Long time no see." He Hui nodded, and the two of them had nothing else to say.
He Hui and Zhu Xiangqing are rivals competing for Olympic spots, but judging from the current situation, He Hui has a slight advantage in terms of difficulty and prospects for the new season.
Kong Ziqiu, who was born in June 1998, will also be promoted to the next group this year. After the group change incident, she is coming on strong.
With wolves in front and tigers behind, Zhu Xiangqing was under a lot of pressure.
He Hui looked at the other side of the venue. Sun Hong was sitting on a chair playing with his phone, not even raising his head, immersed in his own world. It didn't seem like this was a good time to meet new friends and say hello.
Just when I didn't know how to ease the embarrassment, Lu Nanfeng appeared running over with his voice at the top of his lungs.
"Ahhh, He Hui!" Lu Nanfeng happily gave He Hui a bear hug.
She said with a droopy mouth: "When I looked at the list and found that I was in Group 2 and you were in Group 1, I thought we would never have the chance to meet again in training."
The good news is that this training camp was conducted together with Group 1 and Group 2, which to some extent alleviated the tension between the two groups.
After all, they specially invited well-known professional coaches from various countries, and the cost was not low. The Winter Sports Center naturally hopes that more people can benefit from it.
There are many names familiar to He Hui on the list of women's singles group 2, including Lu Nanfeng, Kong Ziqiu, Tan Ling and Cheng Ran.
He Hui looked at Lu Nanfeng who was holding him tightly and smiled helplessly.
"Why did you come so early today?" You know, as the person who had the biggest difficulty in getting up and the king of laziness during the training in Russia, showing up on time was the basic operation for Lu Nanfeng.
Lu Nanfeng scratched his head embarrassedly: "My coach gave me an ultimatum, saying that if I don't pay attention this time, he will start devilish training for me."
Lu Nanfeng can still tell the difference between getting up early one day and getting up early every day.
Soon after, He Hui's acquaintances showed up one after another, and Zhu Xiangqing's place gradually became more popular.
A chat group centered around two members was tacitly formed on the scene.
Tan Ling seems to be in better shape recently. Although being selected for the second group still sounds like a downgrade, she is still quite satisfied.
"So, how is the technical improvement going?" He Hui asked.
"To be honest, it wasn't smooth at the beginning." Tan Ling sighed, "I just went through a painful period where I couldn't do anything. Now it's a little better."
"But at least you don't have to train while hungry again." He Hui's consolation was quite creative.
Tan Ling smiled and said, "Let's see how to change the jump and blade later."
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Snap, snap, snap——
A round of applause broke the hushed conversation.
"Everyone, line up." The person who spoke was the leader of this training camp, Xu Qing from the Winter Sports Center.
Behind her followed several young and middle-aged men and women, all wearing the uniformly distributed black down vests.
"Welcome all contestants. It's a pleasure to meet you all at the Capital Gymnasium. Let me first introduce our coaching team." Xu Qing cut out the polite nonsense and got straight to the point.
"First, there is Sharon, a former ice dancer from Canada. She will be your skating coach. Her team will also have several different teachers who will provide you with one-on-one targeted training."
"Next to him is Louis, a physical trainer from the United States. He will carry out special land training for everyone and also explain some key points of sports rehabilitation to everyone."
"This is the dance teacher... This is the referee from the International Skating Union... This is the translator..."
Xu Qing introduced them one by one, and this lineup was indeed very powerful and complete.
The training camp only lasts for one month, but there is a lot of content arranged, and both physical fitness and brain capacity are in a state of saturation every day.
The gliding class was a highlight of this training camp. The story started happily when Sharon said she wanted to let everyone play a small game together.
"Today I hope everyone can transform into speed skaters and we will have a relay race."
Sharon's arrangement caused a huge stir, and the contestants were immediately talking about it.
"We are divided into groups of four, with two boys and two girls in each group. Everyone takes turns to complete the 30-meter one-way return run. The team that takes the shortest time will receive a prize." Sharon continued to introduce, and the accompanying simultaneous interpreter was responsible for coordinating.
Not to mention, compared to drawing the same old patterns every day, Sharon's suggestion sounds special enough.
Several contestants were eager to try.
Bian Jing was already warming up and stretching his legs, with an expression of determination to win on his face.
Lu Nanfeng grabbed He Hui's arm and looked at him with wet eyes: "Can I be in the same group with you, big boss?"
He Hui looked around and found that everyone on the field had automatically formed small teams one after another.
It seems that everyone has already formed their own groups.
She nodded in agreement. But almost the next second after He Hui nodded, Bian Jing pulled another young boy from the youth group to stand next to He Hui without saying a word.
"Let's go together!" Bian Jing stood there and didn't intend to give He Hui a chance to refuse.
This kid successfully became He Hui's fan after she won 4T, and was even extremely proud of providing her with valuable experience.
Tan Ling was just about to ask He Hui if he wanted to join them when she found out that they were full.
Lu Nanfeng grinned and said, "Opportunities in life are earned by fighting for them yourself!"
Tan Ling: “…”
Four teams were formed. Sharon placed cones on the opposite side and held a whistle in her hand to signal the first runner to get ready.
"There is no limit to the skating posture. Everyone can use whatever they are good at. A successful relay requires clapping." After that, Sharon blew the whistle and announced the official start of the competition.
Most of the first runners had little experience and their postures varied. Some really accelerated forward like speed skating, while others used the more common backward step.
Bian Jing adopted a forward-rushing posture and took the lead smoothly in the first half.
Just when he was about to turn back with joy on his face, he suddenly failed to brake.
Bian Jing rushed forward for several meters before completing a turn with a particularly large arc.
As a result, the advantage that Bian Jing had accumulated in the first half of the game disappeared completely. The speeds of the four groups of people on the field were almost the same, and they were back to the same starting line.
With the experience of Bian Jing as a lesson, Lu Nanfeng decisively chose a conservative but safe step back in the second leg.
She advanced steadily along the way and was only about five meters behind the first-place group.
"Huh, I didn't hold you back too much." Lu Nanfeng patted his chest, "I completed the mission successfully!"
The young men's singles player found by Bian Jing was the third runner. He hesitated for a moment and finally decided to run forward. However, before turning back, he slowed down in advance and narrowed the gap to two meters.
He Hui and Zhu Xiangqing were both the last runners, and a long-distance showdown between the two contenders for an Olympic spot began.
Both of them used the backward step that they were more proficient in.
But even though it was the same step, the distance each person slid out was visibly different to the naked eye.
He Hui seemed to be stepping on an invisible Hot Wheels. Each step was easy and yet powerful enough to slide a longer distance. With just a few steps, he left several players with poor skating skills far behind.
He Hui thought that this competition was not much different from his usual practice. Players with good basic skills in deep edge skating could also skate faster.
With only three or four steps, He Hui caught up with the two meters behind the first three batons. With a few more steps, He Hui directly surpassed.
Zhu Xiangqing was startled when He Hui suddenly appeared in front of him where there was no one.
Driven by a sense of crisis, she increased the frequency of her steps and rushed forward more actively.
The difficulty of the shuttle run lies in how to control the speed while turning.
Zhu Xiangqing was so anxious that she almost lost her balance when turning. After a U-turn, she fell one meter behind He Hui.
In contrast, He Hui maintained a steady pace to complete the last five meters of the sprint, easily leaving the other three players behind.
"Ahhh, you're so awesome!" Lu Nanfeng hugged He Hui excitedly.
"Congratulations to the third group on the left for winning first place in this speed race." Sharon blew the whistle again. "I wonder if you have noticed that everyone has completely different efficiency with the same pressing step. Different efficiencies will affect the number and quality of moves you can complete within the limited program time."
Some of the contestants were thinking, while others nodded.
Sharon smiled and said, “I hope everyone can enjoy skating and let good skating bring more benefits to your program.”
With a simple game, Sharon established a coaching image among the players that was convincing and not too distant. The subsequent skating teaching went smoothly without any obstacles.
Tan Ling's comment on this is: "He is indeed a famous teacher whose master class has no negative reviews."
The taciturn Cheng Ran couldn't help but agree: "That's quite a trick."
Tan Ling has been improving her technique recently, but she still can't figure out how to skate. The appearance of Sharon's coaching team has given her a lot of inspiration.
"I hope I can get back into shape next season." Tan Ling sighed and plunged into intensive training again.
Sharon's team has several footwork coaches, each with their own unique style. By learning new ideas from each of them, the movements become more diverse.
Even for a player like He Hui who has a good grasp of footwork, this can more or less open up his thinking.
In particular, He Hui felt that this was a timely help to his unfinished choreography career!
The last last-minute performance of skating choreography seemed to have ignited the spark in He Hui's heart to expand new business, making her have a different kind of passion for this new field of choreography, to the point of adding one to her life's to-do list.
From performing a program to creating a program, behind the difference of these two words are tens of thousands of inputs and the test of time.
He Hui naturally understood this truth, but he did not intend to give up easily.
This skating and footwork class was a good opportunity for He Hui to be exposed to more different styles of footwork besides Mary.
"What are you writing down?" Lu Nanfeng watched He Hui take out a small notebook to write down his thoughts after finishing training in the locker room, and he kept muttering in his heart, "Are you so serious?"
"Today's steps also include some new transitions that I learned." He Hui answered truthfully.
Lu Nanfeng was curious: "Does Coach Lin know that you are still thinking about making up something?"
"I don't dare tell her..."
He Hui herself did not expect that the fearless eldest daughter of the He family would actually be afraid.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoman didn’t know what He Hui was thinking, otherwise she would have been scolded.
A small racing game organized by Sharon triggered a fierce Olympic selection battle in the training camp.
After losing to He Hui's group, Zhu Xiangqing's face was very unhappy. So much so that in the following training sessions, Zhu Xiangqing was very motivated and tried to compete with He Hui in both open and covert ways.
Sometimes, even if the teacher just asks everyone to do a simple movement, Zhu Xiangqing will do her best.
He Hui also responded very seriously and did not want to fall behind.
She wants to win this Olympic spot fairly and let everyone know that she can do the best in every aspect.
The atmosphere on the first day of the training camp was harmonious and happy, but by the third day everyone was forced to get angry.
Lu Nanfeng originally wanted to slack off, but she had to move forward under the urging of her coach.
"Look how serious they are, how can you not practice?" Lu Nanfeng vividly described the scene when the coach scolded her, "He Hui, do you think I have a miserable life?"
He Hui nodded, "Yes, but healthy competition is conducive to improving the players' strength."
Lu Nanfeng: “…”
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