Chapter 7 07 Provincial Team Training
He Hui blinked and felt like a hole was about to be burned in his clothes.
She thought for a moment, finally raised her head, and said to Lin Xiaoman in a childish but firm voice: "I do."
That voice made Lin Xiaoman's eyes suddenly become deep when she looked at her.
"I am willing to work towards the championship with Coach Lin Xiaoman." He Hui said this to Lu Yanfeng, and her eyes seemed to be shining.
Lin Xiaoman suddenly hugged He Hui. The hug was warm and passionate.
She held He Hui tightly with her arms and said "thank you" in He Hui's ear.
He Hui's right ear turned red. It was really unbelievable that the former top female player who sat on the altar would thank her.
Lu Yanfeng looked at the master and disciple who hit it off right away and no longer held any objections.
She just sighed to He Hui and murmured to herself, "I don't know whether this decision is right or wrong..."
Obviously, the solution to this complex problem of life is difficult to predict using mathematical models.
But Lu Yanfeng always keeps her promises and does what she says. For example, she marked the key points before the exam, and she completed the handover between He Hui's new coach and his old coach within a month.
Coach Li was so tearful when he answered the phone and asked, "Will you really not reconsider?"
"Sorry." Lu Yanfeng refused bluntly.
After the call was hung up, Coach Pei, who had listened to the entire conversation in the bathroom, laughed out loud without hesitation.
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Lin Xiaoman was an athlete who grew up in the B Provincial Team. She had won many honors for the province and maintained a good relationship with the coaches of the provincial team. Therefore, even though He Hui was not yet old enough to join the youth group, she got the opportunity to skate with the kids who were five or six years older than her.
"Coach Lin, do I really have to practice with them?" It was He Hui's first time at the ice rink. Looking at her brothers and sisters who were a head taller than her, she felt a sense of unreality.
In her previous life, she had been training at New Universe until she was thirteen years old, and competed as a member of this commercial club. It was not until she made a splash in the national competition that He Hui was discovered by the coach of the provincial team. But as soon as she received the invitation, her parents persuaded He Hui to give up the professional path.
Therefore, for He Hui, this ice rink only appeared in his imagination in his midnight dreams.
A clear voice interrupted He Hui's sentimentality, "I told you to call me sister, sister."
Lin Xiaoman also wore high eyeliner today and corrected He Hui's statement with a smile, "Coach sounds a bit old."
"Sister Lin." He Hui was helpless, but did as she was told.
"Be good." Lin Xiaoman patted her head and squinted her eyes with satisfaction. "Don't be afraid. You have to believe that your skills are no worse than those on the field."
Lin Xiaoman is indeed arrogant enough, He Hui thought.
At this moment, there are still fifteen minutes before the actual practice begins, and most people are already on the ice rink.
When everyone saw a new kid on the ice rink, they all looked at him with curiosity.
A girl boldly stepped forward and spoke to He Hui, "What's your name? My name is Tan Ling, I'm thirteen years old, and I'm going to participate in an international competition soon."
The moment He Hui saw the strange yet familiar miniature face in front of him, he was stunned.
In the previous life, Tan Ling's name was always associated with Lin Xiaoman.
——She was once the most talented future star in Chinese women's singles, and she stood on the podium many times in the Grand Prix of the Youth Group. She was the first player to be coached by Lin Xiaoman, and everyone had high hopes for her. She was also the one who lost her place because she was stuck in the development barrier at the age of 16, and was the reason why Lin Xiaoman bowed and apologized to everyone at the post-match press conference.
"Tan Ling, don't scare the little girl." Seeing that He Hui didn't say anything, another older girl said to Tan Ling, "Not everyone is as outgoing as you, okay?"
"I'm a good person." Tan Ling shrugged, grinning, looking lively and cheerful, "Anyway, welcome to join our training team!"
“Welcome to have fun skating with us!”
Tan Ling immediately pouted and retorted, "Who is as lazy as you? I want to compete in the Olympics!"
The other girl curled her lips and said, "Don't pay attention to this weirdo who only cares about figure skating. My name is Tang Xiao."
"My name is He Hui, and I'll be nine soon." He Hui woke up from her memory and regained her usual smile. "I came here with Sister Lin."
"Wow, is Sister Lin your coach?!" Tan Ling's eyes lit up, and she looked very envious, "She is my idol!"
"Yeah." He Hui nodded, and instantly received four starry eyes.
Unfortunately, her mind was playing the footage of the press conference at an inopportune time, causing her heart to tighten and feel disconnected.
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A whistle that resounded across the ice rink interrupted He Hui and Tan Ling's first conversation.
He Hui turned her attention back to the smooth ice. Today was her first day on the road to professional figure skating, so she had to perform well.
A man who looked to be in his fifties put the whistle in his pocket. His forehead was deeply wrinkled and his cheeks were sagging due to his age. He looked like he had difficulty speaking.
He cleared his throat and said loudly: "I would like to introduce a new friend to you, He Hui. Starting today, she will join our training twice a week. She is younger than you, and I hope you can get along well with her."
The middle-aged man was the head coach of the figure skating program in Province B. His name was Zhu Jianyong, and he had previously been the team leader of Lin Xiaoman. He Hui had also seen him in videos of several international competitions.
He Hui withdrew his gaze, waved to the other children with a friendly smile on his face.
The children's eyes were full of enthusiasm, and most of them curiously scanned the paratrooper from head to toe. According to their logic, the one who was specially taken care of by Coach Zhu should be a friend with strength that should not be underestimated. Therefore, some of the more competitive ones had a hint of strength in their eyes.
Because He Hui was the shortest, he stood at the end of the line.
Zhu Jianyong assigned the training schedule for today. Apart from the basic parts such as collective warm-up and skating, the rest was basically done by the coaches themselves with the children to work out the details.
The children lined up obediently and began to circle the ice rink, while Zhu Jianyong and Lin Xiaoman were talking about something.
He Hui had sharp ears, so she deliberately slowed down when she passed the two people while skating, and heard some of their conversation.
"I've never heard of this He Hui before."
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"Save the venue fee. This seedling must be admitted to our B Province in the future. You can also help look after other children."
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"Tan Ling is pretty good, she even performed a 3F+3T combo. I really hope she can perform at the tournament."
He Hui had no idea about the subsequent conversation.
She was dragged away to practice drawing patterns.
The children from Province B will be given a full time to practice skating. This is a rule set by Zhu Jianyong, which is unshakable, but there is a lot of debate within the team. Some coaches think that the right way is to get the difficult jumps done faster and earlier.
But the arm cannot bend the thigh, because Zhu Jianyong is the head coach.
Tang Xiao's coach was one of those who held opposing views, and Tang Xiao also felt that this half hour was a waste of time.
After finally practicing and paddling for half an hour, Tang Xiao immediately regained his energy. The reason was that it was time to practice jumping.
He Hui was curious, "Is everyone practicing jump combos recently?"
"Yes. After all, without advanced triple-three, there is no competitiveness at all in the international arena." Tan Ling replied enthusiastically. Fearing that He Hui did not understand, she explained, "The so-called advanced triple-three is usually 3Lz or 3F connected with 3T, but I see that Russia also has 3Lo connected, and the pull-up ability is really super strong."
He Hui nodded to show her understanding. Generally speaking, a triple jump followed by a triple jump with a higher difficulty and score can be called an advanced triple jump.
"But Advanced Level 33 is really too difficult... I've been practicing for three months, and I'm still not good enough." Tang Xiao suddenly interrupted, and then looked at Tan Ling enviously, "I envy your Advanced Level 33 so much."
The symbol of the stored week on the sub-score table is <, which means that the week is missing a jump from 90 degrees to 180 degrees. If the missing angle is more than 180 degrees, it will become << on the sub-score table and you will be directly demoted.
"After all, we have to go to the competition." Tan Ling said, and quickly got on the ice.
Seeing that Tan Ling was already preparing to jump on the field, she quickly got into shape, "I better practice hard, ah."
He Hui looked at the girls who were all tense, then looked at the boys who were arguing and playing next to him, and he didn't know what to feel for a moment.
The ecology of the women's figure skating group is different from other groups. The competition in the youth group is sometimes more intense than that in the adult group. In order to grab more medals before the growth stage, the athletes are crazy about internal competition in the youth group. Advanced triple jumps followed by triple jumps are commonplace, not to mention all kinds of hand-raising and high-difficulty steps, all of which are for GEO points.
Lin Xiaoman went onto the ice and skated to He Hui's side. "How about it? Do you want to try the double jump as well?"
"Me?" After saying this, He Hui realized that he had underestimated Lin Xiaoman's arrogance. "They were thirteen or fourteen years old, and I was eight."
"So what? How do you know you can't do it if you don't try?" Lin Xiaoman raised the corners of her mouth, "Besides, you can try three weeks followed by two weeks."
If Lin Xiaoman dares to say it, He Hui dares to agree.
She nodded. "Okay."
Lin Xiaoman raised her eyebrows slightly and began to talk about the key points of the jump sequence. "The jump sequence should be done effortlessly, and the main thing is to land well on the first jump, minimizing the loss of speed and power."
"What if it doesn't work?"
"Then you can only rely on the second force to pull up, but it's a bit ugly. No, it's very ugly, and it will consume a lot of physical energy if you keep doing it." Lin Xiaoman didn't know what she remembered, her mouth twitched, her face stern, "You'd better not develop such a bad habit!"
Lin Xiaoman dominated the six-point era, so she attached great importance to the smoothness and height of the jump. In her opinion, the second jump that completely lost speed after landing on the ice, with the arms swinging back wildly, and relying on a pull-up jumper, was really not very good-looking from a visual perspective.
He Hui blinked, raised his hand and swore to the sky, "I will be a good person."
Lin Xiaoman was amused by her mischievous appearance, "Let's do 3T first and then 2T."
"I thought it was a one-week jump first?"
"I think a single jump is too much of an understatement for you." Lin Xiaoman patted He Hui's shoulder and assigned the task lightly, "If it were you, you would definitely start with a double jump."
As soon as she started skating, everyone's eyes were on her again. If you look closely, not only the team members are curious, but also Zhu Jianyong and several other coaches are very much looking forward to it. Even Tan Ling, the only person with the advanced three-three on the field, stared and watched.
He Hui took a deep breath and completed a warm-up walk around the field.
Then, starting from one end of the ice rink, he accelerated his pace again. However, the little kid was so powerful that other players on the ice rink stopped and gave him space to skate, and joined the salute.
Without any hesitation, He Hui touched the ice about five meters away from the baffle.
The moment the tip of the skate touched the ice, the hearts of the people around him skipped a beat.
He Hui tightened his body in the air, completed one circle while rising, and waited for his body to reach the highest point, completing two circles.
Swoosh——
The ice skates touched the ice again and slid out a smooth arc.
After all, He Hui's mastery of the triple Lutz jump was already very high. She felt the speed she maintained after sliding out and did not dare to be distracted for the slightest.
At this moment, almost everyone on the ice rink looked at He Hui.
"What a beautiful 3T..." Tang Xiao murmured to himself, his pupils trembling, "Is she really only eight years old?"
Tan Ling pursed her lips and said nothing, her eyes following He Hui's sliding trajectory.
Although the first jump was completed perfectly, He Hui was a little afraid that he would not have enough power for the second jump, and subconsciously wanted to wave his hands to exert force again.
"You can do it!" Lin Xiaoman's loud voice suddenly came from the sidelines, abruptly stopping He Hui's exertion.
He Hui restrained his almost instinctive movement and tapped the ice lightly again.
The height of this jump was indeed not as high as the first jump, but He Hui did not panic. Instead, he immediately changed his strategy, quickly completed the turn, and completed the +2T by relying on the rotation speed.
Done!
When He Hui hit the ice again, the whole place was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
It wasn't until Lin Xiaoman took the lead in applauding and cheering that the ice rink became lively again.
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