Kings of the Game: Getting Back to the Game, Beginning with the NBA

Chapter 37 Special relay training, run-in is over

An hour later, Liu Ming received the notice to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships.

He didn't know exactly what happened to make this turnaround happen.

During the phone call, Xu Si was busy flying over to discuss the contract, so he didn't go into details.

But Liu Ming guessed that perhaps the men's basketball national team's call-up application and the two phone calls from the National Development and Reform Commission played a crucial role.

Otherwise, no matter how fierce the quarrel is on the Internet, the big boss of the national body is not interested in knowing which onion he is!

Flying back to the capital from Los Angeles the next day, Liu Ming reported to the training center of the national track and field team.

Immediately afterwards, Director Yu personally trained Liu Ming.

At the same time, the national team also provided Liu Ming with a 4×100-meter baton training partner.

It shows how eager the country is for the medals of this project.

"Liu Ming, have you ever run a 4x100m relay before?"

Yu guide asked.

Liu Ming shook his head and told the truth: "I haven't run before, and I have absolutely zero foundation."

"Your [-]-meter speed is so fast, you can't say that you have zero foundation." Director Yu said helplessly, "Don't worry, let's start with the rules."

Guidance Yu never expected it.

As the deputy head coach of the national team, one day he actually had to explain the most basic competition rules of the 4×100 relay to the athletes.

Don't look at him saying "don't worry", but in fact he has already panicked in his heart.

Although he intended to throw the "pot" out in public at the venue before, he is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team and the person in charge of the national track and field sprint project.

If the national team fails to submit a satisfactory answer sheet in the Yatian Championships, he, the first responsible person, still has no chance and will be held accountable.

Director Yu pointed to the drawing board prepared in advance and said: "This is the pre-running area. You cannot take over the baton in the pre-running area. You can only take over the baton in the front of the baton area."

"The baton area is 20 meters long, enough for athletes to complete the baton."

"You run the fourth baton, the task is to start in the pre-run area, take the baton in the baton area, and then cross the finish line as fast as possible."

"Do you understand?"

Liu Ming nodded, "Understood."

Director Yu went on to say: "Among the 4 by 100 meters, the baton-taking technique is the most critical."

"The rhythm of taking over the baton is mainly controlled by the handover person, so you only need to listen to the instructions of the third baton."

"Su Fei ran for the third baton. When he asked you to reach out, you stretched out your hand. He asked you to take the baton, and you grasped the baton tightly and rushed forward."

"understand?"

Liu Ming nodded again, "Understood."

At this time, Director Yu called the athlete who was specially trained as a training partner, and introduced him to Liu Ming.

"This is Xiao Zhang from the Capital Athletics Team. These two days I have been practicing with you to catch the baton."

"After two days, Su Fei will come over, and then we will have running-in training with you."

"We only have six days for practice, so the training intensity in these few days will be very high, and you have to be mentally prepared."

Liu Ming said, "Don't worry, Guidance Yu, I will definitely practice hard."

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"Start!"

"Hand out!"

Immediately afterwards, Director Yu frowned and shouted: "Stop!"

On the track, Liu Ming has already passed the takeover zone.

But the baton is still in the hands of the training partner...

Director Yu looked at the two with helplessness on his face, "It's always the one who takes over the baton who runs slowly, which affects the succession of the baton."

"It's the first time I've seen the baton catcher start too fast, and the baton passer behind him can't catch up!"

The training partner blushed and was a little embarrassed, "Director Yu, it's not Liu Ming's fault, it's because I didn't keep up with his speed."

Xiao Zhang was called by the guide.

For 21-year-old Liu Ming, he can only be called Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang is from the Capital Track and Field Team and was once a professional [-]-meter athlete.

But even at his peak, he didn't meet the national team's standards.

Now facing Liu Ming, a freak like this, it is natural to feel extremely difficult to practice with.

Whether it is starting speed or sprint speed, there is an obvious gap between the two.

Therefore, in the 20-meter takeover area, the handover often fails.

Director Yu also knew that the level of the trainers was just like this. Unless he found a few top athletes from the national team to serve as training partners for Liu Ming, it would be very difficult for anyone to catch up with Liu Ming's speed.

But those members of the national team are all participating in the National Athletics Grand Prix at this time.

Make bricks without straw.

Although Director Yu was anxious, he couldn't help it.

"Xiao Liu. These two days of practice are mainly for you to find the feeling of 4 x 100 meters, and get familiar with the operation of taking over the baton. There is no need to fight so fast."

"When you become more proficient in taking over the baton, it's time for Su Fei to return to the team."

"At that time, we will start formal training, what do you think?"

Liu Ming felt wronged in his heart, he didn't use the two skills of King of Reaction and King of Sprint at all.

However, a King of Reaction modified his body, making ultra-fast reflexes his instinct.

Second, his predecessor's original physical fitness was super strong. Through this period of running-in, he is gradually adapting to this body.

So even if he didn't activate his skills and run with all his strength, Lao Zhang, who was no longer at his peak, still couldn't keep up.

However, since Director Yu said so, Liu Ming had no choice but to deliberately suppress the speed and start training to take over the baton.

Although Liu Ming felt extremely awkward, at least the training could proceed normally.

National Athletics Training Center.

"Start!"

"Hand out!"

"Take the baton!"

"Okay, not bad!"

"Again!"

Director Yu signaled Liu Ming to return to the run-up area for another training session.

In terms of guidance, there are three main ways to take over the relay race.

Push-in transfer rods, up-type transfer rods, and push-down transfer rods.

Since Liu Ming has never run a formal relay race, he can only give up the push-down baton pass which requires the most technical skills and adopt the up-lift style.

The main difference between pressing and uploading is whether the receiver has the palm down or the palm up.

For normal people to hold things, dragging them with their hands is definitely more secure than grasping them with their hands.

But when the athlete takes the baton, his hand is stretched backward.

And when running at high speed, it will be very uncomfortable with the palm facing up.

Therefore, although the uploading baton is easy to grasp, the speed of the athletes will be affected to a certain extent.

But there is no way, time is too tight.

After Liu Ming has fully grasped the baton, the four relay athletes will have one to two days of joint training, excluding the time for the plane to Qatar and the time for reporting before the race.

Director Yu felt that it would be great if Liu Ming could master the uploading pass.

Three full days.

In addition to some basic physical training, Liu Ming mainly trains how to take over the baton.

As the competition is approaching, in order to allow athletes to store their energy to avoid injuries.

So although Yu Gui said something first, in fact, he didn't arrange too much intensive training.

Liu Ming's daily training time is about four hours, and the real physical consumption will not exceed two hours.

The physical energy lost in the previous successive games slowly recovered completely.

After all, he was also a professional male basketball player in his previous life, so Liu Ming's comprehension is not bad.

After a few days of training, I am basically familiar with the technical points of passing the baton.

Although there is still a big gap from the top relay athletes, at least there will be no mistakes in receiving the baton.

(End of this chapter)