Figure skating is more suitable for me to participate in the Olympics

Because areas with higher latitudes are more suitable for the development of ice and snow sports, athletes from the three northeastern provinces account for half of the ice and snow events in planting flowers.

It just so happens that Zhang Jue is from the Northeast. He is located in H City, Province H. The figure skating team of the provincial team is well-known throughout the country, especially the first brother and sister in the domestic pair skating event. Two generations have come from the Provincial Team of H Province. .

Under such circumstances, Zhang Junbao, as the coach of singles skating, is actually quite difficult, because the selection of talents in the team is all about pair skating. The priority is to let people practice pair skating. If there is a talented person on the men's singles side, they will also be sent to pair skating.

Without talent, even the best coach will feel that a clever woman can't cook without rice.

Zhang Junbao is the jumping coach in the team, responsible for conducting uniform jumping training for other athletes. The only student he really took care of was hospitalized. It would be nice to bring a nephew to play.

After Zhang Jue recovered from his injury, he led him to the provincial team.

The gatekeeper saw the team lead a boy who was prettier than him, and said curiously: "Hey, Xiao Zhang, who does this baby belong to? He's so handsome, how old is he?"

Zhang Junbao put his big nephew in his arms and smiled, showing his white teeth: "It's my sister's son, he's twelve this year, let's lead the team to play, Xiaoyu, this is Grandpa Wu, call me."

Zhang Jue greeted the uncle obediently: "Grandpa Wu is good."

"You guys are so polite."

Grandpa Wu cheerfully handed Zhang Jue a postcard.

Zhang Jue took a look and found that the back of the postcard was a photo of Jin Meng/Yao Lan, the best pair skating team in China, winning medals at the World Championships last year.

This can be regarded as the peripherals of figure skating star players, but unfortunately figure skating is an unpopular sport in China. The popularity of basketball, football, table tennis, and tennis is not comparable to ball games, and it is not as popular as the 110-meter hurdles in track and field. Liu Feiren, making such peripherals can't make much money, so they can only give them away for fun.

Before going on the ice, he needs to warm up on land. Zhang Junbao is usually easy-going, but when it comes to figure skating, he immediately becomes strict.

He clapped his hands: "Mobilize the joints first, then run 5 laps around the playground, 200 high leg raises, 200 jacking jumps, 50 squat jumps, 500 rope skipping, and start."

Zhang Jue followed suit silently. The playground of the provincial team consisted of 400-meter laps and 5 laps of 2000 meters. In addition to other movements, Zhang Jue was so tired that he stretched his knees and panted.

Zhang Junbao frowned: "Your physical strength is too weak."

Zhang Jue argued: "Uncle, I'm not an athlete, okay?"

The physical function of athletes is very different from that of ordinary people. For example, ordinary people feel that it is enough to run 5000 meters a day. Athletes think that it is just a warm-up before starting training.

Being able to complete the "warm-up" content arranged by Zhang Junbao in one go has already shown that Zhang Jue is the type with relatively good physical strength among normal teenagers.

Zhang Junbao expressed disgust, "I didn't let you leapfrog around the playground, I took care of you", and took Zhang Jue to change his skates and protective gear.

Skates are very expensive consumables. The cheapest entry-level skates cost 400-700 yuan, and competition-level skates cost nearly [-] yuan. Hardworking athletes should at least change a pair a season. With a spare pair of skates, growing athletes have bigger feet, so they change out more often.

Also, there are skates under the skates, so you need to prepare a cover to protect the skates, and the protective gear also costs money. Please ask a good coach for 200-700 per class, depending on the position of the coach.

If you want to participate in a competition, ok, the choreography fee of hiring someone to make up the show, and the cost of making Costeng (performance costumes) are also expensive, so figure skating is a sport that burns money.

Zhang Jue did not continue skating that year because Xu Dela started to practice the violin. It was really hard for the parents to provide for the two children. After being oppressed by the coach, two teeth were broken. His interest declined and he lost his motivation, so he simply stopped skating. up.

Although he has abandoned ice and danced for many years, Zhang Jue usually goes to commercial ice rinks to play, and even as an adult, he still maintains the ability to complete double jumps. At the age of 12, he has a pair of skates given by his parents. Tools are also available.

The undeveloped body not only has good resilience, but also is very light. After adapting for a while, Zhang Jue started to try to take off with his feet in a figure of eight.

Zhang Junbao looked at the slender young man who took off with a very standard posture and landed after turning 720 degrees (two weeks) in the air. Although his landing posture was not stable, he did not fall. He was pleasantly surprised .

"Not bad 2S (rear outer loop double jump), you boy really haven't trained for four years?"

Zhang Jue replied: "Yes, no training, but I usually go to the ice to play."

Zhang Junbao's eyes lit up: "Do you know other two-week jumps? Show me one."

Zhang Jue tried to dance 2lo and 2A again, but he was still very unstable, but he didn't have to choose whether it was the level of technical specifications or the number of turns in the air.

Especially the 2A, which directly surprised Zhang Junbao.

Axel jump (A jump) is the only forward jump among all jumps, and it needs to turn 180 degrees in the air more than other jumps, that is, more than half a circle, with different force methods and higher turning difficulty. It is the most difficult to overcome among the six jumps.

So Axel jump is also known as the king of jumping.

In the international arena, the top men's singles use the quadruple jump as their biggest weapon, but there are many people who can complete the quadruple jump but can't jump well in the 3A.

Zhang Junbao: "What else?"

Zhang Jue: "It's gone."

Zhang Junbao couldn't believe it: "Why is it gone? What about 2T? This is the simplest, right?"

Zhang Jue tried jumping silently. He knows the technique, and he can turn his feet in a few weeks, but the axis is not stable, so when he lands, he will fall into a rolling gourd.

He looked at the old uncle with a little embarrassment: "If you don't practice for a few years, there is nothing you can do to lose your skills."

In fact, if he is really only 12 years old, he should not lose the double jump, but isn't he still not used to his body?

Zhang Junbao was silent for a while, and opened his notebook to record: "The 2S, 2lo, and 2A you can jump are all blade jumps. The blade jump requires good coordination, and all the ice jumps are lost. Your partiality is quite obvious."

Everyone's physique is different, and their talents in sports are also different. This is determined by genes, and the same is true for athletes. For example, Zhang Jue is the type with strong endurance. He can still complete the warm-up menu given by Zhang Junbao after many days of recuperation. He can also jump on the ice, but his explosive power is relatively average.

The ice jumps mentioned by Zhang Junbao are 2T, 2F and 2lz. These three jumps must use the blade teeth on the front of the skates to tap the ice to take off, which requires higher strength.

But Zhang Jue has a good foundation. After practicing all afternoon, he recovered to 2T under the guidance of Zhang Junbao.

The old uncle patted his notes: "You can even complete 2A, so other jumps should be fine. Practice hard, and you will soon get all your skills back."

Zhang Jue supported his knees and was out of breath: "Uncle, I used to be able to dance 3T and 3S, do you think I can get them all back?"

The triple axel and the double axel are not the same thing. If an adult can practice figure skating to the level of the axel, the three axel must be done by a child.

But Zhang Junbao seems to be very optimistic about him: "I see you like this. Not only can you pick up 3T and 3S, but you can also practice for the other three weeks. Okay, don't stop exercising immediately. Slow down, it's okay to slow down."

Zhang Jue went obediently. Zhang Junbao stood on the sidelines and looked at the small figure of his nephew, with excitement in his eyes.

Ming Jia, the skating coach of the provincial team, leaned on the baffle at the edge of the ice rink and asked him.

"Old Zhang, where did this kid come from? His body proportions are good, he looks good, and his technique is particularly standardized. It's a good material."

Zhang Junbao replied proudly: "This is my nephew. Not only does he look good, he has a good foundation, and he also takes ballet classes every week. Didn't you notice that his upper body posture is particularly beautiful when skating?"

Ballet pays attention to opening, stretching, straightening, and standing, which greatly improves the beauty of temperament, posture, and body movements.

Ming Jia looked at it for a while, and then laughed: "Hey, it's a bit of that temperament. It just so happens that Head Coach Song is worried that the youth group men's singles in the team is not good. Are you going to bring him into the provincial team?"

Zhang Junbao responded casually: "This kid has lost some skills. I will take him back to practice for three weeks first, and then we will see the situation. He is also good at ballet. He has won the city's award before, and he will continue to participate this year." .”

It would be deceiving to say that Zhang Junbao is not envious of his nephew's talent, but Zhang Jue was only 8 years old when he practiced his first triple axel! The 06 Winter Olympics figure skating men's singles champion was the first triple axel at the age of 8!

Now that Zhang Jue came back to practice skating on his own, Zhang Junbao would definitely think about it, but whether this talent belongs to ballet or figure skating is another matter.

Zhang Jue was sweating all over, changed his clothes and came back with a bag on his back, when he heard his uncle calling him.

"Xiaoyu, let's go, uncle will take you to dinner!"

Zhang Junbao led Zhang Jue to the cafeteria, and put a nutritious meal in front of him. On the plate, there were wild lotus root, cucumber, chicken breast, and shrimp. and soy milk.

Because of the rich variety, the plate was full, and the corners of Zhang Jue's eyes twitched.

"Uncle, I came to you because I want to control my figure, why are you feeding me so much?"

Zhang Junbao patted the child's head: "Not much, just eat. If you don't eat well when you exercise a lot, your body will not be able to bear it. Don't worry, I'll figure it out. You won't gain weight if you eat all of it."

Without supplementing enough protein and vitamins, where does the human body get the energy to grow muscles?How to recover triple axel without muscle?

Zhang Junbao looked at his eldest nephew who was working hard, and showed a loving smile like a farmer's uncle watering the farmland.

After that, Zhang Junbao came to pick up Zhang Jue to practice figure skating almost every other day. Zhang Jue's parents were happy to leave their son to the reliable old Gada when they were busy.

The head coach of the provincial team, Song Cheng, went to see Zhang Jue's training, and after that, he acquiesced that there was such an extra small player in the team.

Anyway, Zhang Junbao didn't miss work, and he used his own meal card to take the children to eat nutritious meals. It's nothing to borrow a venue. If it really improves the men's singles, Song Cheng is willing to give Zhang Junbao a raise.

When Zhang Jue stumbled back to recovering all the double jumps and started practicing 3S, his uncle asked him something after a training session.

"Yu, are you going to learn singing and dancing these two days?"

Zhang Jue thought for a while: "After the winter vacation, the class meeting is more diligent than usual, so tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be classes, vocal music in the morning and ballet at seven in the evening."

There was no other way. In a family whose parents expected their children to become a success, school-age children had such a busy life. Zhang Jue was fine. He remembered that some people would be full of interest classes every day as long as they were on vacation.

However, due to the hard work of practicing figure skating, he was beaten and bruised all day long. Vocal music and ballet classes are like rest for him.

Zhang Junbao discussed with him: "Can you ask for leave? Our national figure skating championship is about to start, and we are short of an ice boy. Would you like to play a guest role?"