All-round Athlete

Chapter 15 Special Relay Training

Director Ma's face darkened instantly. It is not easy to win a medal in track and field events in the world, and the 4x100m is also considered a team event, representing the overall level of a national team's sprint. The gold content of the medal is very high, so Director Ma does not want to give up the 4x100m at the Asian Athletics Championships rice item.

Zhang Guan can't even start the 100-meter start, and he has never run the 4x100m. In a high-level confrontation, one Zhang Guan will definitely drag the entire team down, so the 4x100m in the Asian Athletics Championships is basically useless. up.

After pondering for a moment, Director Ma asked the opposite person: "Director Tang, what good idea do you have?"

Director Tang is not a sports-related major, so he can sit here because of his personal ability. Compared with other athletes around him, Director Tang is a serious Tsinghua Statistics major, and his thinking is much more flexible than others.

Director Tang didn't hold back, and immediately returned and said, "Director Ma, I think Zhang Guan should be called to the national team immediately, and a special person should be assigned to conduct special training for him in the 4x100m event."

"Athletes' training does not last a day or two. There are only ten days before the Asian Athletics Championships. It may be too late to train a newcomer into a 4x100m athlete." A person next to him said.

"So special training is needed." Director Tang said, holding up the white paper in his hand, drawing a track on it, pointing and saying: "Zhang Guan is a rookie, and he has only done 100-meter training so far. That is to say, he will definitely not run in curves. In the 4x100m event, the first and third legs are both curved, and Zhang Guan will definitely not be able to run; the remaining second and fourth legs can make him Run one of the rods. The second rod athlete needs to receive the first rod and pass the third rod, and needs baton receiving and passing skills, while the fourth rod athlete only needs to receive the third rod and does not need to pass the rod. The fourth rod After the short bend when taking the baton, the rest is normal straight running, which is the same as running a hundred meters. So we only need to train Zhang Guan's baton-catching skills and let him run the fourth baton."

"That's a good idea." Director Yu nodded: "Among our four athletes, let Chen Jian run the first leg; Shen Baolai run the second leg; With rich experience in the game and comprehensive skills, there should be no problem running the third baton; Zhang Guan can show his speed by running the fourth baton. It can be done by practicing only one baton in ten days. If you are lucky, This 4x100m medal has to be returned to us."

Director Ma slapped the table and said, "That's it. Although we change generals, we can't give up this medal easily. For the sake of national honor, we have to fight for it!"

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An hour later, Zhang Guan received a notice to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships.

Zhang Guan didn't know exactly what happened to make this turnaround happen, but Mr. Chen vaguely guessed something, but he didn't say anything about it.

Zhang Guancheng's train headed for the capital that night, and the next day, Zhang Guan arrived at the training center of the national track and field team.

Director Yu personally trained Zhang Guan, and the national team also provided Zhang Guan with a special training partner.

"Xiao Zhang, have you ever run a 4x100-meter relay before?" Director Yu asked.

Zhang Guan shook his head: "I see others running, but I haven't."

"Then let's start with the rules." Director Yu said helplessly. He is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, and he is also the coach who is directly responsible for the training. Under him, all the top track and field athletes in the country. But I never expected that as the coach of the national team, he would explain the most basic rules of the game to an athlete.

Director Yu pointed to the ready-made drawing board 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-taking area. The baton-taking area is 20 meters long, enough The athlete takes the baton. The task of your fourth run is to start in the pre-run zone, catch the baton in the baton zone, and then cross the finish line as fast as you can.”

"I understand." Zhang Guan said.

Director Yu went on to say: "Among the 4 by 100 meters, taking over the baton is the most critical, and 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. Reach out, he asked you to take the baton, and you gripped the baton tightly and rushed forward. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Zhang Guan nodded again.

"I found you a sparring partner to practice taking over the baton. After two days, Yang Yao, who ran the third baton, will come, and then we will have a running-in training with you. Our time is very tight, only ten days, so these few days The training intensity will be very high, you have to be mentally prepared." Director Yu said.

"Don't worry, Director Yu, I will definitely practice hard."

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"Start!"

"Hand out!"

"Stop! Stop!" Director Yu shouted loudly. At this time on the track, Zhang Guan had already passed the baton zone, but the baton was still in the hands of the athlete who was training with him.

Director Yu frowned and looked at the two of them, and said, "It's always the one who receives the baton who runs too slowly, which affects the succession of the baton. This is the first time that the one who receives the baton starts too fast and the one who passes the baton later can't catch up!"

The old face of the training partner turned red with embarrassment. This training partner used to be a professional athlete, but later retired due to injury. He originally signed up as a coach assistant for the national team. He said he was an assistant, but he usually had to do some training work. The salary is not high, the treatment is not good, and there is no official establishment yet, but the experience of the national team assistant coach can add a lot of quality to his resume, and it will be much easier to apply for coaches in some municipal sports teams or some university sports teams in the future.

Even when he was at his peak, this trainer did not meet the national team's standards. Now facing Zhang Guan, a freak, when he took over the baton, he couldn't catch up with Zhang Guan's speed at all, which caused the failure of taking over the baton. .

Director Yu also knew that the level of training partners was just like this. Unless they were looking for official athletes from the national team to train Zhang Guan, it would be very difficult for anyone to catch up with Zhang Guan's speed. The official athletes of the national team all participated in the National Athletics Grand Prix in Huangpu, and Director Yu is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice.

Director Yu had no choice but to say to Zhang Guan: "Xiao Zhang, this is an exercise. It is 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. Wait for your baton to take over. I'm more proficient now, and it's time for Yang Yao to return to the team, and we'll have formal training then. Okay, let's do it again!"

So Zhang Guan didn't use his sprint skills anymore, and finally started training for taking over the baton.

"Start!"

"Hand out!"

"Take the baton! Good, good! Stop, let's do it again!" Director Yu signaled Zhang Guan to return to the run-up area for another training session.

There are three main ways to take over the baton in the relay race. The first one is the push-in baton passing method. This method requires two players to be very close to complete the baton passing, but it cannot effectively reduce the running distance. It is used by amateur players who have never trained professionally.

The second is the uploading style of passing the baton. The baton-taker stretches his hand backwards, with the tiger's mouth facing down, and the baton-passer sends the baton from bottom to front and up into the hands of the baton-taker. This method is relatively easy to master, but the disadvantage is that when the fourth player takes the baton, he can only hold the front end of the baton, which is easy to drop the baton or affect the speed of running with the baton.

The third type is the push-down bat passing, in which the bat bearer stretches his hand backwards, with the palm up, the thumb and the other four fingers spread apart, and the tiger’s mouth facing backwards; This method is convenient for running quickly with the baton, and the process of passing the baton is more accurate; the disadvantage is that the stretching of the baton's arm is uncomfortable. Moreover, this is also the most technically demanding way of taking over the baton, and professional athletes will take over the baton in this way.

The main difference between the second and third methods is whether the receiver's hand is palm down or palm up. When normal people hold things, dragging them with their hands is definitely more stable than grabbing them with their hands. Sometimes the hand is stretched to the rear, but when running at high speed, it will be very uncomfortable to stretch the hand to the rear with the palm upward. Therefore, the use of the push-down baton transfer requires more technical requirements for the baton bearer.

Since Zhang Guan is a rookie who has never run a relay race, Director Yu decided to train Zhang Guan to use the uploading pass. This method will not affect the speed and is easy to master, and the technical difficulty in the passing process is all on the third baton. As for the fourth baton, the athlete only needs to hold on to the baton and not drop it halfway.

The more important reason is that the time is really tight. After Zhang Guan has fully mastered the baton, the four relay athletes will have one to two days of joint training, excluding the time for the plane to the Philippines and the time for the pre-match report. Director Yu felt that it would be great if Zhang Guan could master the uploading pass.

For five full days, apart from some basic physical training, Zhang Guan mainly focused on how to take over the baton. As the competition is approaching, in order to allow the athletes to store their energy and avoid injuries, they will not arrange too much training. Counting the rest time during training, Zhang Guan's daily training time is about five hours. Consumption will not exceed four hours.

Zhang Guan's understanding is neither strong nor weak. After a few days of training, he is basically familiar with the technical points, and there will be no mistakes in taking over the baton. However, there is still a big gap between him and the top athletes.

At the same time, Zhang Guan also hopes to seek help from the system, but perhaps because passing the baton is not a difficult skill, there is no relevant skill in the system, so Zhang Guan can only rely on his own practice to improve his skills.

Two days later, Yang Yao arrived at the track and field center and trained with Zhang Guan on the passing of the third and fourth bats. .

Two days later, Chen Jian and Shen Bao also arrived. The four of them had two short days of joint training, and then hurriedly boarded the plane to the Philippines with the national team.

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