Tick!

On the track and field track of the Kingston Physical Training Center, a tall, strong figure sped past the track.

Glenn Mills pressed the stopwatch in his hand, looked up at Usse Both, who had already begun to slow down at the finish line, and shook his head slightly, "Start, start is still slow!" It's not 200 meters, it's not 400 meters, it won't give you too much time to react and accelerate, you need to pick up the speed as fast as possible in the first few steps! ”

Amid the violent wheezing sound, Yusse Bot couldn't help but shake his head, looked at Glenn Mills, and asked helplessly: "Coach, do you think I will make a difference in the 100 meters?" ”

"Of course." Glenn Mills looked at Usse Both's somewhat suspicious eyes, and the look on his face was much softer, "Your recent progress has been obvious. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Daniel Bailey, who crossed the finish line with Usse Both, "Look at Daniel, after you beat him in the 100 meters, it seems like you haven't lost to the other person again." ”

"Hey, coach, I'm going to be sad if you say that." Daniel Bailey, who was standing on the other side of the runway, was also panting, sweat dripping from his forehead, and grinned helplessly after hearing Glenn Mills' words.

Looking at Usse Both, who was a head taller than him, Daniel Bailey really felt like he was looking at a monster.

He started training with Yusse Bot as a training partner at the Kingston Strength and Conditioning Centre after last year's World Championships, when Yusse Bot was just starting to run the 100m.

In the 100m, he was basically the one to win, and he also teased Yusse Bot at the time, saying that with his size, he might not be suitable in the 100m.

But one day, suddenly, he found out that in the 100m event, Yusse Bot outperformed him. From that day on, the duo trained and never won against Yuser Bot in the 100m distance.

Even if Yusse-Both's performance in the 100m is still very inconsistent during this time, sometimes it is easy to start at a disadvantage, and his oversized size often makes him slow to start, but even so, he sprints with all his strength, and a few steps before the finish line, he will still be overtaken by the opponent.

That's still 100 meters, and as for 200 meters, that's not to mention.

That's Yusse Both's forte, Jamaica's national record holder in the men's 200m, and the top 200m athlete in the world.

Glenn Mills ignored Daniel Bailey, just looked at Euse Both, and said slowly: "The 100m event is your own choice, and since you have decided, there is no need to have any doubts." ”

As he spoke, Glenn Mills pointed to Usse Both's legs, paused, and continued, "I remember you said that when you first started in elementary school, you ran 100 meters, but then you moved from 100 meters to 200 meters and 400 meters because you grew taller?" ”

"Yes, my coach in middle school thought I would be better in the 200m and 400m runs."

Yusse Bot nodded, the reason why he practiced track and field is still interesting.

At that time, he loved cricket and had always wanted to be a cricketer, and once in school cricket, his primary school principal noticed that he was a fast runner.

After that, the principal of his elementary school, in order to encourage him to sprint, made a pact with him that if he participated in the sprint training, he would give him a rich lunch.

In this way, he was bought off for lunch and took up sprinting.

At first, he did practice in the men's 100m, and his results were good among his peers, but as he got older, his height skyrocketed. When he entered secondary school, the coaches felt that he was too tall to fit the 100m, but he should have performed well in the 200m and 400m.

In fact, he won the men's 200m at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Jamaica and became Jamaica's rising athletics star.

It's just that now because he doesn't want to continue running 400 meters, and after 100 meters, he finds that he is really behind in terms of starting, and at the beginning, he and Daniel Bailey are often training at the beginning, often when he just starts to accelerate, and Daniel Bailey has already jumped several steps away.

"You have a lot of potential in the 100 meters, too." Glenn Mills is well aware of Euse-Bot's concerns, but from his perspective, the progress is already astonishing. It's just that Yusse Bot is a young man in his early 20s after all, and he is a top 200m athlete himself, so it is inevitable that he will be a little anxious, and he needs someone to stand behind him and give him a clear goal.

"Yusse, your own problem, in fact, I think you should know very well that although you are tall enough, your left and right feet are not perfectly balanced, there is a slight difference, and your scoliosis, when you run, will make your running movements deformed." Glenn Mills continued.

Yusse Bot nodded, these were his own physical problems. In the first five or six years of the race, he ran to the back of the sprint, often the whole person's head was tilted back very badly, and the running was extremely uncoordinated.

"But you have your edges." Glenn Mills' eyes burned and he looked at Eusse Bot as if he were looking at a precious work of art, "I always say that your talent is unmatched, so do you know where your talent is?" ”

Without waiting for Eusse Bot to speak, Glenn Mills said to himself, "That's your height. Many people feel that your height restricts your performance in the 100m or even 60m events, and the height of the 100m athlete is best between 180-185. But in fact, on the contrary, your height and long legs will be your advantage. You have the physical coordination that is much higher than your size, your cadence is fast, and your stride is big enough, and when combined, it will make you invincible in sprinting.

What has been our focus in training over the past few months? Have you ever wondered why you went from not being able to outrun Daniel Bailey in training to always beating him? ”

"It's power!" Yusse Bot blurted out.

"That's right, it's powerful enough. You're taller than the average sprinter, and if you want to start at the same speed as everyone else, you'll need to focus more on strength training. Your improvement in the 200m event over the past few years has always been mainly due to the improvement of your strength.

You can imagine yourself from a heavy truck to outperform those light family cars or even sports cars, and you need a more powerful engine to propel your body to accelerate. Fast cadence, superhuman stride, and when your speed increases, no one else will be your opponent. ”

The selection of sprinters is multifaceted, but Glenn Mills has always seen the talent of Yusse Bol. An athlete of Eussie Both's height, who can still perform phenomenally in terms of explosiveness, body coordination, cadence, etc., is sure to have a limitless achievement.

In the past, the biggest problem of Yusai-Bot was not enough strength, which was not directly related to training, but the result of the natural growth of the human body.

The flexibility and coordination of the body in the adolescent years are very high, let alone professional athletes, but the total muscle strength of the body is often at its peak after the age of 20.

The current Euse Bot is on his way to the top of his game in Glenn Mills' eyes. In the months since the World Championships, focusing on further strengthening of his strength, Yusse Bot has given him the feeling that he is growing visibly every day.

"A new season has begun! Yusse, get to the rhythm of the start and you can soon surprise your opponents and everyone! ”

"Yes." Yusse Bot looked up and seemed to be able to see the silhouette of Jamaica's famous Blue Mountains through the stadium sky, and there was no doubt in his eyes, only confidence.

"I'm going to make a better start, I'm ready to coach, I'm ready to race, I'm getting stronger!"