Chapter 218: New Coach (Part II)
From Yu Weili's tone, Ye Qin could hear the other party's fists and expectations, and nodded heavily.
Randy Hunter's Chinese only knew some simple expressions, and did not understand what Yu Weili said, but from the other party's look, he probably guessed. He smiled and said in English: "Don't worry, young man, your talent is amazing, and I believe that you can achieve results that exceed other people's expectations." ”
"Coach, it is my honor to be guided by you, and I hope we will have a good time working together in the future."
Ye Qin heard Randy Hunter's words and replied in English with a smile. He had a very good impression of the white man in front of him, and when he met for the first time, he didn't have the slightest arrogance of a famous teacher, but he was like an old man next door, his eyes narrowed into a line when he smiled, and he was very kind.
"Haha, Ye, it turns out that you know English, this is so wonderful, I am still worried that there will be obstacles to communication in the future, and I need to find a translator." Randy Hunter clapped his palms like an old child, and then gave Yechin a hug.
"It can only be some simple daily expressions, and if it is too complex, it may not be very good."
Ye Qin smiled and hugged Randy Hunter lightly, not expecting him to be so excited about being able to speak English. Since last year's World Junior Championships, if he has time, he will pay close attention to learning English, especially some spoken expressions. At that time, Nie Fangping encouraged him, don't look at Nie Fangping's coach who has just curled up in Nanxiu City all his life, his English level is not low, and he can read a lot of English literature. When I was in Italy, I had no problem communicating with other people in English.
"It's okay, you can learn the rest slowly in the future!" Randy Hunter said with a smile.
After a brief exchange, Randy Hunter did not stay in the indoor training gym for long, and soon left with Yu Weili, Feng Shuyou and others. He still had some formalities to go through, and Randy Hunter had just arrived in Yanjing this morning, and the jet lag had not yet been reversed, so he went around the training bureau first, and after making sure that he saw the athlete he was about to be in charge of, he went back to rest first.
"What a foreigner!"
After Randy Hunter left, Ye Qin couldn't help but sigh, he really didn't expect the national team to arrange a coach from abroad for him, I don't know what the level is for the time being, but the impression of the first meeting is still very good.
The coaching staff of the track and field team is not without foreign coaches, as far as he knows, in the race walking and long-distance running events, there are several foreign coaches who seem to be from Italy or somewhere.
The introduction of foreign coaches by the track and field team is not like the coach of the domestic sports system, which can be transferred to the national team with a piece of paper, but from the salary, treatment, contract and other aspects, and some high-end coaches have their own agents and economic companies, and it takes a lot of time to negotiate the treatment.
"You're so important, it's a little jealous, and I'll come and train with you when I have the chance." After Yang Yao watched a few people leave, his face showed envy, and he said with a smile on the side.
"Brother Yang, do you know the origin of this coach?" Ye Qin deduced from Yang Yao's expression that Yang Yao might know the origin of Randy Hunter.
"Of course I do." Yang Yao took a light breath and gently patted Ye Qin's shoulder, "You kid is lucky to be able to have Randy Hunter as the head coach, although I don't know about his achievements in sprinting, his fame is really big. ”
"Tell me about it." Ye Qin couldn't help but be curious, including Yu Weili, had not told him in detail about the origin of the new coach before, and today was the first time they met, so he was really a little curious.
"Do you know long jumper Mike Powell?" Yang Yao asked.
"I don't know." Ye Qin shook his head, he knew very little about many famous superstars in international athletics.
Yang Yao looked at Ye Qin, a little speechless, and then asked, "Mike Powell, you don't even know?" Have you ever heard of the term Beamon barrier? ”
"I know."
Ye Qin nodded, he had heard Nie Fangping mention that in the 1968 Olympic long jump final, the American star Bob Beamon was very good in his first jump, which was beyond the measurement range of the optical instruments used for measurement, and the referee was not allowed to use a steel ruler to manually measure Beamon's results. The official score for this jump is 8.90m. After the results came out, the whole stadium was boiling. In the previous 33 years, the world record for the long jump had only exceeded 22 centimeters. But in the snap of a finger, Beamon improved that record by 55 centimeters. The record also gave rise to a new term in the world of athletics: "Beamon Barrier", which means that an athlete's performance is too good to be surpassed again.
"Bob Beamon's 8.90m long jump world record stood for 23 years until it was broken in 1991, who broke it?"
"You mean......" Ye Qin heard this, and there was a faint guess on his face.
"It's Mike Powell, who broke the world record of 8.90m for Bob Beamon at the 3rd World Championships in 1991 with a score of 8.95 meters, and no one has been able to break it to this day. Mike Powell was also Carl Lewis' strongest competitor in the long jump of that era, and his instructor was none other than Randy Hunter, whom you just met. There is also triple jump world record holder Banks, who is also an athlete in the Randy Hunter band. ”
"Wow!" Upon hearing this, Ye Qin couldn't help but grow his mouth and screamed in surprise.
He thought that Randy Hunter might be a great talent, a top coach in the world, but he didn't expect it to be so big.
As for Randy Hunter being a long jump coach, Yechin didn't find it surprising that the men's sprint and long jump were far more closely related than any other event.
Like Ye Qin, although he is not familiar with Mike Powell, he still has some understanding of Carl Lewis who Yang Yao just mentioned.
Mainly in the early 90s of the last century, Carl Lewis was in full swing, ranking first in the world in the 100m, 200m and long jump, completely dominating the class. Yechin remembers Carl Lewis' best time in the men's 200m was 19.75 seconds, a time that would have been a gold medal even at the Athens Olympics.
Carl Lewis was born as a long jump jumper, and in the process of practicing the long jump, he slowly tapped his talent for sprinting, and thus became the most influential track and field athlete in the eighties and nineties.
"That's why I envy you!"
Yang Yao sighed lightly and smiled, it was really beyond his imagination that the track and field team was able to hire Randy Hunter as Ye Chin's head coach.
But after thinking about it, in fact, some aspects are still very suitable, Ye Qin has a very good ability to maintain speed in the second half, but the acceleration and explosiveness in the first half are relatively weak. Yu Weili and Feng Shuyou in the track and field team must have done research, and Randy Hunter is good at explosive running and jumping training, which is of great benefit to Ye Qin. Besides, even if it is not suitable for Yechin, it is enough for a well-rounded coach like Randy Hunter to instruct the men's long jump.