Chapter 31: The First Game Begins
"Next group, ready!"
With the end of the first group of preliminaries, Ye Qin turned his head to look at Yan Ning and the few boys and girls from Xiushui No. 2 Middle School who had no competition at this time and came to cheer him on, took a light breath, and followed the other seven players to the starting line.
The orange track was flanked by many people watching the race, and in the distance there were colorful flags and some red banners fluttering, and the runners looked silent and a little eager to try.
The dense crowd and the sound of cheering and cheering from time to time should be the middle school students of Nanxiu City No. 1 Middle School or nearby to cheer for their own players.
In the distance, at the location of the green plastic football field on the inside of the runway, several TV station staff seemed to be adjusting their equipment, and they did not know if they were filming footage of the game waiting for the next game.
All the pictures seen in his eyes and all the sounds he heard in his ears, bit by bit, kept converging, all of which made Ye Qin's heart fluctuate continuously, he could clearly feel the rapid and intense beating of his heart, and even after walking on the runway, the muscles in his body seemed to be slightly tense unconsciously.
This is the competition of the City High School Games, this is the arena!
"Ready!"
In front of the starting line, the referees who acted as coaches of Nanxiu Sports School shouted the command for the players to be in place.
Ye Qin took another deep breath and slowly walked onto the starting gear, and at the moment when the referee shouted the order to take place, he felt as if he was feeling dizzy.
"Just relax and run as hard as you can!"
Ye Qin's lips pursed slightly, he felt that his mind was a little blank, as if he couldn't think of anything, and all the sounds and movements around him seemed to be slowed down.
In the school sports meeting of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, at that time, he was just randomly filled in the project by Yu Hao, the sports commissioner, and reported it, even if he was on the field, he never thought about how hard to run, and they were all familiar people, and they were peaceful.
And now, after practicing for almost two months, investing time and energy, and Yan Ning's guidance and care for him, he has begun to care a little.
In front of the starting line of the track, the noise gradually faded down.
Lean over, head down, crouch down, press your fingers in front of the starting line, step your feet on the starting block, and slowly adjust your movements.
The little expectation, excitement, excitement, and uneasiness in his heart all floated up at this time, and he seemed to be pressed down, his eyes were just looking at the runway in front of him, and he seemed to see tiny particles on the rough surface of the plastic runway with his fingers.
"Ready!"
The starter's somewhat strange Mandarin accent sounded again.
Ye Qin tilted his ears sideways and didn't seem to hear very clearly, and looked up to see that the runner in the eighth lane in front of him had changed from a squatting to a half-squatting starting position, and hurriedly followed and stood up.
As soon as the body got up, a gunshot had already been fired.
"It's on!"
The moment Ye Qin heard the gunshot, his heart suddenly tightened, and he barely adjusted his movements too much, and ran out directly.
He has used the running aid for many times during this time, although the starting speed is not necessarily excellent, but compared to the fact that he didn't even know how to use the starting machine before, it is already a huge improvement.
And the people in the field are all high school students, and everyone is not too much different, and the slight starting gap is almost impossible to see.
On the sidelines, Yan Ning, who had been watching Ye Qin's movements closely, frowned slightly after Ye Qin started, and then stretched out again.
Compared with the training in Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, Ye Qin's start this time was not very good, his movements were still a little tight, and he was still a little nervous and could not completely relax.
Especially in the first two steps after the start, the stride length and strength of the pedaling are not enough.
However, as long as the start is smooth, the rest does not matter, this is the men's 400m event, which is the lowest starting requirement in the short-distance track race.
Moreover, at this level of competition, it is unrealistic to talk too hard about the details of the action.
Ye Qin from the start, his brain is still a little dizzy, the moment of nervousness before the race is something he has never experienced, but after running a distance, listening to the pervasive shouts in his ears, his body from static into a state of movement, gradually adapted, and his mind gradually became clearer.
"I seem to be a little slower!"
Dozens of meters away, Ye Qin felt his position in the team, a player in lane six was already approaching him in the corner, and the player in lane eight in front of him seemed to be pulling away from him.
"Steady, steady!"
After Ye Qin found his position among all the players, he was not too impatient, let alone rashly began to accelerate.
When Yan Ning taught him the experience of 400 meters, he especially emphasized that at the distance of 400 meters, the first 100 meters must not sprint with all his strength, and he must have reservations and suppress his speed.
If he manages to run the 100 meters of the first corner at around 90% of his top speed, he will have the first step.
If it was before, Ye Qin didn't know how to control his speed, but after experiencing the final of the school sports meeting and rushing to the finish line exhausted, he already knew very well that he should learn to control himself.
He can't fully control it now, and this kind of control of his body's speed requires long-term practice, and he can only control it roughly by feeling.
You have to be fast, but you must not rush with all your might.
"Come on! Come on! ”
"Hurry up and run!"
"Speed up!"
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Around the noisy runway, Ye Qin seemed to vaguely hear a lot of cheering shouts.
He wasn't sure which voices were cheering for whom, and he didn't pay much attention to it, still running at his own pace.
In the 100 meters of the first corner, Yechin ran unfazedly and didn't look much faster than the other runners.
But after entering the first straight, all of a sudden, the group of people who were watching the 400m preliminaries began to find clues.
The runner in lane 7 didn't seem to slow down at all, but ran very rhythmically and regularly, and began to gradually accelerate, slowly catching up with the runner in lane 8 at the front.
"You have to run loose on the straights and keep the rhythm." Ye Qin always remembered what Yan Ning had said during training.
Since the 400m event is in the straight stage, the competitors can see the approximate position of each other, and the difference between the front and back is quite obvious because of the number of forward extensions.
At this time, some runners tend to be bent on catching up with the previous runners, and once again squeeze their physical strength and speed desperately, so the second half of the next half is really unable to run.
Straight into the corner, Ye Qin took the lead.
After this section of the straight, Ye Qin has run more and more smoothly, and the results of nearly two months of training can also be partially reflected at this time.
First of all, his cornering skills have improved a lot compared to before, and he can know how to balance the center of gravity at the moment of passing through the corner, and the amplitude control of the swing arm with both hands.
Another one, Ye Qin found that although he was unconsciously tired and sleepy during class, he trained for half an hour every day, Saturday and Sunday, which made him more physically energetic in the arena at this time. He didn't spend all of the nutrition money given by the school on food, but there were still appropriate improvements.
The experience of fainting after running 1500 meters is still fresh in his memory. Later, Yan Ning also repeatedly told him that he usually needed to buy some milk powder to drink, eat an egg for breakfast, and at least have a certain amount of meat supplement in his usual diet.
Reasonable and adequate training, coupled with improved nutrition, has an almost immediate effect on teenagers.