Chapter 002: Testing the Waters
Du Ke beckoned Su Yun to come over, and he asked Su Yun, "There are only two members of your men's swimming team?" It's too shabby, isn't it? β
Su Yun explained: "Originally, there were five members of the men's team, one of them was injured, the other had an urgent family and returned to his hometown, and another team member is said to have written an online novel and has been missing for several months. Our school's men's ball game is very good, and boys with athletic talent play ball. β
"Although the men's swimming team is not strong enough and there are not many people, the coach still hopes that the men's team can participate in the Provincial Universiade. If you are disqualified because there are less than three applicants, it will be a shame to be thrown to grandma's house. β
"Our NTU is also a key university, just like the Chinese men's football team, although the strength is not good, but how can we gather more than 20 people to play in the qualifiers, right? If such a big China can't even find more than 20 men who can play football, do you say it's a shame? It's the same thing, that's why I asked you to come. Although I am the captain of the women's team, I also have to contribute to the overall situation of the swimming team. β
The men's basketball team of Nangang University is a strong team in CUBA, which has won the championship twice, and a total of four players have been selected by CBA teams in recent years to become professional basketball players.
The varsity boys' soccer team is also a very strong team in the CUFL (Collegiate Soccer League), and they do not participate in the CUFL campus group, but in the higher level super group. Even in small ball sports such as badminton and table tennis, the school team of Nangang University is also very competitive in the country.
Compared with the strength of the men's ball team, the men's swimming team of Nangang University is simply weak, and has fallen into a miserable situation of making up the numbers.
"Even if the men's swim team is full of five, that's not much. It seems that the gentlemen in our school are dry goods and don't like to paddle. Douc muttered.
"If you want to swim, you will swim, what nonsense? Long-winded. Su Yun was just about to educate Du Ke a few words, and suddenly became serious, and she saluted at a man who was walking towards her.
The man was wearing a sportswear, with a timer around his neck, his hair parted in the middle, and his beard was unshaven, which was a bit of a literary uncle.
When the uncle passed by more than a dozen female members of the women's team, the girls greeted him and called him "Coach Jiang".
Coach Jiang walked up to Du Ke and Su Yun and looked at Du Ke. Su Yun introduced the two to each other: "Coach Jiang, this is the Du Ke I mentioned to you, he has received professional swimming training since he was 6 years old, and he has a solid foundation. Now there is nearly a month before the opening of the Provincial Universiade, and during this period of intensive training, we should be able to achieve certain results. Du Ke, this is Coach Jiang Zhigang of our school swimming team, and the men's and women's teams are all led by Coach Jiang. β
Du Ke politely took the initiative to say: "Hello Coach Jiang, give me a lot of advice." β
"Oh." Jiang Zhigang nodded at Du Ke, and said hello, "Du Ke, have you warmed up?" If it's OK, let's get into the pool, and we'll start the selection. β
Du Ke turned his head to look at the two lonely male team members not far away, and said, "There are only three of them, and they still need to be selected?" Just sign up for us to the organizing committee. β
Jiang Zhigang was a little displeased: "No matter how many people there are, rules are rules." You're a master or an embroidered pillow, you'll have to let me know. I'd rather the men's team not compete than go out with a bunch of parallel goods. β
"Coach Jiang, what you said is inappropriate......" Du Ke wanted to argue a few words, but Su Yun secretly pinched his waist and signaled him to stop talking and obey the coach's arrangement. He said in his heart, your men's team has degenerated like this, and you, the coach, are still so arrogant?
Jiang Zhigang glanced at Du Ke again, looking unhappy, no one in the swimming team had ever contradicted him, and Du Ke, a newcomer, pushed him as soon as he came, which made him a little unhappy. He shouted at the two male team members: "Liu Chenxiao, Wang Qiuyue, the third and fourth lanes, right away!" β
The two male team members stopped to warm up and obediently walked to the diving platform of the third and fourth lanes, ready to go.
Jiang Zhigang then said to Du Ke: "You swim in the second lane, right now." β
Duke: "Coach, can I swim in lane five, lane five is more feeling." β
Jiang Zhigang was a little impatient: "If you want you two, you will be two, where did you get so many requests?" Are you professionally trained? Don't know how to follow your coach's instructions? β
"Good, good, two is two." Duke didn't bother to say anything, he walked to the jumping platform of the second lane, put on his swimming cap, diving goggles, and got ready.
The swimming pool of Nangang University is a standard pool of 50 x 21 meters, and the buoy line divides the pool into 8 standard lanes, and three male competitors are ready on the diving platform of the second, third and fourth lanes, ready to compete in the pool.
More than a dozen female team members stopped warming up, came to Su Yun's side, and stood on the shore of the pool on the right, making onlookers.
"Wow, pomp, it's been a long time since I've seen three people on the men's team at the same time."
"It smells of gunpowder, do you smell it? Why am I so excited? I like to watch the little fresh meat tear it up. β
"That new handsome guy is very good-looking, and he's still a long-legged Oba."
"I think the new handsome guy really looks like a professional, looking at his figure, streamlined. The other male players, including us, are just amateurs. Except, of course, for the Soviets. β
"Team Su, where did you find this handsome guy? Are you a male ticket? β
It is in the nature of women that the girls gossip and the fire of gossip burns. The focus of the gossip is naturally the newcomer Duke.
"Stop, don't beep, he was picked up by me on the side of the road, watch the game!" Su Yun stopped the discussion of the female players, she actually wanted to see what level Du Ke was now.
Jiang Zhigang walked to the shore of the pool on the left side of the diving platform, raised his left arm, faced the three male players on the diving platform, and shouted: "100-meter freestyle, everyone is in place~"
Jiang Zhigang then took out a whistle from his trouser pocket with his right hand, blew the whistle for two seconds, and sounded a long whistle to prepare for the three male players. He didn't ask Duke if he could swim freestyle, in his opinion, since Duke has received professional swimming training, he will naturally be able to swim freestyle, and no matter what kind of swimming style professional swimmers focus on in the future, the most basic swimming style of freestyle must have been practiced. If Doucho can't even swim freestyle, then go back where it came from.
After hearing Jiang Zhigang's preparatory order, the three male contestants made preparations for jumping. They bent their knees with their right feet in front of them and their toes clasped on the edge of the platform. Drag your left foot back, point your toes and lift your heels. With a slight push on both hands, your fingers gently tug on the edge of the platform. They balance their hands and build up their legs, ready to jump.
The three male competitors made a standard jump at the same time, except for the backstroke, which starts from the pool, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly can all use this set of standard jumping preparations. They looked serious and ready to jump, and the taste of sports competition ignited at once.
The girls who were watching were excited, the men were taller and had longer arms than the women, and the movements of the male contestants would be more ornamental. Women like to watch the competition between men, and it doesn't matter if the competition has anything to do with them, it's quite enjoyable to watch.
Jiang Zhigang whistled again, and at the same time waved his left hand down, and a rapid whistle sounded - this was the departure order, he pressed the button of the timer and began to time manually.
The three male competitors on the jumping platform listened to the whistle and jumped and set off!
They shifted their weight forward, looked far ahead, and kicked the platform with their legs hard and soared into the air! During the flight, they swing their arms forward, put their feet together, and enter the water at a small parabolic angle.
Judging from the starting jump alone, the three male players did a good job and won a round of applause from the female team members.
The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway. The girls watched the chic and stretching of the three male contestants, and it would be better if they could decorate something, but Jiang Zhigang observed it more carefully.
Jiang Zhigang was also a professional swimmer, and after retiring, he became a physical education teacher at Nangang University and led the swimming team. At a glance, the connoisseur could see at a glance that there was a difference between Duke and the two regular members of the swimming team.
After Du Ke took off, his arms were very straight, and he used the inside of his upper arm to stick to his ears, this subtle technical essentials of adjusting his posture in the air, he did better than Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue, the two official team members.
"Oh? Really practiced? Jiang Zhigang said to himself, a little interested, and continued to observe.
After Du Ke, Liu Chenxiao, and Wang Qiuyue entered the water, they stroked their arms and legs and swam forward in a freestyle swimming style.
Duke hasn't been in the pool for more than half a year, but the skill of swimming is like walking and eating, once you learn it, you won't forget it, and the difference between insisting on training and AFK is familiar and unfamiliar, fast and unfast.
Jumping, entering the water, rowing arms, kicking, and breathingβthese freestyle movements have been recorded in Duke's mind and in the muscle group. Once Doucle enters the water, he reflexively paddles forward in a standard freestyle movement.
After swimming 30 meters, Du Ke was one position behind Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue.
Compared to the beautiful jumps of the three of them, they actually didn't swim fast after entering the water. Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue are usually training, and they are in better shape, so they are ahead of Du Ke.
Take-off technique is an important technique in swimming, but it is not the whole story, the performance after entering the water is the key. Jiang Zhigang saw that Du Ke swam so slowly after entering the water, slower than Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue, two team members with average qualifications, and the interest he had just mentioned to Du Ke instantly dissipated: "It's really an embroidered pillow, the handle is beautiful but not practical at all." β
Su Yun also frowned lightly on the shore: "Du Ke, your kid is regressing too fast, right?" At your rate of cultivation, I can completely blow you up now. β
Of all the members of the men's and women's teams of the Nangang University swimming team, only two of them have obtained the second-level swimming athlete certificate, Su Yun and the buddy of the men's team who lost contact and wrote online novels. The other team members did not receive professional swimming training before going to university, and can only be regarded as swimmers and are amateur swimmers.
The level of the two male team members, Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue, Su Yun is very clear, the average score of Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue in the 100-meter freestyle is outside 1 minute and 20 seconds, which is close to the level of third-level athletes, and they are considered masters among amateurs.
The women's 100m freestyle level 2 athlete standard is 1 minute and 13 seconds, and Su Yun can easily swim past the two members of the men's team. Du Ke is now swimming slower than Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue, two amateurs, and it seems that Du Ke is also an amateur now.
In the system, Duke now has an average stat of 8.125, rated as an amateur, 10 is the tipping point, and reaching 10 is considered a semi-professional. In fact, Du Ke is now a master among amateur players, if he concentrates on swimming seriously, he may not be able to swim Liu and Wang, but he deserted, and he is studying system skills while swimming.
Duke noticed that the stunt "8 Kicks" icon in the skill bar was now brightened and was available. Before launching, this stunt icon is dark and unavailable.
At this moment, Duke heard a woman on the shore roaring, "Duke you give me a good swim!" β
It was Su Yun who was roaring.
Du Ke came back to his senses, he found that Liu and Wang's two opponents had begun to turn around, he quickly accelerated, and when he was still half a body distance from the pool wall, he turned forward, kicked the wall with both legs to complete the turn, and began to swim the last 50 meters. At this time, he was already two and a half positions behind Liu and Wang.
"Yo? It's beautiful to turn around. After Jiang Zhigang saw Du Ke's turn, he unconsciously praised him, and then mocked: "It's just that the absolute speed is too slow, and it's too much to practice." He also saw from the details such as take-off, take-off adjustment, entry and exit, and turning, that Duke had indeed received professional swimming training. But in a race like swimming, everything is true if you don't swim fast.
In the official swimming competition, the turning technique is also a very key technical essential, and a good use of turning technique can often determine the direction of a competition. Except for the 50 meters, swimming competitions at all other distances have to be turned at least once. Freestyle and backstroke turns can be done with any part of the body, while breaststroke and butterfly turns must be done with both hands.
When Liu Chenxiao and Wang Qiuyue turned around, they first touched the wall with both hands, and then kicked the pool wall with their legs to pop out with the help of elastic force. From this detail, it can be seen that they are indeed still at the amateur level.
When Duke turned around, he used the most common kick wall turning action used by professional freestyle swimmers, and this beautiful and professional turning action raised his compulsion to a higher level, and the female team members on the shore all exclaimed.
Duke also saw that the two opponents in front of him swam freestyle, but they couldn't even do the standard turning action of freestyle, which was amateur enough. I, Du Ke, also claim to have received professional training since I was a child, so I can't lose to amateur players.
Whether it's an official match or a friendly match, a man doesn't want to lose to other men, not to mention that there are a large number of girls watching on the shore. Duke mustered up his spirits and began to speed up the pursuit of the two opponents in front of him, and he increased the frequency of his arms and legs, hitting the waves.
With the last 20 meters left, Duke is still a position and a half behind, after all, he hasn't practiced swimming for a long time, not that he can catch up if he wants to. As far as the current system rating goes, he's also an amateur and isn't much better than his two opponents.
When the sprint stage arrived, Du Ke suddenly remembered that he had a system and stunts, and he operated in his mind: "Use stunts [8 kicks]!" β
The system responded: "Stunt [8 Kicks] is activated, a round of strokes and kicks 8 times, the forward speed is increased by 20%, lasts for 6 seconds, and the cooldown time is 1 hour." β
After the stunt was activated, Duke felt that his whole body was filled with a strange power, an explosive force that erupted, like an instant overclocking of the CPU, this feeling was awesome!
Driven by the magical power of the stunt, Doke's forward speed was immediately increased by 20%. Bang bang, he hit the water and flew up, which was very ornamental.
Don't underestimate the 20% acceleration bonus, 1 minute acceleration of 20% is 12 seconds, the men's 100-meter freestyle world record is 46.91 seconds, the men's 100-meter freestyle international athlete standard is 49.66 seconds, and the men's 100-meter freestyle athlete standard score is 52.31 seconds. In sprint swimming, a few seconds is a grade, and the championship is often between a few tenths of a second.
In the 6-second stunt time, Duke was equivalent to a hanging, and his speed instantly increased by several notches. With a clearly visible acceleration amplitude, he quickly approached the two opponents in front of him, and completed the overtake within the last 5 meters, half a body ahead of Liu Chenxiao and the first to touch the wall.
"Complete the Starter Mission: Use one stunt [8 Kicks]."
"Get rewards: +1 for all stats, +5 for bonus points."
"New Mission: [Beginner Swimming], mission requirements: Participate in an official swimming event and get a place in the rankings. Rewards for completing quests: +1 for all stats, +5 for bonus points, and unlock shops."
After using stunts to win the first place in the team's friendly match, the system swiped out a bunch of information at once, and Duke was slowly digesting it......