Chapter XXIV
On Wednesday, after two days of arrangement, Zhao Shanhe's affairs were specially handled. In the swimming association, the Olympic Association, the qualification of registered athletes is completed.
And his list was also submitted to FINA as soon as possible.
It's already mid-September of '85, and the World Swimming Championships and the Asian Games are both held in the middle of next year.
In order for Zhao Shanhe to qualify, he will participate in two qualifying tournaments at the end of this year and the beginning of next year.
Although his results are already top-notch in Hong Kong, if you want to compete, you can't just go casually.
On Friday, when he was in school class, a tall Eagle Nation man walked into their school with several staff members.
As soon as class ended, the head teacher Wu Shangwei was waiting at the door of the classroom. "Zhao Shanhe, come with me."
The classmates already knew about Zhao Shanhe, and they were all interested, and they helped Zhao Shanhe ask about it. "Teacher Wu, is the coach arranged for Zhao Shanhe here?"
Wu Shangwei smiled: "Yes." But now is the peak season for yacht clubs, so don't think about joining in the fun, just do your own thing. ”
Zhao Shanhe packed up his textbooks, put them in his schoolbag, greeted his classmates with his schoolbag, and walked out of the classroom.
Wu Shangwei is forty-six years old this year, and she is a woman with a strong literary atmosphere, although she is not beautiful, she is very temperamental.
"Zhao Shanhe, your coach has been arranged, it's John Wilson from the Eagle Country. He used to be an athlete in the Eagle Nation and won a medal at the European Swimming Championships. After retiring, he worked as a swimming coach at Xiangjiang University, although he was not very good, but in Xiangjiang, he was already the most suitable person we could find. ”
Zhao Shanhe said considerately: "The role of the coach is to standardize my training movements and conduct scientific and effective training, so as long as he understands this, he is really a world champion, and he may not necessarily teach students." ”
"If only you could understand." Wu Shangwei led him to the principal's office, remembered it again, and turned back and asked, "By the way, do you have an English name?" If not, it's better to get one. ”
In his previous life, when he was aiding foreign countries, Zhao Shanhe once had an English name called Evan. "It's called Evan, it's simple, it's easy to remember."
"Well, I don't have to call you by your full name the next time I introduce you. By the way, have you applied for a passport? ”
"Nope."
"Hurry up and get one, and use it later."
"Okay."
When I came to the principal's office, there were six or seven people sitting in the office, and when I saw Zhao Shanhe come in, all of them had a smile on their faces.
Zhao Shanhe greeted the principal, President Huo, and a few acquaintances in turn, and finally fell on Wilson. "Hello. I'm Evan. ”
Wilson didn't have the arrogance of the average Eagle Nation, perhaps because he had always been a small man.
He pinched Zhao Shanhe's arms and thighs like a pervert, and said with a smile: "I heard that you have never been trained before to be able to obtain the national level, which shocked me very much. Oh, my name is John Wilson, you can call me John. ”
"Okay, John."
There was a strong smell on his body, which made Zhao Shanhe couldn't help but want to hold his breath.
However, the white sweat gland has not evolved enough, there is one more than the yellow race, and 90% of the smell on the body is very strong, if you don't wipe the deodorant, you can smoke people to death.
Goldman Sachs looked at the principal's expression and said with a smile: "Zhao Shanhe, you take your schoolbag home first, change into swimming trunks, and from today onwards, you have to be ready to train hard." ”
Wilson said, "We can just get started, don't you have swim trunks here?" ”
Goldman Sachs explained: "Zhao Shanhe lives in the school, and it will only be delayed for a few minutes. ”
These staff members are all children of large families, and only they can have money and leisure.
Even their principal is actually the daughter-in-law of a big family, but a daughter-in-law with some ambition.
They are willing to spend money for Zhao Shanhe, help him form a coaching team, and sponsor him to train, but they are not willing to delay them too much time because of Zhao Shanhe's affairs.
Now I am still "at the bottom", I don't even have a house, and I am still a house sponsored by the school.
At this time, trying to stick to them a little more will only annoy people.
So Zhao Shanhe didn't bother them too much, and immediately said goodbye and went home to change clothes.
Again came to the pool of the yacht club, where there were only Goldman Sachs and Wilson and his assistants, as well as a group of classmates from the swimming club.
It coincides with the weekend, and the children of the big family have socializing, so they will not be willing to watch Zhao Shanhe's boring training here.
Wilson was much more professional, and he also brought a set of DVs with a time display and set them up by the pool.
Zhao Shanhe began to swim from fifty meters, and every time he swam, Wilson would write and draw in his notebook.
After a hundred meters, after Zhao Shanhe swam away, he would personally help Zhao Shanhe massage.
It has to be said that he is professional. After retiring from the army, he went to university to study physical education, and also specialized in the craft of massage.
Although his muscles were very sore when he pressed him, he could restore Zhao Shanhe to his best state.
Until the last 1,500-meter swim, two hours had passed, and it was already dark.
Only Goldman Sachs, Wilson, and his assistant Xia Yunfan, who is also a graduate student majoring in physical education at Xiangjiang University, were left at the scene.
Zhao's mother and Xiao Stammering also came over and brought a pot of soup to Zhao Shanhe and them.
Goldman Sachs left for a while, bought a lot of high-energy food, and a few people chatted around the small table in the night.
When Zhao Shanhe was training, Wilson had always behaved very seriously and bitterly. But after training, I immediately smiled and looked very kind.
After taking a sip of soup, he smiled with Zhao Shanhe: "Evan, the Sports Association has specially allocated 50,000 Hong Kong dollars for you as your training funds for this period of time. From now on, every bite of food you eat will be strictly controlled, so cherish this last delicious soup......
Zhao Shanhe naturally knows that becoming a professional athlete is actually very hard, not to mention the bitterness of training, food and drink, and even work and rest time, all need to be strictly controlled.
It's all about forming stable muscle memory that can mobilize the body's active state at any time.
"John, do you have any specific advice for my training?"
"Don't worry, there are actually too many suggestions, I need to sort them out. Whether it's from the take-off jump to the swimming style, your movements are not standard, and there are so many things that need to be improved.
However, your physical physique is too good and you have unparalleled talent. As long as you can develop your body to its fullest potential, I am sure you can get very good results. ”
"I'm lucky to be your coach." He laughed, turned his head and said to Zhao's mother: "Your cooking skills are amazing, this soup is delicious......
Zhao's mother couldn't understand English and needed a translator. "Can my son really compete in the World Series?"
"Absolutely." Wilson affirmed.
After eating and drinking, the group returned to the school's playback room and began to play the recorded video one by one.
Wilson quickly got into the working state, standing in front of the big screen, holding an indicator stick in his hand, breaking down his movements with Zhao Shanhe, and then reminding and correcting him.
"Your preparation may seem like a standard move, but it's clear that you've only learned the looks, not the essence. The action of taking off and jumping is not only for convenience, but also to pay attention to the frequency of breathing, the center of gravity of the body, and the way of exerting force.
In this session, you need to train the strength of your ankles, followed by weight training. The yacht club agreed here that I would rebuild one of their stretch machines and sponsor the bungee cord we trained......"
Weight-bearing training is to let Zhao Shanhe carry a bungee rope on his back, and then train for a scheduled jump.
This kind of weight-bearing training can enhance the explosive power of the take-off jump, and it can quickly allow Zhao Shanhe to master the center of gravity of the take-off.
Ankle strength training also requires bungee cords, which can withstand different forces depending on your strength.
This training can make Zhao Shanhe jump farther when he jumps, of course, the resistance in the air is less than in the water, and the air advances half a meter more, and when competing, it may be more than 0.2 seconds of improvement.
In addition to jumping, Zhao Shanhe's swimming movements are not standard, he used to be just a hobby, how to swim comfortably.
But now, all his movements have to be broken down one by one, and during swimming, the three lines of his body in contact with the water must always be stabilized.
The three lines refer to the spine and the left and right sides of the body, and should always be consistent as you move forward.
Because of the resistance of the water, if the body is slightly crooked, the resistance will increase, and the additional physical strength will be wasted and the time will be delayed.
In addition to these, there are also turning movements in long-distance competitions, which require Zhao Shanhe to learn from scratch.
As a hobbyist before, he had never been trained in this area, and the movement of somersaults and turns was not standard, which would consume more time.
Compared to these flaws, Zhao's talent is highly praised by Wilson.
Even if he swims 1,500 meters of ultra-long distance, his physical strength can keep up, which is an effect that is difficult for people without talent to achieve no matter how much they train.
Only Zhao Shanhe knew what was going on, and he was even more eager to obtain skill points in the future.
It wasn't until more than ten o'clock that Zhao Shanhe sent Wilson, who was still in high spirits, from the parking lot on the north side of the school.
And not far from them, in a car, four people kept staring at Zhao Shanhe.
A tattooed young man in the passenger seat waited for him to enter the school, and then turned back to a young man with a serious expression in the back row and said: "This matter is very troublesome, Zhao Shanhe is a student with excellent character and learning, or a genius, and now he has been valued by the sports association and has become an athlete."
Do you know? Just for him to eat, the sports association allocated 50,000 yuan to him, and there are still some when he runs out. Such a person is already regarded as the pride of Xiangjiang, and if anyone wants to move him, I am afraid that there will be no place in Xiangjiang.
Because we are not dealing with a person, a family, but with the topmost institutions and classes! Filial piety crab, forget it......"