After Liu Yi returned to the top of the slope, Coach Tian led the four girls to stand in front of the slope and began to do the second skating practice in turn.

As a result, Chen Xueqi and Wei Xiaofeng, who performed well for the first time, both slipped to the bottom smoothly, and Zhang Yueyue and Yu Xiaoyu still did not avoid the fate of falling halfway.

Coach Zhao clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the three people who have just successfully practiced for the second time will go to the ramp on the side of the open point to practice and practice by themselves, and if they don't succeed, we will start the third practice." ”

Liu Yi and Chen Xueqi cheered up their respective halves, Yu Xiaoyu and Qi Xin, and Wei Xiaofeng also said a few words of encouragement to Zhang Yueyue and Zhu Jie, the "hard-working" mandarin ducks, and then the three of them continued to practice on the ramp next to them.

In the third practice under the guidance of the two coaches, Qi Xin successfully skated to the end. After the fourth practice, Yu Xiaoyu and Zhu Jie also succeeded. Zhang Yueyue, who was left alone, felt a little panicked in her heart, and finally succeeded after trying two more times.

Then, after another half hour of free practice, the two coaches gave them a 10-minute break.

After the break, Coach Zhao said approvingly: "Your understanding is very good, and the progress of learning is much faster than I expected, which is very good." At this rate, you'll be on the beginner course early tomorrow morning. ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed a smile from the inside out, and they instantly felt that all the hard work before was worth it.

"Okay, I'll teach you how to accelerate and decelerate." As Coach Zhao spoke, he picked up the ski poles that had been stuck in the snow, "Acceleration is actually very simple, I have also talked about it before, use ski poles to pestle the ground and push it backwards, but this is generally used in places with gentler slopes. There's an easier way to do it, and that's to use your body. Now you guys are in the basic posture of skiing. ”

After many repeated exercises, doing this set of postures is already familiar to Wei Xiaofeng and the other seven people.

Coach Zhao glanced at it, nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "In fact, the acceleration posture is the deformation of our basic posture when skiing. If you don't rely on external forces, there are only two ways to accelerate. What is it that allows us to slide down the slopes from top to bottom? It's our own gravity, so the first way is to increase the gravity of our body along the downhill slope; Second, there is definitely a drag when we're gliding fast, and that drag comes from the air, so try to reduce the drag of the air. How to increase gravity? It's to move the center of gravity forward, and you see my movements. ”

The seven people raised their heads, only to see Coach Zhao lifting his hips up in the basic posture of skiing, so that his whole body leaned forward, and his head was almost buried in his chest.

"I said earlier that when you ski, you should shift your weight to the forefoot, and if you want to accelerate, you have to move your weight further forward, probably on the tip of your toe. Don't be afraid of falling, first of all, the front end of your ski is almost a meter long, which is enough to support your weight; Secondly, when you slide down the slopes quickly, your forward center of gravity shifts to a faster speed, which is enough for your body to maintain a relative balance. Coach Zhao said, "Of course, when your body is leaning forward, you still have to pay attention to your eyes and be sure to keep your eyes on the front." Before, it was 10 meters ahead, but when you accelerate, you have to double it, and you have to look 20 meters ahead. Seeing the road conditions and making timely choices based on the road conditions can better ensure your safety during the skiing process. ”

After Coach Zhao took a breath, he continued: "Another purpose of the body in this posture is to reduce the contact area with the air and reduce the air resistance. Of course, this is not enough, you also need to raise your hands, roughly parallel to your chin, and then clamp your arms at your sides. ”

According to Coach Zhao's demonstration, Wei Xiaofeng and the other seven people also did the same.

At this time, Coach Tian began to walk around them, checking and correcting their posture.

After seeing that their postures were almost standard, Coach Zhao ordered, "Okay, now you take twenty minutes to practice with this posture." ”

Wei Xiaofeng clenched the ski poles and slammed the ground hard, threw his body onto the slope, and then slid down according to the posture just now, and he really felt that the speed of the slide was much faster than before. She suddenly remembered that in the video of the high platform snow jumping she saw on the Internet a few days ago, the competitors also maintained this posture to accelerate when they slid down the platform.

After a few exercises, the two coaches called them back to the top of the slope to concentrate.

"Let's talk about how to slow down." Coach Zhao said, "You must be thinking, since the acceleration is curled up like this, is it good to slow down and just stretch the body again?" This method is really useful when the slope is gentle and the speed is not fast, but if you do it in the process of rapid descent, it is purely looking for death. ”

Coach Zhao's tone was very witty, but no one laughed along this time.

"There are two ways to slow down. The first type is called plow brake. The upper body is relaxed, the head of the pole is held at the height of the hip in front of the body, the pole hangs behind the body, the center of gravity of the body is on the inside of the front foot, and can not sit back, so that the tail of the skis opens in the shape of an inner figure eight in the sliding, the weight of the hip is evenly distributed on the two snowboards, and the knees and ankles are rotated inward to make the inside of the two snowboards stand up and carve the snow surface, forming a wedge embedded in the snow surface, increasing the resistance so that the speed of its own descent slows down and finally stops. It is important to note here that the heads of the two skis do not touch. As soon as Coach Zhao finished speaking, Coach Tian slid down the snow slope, and when he was about to finish the line, his feet quickly stopped.

"Oh!" There was a clear exclamation from everyone.

"Since we talk about plough deceleration, this method also applies when turning. It's still the same set of movements I just mentioned, which way you want to turn, and you can push which leg. For example, if you want to turn left, put your weight on your left leg, and if you want to turn right, it's just the opposite. Okay, you guys should take some time to practice now. ”

Once you have learned the basics of gliding, it is indeed much easier to learn to slow down and turn in the plough style, because the body can control the balance independently, and you don't have to worry about the inaccurate center of gravity. It's just that when turning, Wei Xiaofeng still feels a little difficult, because the amplitude of the turn is proportional to the degree of the center of gravity offset, which has to be practiced and familiarized slowly.

Seeing that the performance of the seven students was already good, Coach Zhao beckoned them back to the slope.

"That's the first way, and it's for beginners like you." Coach Zhao stretched out two fingers and said, "Let's talk about the second method of deceleration, which you must often see in ski competitions on TV, which is called parallel braking." As the name suggests, the first way is to make two skis in a figure-eight shape, and this way is to keep the two skis parallel at all times. Similarly, there is a kind of parallel turning, and parallel braking is built on the basis of parallel turning. As we mentioned earlier, plow turns require knees to keep the skis in a figure-eight position, but parallel turns require the legs and feet to work together. When you want to turn to the left, you need to force your right foot, follow the weight in the direction you want to turn, and relax your left foot to follow in parallel. Conversely, when turning to the right, press hard with your left foot and bring your right foot parallel to your heel. Mastering parallel turns will make your stay handy, and you can turn and stop immediately. It should be noted that the center of gravity should be placed on the forefoot and not on the back heel when making parallel turns, otherwise it is easy to have the front end of the snowboard cocked and it will be very difficult. Parallel turns are achieved by friction between the skis and the snow, and require a certain amount of speed, so on beginner tracks you just need to master the plough brakes. ”

After Coach Zhao said these words, he looked at the sun that was gradually sinking in the western sky and the sunset that was slowly brightening, and said, "Can you practice these two methods of turning and deceleration again?" That's all for today's lesson, and we'll take you up the slopes tomorrow morning. ”

"Good!" Wei Xiaofeng and the other seven shouted happily, "Thank you, Coach Zhao!" Thank you, Coach Tian! ”

After the two coaches Zhao and Tian packed up their things, they left the practice range, leaving the seven of them to continue to practice unremittingly.

By the time Wu Yun came to the practice ground to see them, the sunset and sunset had already illuminated the white snow surface into gold.

Seeing them gliding in style, Wu Yun did not hesitate to applaud.

"Yes, judging by the way you look, you'll definitely be able to hit the slopes tomorrow."

"yes, that's what the coaches say." Wei Xiaofeng said happily while taking off his skis.

"It's getting late, everyone's over, right? Pack up your skis and go to the shop to return them, we're going down the mountain. Wu Yun greeted loudly.

The others sat down and took off their skis with tired but unfinished looks.

"Are there any activities in the evening?" Wei Xiaofeng asked.

Wu Yun replied, "What kind of activity do you want?" Of course, I'll go back after dinner, and none of you can go night skiing, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow night. ”

"Huh?" Chen Xueqi shouted in disappointment, "This is going back?" We're going to go to the hot springs in the evening......"

"Then go to the bubble? Soak in the hot springs after dinner and go back. Wu Yun said indifferently.

"But didn't Ji Wei say it this morning? At that time, there were the most people soaking in the hot springs, so I didn't want to soak with so many people, just like dumplings......" Chen Xueqi looked at the other three girls and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"It's better not to soak than this." Zhang Yueyue shook her head.

"And when do you want to soak it?"

Chen Xueqi said: "Didn't you say that there will be fewer people after half past nine? Shall we stay until then? ”

"Okay, okay, why are we going in the meantime?" Zhu Jie asked.

"Just hang out? There's always a place to pass the time at the foot of the mountain, right? ”

Wu Yun smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, there will be a bonfire party at the foot of the mountain later, and Mr. Feng said that we must participate together." I guess this party will have to go on until after nine o'clock, right? ”