After quitting sports, I became a chef

After this 'practice match' showed its full true face, the athletes who were called to the training camp and spent a few days of relaxing days suddenly realized that everything was not that simple.

Just like that, where did such an angelic coach come from, who can lead the athletes under him to improve by leaps and bounds?

Li Junhao, who participated in the training as a relay player, looked a little ugly: "Coach, there is no need to be like this? Isn't this practice match a bit too much?"

After Su Bai heard this question, he smiled and looked at Li Junhao: "Where is it too much?"

Yes, where is it too much?

The other athletes on the scene were startled when they heard this question—as a practice match, it is common to find stronger opponents for competitive confrontation. The feeling of competition is conducive to allowing athletes to adapt to high-level competition in advance and avoid situations such as self-disorder when encountering strong enemies.

For example, before some domestic potential players participate in some important international competitions, the field management center will try their best to arrange players to participate in some low-level international competitions in advance to enrich their experience in international competitions.

To be honest, the opponents arranged for them by the national team are likely to be opponents that they cannot meet at their level. Now it is actually a good opportunity to fight against these opponents.

but……

Except for Qiu Wen, the expressions on the faces of the rest of the athletes were not natural.

After Li Junhao was choked by Su Bai's rhetorical question and came back, his face was also not very good-looking. He thought for a while and said again: "If you have a practice match with a player with such a big gap in level, if the result is too poor, coach, you are not afraid that our competitive mentality will collapse. ?"

The collapse of the competitive state is indeed a problem that many coaches will worry about, including Su Bai. He will make this decision, in fact, because the mentality of most athletes in the 400-meter event has reached a point that is worse than the collapse.

Su Bai didn't answer Li Junhao's question directly, but asked instead: "You knew before the competition started, that you would lose your mentality in a practice match with American 400-meter runners?"

Li Junhao froze in place when Su Bai asked this question again: "No..."

"What's that for?"

"Because you know that your strength is too weak to compete with American 400-meter athletes, even if they are only ranked 50-100 in the world?"

"Because you know your strength is too weak, so you are afraid of losing too badly after the match with American players?"

"You guys know that your strength is too weak, so you don't want to fight against strong opponents at all, and you don't want to face the truth that your strength is too weak?"

After Su Bai asked a series of questions, his face was still calm and calm, but every question he asked made Li Junhao and even the remaining 400-meter racers look even more ugly.

This coach Su Bai, who looks gentle and easy to talk, and even has good cooking skills, completely tore off the gentle skin on his body during all this. The coaches who arrive are brutal.

The coaches of these players in the past were not unscrupulous, and the setting part also had the habit of reprimanding the players at every turn, but these coaches were not as ruthless as Su Bai. They directly recruited American players and put them on the same arena as the American players , call a group of spectators, and finally tell them that these American players are only players ranked 50-100 in the world, not the top group of people in the event, and because of the time difference...so their condition is not very good.

The implication is that if you can't even compare with these American players who are not in good condition, what level are you guys?

Just like the problems that Su Bai directly exposed in front of Pei Jin'an before, these players knew what level they were, but they were "satisfied and happy", immersed in the loose domestic environment, and unwilling to face reality.

That being the case, Su Bai smashed open their greenhouse with his own hands, and let them see how cruel the real environment is.

Under Su Bai's series of questions, Li Junhao's face became more and more ugly, and in the end he said in a fit of anger, "Bi is Bi, who tm is worse than those guys", then turned and left.

The atmosphere at the scene froze for a while, but Su Bai was still very calm. He smiled and looked at Zhang Ziyi and the others present, and said, "I believe you all hope to get a good result in the competition. Take a good rest tonight and don't waste yourself too much." Physical fitness, tomorrow's practice match is scheduled for the afternoon, everyone cheers."

After finishing speaking, Su Bai did not stay on the training ground, but turned around and left first, preparing to go back to the office to sort out all the training plans for these players, and make some corresponding optimizations for possible situations.

The atmosphere among the athletes who stayed on the scene was a bit dull, only Qiu Wen looked okay.

Seeing the situation at the scene, Wang Ting temporarily restrained the thought of comforting the athletes, then turned around and caught up with Su Bai.

"Coach Su Bai!"

Wang Ting chased after Su Bai and called to stop Su Bai who was heading towards the coach's office.

"Coach Wang?"

"Coach Su Bai..." After catching up with Su Bai, Wang Ting also had a hesitant expression on his face. He looked at Su Bai and paused before saying, "Well, Li Junhao is actually not bad. He just talked back for no other reason. , this child is a bit spoiled, and can't accept the gap..."

Hearing what Wang Ting said, Su Bai certainly knew what he meant, and Su Bai didn't want to worry Wang Ting, so he said very simply: "Coach Wang, don't worry, I know what you mean." After a pause, Su Bai added: "Actually, among the current players, Li Junhao is also one of the players I value the most."

"This..." Wang Ting slightly opened his eyes when he heard Su Bai's words, as if he didn't believe it.

What Su Bai said was the truth.

In the past two days, he also reviewed a large number of materials of these 400-meter athletes who came to the national team, and at the same time activated all the simulated athletes corresponding to these athletes in the system space.

Regardless of whether it is the athlete's potential data viewed from the system observation authority, or the test data given after using simulated athletes to eliminate interference factors, Li Junhao's project potential does not belong to Zhang Ziyi at all, and even some data are relatively relative to the whole. The average Zhang Ziyi is even higher.

The biggest problem with Li Junhao is that his mental stability is poor and his mentality is too sensitive. This directly caused him to be angry and frustrated when he was criticized by the outside world after losing the game. When this situation accumulates to a certain extent , and even make him give up on himself, completely falling into a bad vicious circle.

But his superficial character is a bit sensitive and sharp, he looks like the thorny Cui Luoheng before, making it hard for people to notice his depression after having mental problems.

Li Junhao's own talent is very good. When participating in the youth competition, the pressure was not as great as when he was promoted to the adult group. His early form has always been good. After being promoted to the adult group, he ran 47 in almost the first year. The result in less than 400 seconds, such a result and age, have attracted much attention for him. I hope that he can grow up quickly, take over his teammate Zhang Ziyi's position as the first brother in the 400 meters, and break the national record of [-] meters as soon as possible.

But it was also because he had accumulated too many such expectations, which also caused him to have a pressure that exceeded his psychological load. After losing a certain game, the teammates around him and Wang Ting didn't say anything, and only let him play in the next game. He worked hard, but he still felt disappointed by the people around him. From that time on, his performance began to fluctuate violently, and in this year's 18 outdoor season, he has not even been able to regain his own state.

Su Bai also saw Li Junhao's overall attributes, and repeatedly reviewed his competition records, training status graphs over the years, and compared Li Junhao's two simulated athletes' data cleaning and replacement, before finally confirming that his problem is indeed psychological. superior.

In Su Bai's plan, in this practice match, apart from alerting all the athletes and letting them get out of the "greenhouse", the other is to completely break Li Junhao's original bottom line of psychological endurance. The cruel approach raised his psychological threshold, and gradually enhanced his psychological stability in future training.

Su Bai didn't make his words so clear for the time being, he just looked at Wang Ting and said seriously: "As for Li Junhao, I am really optimistic about his potential in this project, and at the same time, I don't think his strength is as good as what he has shown so far. Don't worry, Coach Wang, I will not prejudice him because of his performance today."

"Then... that's fine." Wang Ting shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't say anything more, but followed Su Bai to the direction of the coach's office. When the atmosphere was low, he couldn't help comforting him, but it ruined Su Bai's plan.

In the morning of the next day, for the practice game in the afternoon, the athletes did not carry out more complicated training, but just did a simple 30-minute relaxation run, and then stored sufficient physical strength for the afternoon game.

Five 5-meter runners from the United States, Zhang Ziyi and others in the national team, also came to the training ground during the relaxed running training. Although they flew from the United States to City B the day before, theoretically speaking, their time difference should not be able to It is well adjusted, but these players usually run races in various countries, and they already have a relatively mature way to deal with problems such as adjusting jet lag and adjusting personal status across competitions.

After arriving at the training ground, these American players greeted Zhang Ziyi and others with a smile, and then started their warm-up and light adaptive training very easily.

After the appearance of these American 400-meter runners, the atmosphere on the training ground became a little tense. In other words, the 400-meter runners of the national team were unilaterally nervous, while the five American athletes were very relaxed. , as if competing in their own home court.

Here in the national team, even Zhang Ziyi, who has more experience in international competitions, is unbearable to bear the pressure at the moment, but as the leader of the domestic 400-meter event, no matter how much pressure he feels in his heart, he can't say anything at the moment Nothing else.

Among all the players, there was probably only one Qiu Wen left. He was simply nervous about the practice match in the afternoon, and he didn't consider other issues such as face.

In Qiu Wen's straightforward brain circuit, he is a newcomer who has transferred to the 400-meter event for less than a year. Of course he knows that he is talented, because Xiaobai has said it; but he also knows that the 400-meter event is a domestic There is a huge gap with foreign countries.

In Qiu Wen's view, he admitted this fact very frankly, so at this moment, his heart was more simply nervous about competing with a strong opponent.

Several players around Qiu Wen also more or less felt Qiu Wen's pure mentality, but most of them couldn't be as calm as Qiu Wen.

[American players...doesn't mean they are at the level of the American national team...]

[These players were only ranked 50th to 100th in the world last year, and the results in normal conditions must be even lower. Coupled with the problems of jet lag, they may not be able to perform much better, right? 】

"Brother Chuan." Zhou Xu called Lin Chuan quietly, and said nervously, "What do you think these American runners can do in the afternoon race?"

Lin Chuan also smiled wryly: "Who knows? I took a look at the results of last year's 400-meter event ranking 50-100 on the IAAF website."

"……how many?"

For domestic players like Zhou Xu, they usually pay more attention to the results of domestic players of the same level and some real-time results of top Asian players and top players in the world. There is really no such annual data ranking on the IAAF website. too understanding.

“第51名是45秒23，第100名是45秒65。”

"……This."

Zhou Xu took a deep breath, and then became even more depressed.

国内的400米全国纪录是十多年都没人能打破的45秒25，而这个全国纪录放到去年的400米国际年度数据排行上，连前50名都挤不进。

Usually, the players all know that the strength of the domestic 400-meter event is not strong, but after putting this kind of data in front of them, to put it bluntly, it feels like a frog in a well has finally opened his eyes and opened his eyes to the world.

"45 seconds 65... No matter how bad the state is, at least it will be within 47 seconds." Zhou Xu gritted his teeth: "It doesn't matter, we will work hard in the afternoon, md, our coach Su is really ruthless, and there will be so many bodies in the afternoon." The little bastards from the school are watching on the spot, if the grades are too bad, do we still need to meet people in the future?"

After saying this, Zhou Xu closed his mouth and said nothing more.

What else can I do?

There are no contestants, only try to work hard.

At 2:40 p.m., on the track and field training field at the training base of the national track and field team, the trapezoidal spectator area on the spot was recently filled with hundreds of students who came to visit from the sports school in city b. Of course, these students have reverence for the national team In a mood of anticipation, although the 400-meter race I watched today is a relatively weak event, this does not prevent them from supporting their national team players.

Not only these students, but also Pei Jin'an, the head coach of the sprint team of the track and field team, and Jiang Wentao, the director of the competition team of the Field Management Center, stood together with Wang Ting and Su Bai.

Among the four, Pei Jin'an, Jiang Wentao, and Wang Ting all had obvious nervousness on their faces. Even though they had known about Su Bai's plan for a long time, at this moment, they still couldn't help feeling worried.

The official practice match was divided into two games. As planned before, these players from the United States will cooperate with the 7 players from the national team to play two consecutive games, and 4 of them will run two games.

For the national team, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and Guo Dun are scheduled for the first game, and the remaining four, including Lin Chuan, will appear in the second game.

Because they were nervous about the match, both Zhang Ziyi and Guo Dun had to spend more time warming up so that they could calm down more. Wen Du felt quite envious.

"It's about to start!"

With the arrival of the scheduled practice time, no matter how much pressure they were under, Zhang Ziyi and the others followed the players of the American team to the track, and prepared individually according to the track assigned by Su Bai.

It should be said that Su Bai did give them enough advantages according to what he said—for example, in terms of track arrangement, Zhang Ziyi, Guo Dun and Qiu Wen were arranged on the three tracks of 4, 5, and 6, while American players from afar are scattered on other tracks on both sides.

It's just that such a track arrangement has put more pressure on Zhang Ziyi and others.

The students from the B city sports school in the auditorium didn't know the entanglement of these seniors on the track. After seeing them play, the students in the audience cheered and enthusiastically cheered for the athletes of the national team stand up.

Soon, the game kicked off in a state where the spectators were excited, the athletes were nervous, and the opponents were relaxed.

Next to the track, the assistant coach of the national team is in charge of starting the order. When he shouted "Everyone, get ready", the players on the track were all ready, and after the starting gun sounded, the game officially started !

On the track, Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi, and Guo Dun's starting reactions were not bad at the start stage. Judging from the start acceleration stage, some of these American players are not very good at corner start skills. At the start stage, the speeds of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen were both in the middle.

But after passing the curve part of the starting acceleration, the second half of the first and a half meters of the race began, and the absolute speed advantage of these American players gradually began to show.

In the first 1 meters, the split speed of these American players generally reached about 10 seconds, and the speed distribution was between 90 and 10 seconds. The speed of Zhang Ziyi, Guo Dun and Qiu Wen, among them, Qiu Wen For the most, at 70 seconds 11, Zhang Ziyi and Guo Dun were around 10 seconds.

In fact, Qiu Wen ran a little crazy today, because the excitement of confronting a strong enemy made him a little bit out of his usual self-control state, while Zhang Ziyi and Guo Dun gritted their teeth and ran out of their control because of the pressure. better speed status.

In the second [-] meters, due to some of the long straights, the absolute speed advantage of these American players was finally fully reflected here!

In the second 2-meter stage, the average stage time of these American runners was around 10 seconds. Among the three, Qiu Wen was the craziest runner with a speed of 50 seconds.

On the field, the speed changes among the players can be clearly seen from the perspective of the audience.

If the first [-]-meter stage, Pei Jinan and the others only frowned slightly, then in the second [-]-meter stage, Pei Jinan and the others never loosened their brows.

"The gap...is still too big."

Seeing the best players of their national team being ruthlessly crushed by American players in the same arena, Pei Jinan and the others found it hard to accept, no matter whether they had prepared themselves mentally or not.

Beside the track, Lin Chuan and the others have also finished warming up and are watching the game from the sidelines, waiting for the next round of competition to take place.

The faces of the few of them are also very bad at this time. After all, Zhang Ziyi and the others are indeed the best among them so far, but they are also suffering merciless whipping on the track.

"Such a practice match...does it really make sense?!"

Li Junhao's complexion was very bad, and he asked such a question again.

Lin Chuan thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Trust the coach, since he arranged such a practice match for us, there is his deep meaning..."

In fact, Lin Chuan probably understood what Su Bai meant, but he also felt that Su Bai's approach was too cruel. If this bloody reality was placed in front of them, how would they reshape their understanding of the game afterwards? What about confidence?

one way or another……

"Run with all your might."

Lin Chuan sighed for a long time, and then made preparations for a full-scale battle.

The first game ended without any suspense. In the national team, Zhang Ziyi, who had the best time, only ran to the sixth position. His final time was 46 seconds, which was already his second best this season. Achievement.

Qiu Wen ranked seventh with 46 seconds. He rushed too crazy in the first two 36-meter stages and consumed too much energy. As a result, after the third 3-meter stage, his speed dropped seriously. The time difference between the processes is almost as huge as [-] seconds.

Guo Dun also ran his better results this season, but in the end he had no choice but to finish last.

Among the 5 players from the United States, the best time was 45 seconds, and the worst time was 56 seconds. These American players did follow Su Bai's request and did not leave behind their Chinese opponents in the practice round. In any case, 46 people directly swept the top 07 rankings.

At the final stage of the competition, watching these American players cross the finish line one after another, even the shouts of the sports school students in the audience were muted, so that the final match seemed a little awkward.

As it was in the first game, so it is in the second game.

When Li Junhao gritted his teeth and crossed the finish line with the tearing breathing pain in his trachea, all the American players in front had already crossed the line.

After crossing the finish line, Li Junhao kept panting heavily, clenched his fists tightly, and the unwillingness in his eyes almost overflowed.

He knew that they couldn't compete with these foreign players, but in the environment of today's practice match, in the atmosphere of today's competition, even though he had the upper hand, he still couldn't outrun these foreign players. guy...

At this time, the unwillingness in my heart surged up particularly strongly.

Why?

Is China's 400 meters really inferior to these foreigners?

Is it true that China's 400 meters... has no hope of defeating these foreigners?

……

Many players who participated in today's competition, even the audience students in the stands, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jin'an, Wang Ting and others couldn't help asking this question in their hearts.

And these domestic 400-meter sprinters, who had been in the greenhouse all the time, were forced to open their real eyes to the world in today's competition.