Figure skating is more suitable for me to participate in the Olympics

It wasn't until the national team set off to Vancouver that Zhang Junbao and his group of provincial team coaches finished their training and set foot on the dark land of Northeast China again.

Out of gratitude for the help of the grandparents of the Qin family, the old uncle didn't even go home, and first came to the door with the eight major snacks in the capital to thank him.

After entering the door, he put down the gift and looked left and right: "Mr. Mia, Doctor Qin, where is Mr. Xue? I bought a pair of sneakers for this child."

Ms. Mia replied softly: "Old Qin couldn't understand Peijia staying in the house all day, so he asked Xiaoyu to take him out to play."

Zhang Junbao: "Peijia?"

The old doctor Qin waved his hand: "It's Mr. Xue's nickname in Russian. We call it for fun. If you're okay, just put down your things and roll away. Xiaoyu said to take Peijia to practice skating. Go and have a look, don't you have nothing to do?" People watched and sprained their good feet again.”

Zhang Junbao was also taken aback when he heard it. He asked where Zhang Jue had gone, and hurried out of the community, jumping on his second-hand gold cup.

Zhang Jue led Qin Xuejun to the commercial ice rink he used to go to the most. It was built in the middle of a shopping mall surrounded by various shops. The ice last time cost dozens of dollars, which was affordable.

When Zhang Junbao arrived at the place, he saw a lot of people around the ice rink. No one was making noise, but they were all focused on one place. When he fixed his eyes, he saw Zhang Jue was practicing swallow skating on the rink.

Yan-style gliding means that the performer slides on one foot, and the other leg is lifted (the lifted leg is also called floating leg) and is higher than the hip. The basic Yan-style gliding is to lift the floating leg back, and the performer opens his hands when sliding , just like a bird flying, very graceful.

In addition, the swallow-style gliding posture in which the floating legs are raised forward is called Yangyan, and there are other variations such as sideways lifting.

In short, Yan style skating is one of the hallmark movements of figure skating, as long as it is a figure skater will practice this movement, it is regarded as the foundation.

Those who can make the basic movements beautiful are truly powerful.

Standing on the sidelines, Zhang Junbao watched the little boy lift his floating legs back after skating for a while, his upper body didn't lean forward much, and his floating legs were still higher than his hips, showing his excellent flexibility.

His upper limbs stretched naturally during this process, his left arm was opened, and his right hand flicked upwards, as if stroking the air flow he felt while gliding. The overall posture was coherent and elegant, with a fairy-like elegance.

The black-haired and snow-skinned boy is already pleasing to the eye, and he slides like the wind. When Zhang Jue slid across the small half of the ice rink in the swallow style, the passers-by onlookers couldn't help exclaiming "Wow——".

This scene is beautiful enough to be unforgettable.

It was only when Zhang Jue stopped that Zhang Junbao noticed that the goal of his skating was Qin Xuejun. Xiao Qin was wearing rented shoes, and he was at the stage where he could only slide steadily with support, and he would stumble without support. But he looked calm and didn't look too embarrassed.

"Excellent skating ability and fast sliding speed. Others can take one meter at most with one step, but he can slide six to seven meters with one step."

Hearing the voice of an acquaintance, Zhang Junbao turned his head and found that it was a stubble-faced young man who was the skating coach of the provincial team, Ming Jia.

He shrugged: "This is my nephew, he will practice with me from now on."

Ming Jia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't worry, no one will compete with you for your nephew, so I'll just boast. Young people nowadays like to specialize in jumping. I haven't seen such smooth gliding for a long time."

Although Zhang Jue's skating is not perfect, both the child's use of small joints and the ability to maintain posture when changing blades are visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Junbao looked proud: "Sliding is the foundation of all technical movements in figure skating. Those athletes who are good at skating can jump farther when they jump, so I can grasp Xiaoyu's skating very strictly."

"It's really a good material."

Ming Jia sighed again: "Your nephew's birthday is in June, right? It's a good day, and it happens to be 6 years old before July, so he can enter the youth group next season."

Zhang Junbao heard the words, the lightness in his expression faded, and he shrugged pretending to be relaxed.

"No, as long as he is one year older, the General Administration doesn't have to worry about no one participating in the World Youth Championship."

Ming Jia heard something, he frowned: "Fan Zhaoying's injury is serious?"

"The ligament is severely torn, and the conditions of the family that can afford skating are not bad. The parents are so distressed that they refuse to let their children continue to practice. I inquired with the coach of the neighboring provincial team. Fan Zhaoying is already retiring from the team. It's done."

In other words, this good seedling has been scrapped.

Ming Jia was silent for a while, and comforted Zhang Junbao: "It will get better, I think your nephew's qualifications, as long as you don't give up, it will not be a problem to reach the top six in the world in the future, and Shen Liu has also successfully returned to the game. I heard that his condition is improving very fast Yes, Vancouver may break into the top ten this year."

Zhang Junbao is not optimistic about the status of his juniors. The status of athletes is closely related to the competition. Shen Liu has not played for half a season, and his ankle is a hidden danger. He may blow up everyone at any time.

But he was still looking forward to it: "If Shen Liu can break into the top ten, when he comes back, I will cook goose for him personally."

It's pitiful to say that both of them are old skaters, but neither of them expected their men's singles to win a medal in the Olympics.

The Japanese women's singles won the gold medal in Turin in 06, and the Chinese pair skating is expected to compete for gold in this Winter Olympics. Only the Asian men's singles has been suppressed by the North American and Russian teams and has never risen.

At this moment, there was another exclamation from the sidelines. Zhang Junbao turned his head, looked at it, and his eyes opened wider and wider.

Zhang Jue first performed a set of basic Yan-style spins. From the perspective of Zhang Junbao, a former national team, this set of spins had too many flaws.

For example, the foothold is unstable when spinning, and the axis is crooked when sliding, and the blade is so deflected that it barely draws a heart on the ice... Hey, it really drew a heart.

All this shows that the core strength of the players is weak, and they can't stabilize when they spin, and the speed is not high.

But what happened next was astonishing. Zhang Jue raised his hand to grab the floating skate, and his whole body turned into a circle as he spun. This was a donut posture. After a few turns, Zhang Jue turned to lift the skate again. Swallow attitude.

These are movements that are only used in women's singles competitions and require extremely high flexibility!

No, when did Zhang Jue practice a new spin?

Because he had just recovered, Zhang Jue didn't dare to practice jumping in the presence of many people and without a coach watching him, but it was fine to play spinning.

He wandered up to Qin Xuejun and asked excitedly, "Is it 15 seconds?"

The two made a bet that as long as Zhang Jue continued to spin for more than 15 seconds, Qin Xuejun would treat him to candied haws.

It was also Qin Xuejun's kindness, knowing that the child was drooling at the delicious food but dared not eat it because of his fat-prone physique, so he specially gave Zhang Jue a chance to eat candy.

He looked at 18 seconds 28 on the phone screen and closed the phone.

A very good head-shaking technique. After using this trick, Zhang Jue's spinning endurance has obviously improved.

Qin Xuejun smiled slightly: "Congratulations, it's been 15 seconds, your waist is pretty good, you can still turn yourself into a circle shape."

Zhang Jue proudly said, "That's right, I've practiced ballet for several years, and the teacher broke my waist and legs every day, so I've already practiced it."

Although the opening degree of 200 is Zhang Jue's peak level, and it will start to degenerate after the age of 18, but Zhang Jue is still very proud, this is the flexibility of a professional dancer.

"Brother Qin, let me tell you, I can still reach the back of my head with my feet!"

He did what he said, performed yoga stunts on the spot, and was so successful that he was successful, but if it wasn't for Qin Xuejun's support, he would have almost fallen face down.

When he stood still, a familiar cry sounded in his ear.

"What are you doing? You want to see the doctor again?"

Zhang Jue turned his head and jumped back in horror,

"Uncle?!"

It's over, I'm afraid he won't be able to eat this candied haws.

The little fairy boy who had amazed a group of passers-by on the ice rink before could only hang his head in front of his uncle. First, he was trained as usual, and then he was carried by his ears for a physical test.

Zhang Junbao needs to make sure that Zhang Jue has returned all the jumps he had learned so hard to the teacher during his business trip.

There is no problem with the double jump, the double jump plus double jump (2+2) jumps are also well preserved, and the single jumps of 3T and 3S are not stable on the ice.

To Zhang Junbao's surprise, Zhang Jue didn't even lose the 2A+3T jumps he practiced before he was injured. Except for the adjustment of his state, he seemed to have never been injured!

Just like those ball sports masters who have a good sense of the ball, as soon as they get started with the ball, they know how to deal with the changes in the strength of the ball during the hitting process. The same is true for Zhang Jue. His sense of ice allows him to practice new moves quickly and master them. It is not easy to lose after you have it.

This is a talent that no one else can envy, and Zhang Junbao also discovered one thing.

The old uncle snapped his fingers: "Come on, put on a swallow-like posture with a knife, and then stand still."

Zhang Jue didn't know why, so he supported the baffle, raised his right leg, and held it with one hand.

Zhang Junbao: "Pull up the floating leg and try to straighten the leg."

Zhang Jue did so.

Zhang Junbao: "Continue."

Zhang Jue worked hard and said with a bitter face, "Uncle, this is the limit, and it will hurt if you lift it any more."

His waist is soft enough and wide open, but when the legs are lifted back to a certain extent, the groin will also hurt, which is determined by the physiological structure of men.

Zhang Junbao didn't force him, but just looked at this perfect water drop happily.

The predecessors said that softness and explosiveness cannot be combined. He said that co-authoring Zhang Jue focused his talent on flexibility.

Qin Xuejun's eyes also showed a hint of consternation, because his grandfather was a retired veteran team doctor of the Provincial Figure Skating Team of H Province. Although he hadn't been on the ice much before, he still had the knowledge he should have.

It was a Behrman gesture.

The Bellman spin is a variant of the knife-lifting spin, which requires the floating foot to be lifted from the back, the height of the skates should exceed the top of the head, and the whole body forms a drop shape. It is the signature move of the Swiss women's singles Dennis Bellman in the 70s.

And Zhang Jue can not only lift his legs above his head, but even a lot above his head. The opening of up to 200 even allows him to fully straighten his legs!

But as Zhang Jue said, it would hurt him to fully straighten it, and it was relatively easy for him to assume the drop-shaped Behrmann posture.

Qin Xuejun turned around and asked Ming Jia: "What do you think of his action?"

Ming Jia also rubbed his chin: "This spin requires very high flexibility. At present, no male in the world has used Behrman in competitions, but... the referees are more impressed by athletes with signature moves, and they give points for performance. Time will be more generous."

A men's singles player who can be a Bellman is naturally impressive.

Zhang Jue felt that Behrman was in pain, but when it came to skating, the old man was right. Zhang Junbao gave Zhang Jue a legitimate reason.

"You also need to practice flexibility to dance ballet. Those trainings are more painful than Behrman, right? And your rotation ability is weak, the axis is unstable and the rotation speed is not high. When it comes to the field, your rotation can be rated as 2 because the referee helps the poor." , It’s different with Behrman, you can get extra points if you enter Behrmann after 8 laps in a row, and it’s not a dream to rate 3 at that time!”

In figure skating competitions, skating and spinning are divided into 4 levels, among which level 4 is the highest level, they dare not think about it at present, but they must have the ambition to rate level 3, right?

So before the start of the Winter Olympics, Zhang Jue not only had his ears twisted to practice jumping, but also started the devil's softness training where his legs were broken by the ballet teacher when he went to dance, and he continued to break his legs when he went skating.

Shen Liu called his senior brother across the jet lag, and as soon as the call was connected, he heard ghosts crying and howling.

"No! I can't stand! I'm going to fall!"

By the way, Zhang Jue didn't eat the bunch of candied haws after all.