Suddenly Xie Yu sat up suddenly, looked at the time again, and touched the injured leg in his memory!
It is now July 5, 2015. Xie Yu, who has graduated from the third grade of junior high school, is spending the summer vacation and is preparing to go to high school in two months.
If he followed the normal process, he would not be exposed to short track speed skating until his sophomore year of high school.
However, there should actually be a chance to go now, since the country applied for the 2022 Winter Olympics in 2014.
Therefore, all Chinese people engaged in ice and snow sports know that the spring of ice and snow sports is coming, and the country has also proposed a 300 million people plan.
As the three northeastern provinces with the best development of ice and snow sports, they naturally responded to the national "Northern Ice and South Exhibition" activity. Master Zheng came from the northeast and was the head coach of Qingcheng's short track speed skating project.
It has been more than half a year, and today is the first recruitment event during the summer vacation. Thinking of this, Xie Yu quickly started searching online.
On July 5, 2015, the short track speed skating team recruited new players at the indoor skating rink of Qingcheng City Sports Center.
Isn't that today?
If this information hadn't been specifically searched by Xie Yu, most people would really not know about it, especially in a coastal city where it rarely snows a few times a year.
Thinking of this, Xie Yu immediately became anxious. Xie Yu, who was used to living alone, first permanently put away the game console that was plugged into the TV and caused her slight myopia in the future.
I changed into sportswear, went out, and started jogging in the early morning light.
At this time, there were not many people on the street, and the environment made people feel a little nostalgic.
First, I jogged to a small park. Although my body was younger at this time, it had not undergone strict training. After running for a while, I started to pant.
Thinking that there would be a short track speed skating team selection event today, Xie Yu just warmed up a little.
Just running, Xie Yu had a strange feeling. He seemed to be able to feel some states of his body, such as excitement and fatigue. Could it be a gift after waking up from a dream?
The sunlight that had just risen in the morning penetrated the trees and fell dappledly on the park grass. Xie Yu couldn't help but stretched out her right hand and felt the warmth of the golden sunlight falling on her palm.
The misty breeze blows in the early morning, the treetops rustle, the light and shadow flow, and a beautiful air of youth comes.
I couldn't help but raise my legs a few times to prove myself. Just as I got excited, my stomach rumbled, and I had no choice but to rush straight to the public toilet!
After feeling comfortable for a while, I cheered myself up with water. When I saw myself in the mirror with a few pimples, I couldn't help but smile awkwardly and proudly.
I just discovered that my development is much better than I remembered. It is comparable to European and American people in short movies. It should be a dream, not a rebirth and time travel.
Hey, I wonder if I will take advantage of that girl in the future.
Suddenly, Xie Yu seemed to find something wrong again. He quickly moved closer to the mirror and started making gestures with his hands above his head.
No, I seem to have become shorter!
In my memory, after graduating from junior high school, I was 1.7 meters tall, and in high school I was 1.8 meters tall!
His dead parents and grandpa's height are both worthy of him.
Your current height is 1.5 meters?
It must be an illusion, an illusion.
Thinking of this, Xie Yu did not dare to be careless and ran towards home quickly. After rummaging through the boxes, he found a tape measure.
He gestured in front of the mirror and measured his height. He was 1.54 meters, or 1.53 meters to be precise.
At this point, Xie Yu can only accept the reality and comfort herself. She has just reached puberty and is still growing, so there is no need to worry.
For breakfast, after drinking two glasses of milk and eating three eggs, Xie Yu found herself a small shoulder bag, packed some belongings, and set off!
After swiping the bus card twice and transferring to two stops, Xie Yu arrived at the skating rink of Xinjian Sports Center.
Fortunately for the construction enthusiasts, the city issued policies just after the application for the Beijing Winter Olympics was successful. In a short period of time, the indoor skating rink was built, and not only that, it was also open to the public.
Now it has become a check-in place for many young people. I know that the city's short track speed skating team is recruiting new members and it is summer vacation.
However, many students came to sign up.
Suddenly, Xie Yu saw a man who was 1.65 meters tall, thin, with delicate features, with long silky hair slightly covering his cheeks, two shallow dimples at the corners of his mouth, and a white T-shirt on his upper body with long cyan hair. Wearing jeans, the whole person looks particularly young and beautiful.
"Isn't this Senior Sister Hou Siyuan? Why didn't I notice before? She's so beautiful!"
Thinking of this, Xie Yu rolled his eyes and immediately walked over and chatted up: "Classmate, are you here to recruit new students too?"
Hou Siyuan said with a slightly Northeastern accent: "Yes, I'm here to participate. I'm from the Northeast!"
Xie Yu: “In my memory, people from the Northeast can skate, so they are talented in the region.”
Hou Siyuan smiled and said: "It's okay, classmate, you are here to sign up, right?"
Xie Yu: "Yes, doesn't this feel novel? Come and try it!"
Hou Siyuan: "Then do you have the foundation?"
These words stopped Xie Yu. Just because he knew it in his memory did not necessarily mean that he really knew it, and this body.
Forget it, Xie Yu replied: "I skated for a few days when I was a kid, but I haven't skated for several years. I don't know if it counts as good."
Hou Siyuan: "That definitely doesn't count. Short-track speed skating is different from being able to ride a bicycle. If you can ride a bicycle, you have a memory in your body. You may never forget it in your lifetime."
"In this short track speed skating, if you dare not go on the ice for a month, your ice feeling will weaken and you will fall."
Xie Yu quickly extended his thumb and praised: "Classmate, you are so understanding. I wonder if I can become your teacher?"
Hou Siyuan immediately smiled and said: "Easy to say, easy to say, just call me master first."
Xie Yu immediately called out: "Hello, master, hello, master!"
Hou Siyuan immediately became proud, and although Xie Yu seemed indifferent on the surface, he was really smiling in his heart.
This Hou Siyuan was brought over from the Northeast by Master Zheng. She is the captain of the women's team and the person closest to Master Zheng. It is necessary to have a good relationship with her.
And although Hou Siyuan is four years older than Xie Yu, his brain...
Just saying it's simple.
In my memory, the senior sister also joined the Olympic training team, but was kicked off in the second round of training. But after all, she also joined the national team. After returning, she gradually served as an assistant coach and took advantage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Still pretty good.
Here, after Xie Yu pretended to be pretended to be a pig and eat the tiger by the senior sister, he successfully obtained the registration form.
Because minors need their parents to sign and tell them about their situation, just watch the video of the grandpa at the construction site, and that’s it!
Sure enough, after learning that her parents were both dead, the senior sister was immediately filled with love and began to help the enthusiastic Xie Yu handle some things.
Of course, the physical test still depends on Xie Yu himself.
The registration period ended soon, and it actually looked quite lively, but not as many people actually signed up as expected.
The total number of applicants was less than a hundred.
The girls were led by senior sister, and the boys were led by Jiang Yuan. They all arrived in an open place together.
Then head coach Zheng Kai, holding a cup of tea, strolled over.
Looking at the young man, Master Zheng was quite satisfied.
Zheng Kai shouted: "Hello everyone, I am Zheng Kai, the head coach of the Qingcheng short track speed skating team. Thank you all for coming to register."
"I know everyone is very excited, but whether you are suitable for practicing short track speed skating still depends on your talent."
"For a short track speed skater, balance, strength, and endurance are the most basic physical fitness conditions!"
"Strength and endurance can be continuously enhanced through hard training..."
"However, a person's sense of balance is almost innate!"
"Because of time constraints, we will test one item today, balance."
"Everyone stands on the balance ball and squats quietly. Those who meet the time requirement will be kept, and the rest will be eliminated and go home."
As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately buzzed.
But after all, the senior sister and the others were well prepared and had prepared a large number of balance balls.
And considering that many people had never used a balance ball, everyone still stood on it one by one and gave instructions on the essentials of the movements, otherwise it would be easy to sprain their ankles.
Seeing that everyone knew what to do, Coach Zheng put the whistle to his mouth, turned up his watch and blew the first whistle at the same time.
A whistle is heard.
Although they had practiced just now, everyone consciously imitated the posture of the senior sister in front of them.
Stand on a balance ball with your feet together, your hands close to your back, your calves upright and your thighs bent while squatting, keeping your back parallel to the ground.
This is a standard static squat position that all athletes know.
It’s not easy just standing on the balance ball.
Sure enough, they all look the same to ordinary people, but they look different under special conditions.
Those with poor balance talent will start to wobble as soon as they stand up.
A person with good balance talent can be more stable.
To be honest, Xie Yu also misjudged the body at first and was a little shaken, but fortunately he stabilized himself quickly.
As time goes by, more and more people are shaking!
Finally, someone couldn't stand and fell down. This was like a signal, and they fell down one by one.
When the time exceeds one minute, less than half can still squat quietly.
And those who failed also consciously slipped away!
After coming for another half minute, there were only twelve people left squatting still, five men and seven women.
Master Zheng checked the rest, but he didn't stop. He wanted to see who could last longer.
When the time exceeded minutes, although Xie Yu still wanted to persist, his body no longer allowed it. His intuition told Xie Yu that he might be injured if he persisted.
He decisively gave up. Seeing that Xie Yu was weak and about to fall, Jiang Yuan decisively supported Xie Yu and patted Xie Yu's thighs to relax his muscles.
At this time, there were one man and three women left on the field.
However, after another ten seconds, Coach Zheng did not continue to force himself, but directly blew the whistle.
The only boy who persisted until the end, Xie Yu also had the impression that his name was Fu Cong. Later, his performance exceeded that of the men's team captain Jiang Yuan and he entered the second national team.
Of course, we received twelve seedlings in the first test, and undoubtedly the happiest person was Coach Zheng.
It's just that this is the first time that Qingcheng City has formed a short track speed skating team. The quality of this young team may not be comparable to that of the amateur sports schools in Black Province, but this is a good start.
After sending away some of the seedlings who failed the trial training, the twelve selected seedlings were gathered together. Coach Zheng first motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said:
"First of all, I'd like to congratulate all twelve of you for passing this test!"
“Don’t be discouraged if your balance is poor, and don’t be proud if your balance is better.”
"Now, you can only join the Qingcheng short track team on a temporary basis, and you are not yet a formal member. Whether you can ultimately stay and truly join our short track team as a formal member depends on you!"
"I don't have any feelings here, only results."
"I will give you a month, and I will arrange a test for you after one month."
"The test content is 1,500-meter speed skating. My time requirements are not high, within two minutes and fifty seconds for men, and within three minutes for women."
"How is this possible? This is enough for the third level of speed skating."
This is a trial student who understands a little bit, but in Coach Zheng's opinion, if he can't do this after a month of training in his hands, it means that this trial student's talent has stopped here. Competitive sports are very cruel. There is always only one champion.
Xie Yu naturally has some confidence. Although his body has not undergone much special training and is only at the level of an ordinary student, he still has some confidence if he can regain some of his memory skills.
In fact, Coach Zheng also felt that these young talents did not come from amateur or professional sports schools after all, unlike several old players who came with him.
However, some people started to make noises as they felt that it was impossible for them to do it.
Coach Zheng was most annoyed by such direct suppression: "Classmate, if you feel that you cannot meet my requirements, you can choose to quit now. I will never force you."
"Also, those who can't stand the hardship of training can choose to quit now, so as not to waste everyone's time."
The scene finally became quiet.
Seeing that everyone was shocked, Coach Zheng directly said in a very affirmative tone: "Okay, since everyone has decided to stay, they should have the consciousness of athletes. I ask everyone to move to the dormitory before tomorrow night, because from the day after tomorrow I will arrange for everyone to have a trial training together when we start!"
"Don't worry, accommodation and meals are free during the trial training period. You just need to bring your own daily necessities."
"If you pass the trial training, you will be considered as city athletes, with subsidies and staff. Forget it, let's stop talking about it."
"As for the rest, boys, please contact Jiang Yuan, girls, please contact Hou Siyuan, they will help you deal with it."
After saying that, he left simply without calling for disbandment.
Finally, it was Senior Sister Hou Siyuan who called for dismissal, and everyone started talking again.
After returning home, Xie Yu had another video chat with his grandfather and told him that he had passed the test and was preparing to participate in a one-month trial training. If he passed the trial training, he would be considered a professional athlete.
Just like what he remembered, grandpa completely respected Xie Yu's choice. Not only that, he also transferred two thousand yuan to let Xie Yu eat some good food. The old man's impression of athletes is still based on eating here many times!
With this emotion, Xie Yu fell asleep happily.
The next day it was time to get up early and go for a morning jog again. Xie Yu knew that morning jogging could build up physical strength and endurance. It was just a hard work. Since he wanted to become an athlete, this was indispensable.
During the afternoon report, Xie Yu couldn't help but laugh when he saw everyone. Everyone had small bags with them, but no one said they wanted to quit.
Then there is the check-in process. In fact, it is the same large group as the student dormitory. This is something that students are already used to!
However, they are all new arrivals, and everyone is very lively going to each other's dormitories and introducing each other. After all, they will be comrades in the future for a while.
Until the next day, it was just dawn, and with a whistle, a new beginning was here!
