Qilu Network Lightning News December 31, Shandong TV Sports Channel news, recently, the Beijing Winter Olympics heat has not decreased, ice and snow sports participation in Shandong continues to rise. There is such a figure skating team in Quancheng Jinan, they have represented Jinan and even Shandong in national competitions for many times, using beautiful ice dance to depict dreams and look forward to the future. Today we approached the team together and learned their stories.
At present, at the Jinan Zhongyi Skating Club, young athletes practicing figure skating are practicing intensively in preparation for the Shandong Provincial National Fitness Games to be held in Qingdao. "This team should be the best team in Shandong Province now, because the children here have children who have reached the highest level, and they can participate in some big competitions in the national category." Jinan Zhongyi Skating Club figure skating coach Zhang Fan said.
The figure skating team in this club has been formed for many years and has a well-developed training system. The reporter learned that the enlightenment stage of figure skaters is around the age of four to six, which requires athletes to start from an early age. The average age of the young athletes in the club is also around 10 years old, and they have to train for more than 3 hours every day.
"Figure skating is a sport that combines competitive sports and art, and practicing it requires certain skill, as well as requirements for the flexibility and flexibility of athletes, and also requires athletes to have a better understanding of music, and the exercise cycle is very long, because it is difficult to see very obvious progress in the short term, so it is still a very difficult sport." Jinan Zhongyi Skating Club figure skating coach Zhang Fan introduced. Liu Xuanyu, 12 years old this year, has been practicing figure skating for 4 years, for this sport she is "painful and loving", "In fact, it is okay, anyway, figure skating is very difficult to practice, when you can't jump, you will also collapse and cry." In the face of this "pain", Liu Xuanyu smiled, for the difficulties in training, this hard and optimistic little girl can be quickly eliminated, "because my mentality is good, my personality is also a big grin, sometimes the next day will get better, find their own state, you can overcome the difficulties very well." ”
After the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the popularity of ice and snow projects across the country has changed greatly. Although Shandong's figure skating project started late, it has also been improving in recent years. In this regard, Zhang Fan, who has been in Shandong for nearly 3 years, has a great feeling, "Since I entered Shandong for two or three years, I think that the Shandong ice project has been a rapid improvement, which may have been a relatively backward position before, but now it can basically reach the middle and upper reaches." ”
Striving to be the first is the constant pursuit of every athlete. With the Beijing Winter Olympics approaching, the dreams buried in the hearts of young athletes have begun to break ground. Pang Qingyu, 10, has been practicing figure skating for three years, and she told reporters that when she first came into contact with figure skating, she fell in love with the sport, "I like figure skating, because figure skating can exercise the quality of will, I want to participate in the World Championships, I also want to participate in the Winter Olympics, I hope to win the championship and win glory for the motherland." ”
"I used to be a figure skater, and now I am a coach, hoping to do my best to do something helpful to the ice and snow cause, and cultivate more children who love ice and snow and love ice sports." Zhang Fan said.
Reporter Shandong TV Sports Channel Liu Xu Shi Huimin