Master and apprentice honed their goalkeeping skills.
Teachers and apprentices envision a better future.
Hubei Daily all-media reporter Ma Mingyu
Alexander swung the club, one after another hit the ice balls to the goal, Wu Qiuyue, who was wearing more than 10 pounds of goalkeeper "suits", blocked the ball with both knees again and again, and the ball hit the protective gear "banging" ...
On the afternoon of January 15, Russian foreign teacher Vlasov Alexander and Wuhan little girl Wu Qiuyue began the day's training at the Wuhan Ice Dragon Club. 'The goalkeeper will be the last line of defence, and if he holds it, he can help the team win." The common goal of this pair of masters and apprentices is to transform Wu Qiuyue.
If you are hit, you must also guard the door
As a fast-paced, high-confrontation and spectator-oriented collective ice sport, the ice hockey goalkeeper is the backbone of the whole team. Among the children who learn ice hockey in Wuhan, boys are the majority. 14-year-old goalkeeper Wu Qiuyue can only "lurk" in the junior men's ice hockey team for many years.
Wu Qiuyue studied ice hockey for 7 years and worked as a goalkeeper for 6 and a half years. Wu's mother, Zhang Hongying, recalled: "Since she was a child, she was like a tomboy, when she was 7 years old, she happened to see a group of children playing hockey in a real ice rink on a real ice rink, and she felt very cool, and she shouted to learn." She was not a goalkeeper at the beginning, and after practicing for about half a year, the coach said that she had a calm and calm personality, and was very suitable for being a goalkeeper. ”
From the rapid speed of the field to the garrison goal area, Wu Qiuyue now has more than 2 times the equipment on her body as an ordinary player, which is difficult for her, and the inability to hold the goal makes her want to give up for a while, and later she dismissed this idea, "Ice hockey is a team sport, every time you stand on the ice rink, everyone wins together, fights together, laughs together, under the encouragement of the coach and the team, I persevered." ”
In order to guard the goal, Wu Qiuyue practiced endurance, practiced reaction, practiced dynamic vision, and spent almost every weekend and winter and summer vacation on the ice rink. Falling to the ground in the game, being hit by the opponent's strong ball, and even blocking the opponent's attack with her body is "home cooking", "She is often knocked off by the goal of the lianren, and her body is always a piece of blue and purple, but she has not cried once." Zhang Hongying said proudly.
You pay for it. In 2018, the Wuhan Ice Dragon Ice Hockey Team won the Taipei City Cup, and Wu Qiuyue was the main goalkeeper. "From not being able to keep a single ball to being able to defend the team's victory, I have experienced an unprecedented sense of accomplishment." She said.
The best of the goalkeepers of the same age
In 2019, after Russian ice hockey coach Alexander came to Han to coach, he took Wu Qiuyue to a higher platform.
Alexander, 32, became a professional at the age of 16 and spent 12 years as a goalkeeper in his career. After being invited by the Ice Dragon Club to teach in Han, Wu Qiuyue became one of his disciples. "She doesn't talk much, she's very hardworking and talented." Under Alexander's guidance, Wu Qiuyue's competitive level continued to improve, and the Ice Dragon Ice Hockey Team also ranked among the first phalanx of national youth hockey. In 2019, she won the second place in the "Lunar New Year Cup" National Youth Invitational Tournament, the third place in the U12 women's group of the National Youth Championship, and the best goalkeeper in the U12 men's group at the 2020 National Junior Championship. Today, she is one of the best goalkeepers of her own age in the country.
This year's Spring Festival, the club took three days off, which is also one of the few rest days for Alexander and Wu Qiuyue in this winter vacation. "I like China a lot, I like Wuhan more, I like the food here, even more than my hometown. After the epidemic last year, I did not leave Han, and I hope to take over my wife and two children, but this idea is still difficult to achieve. So now I want to bring out more ice hockey goalkeepers for Wuhan and make ice hockey a popular sport in Wuhan. Alexander said that in the past three years since coming to Wuhan, he has watched more and more children playing ice hockey, and he is also more looking forward to his players appearing on the world stage.
The Beijing Winter Olympics are about to open. For the Olympic arena, Wu Qiuyue and her mother both smiled and said that it was out of reach. Zhang Hongying said frankly, "I didn't think about what would happen in the future, but as long as the child wants to learn, I will always accompany her." And Wu Qiuyue said that his goal is very simple, "I just want to keep every ball that comes over and ensure that the team does not lose the ball." ”
(This group of photo photography Hubei Daily all-media reporter Shi Gong)
(Hubei Daily)