Original title: Group photo | the unpopular sports heat up, Changsha ice hockey teenagers impact your vision
Red Net Moment reporter Zhang Biwen Wang Yizheng reported from Changsha
On February 13, at the Black Dragon Ice Rink in Changsha, a special ice hockey match was underway, against teenagers under the age of 10.
In the Changsha Black Dragon Ice Rink, a junior ice hockey game is about to begin.
Luo Xi, wearing the No. 5 shirt, is the youngest player on the field, only 6 years old this year. As the ice knife drew a perfect arc on the ice, Luo Xi successfully received a pass from his teammate.
Six-year-old Luo Xi has been learning hockey for six months and is one of the youngest children on the team.
Every time he trained or competed, his father would put heavy equipment on Luo Xi.
On the afternoon of February 12, the Chinese team lost 2-3 to Germany in the group stage of the men's ice hockey event of the Winter Olympics, but the Chinese team scored two goals in this game, which was also the first time in the history of Chinese men's ice hockey that it scored a goal at the Winter Olympics.
Luo Xi, a 6-year-old teenager in Changsha, watched the whole game with full concentration accompanied by his father. Although the Chinese team did not win, the Chinese national ice hockey team members tried their best on the field, which left a deep impression on Xiao Luoxi.
And this kind of childhood "psychological imprint" that many people have had was quickly projected onto the ice rink by teenagers.
Changsha is located in southern China belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, the summer heat is known as the "stove", even in the winter is more than 0 °C, ice sports are very rare.
Playing ice hockey is fast and easy to slip. Luo Xi slipped during training, and the coach lifted him up.
The children galloped on the ice, and the father watched the children lovingly from the sidelines. Changsha, the "furnace" city, ice hockey is rare here.
In 2018, Shen Zhien came to Changsha for the first time, and the Heilongjiang youth who has been practicing ice hockey since the age of 7 and has been playing from the municipal team and the provincial team to the national youth team came up with the idea of promoting ice hockey in Changsha, but after a short attempt, he failed to achieve the desired results.
In April 2021, after going around the country in many places, the 31-year-old Shen Zhi'en returned to Changsha again, determined to have a life bet with himself, and must let the ice sport take root in Changsha.
At the tactical arrangement meeting before the game, the children listened carefully to the coach's arrangement.
Luo Xi warmed up on the field, and from his smile, he could see that the ice hockey brought happiness.
Unlike other ice rinks, Shin's Black Dragon Ice Rink is not mainly based on fast-spending individual customers, but is committed to ice sports training including ice hockey and figure skating.
To this end, Shin Hiron hired Lu Hengnan, who played in the national youth ice hockey team and then played in Canada, as the head coach of ice hockey training, while figure skating hired senior Canadian coaches to teach.
After the game, the hockey teenagers gathered around head coach Lu Hengnan, listening to his comments, and the children's faces showed a serious look beyond their age.
Before the game, the children pressed their legs under the command of the coach and stretched their muscles and bones.
The warm-up game begins, and the children hold up their clubs and cheer each other up.
When the game starts, the children go all out, and the movements are similar.
Today, more than 30 teenagers at the Black Dragon Ice Rink have learned ice hockey and have a team competition every weekend. Regardless of age, standing on the ice, children will instantly transform into warriors.
Unlike common team sports such as basketball and football, which are prone to "star players", ice hockey has a faster pace and more emphasis on cooperation and team spirit among players. At the same time, ice hockey is also a comprehensive project, with extremely high requirements for speed, physical fitness, skill, teamwork and rapid analysis.
In the face of the opponent's shot, the goalkeeper flew in time to save and turn the danger into a disaster. Playing with heart, ice hockey brings children the highest sense of honor.
Although the children are young, in the game, the collision between the two sides is very fierce.
When playing ice hockey, the gliding speed is high, the collision is fierce, the narrow road meets the brave to win, and the ice hockey inspires the courage of manhood.
Falling to the ground while fighting for ice hockey, still using the club to protect the ice hockey, never giving up until the last moment.
Hockey is one of the hardest group sports in the world, and it's important to be able to cultivate a child's perseverance.
Luo Xi's parents told reporters that Xiao Luo Xi only began to practice ice hockey in the second half of last year, but in just half a year, from the original difficulties are easy to give up, love makes the little sex unwilling to communicate, to now when things do not accept defeat, take the initiative to communicate and share with others, physical fitness has also been significantly improved, the child's changes are visible to the naked eye.
For more than half a year, just as the children have gained from their growth, Shin Zhi-eun and his Black Dragon Ice Rink have also grown and harvested.
In recent years, with the rapid development of Changsha's economy, the income level of Changsha residents has been rising, and many families will spend more resources on the cultivation of children, and the double reduction policy has made children's "interest classes" more diversified.
As the youngest player, Luo Xi played.
Fast and furious, it's a man who has to play hockey.
Perhaps, this will also be an opportunity for a number of unpopular sports such as ice hockey to heat up in Changsha.
For Shin Zhi-eun, he has been very pleased to be able to recruit so many ice hockey students in the past six months, which also makes him more confident. He told reporters that he is preparing a "Frozen" for these teenagers, leading them to represent Changsha city in the domestic ice hockey league U6/U8/U10 category competition, so that the children of "furnace" Changsha really fly on the ice hockey field.
Go ahead, hockey boys.
After the game, the coach stretched the muscles for the children. The joy of ice hockey makes them forget the pain on the field.
After the game, the opponents on the pitch became good friends, sharing their cards. (Zhang Biwen, Wang Yizheng)
Source: Rednet