Chinese female curling teacher: Our curler is like no eyes on ice today

In a women's curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics that ended at noon today, the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team by a score of 2:10, and the Chinese team made frequent mistakes in the game today, and the strong performance of the previous successive victories over Sweden and South Korea was judged by the two teams.

Chinese foreign coach Lindholm said after the game that the Chinese players did not show their due "ice reading" ability on the field today, saying, "Our pot is like no eyes on the ice today." As for why the Chinese team members' "ice reading" ability today is not good, Wang Rui, a veteran of the Chinese team, explained, "After last night's game, the curling has been re-polished, and today's game, the curling arc will be relatively large, and we did not adapt to this change faster and better today." ”

In contrast, the Japanese players adapted quickly to the polished curling, and in the game, the Japanese team not only scored a high score of 3 points twice in their own backhand games, but also stole 1 point each in the backhand of the Chinese team twice. By the time the game reached the eighth inning, the Chinese team had fallen behind 2:10, and it was impossible to reverse the situation, the Chinese team gave up the next two sets, and the game ended early.

Lindholm believes that the different adaptability of the Players of the Chinese and Japanese teams to changes on the field has a lot to do with the experience of the game. In addition to the veteran Wang Rui participating in the Winter Olympics for the second time, the other members of the Chinese women's team participating in this competition are all newcomers who have participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, and their experience in international competitions is relatively small. In the Japanese team, the youngest team members are 29 years old, two years older than Wang Rui, and the team members have participated in at least one Winter Olympics.

Lindholm said it's one thing for players to be able to notice changes on the field, it's another to be able to handle them. The Japanese team's rich experience in the competition has become the key to their big score victory over the Chinese team today.

However, the growth of a team is always accompanied by the process of paying tuition, and in Lindholm's view, the Chinese team also has a great gain today, that is, a valuable experience.

(China Youth Daily)