On the white ice rink, small black balls glide rapidly, thumping in collisions. Players in heavy protective suits fight fiercely, constantly flashing and moving, quickly swinging the club, and hitting the goal hard, this is ice hockey.
As the only collective ball sport at the Winter Olympics, the sport combines skating skills and hockey skills, and the gripping and tense rhythm always makes the audience's blood boil. Today, the women's ice hockey final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the Wukesong Sports Center.
In Beijing, more and more children are exposed to ice hockey. Unconsciously, ice hockey has gone from niche to popular. Even laymen with zero foundation have the opportunity to experience the invigorating collision of passion.
All-Star Skating Club
Fully armed Training starts with the doll
At 9 p.m., the Longhu Beijing ChangyaoTianjie Shopping Center outside the East Fifth Ring Road gradually quieted down, and the All-Star Skating Club on the fourth floor of the East District was still vibrant.
The gate opened, and 11 heavily armed squad members holding clubs swhizzed in like lightning and quickly scattered around the vast ice rink. Every weekend, ice hockey training sessions are organized here.
Hockey private training
Hua Yiming, 9, is the big brother in the team, he is athletic and quick to react. "More than two years ago, when I was visiting the mall, I happened to see a child playing ice hockey, and he thought it was very interesting, so he signed up to learn." At that time, yang Jing, a mother, accompanied her son to class and made her gradually interested in the sport. Equally fascinated is his younger sister Hua Yiran. A year and a half ago, the little girl changed from an off-court spectator to an on-field player and has been associated with ice hockey ever since.
Today, Hua Yiran, 5 and a half years old, is the only girl on the field. Despite her small stature, she is dexterous, gliding with the ball with ease, and has a board and an eye for every move. "Taking advantage of the fact that my sister is not yet in elementary school, the time is relatively flexible, and she will take three classes a week and practice twice, so that she can quickly keep up with the big troops and practice passing and catching the ball together." Although counting the time of putting on and taking off equipment, playing on ice and going back and forth, a trip down at least two hours to start, but Yang Jing feels that it is worth it, "The impact of practicing ice hockey on children is still quite large, and my brother now has a more sense of rules and knows more about teamwork." The sister also gained friendship, and everyone went from not meeting together, from weak to strong, from learning to skate to holding pole competitions, this growth is all-round. ”
Compared to other sports, ice hockey is also all-round in terms of equipment. Considering the multiple risk factors such as hard ice, fast hockey and fierce scrambling, hockey players can be described as "armed to the teeth". "Protective equipment from head to toe, including helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, chest pads, leg pads, hip pads, etc., and sometimes neck and tooth guards. In order to protect adolescents, it is stipulated that they must wear full face shields with metal protective nets. It takes at least 15 minutes for the entire set of equipment to be replaced. Zhao Yujie, ice hockey coach of the All-Star Skating Club, said that ice hockey is the fastest and most fierce competition in the collective ball project, and the team consciousness is particularly important, "Individual ability is important, but the more critical thing about the collective ball project is unity and cooperation, ice hockey is not simply to fight for speed, but also to use the brain and talk about strategy." ”
In recent years, Zhao Yujie has participated in many competitions with the team, "the number of participating teams has increased significantly, especially under the influence of the Winter Olympics, ice hockey has gradually become popular from a small niche, and more and more children have been exposed to ice hockey since childhood." Judging from the age of the trainees, it is mainly concentrated between the ages of 4 and 8. Zhao Yujie believes that in the future, more people will understand ice hockey, love ice hockey, and enjoy the happiness brought by this sport.
Bloomage LIVE Five Pines
Ice basket conversion takes 6 hours to complete the transformation
For ordinary people, even if they can't play ice hockey, they can get a glimpse of the ice hockey arena. As a typical "double Olympic" venue, Wukesong Sports Center has turned around from the basketball venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and is now the ice hockey venue of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and will undertake the women's ice hockey and some men's ice hockey matches for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Bloomage Live Wukesong's Hi-ice park
How long does it take to switch from a basketball stadium to an ice hockey arena? The answer is "just 6 hours". "The rapid realization of 'ice basket conversion' can greatly improve the utilization rate of the venue." According to the relevant person in charge of the venue operation company, in order to make the basketball stadium transform, it is necessary to first dismantle the floor and basketball rack and other facilities, open the "ice quilt" for moisture-proof and ice protection, install boundary walls, acrylic boards and nets, etc. The whole process can be completed within 6 hours, "Of course, this is only the conversion of the venue, excluding the ice making time." ”
If you don't think the far-reaching ice hockey arena is enough, the next Bloomage Live Wukesong can also provide a real ice experience. In the central square, hi-ice ice park covering an area of more than 2,000 square meters is a national entertainment ice rink independently built by Bloomage LIVE, which has been open for five consecutive winters. "Professional ice making and operation is the basis for providing quality services, the overall replacement and upgrading of skating equipment, the comprehensive upgrading of the lighting, the improvement of the supporting facilities, the addition of sprayers, to create a cooler music show at night." Lu Bin, general manager of Bloomage International (Beijing) Culture and Business Operation Management Co., Ltd., said that it is particularly worth mentioning the ice surface of Hi-ice, "Most of the ice rinks use imitation ice surface, and Hi-ice uses the real ice surface, which can perfectly restore the skating scene of childhood winter." ”
Hi-ice ice park
At nightfall, The Lights of Bloomage Live Wukesong are brilliant, and the Hi-ice Ice Park is even more lively. Putting on skates and wearing a full set of protective gear, 22-year-old Liu Ming entered the ice rink, "The texture of real ice is really great, coupled with the large field, you can slide open, and the cost performance is quite high." "On the ice rink, there are also many children pushing cute skating assistants to play." Find the feeling first, get used to it, and then try to slide it twice. Ding Yu decided to let his 9-year-old son play alone, and he guided remotely outside the field, "let the children personally feel the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics, which is more than boring at home watching TV." ”
Brilliantly lit up at night, The Five Pines of Huaxi Live
Strolling through The Five Pines of Bloomage Live, you can see various forms of "collision" everywhere, including food and art, music and basketball, ice and snow and fashion. Here, there are still many surprises waiting to be revealed.
Fashion punch card place
GORINK Ice Space: Located in Dijia Plaza, Courtyard, No. 6 Wanliu Middle Road. In addition to youth hockey training, there is also a zero-based experience of adult ice hockey, even if you have not skated through the ice, there is no equipment, you can also enjoy ice hockey. There are professional adult hockey teaching teams, as well as hockey team building activities.
Champion Ice Rink: Located on the 7th floor of Chaoyang Joy City. There is an ice hockey club here, and children can often be seen practicing on the ice rink. Open seven days a week and ice clearing times vary, you can consult in advance. During the special event, the ice rink is used for ice hockey and figure skating, and individual passengers are not accepted.
Xinghong Ao Ice Sports Center (Kunyu Hall): Located on the south side of Baolian Sports Park on South Blue Indigo Factory Road. Among them, the north hall is mainly for ice hockey, and will arrange training, personal training classes, echelon classes, etc., while the south hall is mainly for figure skating, and provides a variety of courses in different periods. At the same time, the basic class of Xinghong Olympic Skating Club is set up for children, with 6 lessons per session, including two-foot sliding, one-foot sliding, backward skating, side skating and so on.