In early October, Ma Jin appeared on the sidelines of the national mixed doubles group, this time "going home" in a new identity. From athlete to coach, for Ma Jin, it is a new beginning from the finish line to the starting point. Behind the guidance of Yang Ming and Jiang Guoliang, Ma Jin is quickly "warming up" and throwing himself into his new role.
<h1>Go home in your new capacity</h1>
Back at the training ground of the Yupai Hall of the Training Bureau of the State General Administration of Sports, Ma Jin still found a little freshness in the familiar atmosphere, familiar venues, and familiar tones. "This new feeling is actually carrying new content with you."
In Ma Jin's eyes, her past self has been pursuing a kind of personality "self", returning as a coach, and she feels that the new identity is teaching her how to learn to be steady. "As an athlete, he may have had emotions from the moment he opened his eyes. However, a coach, no matter what the state of the players is today, must first be positive and proactive. ”
That fall in 2016, Ma Jin chose to retire. At the time, she thought it was the end of herself and badminton. "When 2/3 of your life is filled with one thing, you always want to escape." In those days when she wanted to stay away from her beloved career, she constantly enriched herself and made the connotation of life more colorful. It was on the way to explore life that she discovered that the limitations she had faced had become her later testimony to her self-exploration.
Nowadays, Ma Jin knows how to open himself up more and pay more attention to the relationship and interaction between people, people and the outside world, and people and the times. She found her role, and the way to make herself comfortable. She is no longer the bystander who closes herself off, but becomes a participant and experiencer of life, which makes Ma Jin more real. Having the opportunity to return to the big family of the Chinese badminton team, Ma Jin said that as a national badminton, his heart has really never been far away. "It is my unshirkable duty to have the opportunity to 'go home' and contribute to The Nation."
Ma Jin's main job at present is to guide the team members with the training plan formulated by Yang Ming and Jiang Guoliang, and she will follow the old coach to observe and learn. "There are so many things to learn, perhaps, there should be no problem with yourself on the 'ball', but how can you express your ideas clearly and unmistakably and pass them on to the athletes?" How to perceive and guide the emotions and states of the team members? These need to be learned. In between the team members' morning exercises or special strength training, Ma Jin will also "sneak around" to let himself practice several groups. "I adapted quickly back to the team, but the only thing I didn't adapt to was that I didn't have to train. I always want to ask the coach, 'What about my training plan?' ’”
Back in Beijing, many friends asked her if she was tired of training? Ma Jin shook his head and said, "I'm not tired at all, it's more about being happy than feeling physically." I am very happy to do this, I will not feel tired, because this is what I am willing to do. So, go home and get into the role and adapt quickly. ”
Seeing that "IELTS" and "Yellow Duck" have grown into the absolute main force of the mixed doubles group, Ma Jin still remembers the scene three years ago when Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong helped themselves practice killing the ball during the preparation for the Rio Olympic Games. Nowadays, training and living with them is still very kind, although the location is different, but there is no diaphragm or generation gap. "In addition to the coaches, I also hope it can be their sister or family," she said. As a senior who has experienced two Olympic Games, Ma Jin also hopes to pass on some of his experience to the team members, "hoping that in training we can discuss with each other and promote learning." ”
Sometimes, seeing the players jumping and jumping on the field, Ma Jin can't hide his eagerness to try. "I'd jokingly say to them, now I'm going to hide, and when you're done with the Olympics, I'll prepare for 2024." The team members also responded cooperatively: "Sister Ma, you just retired early." Although Ma Jin missed the feeling on the pitch, she said that "everything is the best arrangement".
<h1>An experience home on the road to growth</h1>
At the beginning of this year, Ma Jin accidentally injured her Achilles tendon, which suddenly felt like a long vacation, so that she had to slow down the pace of life.
During the athlete period, although Ma Jin, who was active all day, would also have ankles, he never thought that this file would happen to himself. During the period of bedridden recuperation, Ma Jin seriously reflected on himself: "This is not a deserving thing, you can't treat yourself like this, you must keep exercising, don't be lazy, don't have a fluke mentality." For Ma Jin, who has been accustomed to moving since childhood, "the exercise needs to be slightly more intensive, so as to stimulate himself." So, in order to establish an atmosphere of exercise for herself, she not only advised her parents to play more ball, but also brought her friends in life to move together.
During the Sudirman Cup in May, Ma Jin, who likes to challenge, gladly accepted the invitation of the TV station and launched a tactical review column to analyze the problems and response methods of each game for the audience through her professional perspective. This new attempt is an experience that Ma Jin has never had before, and when the reporter mentioned it again, her eyes were still full of excitement.
Ma Jin said that he always felt that it was a very simple thing for reporters to do post-game interviews. However, when I actually went behind the scenes and started doing content, I found that "doing journalism is like fighting a war, everyone on the team is high speed and highly concentrated." On the first day, I walked into the transparent studio and found that the audience outside could see themselves clearly. Since then, I have learned to control my eyes in front of the camera. ”
During that time, every day, an editor would tell Ma Jin what was the key field of the day. Which is the focus battle? After staring at five games a day, she quickly finds the most eye-catching part, clarifies the key points of each game in 3 minutes, and analyzes the key balls to present the characteristics of the athlete. Of course, the biggest test for her is whether she can analyze the game in a natural and smooth state of no draft when facing the camera.
In order to make the content of the program attractive and innovative, Ma Jin made full use of various speed measurement and altimeter measurement instruments. "With the data, the audience will understand the game more thoroughly and intuitively. After all, I am a professional athlete, and I definitely don't want to deviate in the content, and it is not okay to be picked wrong. At that time, the "comrades-in-arms" who worked with her saw that Ma Jin was making progress every day and always couldn't help but praise her. "Now I need to be praised a lot, because a lot of what I'm doing now is not the kind of confidence I used to be good at and confident in the past." So, no matter what I do, I am now walking as a new person, without setting limits. ”
Speaking of his current self, Ma Jin laughed and said that although he still can't change his crazy personality from time to time, he is more natural now. "Make some space in your heart to be able to absorb more things." When you are willing to look at the world again and look back at yourself in your memory, you begin to truly feel the truth and ease that comes from life. ”
From the perspective of "observation" and "exploration", Ma Jin may be completing the learning of personal growth. Moreover, there is no standard answer in life. On the road to growth, those inadvertent accidents, looking back, actually taste good.