"To develop skating, we must sow 'seeds' everywhere, and then carefully and care for and cultivate these 'seeds' so that they can drive the development of skating in their regions." Li Yan, chairman of the China Skating Association, described such a "skating promotion methodology" in an exclusive interview with a client reporter from Beijing Daily.
Rooted plan
In 2017, Li Yan was unanimously elected president of the Chinese Skating Association, and in 2019, she was elected as a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Today, she is no longer coaching in the front line, and she is still busy with skating. In an interview with the Beijing Daily client reporter, Li Yan introduced her recently completed work, "In order to promote the orderly development of skating, we need to formulate corresponding industry standards. Through a large number of research work in the previous period, we completed the '14th Five-Year Plan' and determined the starting points and steps for future development. ”
Li Yan. Image source: Chinese Skating Association
When talking about the work of the association, Li Yan likes the word "sustainable development", in her view, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, and development is definitely not achieved overnight, but a long-term process. That's why the Skating Association launched the "Rooted Plan" to make the sport truly take root everywhere.
"You see, this five-pointed star represents the various steps of the 'rooted plan', which is actually open, can affect each other, and finally achieves a closed loop." Li Yan pointed to the schematic diagram on his mobile phone while sketching the outline of the "rooting plan" to the Client Reporter of Beijing Daily.
According to this plan, the Chinese Skating Association absorbs and selects a team of lecturers of about 100 people and a team of special lecturers of about 100 people, of which the former includes university teachers above associate professors, referees and senior coaches above the national level; the latter is composed of professional talents from universities and scientific research units such as relevant sports equipment research and development experts and athlete body care experts. Through these two groups of lecturers, the Skating Association trains physical education teachers, skating instructors, referees, coaches, etc., to achieve a broader coverage. In addition, at present, the skating association has also opened up the channel of talents in the system, and the trainees who participate in the training can also become members of the lecturer group after reaching certain conditions and undergoing higher-level training.
Li Yan. Xinhua News Agency data map
Li Yan said that at present, the Skating Association has trained more than 1,000 primary and secondary school physical education teachers, and more than 30 primary and secondary schools and 6 universities have become the "rooted plan" cooperation units, "We provide more professional and systematic theoretical and practical training, and then by physical education teachers and other people who can contact more young participants to spread this knowledge and expand their influence." Li Yan concluded that this way can also find more participants who truly love skating, and they will become the "seeds" of the development of skating everywhere.
Walk out of Shanhaiguan
On December 9, the Chinese Skating Association and the China Roller Skating Association signed a contract to formally establish the "National Youth Summer And Winter Ice Series Project Strategic Cooperation" to jointly promote the development of skating and roller skating in China.
In Li Yan's view, such a signing is expected to make skating truly break through climate and regional limitations and achieve a breakthrough of "going out of Shanhaiguan".
"Roller skating is the basic sport of skating, there are more people to develop, at the same time, it can also accept more professional skating technology, it can be said to be a win-win situation." She further introduced that before speed skating was the basic event of short track speed skating, now short track speed skating has become the basic talent support of speed skating, and then now there is roller skating, "The original (participants) are only in the three eastern provinces, and now you can go out of Shanhaiguan, the whole country teenagers come together, you say we are not strong? ”
Li Yan and Liu Guoyong signed cooperation agreements on behalf of the Chinese Skating Association and the Chinese Roller Skating Association. Image source: Chinese Skating Association
In fact, roller skating is not unfamiliar to Li Yan, under the repeated questioning of the Beijing Daily client reporter, she recalled some clips of herself 40 years ago, "When I was 12 years old, the coach let me practice roller skating in the summer, and I skated well! Li Yan said that training roller skating can improve the level of skaters in all directions, "practicing road roller skating can improve endurance; small circle skating can improve cornering technology." In addition, the starting, acceleration and skating techniques of roller skating are also similar. ”
In order to better realize the integration of skating and roller skating, the Skating Association has worked with universities and other scientific research institutions to develop skating, roller skating dual-use shoes, by replacing the sole can complete the conversion of the demand for the two sports, Li Yan said: "This not only saves costs, but also makes the children's foot feel more friendly, Wu Dajing, Han Tianyu and other athletes are also involved in research and development." ”
Li Yan, who has a brilliant athlete career and a coaching career, also hopes that after the deep integration of skating and roller skating, there will be a "three-habitat" medal winner in the future, "an athlete who participates in short track in the morning and speed skating in the afternoon is now available." Later, he will also participate in roller skating and then win medals in all three events! ”
Perhaps, this vision will soon come true.
Source Beijing News Sports | Reporter Zhao Xiaosong
Editor: Zhao Xiaosong
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng