Liaowang Liaoning Daily
The reporter learned on April 20 that in the Shenyang International Pump Track Park located in Tiexi District (Economic Development Zone, Zhongde Park), the first primary pump track coach training course jointly created by China and France ended a few days ago, and 20 coaches from all over the country completed the training and became the first batch of "certificated" pump track coaches in China.
China and France jointly built
The first batch of trained coaches is only 20 in the country
The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. In order to further popularize and promote pump track sports, improve the level of pump track sports training in China, and promote the high-quality and standardized development of China's pump track industry, the China Cycling Association, the French Cycling Association and Velosolutions China jointly created a Sino-French cooperation junior pump track instructor training course. After the first 4-day training, the 20 coaches who participated in the training received a certificate of completion jointly issued by the China Cycling Association, the French Cycling Association and Velosolutions China.
The trainees who participate in this training have strict selection criteria, must have a certain level of pump track sports experience, and at the same time have been engaged in the pump track instructor profession for many years in practical work. The trainers were two international instructors who were "airborne" into Shenyang, France, and appointed by the French Cycling Association. Among them, Florent BOUTTE is the national technical advisor and head of the pump track project of the French Cycling Association, with many years of sports and training experience in pump track and BMX dirt racing, and Thibault DUPONT has won the French championship in the pump track project and the third place in the 2021 and 2022 UCI Pump Track World Championships.
Tailor-made courses
Contribute to the standardization of pump track movement in China
In the training in Shenyang International Pump Track Park, two international instructors combined their years of experience in pump track training and the development status of pump track sports in China to tailor an exclusive course for the students. The course is divided into theoretical and practical courses, including a series of teaching skills such as pump track teaching methods, pump track course design, pump track riding skills, etc.
Zhang Kun, a trainee from Beijing, is one of China's first BMX national team athletes and the 2007 national BMX racing champion. "With the rise of pump track sports, there is a growing shortage of professional coaches, and the level of coaches is uneven, and more professionals are urgently needed to provide safe and scientific training courses for children. Zhang Kun said that he benefited a lot from the courses of international tutors. "There are also many retired cyclists in China, and becoming a pump track coach through professional training will be a new employment option for them in the future. ”
The relevant person in charge of the China Cycling Association said that in recent years, the domestic pump track sport has developed rapidly, and the public participation has increased year by year, so this sport also needs to be standardized and standardized, so as to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent national popularization. The first batch of coach training in the country in Shenyang International Pump Track Park is part of the pump track standardization system being implemented by the China Cycling Association, and it is also a start-up project of the cooperation between the China Cycling Association and the French Cycling Association.
Shenyang Tiexi to build a "pump city"
Successfully bid for the finals of the China Pump Track League
It is reported that in addition to the training of the first batch of pump track sports coaches of international standards, this year, Tiexi District of Shenyang City also successfully bid for the finals of the China Pump Track League, and the final venue is in Shenyang International Pump Track Park.
At the same time, Tiexi District will continue to carry out projects such as pump track entering the campus and pump track research. At present, with Shenyang International Pump Track Park and other facilities as the carrier, Tiexi District has the hardware foundation, mass foundation, urban foundation and event foundation to build a "pump track city". Holding high-level events, conducting high-level training, and carrying out high-quality activities will also play an important role in promoting the development of cultural and sports undertakings and regional economic revitalization in Shenyang Tiexi.
Professor Wang Kaizhen, President of the Children's Sports Branch of the National Youth Sports Federation and former Vice President of the Capital Institute of Physical Education, introduced that he is currently cooperating with Velosolutions China to set up a scientific research team to conduct in-depth research on the domestic pump track sports industry, and said that achieving public popularity is an important basic condition for realizing the overall improvement of the pump track sports level. At present, the Shenyang International Pump Track Park completed in Tiexi, Shenyang, as the "world's largest pump track park" certified by Guinness World Records, represents the highest international standard site, Tiexi to build a "pump track city" plan has also laid a solid mass foundation for the popularization of pump track sports, the first batch of pump track sports coach training in the country is to raise the access "threshold" for the domestic pump track sports market, and then will drive the entire pump track industry into a standardized, orderly and benign development track, which will have a far-reaching impact on the future development of domestic pump track sports.
Image courtesy of the interviewee
Reporter: Jin Xiaoling
Editor : Du Dan
Review: Li Zhengrong
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