She is just an eight-year-old girl, but she is a model of "losing at the starting line, winning at the finish line".
In the first leg of the 2020-2021 Beijing Junior Short Track Speed Skating League, she accidentally fell at the beginning of the 500m quarterfinals in the U8 group.
The race against the clock did not wait for anyone, and the girls who got up from the very end of the team rose up to catch up, step by step, one meter, and finally broke through the third lap and won the championship in one fell swoop.
In this issue, Ziya Tong Quqia students learned about it with everyone, fell and immediately got up, and the little girl who got more than 5 million likes on the Internet - Ma Zihui's speed skating journey.
(1) Love figure skating and train hard
Born in 2012 in Fengtai District, Beijing, Ma Zihui began to learn roller skating at the age of 5 and trained in professional teams at the age of 7.
It is precisely because of love that when other children are leisurely playing on weekends, she can train carefully in the cold training ground, constantly correcting every movement, turning it into instinctive behavior, and carrying out muscle memory.
At present, Ma Zihui is still practicing physical fitness and basic skills, she is never sloppy, but conscientiously and solidly completes each task, and strives to achieve 100 points in each action to prepare for future competitions.
Every Tuesday to Friday, after writing the homework assigned by the teacher, the little girl also has more than two hours of ice training, and it is often 10 o'clock at night when she returns home. She also did not slack off on the weekend, and she also had to go to closed training with her teammates.
At a young age, she already had the perseverance to devote all her heart to the beloved sports, and she was willing to pay time for the short skates she loved.
Ma Keiko has a serious training attitude, interacting with her parents outside the training ground after each group of skating, knowing that parents expect her every improvement and performance, and never miss any of her competitive matches.
Growing up with the company of her parents, the coach often helps them analyze the problems and propose corresponding solutions, and Ma Keiko is happy in her favorite projects under the care and support of everyone.
The girl, who has been training at the Fengtai District Hockey Club for two years, has never missed a training session. In the eyes of the coach, she is not the best level of athletes in the team, but at the age of U8, she is a well-deservedly strong player.
(2) Fall but do not give up, work hard and win the championship
In 2021, 8-year-old Keiko Ma competed in her first game with great anticipation.
As if to show all the results of her previous training, this slightly anxious little girl accidentally inserted the sole of her shoe into the ice ballast in the quarter-final mid-game, so that the whole person instantly fell on the ice.
The coach on the sidelines was anxious and worried, but the game continued, so he loudly encouraged Ma Keiko to stand up on the sidelines, saying that there was still a chance.
It has to be said that athletes have the ability not to bow to setbacks, and Ma Keiko, who quickly adjusted to her state, stood up in a short time and successfully overtook the curve in a circle of chase, becoming the first focus in the field.
The first game in her life encountered unexpected situations, but it also made the spirit of "never say no" into the heart of the little girl and became a supplement to the next game.
In Ma Huizi's view, this spirit is more precious than the gold medal in her hand, and it is also at this time that a more ambitious dream arose in her heart - hoping to show her skills at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and accept the test of world-class competitions.
In fact, in the post-match interview, the coach bluntly said that Ma Zihui's behavior of falling on the field and continuing to stand up was expected. Because this little girl is also in this state in ordinary training.
In the short skating team, she is the one who is young and small, but she is also the one in the arena who is unwilling to lose, has imagined various emergencies, and has thought of countermeasures.
In the face of the interview, the little girl's language was clear and logical, her expression was calm and calm, and she admitted that she did not have too many complicated thoughts when she suddenly encountered an accident.
There is only one voice in the heart, that is, "Hurry up, as long as you surpass the previous one, you can surpass the first two."
But unexpectedly, she set the goal in front of her, but also after surpassing one small goal after another, she successfully reached the other side of success. She successfully won the crown in a very stable state of mind, inspiring those who were temporarily behind.
(3) Persistence is victory
Falling and getting up, the mountains are quiet. This little girl quietly explained the spirit of persistence is victory, and there should be no rush to win or lose on the track of life, just like everyone has their own flowering period, and there will always be a day to blossom.
In today's society, the public sometimes places too much emphasis on winning and losing at the starting line, and ignores that the real arena is a distance rather than a moment at the starting line.
Many tiger mothers sign up for various interest classes and tutoring classes for their children, and implement cramming education, which they believe is the best investment in their children's future.
But if you choose the wrong track, having more of a lead at the starting line may be meaningless and in vain. After selecting a good runway according to the characteristics of the child, the child and the parent can achieve a win-win situation, rather than singing red face on both sides.
In fact, sometimes parents are also the child's starting line and track accompaniment, and the parents' pattern and education methods will greatly affect the child's potential and the way of dealing with problems.
Everything is a variable before the dust is settled, and as long as you try harder before the dust settles, you may turn the tables against the wind.
For parents, the strength gap between each child is not large, and it is normal for children to have a stumble, but it is often the parents who cannot hold their breath.
The first extreme they go to is over-strictness, often before the fallen child can react, the parent has already collapsed, followed by scolding and complaining.
The second extreme is excessive encouragement, when the child only takes the first step to usher in the praise of the sky, which is easy to make the child's frustration quotient not to exercise to improve, in the face of difficulties easy to withdraw.
Contemporary parenting concepts may need some changes, and today, well-known training institutions have transformed into courses to train parents, guide family education, and create quality parents.
In the future, perhaps behind a successful child in addition to their own efforts, having an excellent parental guidance will be an indispensable condition.
In Ma Zihui's case, after she started running, she showed the basic skills of long-term practice and the spirit of never giving up, when she stood up, she actually won, and in the figure that followed the hard running, it was the power that sports brought to people.
Everyone seems to see their own figure in the little girl's fall and climb, and re-understand the simplest truth of life in contrast to her persistence of not giving up: "Where you fall, you get up" and "Persistence is victory".
In fact, the simpler the truth, the more difficult it is to do, if we say that we are that eight-year-old girl, who fell down at the beginning of the short course competition, will we bravely get up and fight to catch up, or lie on the ice and cry our noses?
It is inevitable to wrestle on the road of life, but not everyone has the strength and courage to catch up and turn the tables against the wind.
Whether it is on the track of the race, or on the road of life, whether we are young teenagers, or middle-aged people in distress, or in old age.
As long as we are not afraid of wrestling, not afraid of setbacks, get up and continue to work hard, we will also become an inspirational role model and inspire others to move forward.
Ma Zihui achieved results in her first race and also competed in style.
She will have all kinds of large and small arenas and all kinds of unexpected problems in the future, but as long as she always has such a original intention and perseverance, she can get big and small gains and unexpected victories.
The ancient Roman philosopher Priny once said: "In the duel of hope and disappointment, if you clasp with courage and resolute hands, victory will belong to hope."
Knowing the story of Ma Zihui and believing that there are some new inspirations for some parents' parenting methods, how do you think you should stimulate the potential of children in the cultivation of children's interest? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.
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