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We interviewed Xu Yaping, the world champion of kayaking, who participated in the recording of "Run, Brother" last year, and netizens said that because of her joining, the bullet screen almost exploded, and Xu Yaping has since had the title of "Spicy Coach".
At a café near the General Administration of Sports, I talked to the "Spicy Coach" about the current trendy water sports.
After 2 hours of careful conversation, I have been deeply attracted by the "marine culture" represented by water sports, so that in the end, I think we are not talking about sports, but talking about the growth of children compared to the learning in the classroom, children need a "decent" growth environment!
Confidence that grows out of fear
"Can't swim, can you play water sports?" Will it be unsafe? ”
Xu Yaping: Yes
"Wouldn't it be too young to play water sports at the age of 4?"
Xu Yaping: No problem
Can children really do it?
Xu Yaping: Of course!
Xu Yaping and their teaching team have been studying and teaching in the field of children's water sports for eight years, and there are several children's water sports clubs for teenagers and children in Hangzhou and Huzhou, and the biggest worry of parents who send their children to learn is insecurity.
Accustomed to living on land, most people's first reaction to water is fear, especially in outdoor waters.
The first thing about water sports is to let your child know what is out of control!
When the child is in the water, he is faced with a lake with no edge in sight, and there are flow rates, water, wind, trees, and the scene is full of fear. Although there is a boat as a medium, it is also floating, as if it is safe? It seems unsafe.
Water can't be caught, and everything that is solid and solid on land disappears...
"When a child is in the water, he is faced with a world that he cannot control, very big, and does not know what to do." Xu Yaping said, "This is essentially different from swimming indoors, many children who have learned to swim still dare not go into the water, not that children swim badly, but that they have never faced fear." ”
The first movement of the child's water sports class is to practice climbing the board. Many children practice for a long time to successfully climb up.
In this process, the child needs to face changes in the environment and inner fears, he must keep himself in a state of tension at all times, concentrate all his energy, control his hands, feet, limbs, torso -
Exhausting all your strength again and again, physical exertion will make the child feel tired in the heart, sore limbs, numbness in the body... Whether to complete or give up also tests the child's perseverance at all times.
The essence of many sports is to force children to the most primitive state of existence. Children must constantly break through fear, break through the impossible, break through their own psychological barriers, in order to complete the task.
When an "impossible" task is completed, the child will become stronger and more confident, which is the biggest praise given to the child by sports.
Chinese children need a spirit of adventure, exploration, bravery and independence
When her daughter was a few months old, Xu Yaping put her into the water to let her feel balanced, and when she was in the water, the boat would shake without moving, and her daughter was very nervous.
When she was older, Xu Yaping took her daughter in her arms and rowed; when she was older, she and her daughter rowed a double boat, each with an independent seat, and the daughter could see her mother and left her mother; by the age of 3, her daughter could already row a small boat independently.
When her daughter is afraid, Xu Yaping will encourage her daughter: "Baby you see, you want to catch fish, you want to go to the lotus pond, you want to go to the small hole, you must have the ability to independently control this boat, in order to explore this big world, to go where you want to go."
"Not exposing children to danger is the biggest danger, and many things are not that children can't do it, but parents who refuse to let go." Xu Yaping said.
We are a big country with farming culture, the traditional education model is more conservative, can take root to learn, is a good child must be the standard. Our country has 70% of its waters, and our ocean area is not small, but we lack marine culture. The spirit of exploration, adventure, innovation, bravery and independence represented by marine culture is an indispensable quality for our children to compete with children all over the world in the future.
Put the child in nature, let him experience pain, fear, torture, do not have to go through these built confidence, are living in other people's world, the wind blows and falls.
A child's true self-confidence must come from where he falls and where he gets up. Face fear and helplessness, face psychological fluctuations. Countless times of this experience, through movement and the realization of one's own body, these truths have been realized. Over time, the child will definitely be a generous, positive and optimistic child who has the courage to challenge.
Only such a child has the ability to take charge of his own life, and has the ability to explore the unknown and infinite possibilities driven by curiosity.
Responsibility and collective honor are scarce resources for children
Xu Yaping participated in the running male recording, several stars after two days of training, to compete with fifteen famous school dragon boat teams at home and abroad.
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Although the training process is very "spicy", but when it comes to the moment of the competition, each star has taken out 200% of their own to fight.
At the end of the game, drummer Wang Zulan roared out of his throat: "Help, so touched", Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Hui Ruoqi also shed tears.
Captain Deng Chao couldn't restrain himself from blaming himself: "I lost three oars, and I paddled too stinky..."
If you haven't worked out in a team, it may be difficult for you to appreciate what a collective honor is.
In the running man training, Xu Yaping repeatedly stressed to everyone: If you are tired, don't show a tired look, you must use shouting to express it. If you have a tired expression, your teammates will notice it at the first time, affecting the morale of the entire team. In the process of the dragon boat competition, she also urged everyone to use the technical action essentials such as "kicking the legs" and "lower waist" as the words of encouragement for everyone, encouraging the whole group to maintain the high competitive state of the whole group at all times.
1 person competition is to fight for themselves, 10 people to fight for collective honor and disgrace, is the sense of responsibility, is the responsibility, is the sense of mission. These important qualities are the most shining parts of everything we do.
Xu Yaping recalled that when she was training in the national team, if any athlete could not train because of illness and cold, the first thought was not rest, but deep self-blame. Blessed is a child who has the opportunity to grow up in a sports group and has the opportunity to cultivate these excellent and scarce qualities in him!
Sports-loving children are very disciplined
Every summer vacation, Western parents are busy, other can be delayed, sports can not be.
If it is said that fighting for learning and fighting for results is a positive feature of Chinese children, then in the United States, Europe and other regions, fighting sports is a common feature of all children.
Many schools in Europe and the United States have their own sports teams. A student who studies well may not have so many people praising, but if he is a member of the varsity team, there will be many people who will worship him.
Because in the West, a culture has been established, reading is impossible to open the back door, if a child in reading at the same time, but also adhere to a kind of sports, he may need to go to class during the day, work in the afternoon, get up in the morning to train, and go to the gym at night to practice strength.
Why are people worshipped? Because such children are more self-disciplined, harder- and more aware of the rules than ordinary children, and work harder to develop things that others cannot do. Such children are the "cow babies" in the eyes of everyone, and it is easier to make friends.
In the children's water sports club directed by Xu Yaping, there are often children who have become very disciplined because they have a strong interest in water sports. While other kids are playing on their phones, they may be writing homework, other kids are still playing, they have turned off the lights and gone to sleep, because the next day they are late in training, they will be taught and blamed by teammates.
Children who love sports, in order to maintain their own state of exercise, will be very disciplined in diet, all of which are positive and positive for children. You don't have to worry about a sports-loving child who has a mobile phone addiction and An Internet addiction, because exercise has made them addicted.
There are many parents who worry that exercise conflicts with learning.
In fact, we never lack academics and rich heads, we lack children with sound personalities, full souls, strong bodies, and brave hearts.
Take out the strength to fight learning to fight sports, such a child is full of stamina!
Q1: Does water sports mean kayaking?
A: This is the misunderstanding of most people, in fact, there are many water sports projects, suitable for children to play, there are children's kayaks, paddle boards, rowing, kayak balls, competitive kayaks, ocean boats, paddle board yoga and so on.
Q2: How old are children to access water sports?
A: Generally 4 years old can be. Children at the beginning of the contact with water sports, to the enlightenment, you can let the children experience a few more projects, after 2-3 years, there are children especially like, in the focus on playing 1-2 kinds.
Q3: Are water sports mainly arm strength?
A: No, water sports is a full-body sport, for example, when doing the action of rowing, it is done by the calf - thigh - hip joint - back - big arm - forearm - hand, the whole set of movements are slow and gentle, will not hurt the knee.
Q4: What is the biggest charm of water sports?
A: Water sports test the child's physical fitness, skills, brainpower, but also cultivate children's adventure, exploration, independent spirit and courage, will let children see a stronger self, play water sports, children will be addicted.
Q5: How to participate in water sports training?
A: There are now more than 300 water sports clubs in the country, and you can find clubs that are closer to you to try.
Q6: How do water sports work in the home?
A: Water sports is a way of life, in foreign countries, families with tents, food, kayaks, go to the wild to enjoy the weekend, open the holiday is very common, look forward to more families will be water sports into life, so that children have more opportunities to contact the sport.
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