Immediately comment on Yang Qian's enlightenment coach voice, fighting for respect for another way to become a talent

The Paper's special commentator Wu Lichuan

Yu Lihua, the enlightenment coach of Olympic champion Yang Qian, recently posted through personal social media that Zhejiang Province's recognition of Zhejiang athletes and coaches for the Tokyo Olympic Games and the National Games has excluded themselves and chilled grass-roots coaches. The Reporter of China Youth Daily learned from relevant parties that the commendation does not involve the enlightenment coaches of the athletes, and according to the step-by-step commendation system, the commendation at the Ningbo Municipal Level will include the enlightenment coaches in the scope. Unfortunately, this "explanation" failed to convince Yu Lihua.

"Enlightenment coaches strive for merit", it is difficult to determine which is right and wrong. But it is necessary to be kind to the enlightenment coach. The coach hired by the football team of the author's unit is the assistant coach of the enlightenment coach of a hot star in the national football team at present. Such grassroots coaches have been working silently for a long time, and their contributions are not small, and they also need to soothe their hearts.

But this incident has a bigger point of view: in addition to the existing professional selection mechanisms including provincial teams and national teams, athletes also have a way to become talents. Recognizing this, it is fortunate for the country and the people to open up a new model of training talents in competitive sports.

Taking Yu Lihua as an example, as an enlightenment coach, yang qian was trained for 5 years, and then in the case that Yang Qian was not selected by the provincial team, he helped her to open up another path of achievement, suggesting that she be admitted to Tsinghua University as a sports student, and Yang Qian was subsequently selected into the national shooting team. This path well reflects the connotation of "combining sports and education", which can be called exemplary significance. In reality, some originally excellent sports seedlings have been mistakenly eliminated for various reasons, which is a great waste of talent resources. Both public and private are in urgent need of relief and error correction channels. Yang Qian's sample of "curve to save the country" can undoubtedly be referred to.

Coincidentally, in the former Chinese Super League champion Jiangsu Suning, Liu Wei's experience is also quite similar: after studying at Nanjing University, the trial training Suning team was successful and he was able to show his style in the AFC Champions League. Facts show that the "combination of sports and education" is a powerful supplement to the professional selection mechanism. The operation of this mechanism can also send powerful players to serve the country.

China is in the process of moving from a sports power to a sports power, and talent training is the top priority. Over the years, only the professional selection mechanism has been insufficient. The "leakage" of good seedlings is only one of the manifestations of the drawbacks of a single selection mechanism, and the lack of innovation awareness, scientific awareness, and cooperation awareness is even more a weakness, which is extremely unfavorable to the cultivation of talents in all fields. Looking at the sports world at home and abroad, it is the general trend for the training of sports talents to break the rigid framework and achieve diversification. In our country, this awareness has gradually penetrated the hearts of the people, and there are practical samples. In 2017, it was reported that four Olympic sports such as rock climbing and surfing were selected for cross-border talents at home and abroad. At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the hard work of China's athletes in these sports reflected the vitality of combining the national system and the market mechanism.

Obviously, the joint efforts of grassroots enlightenment coaches Yu Lihua and Yang Qian are in line with the trend of "eclectic talent" and "all roads lead to Rome". For sports seedlings with sports ideals, "not taking the usual path" is also inspiring. NurMamati, who has an account with hundreds of thousands of fans in short videos such as Douyin and Kuaishou, has practiced shooting skills in the mound since he was a child, although he lacks the "ladder" to enter the professional football field, but he shows himself in the short video, and finally attracts attention, being recruited by the professional team Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard, and has scored a goal of four in the U21 league.

This is an era when dreams can shine into reality, and athletes and even ordinary people can "open their minds" and try various new "advanced" ways to win the future for themselves. The example of Yang Qian and Nurmamati is a clear proof: when one window is closed, there is another door open - the road to athletes' talents is getting wider and wider, and it is also the embodiment of the construction of a sports power.

Editor-in-Charge: Shen Bin