binnovel Chapter 327 The Fake Gold in the True and False Gold Inscriptions 9
Chapter 327 The Fake Gold in the True and False Gold Inscriptions 9
After returning home, Liu Yuxi told her parents about joining the provincial track and field team. Knowing that she was willing and that it wouldn't interfere with her college entrance exam, they didn't object.
They were just ordinary people with a common mindset. Initially, they only hoped their child would study hard because of their own low level of education.
But their feelings for Liu Yuxi were different. This daughter was like a lost treasure that had been found again. They dared not ask too much of her, for fear that their already shallow relationship would be further disrupted.
Fortunately, the Fang family has raised their daughter very well. A few days ago, she achieved fifth place in her grade in her midterm exams. Now that she's been selected for the provincial track and field team, it's definitely a good thing. In the eyes of ordinary citizens, all government agencies represent authority.
That evening, Liu Yuxi stayed at the Liu family's house. After dinner, the family went to bed early. The next day, the three of them went to school together.
We went straight to the principal's office, and there the principal, the grade director, the homeroom teacher of Class 2, Coach Xu, and Teacher Zhao were all waiting inside.
When the representatives met, they discussed Liu Yuxi's schedule after joining the provincial track and field team. There wasn't much to discuss, except for midterms, finals, and the college entrance exam, which Liu Yuxi would need to take. The rest of the time, she would be either training at the track and field team's training ground or traveling to various competitions.
With everything settled, Liu Yuxi no longer needed to come to school starting today. She packed a few clothes and followed Coach Xu to the track and field team.
Coach Xu led her to a girls' dormitory, a double room. "You'll stay in the empty bed. The bed next to it belongs to Zhang Li. She runs the 400 meters. When we get to the training field later, I'll show you around."
"Okay." Liu Yuxi put down her suitcase and followed Coach Xu to the training field. "Xiao Ma!" Coach Xu waved, and the assistant coach from yesterday came over. "Take Xiao Liu to get her training clothes and spikes. After she changes, tell her some running techniques and train her."
"Okay, coach!"
Next, Liu Yuxi began training with Assistant Coach Ma. Thanks to her excellent memory and strong physical fitness, she mastered all the skills in just two days. However, she still needed to undergo a lot of training to develop muscle memory.
After a month of training, Coach Xu gave her another test, and this time her performance had improved significantly: 11 seconds flat in the 100-meter electronic timer and 21.58 seconds in the 200-meter electronic timer.
She ran today wearing short spikes and ran three times. Coach Xu took the average time, with a wind speed of +0.9 m/s, so the time was valid.
Because of her quick reaction time, she usually starts right on the finish line, meaning she starts running 0.1 seconds after the starting gun fires, with most of her times falling between 0.112 and 0.145 seconds.
The start cannot be too early. If it is more than 0.1 seconds earlier, it is a false start and will not be counted. In current formal competitions, a zero-false-start rule has been implemented, which means that as long as an athlete false starts, he or she will be immediately disqualified, regardless of whether he or she is a world record holder or an unknown.
If Liu Yuxi hadn't never false-started, Coach Xu wouldn't have been at ease with her starting time. It was her consistent performance that put Coach Xu at ease.
Why is she so consistent? It's because she only starts pushing after the starting gun fires. She starts fast because she pushes hard quickly, not because she pushes hard beforehand.
Therefore, even if her starting time is infinitely close to 0.1 seconds, it is impossible for her to false start.
Her current weakness is that she looks up too late while running. This is a bad habit she developed while running. She is used to rushing forward with her head down and then looking up when she reaches the middle of the run, but this is not scientific.
Athletes from other track and field teams generally don't start to lift their heads until around 30-40 meters in the early stages of basic training. This helps them maintain a low center of gravity and use the force of leaning forward to accelerate.
As training progresses and athletes gain a better grasp of acceleration techniques, they can begin to lift their heads earlier, but not too early. Generally, they should start lifting their heads around 25-35 meters. This helps to gradually establish the correct transition technique from acceleration to the middle of the race.
If an athlete has strong starting and acceleration abilities, they may be able to start lifting their head around 20-30 meters and quickly enter the middle-run phase. By taking advantage of a good start and acceleration, they can adjust to the optimal posture for the middle run more quickly and exert greater stride and stride frequency advantages.
Therefore, given Liu Yuxi's starting and acceleration abilities, she could easily enter the mid-race phase within 30 meters.
But this isn't something that can be changed in a day or two. For the first month, she only managed to improve her head-up time to about 40 meters. Because of this, she had to undergo specialized training, which involved running only the first half of the race.
Another month passed before she was able to raise her head to about 30 meters. Coach Xu gave her another test, and the results were: 10.56 seconds for the 100-meter electronic timer and 21.49 seconds for the 200-meter electronic timer.
This achievement is basically equivalent to securing the championship in major competitions, and this is not yet Liu Yuxi's limit; she still has a lot of room for improvement.
However, she hasn't participated in any formal competitions yet, and she's not qualified for many international events. Coach Xu is currently preparing to register her for the National Indoor Track and Field Grand Prix next February, so she can accumulate experience first. After that, she will train while competing.
She went back to school to take the final exams and still ranked fifth in her grade. Seeing her exam results, Liu's parents and her homeroom teacher were finally relieved.
I gave Liu's mother a menu. Until she retires, she can only eat according to this menu when she goes home. Sigh! What a miserable life!
After staying at home for two days, she returned to the track and field team. This leg of the National Indoor Track and Field Grand Prix was held in Xi'an, and Liu Yuxi had entered the 100-meter and 200-meter events.
During training, when she gets tired of practicing the 100-meter and 200-meter races, she will also practice other events. In fact, her current 400-meter performance is also very good. After all, she has internal strength, explosive power and endurance, which are incomparable to other athletes.
However, the timing of these competitions was too close together, and Coach Xu would never agree to her registering for all three at the same time. She didn't insist, anyway, winning an Olympic gold medal would be enough to make Liu's parents proud.
If someone could win three consecutive Olympic gold medals, they would be considered a legend.