Almighty Coach

Ford, who changed his running style, quickly improved his strength. He often ran into less than 20 seconds during training. From the performance point of view, he seemed to have changed back to the 200-meter champion of the World Championship that year.

Of course, training and competition are different. In formal competitions, especially large-scale international competitions, athletes can exert 80% of their usual training strength, which has been regarded as stable.

This also fully confirmed Li Dai's previous guess that the reason Sean Ford did not run fast was not because he was not talented, nor because he was not hard enough personally, but because of problems with his running style.

The coaches that Ford met before were all trying to use technology to make up for his short and long legs, but this result was counterproductive. Ford did not get a faster speed, but the speed became slower.

However, Li Dai believes that the long and short legs should not be the same as normal people. Instead of avoiding shorts, it is better to promote the long and use the advantages brought by the strengths to offset the disadvantages brought by the weaknesses. From this perspective, as long as the advantages brought by the strengths are large enough, the overall speed of Ford has improved.

Ford ’s long and short legs are faster than other normal athletes in the corners, but in the straight, his long and short legs will definitely affect the speed. If the long and short legs will make Ford 0.1 seconds slower, and Fu Der was 0.2 seconds faster in the corner. In this way, Ford was 0.1 seconds faster than before.

This is also thanks to Ford ’s left leg being longer than his right leg. Since the race is running counterclockwise along the runway, he will gain more power when cornering. If the right leg is longer than the left leg, then Ford is really out of play.

It's just that Ford's progress has not been tested by the game. This is not because he doesn't want to participate, but there is no chance to participate.

The 200-meter sprint competition is inherently pitiful. Generally, only some large-scale competitions will have a 200-meter event. Compared with this, the 100-meter sprint treatment is much better. As long as it is a comprehensive competition, there will be a hundred. M sprint this project.

There are too many commonalities between 100m and 200m. Many sprinters take care of both events at the same time. Some athletes who run 100 meters may not have good cornering skills, so they will not go to run 200 meters at the same time, but 200 meters athletes must be straight to run straight, so they will run 100 meters at the same time.

As the organizer of the competition, the athlete's physical fitness will be taken into account when setting up the competition, so the 100m and 200m events cannot be held on the same day in a large-scale competition, and the athlete's physical fitness cannot support these two events at the same time. Consumption.

Therefore, in the Olympic Games or the World Championships, it is often started at 100 meters. After the finals of the 100-meter preliminary rounds are completely over, the 200-meter game is started. In those invitational tournaments or grand prix competitions that are completed in one day, there are simply 100-meter projects, not 200-meter projects.

The small number of 200-meter competitions has also made more athletes focus on 100-meter events, and fewer athletes specialize in 200-meter competition. Athletes are going to run 100 meters, then the organizers of the competition will pay more attention to 100 meters and ignore 200 meters.

This is actually a vicious circle. If a certain game is good, there will naturally be fewer athletes involved; if there are fewer athletes, this competition will be less and less.

The United States is the country with the most track and field competitions in the world. There are hundreds of events at the state level or above, but there are not many 200-meter events. Most of these events are completed in one day. Competition, so only set the 100-meter project.

Fortunately, this year is the Olympic year, so in the first half of the year, the number of competitions will be more than usual, especially near the Olympic trials, the American Field Association sponsors some slightly larger competitions, which are considered as points for athletes to brush up and let young Athletes have accumulated some experience in the competition to prepare for the next Olympic trials.

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Florida, Miami Athletics Open.

This is a four-day competition, which is relatively large in track and field competitions, and the competition time is relatively ample, so this competition has a 200-meter sprint event. In other track and field events, the 800-meter and 1500-meter middle-distance running and the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter long-distance running also exist at the same time.

At the scene of the 200m final, Sean Ford walked to his pass, bowed down and started debugging the starting block.

There was no one around to pay attention to him. Even when the athletes were introduced later, it was only a sparse applause.

The champion of Ford ’s World Championship has been too long and forgotten by the people; also entered the finals are many young small fresh meat, Ford ’s short-lived and unmanned old bacon, simply cannot attract People's attention.

Ford seemed very calm, and he was used to it all.

When he won the 200m championship in the World Championships, he was also full of scenery. When he appeared on the field, he would get the most cheers and applause. Someone in the stands will shout his name.

But soon, all of these became doubts, because they never ran out of the excellent results of the World Championships. When people's expectations of him turned into disappointment, there was no cheers and applause.

The halo of the World Championships gradually faded, and Ford was quickly forgotten. Although he was still active in the field and constantly participated in the competition, he received less and less applause, and the younger audience did not even remember With his name, he became a relatively common member of countless athletes, and Ford himself gradually got used to it.

Sports are like this. People will remember champions, second runners, and maybe even third runners, but otherwise, those athletes who are behind or not at all will be remembered.

The starter's password interrupted Ford's thoughts, and Ford was ready to start. He had no intentions but focused all his attention on the runway.

The gunshots sounded, and Ford rushed out, starting, accelerating, and turning. When Ford ran into the straight track, he was already in the leading position, and the other seven contestants were all left behind by him.

At this moment, the eyes of everyone on the scene stayed on Ford, because he was the fastest man on the runway!

"The leader is Sean Ford!" The narrator called out a name that he used to be familiar with, but now is very strange.

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As a well-known coach, Sebastian also has several athletes under his hands to participate in the Miami Athletics Open, but he did not travel to Miami himself. At this time, he was in Polis, Indiana, for an interview. The interview was organized by the American Athletics Association in order to select the head coach and deputy head coach of the next American track and field team, and then lead the team to the Olympic Games in August.

The board of directors of the American Athletics Association has a total of fifteen chairman with voting rights, and they are also interviewers this time. A total of nine coaches participated in this interview, all of whom are well-known American track and field coaches. However, Sebastian is the most popular candidate for the coach of the US team. Sebastian has won the best track and field coach in the United States. Compared with others, Sebastian's coaching results, coaching experience and personal The seniority is better, the most important thing is that Sebastian has a wide range of connections in the American track and field circle.

Although the opportunity to get the head coach of the American track and field team is great, Sebastian still made careful preparations, and there were no gaps in the interview process. When the interview was over and the moment he walked out of the room, Sebastian was even more hidden I feel that this time the head coach of the American track and field team has been included in his pocket.

Sebastian walked to the parking lot, and the smile on his face could not hide the joy at this time. When he reached out to touch the car key, he accidentally touched the phone, which reminded him that just before the interview, he turned the phone into silent mode.

"I don't know if anyone just looked for me." Sebastian pulled out his mobile phone and really saw one or two missed calls. The call was made by his assistant, who was in Miami at this time. Athletes participate in the Miami Open.

"Is the game over Miami a result." Sebastian broadcast the call back.

Soon, the phone was connected and the assistant's voice rang on the other side of the phone: "Coach, Wharton took fifth place in the 200m project."

"It's very good. Wharton hasn't practiced 200 meters for a long time. His main energy is still on the 100-meter project. This time he can get the fifth place, which is also a very good result." Sebastian Tian said.

In the recent game, Wharton lost to Alexander, but he is still the ace player of Sebastian. In order to train Wharton, Sebastian also began to let him practice 200 meters, and this The young American champion also lived up to expectations, and made a lot of progress in a short time. The fifth place in Miami today has met Sebastian's expectations.

Feeling that his disciples ran well, Sebastian was in a better mood. He then subconsciously asked, "Who is the 200m champion?"

"It's Sean-ford." The assistant answered on the phone.

Sebastian thinks the name is familiar, he thought for a long time before he remembered who Sean Ford was.

"The Sean-Ford you said was the one who had won the 200m World Championship?" Sebastian asked.

"Yes, it's him," the assistant answered.

"It turned out to be that guy. I haven't heard his name in a long time. I have forgotten him if I didn't think about it. It turns out that he hasn't retired yet, and this Olympics is coming again!" A ridiculous tone is completely like talking coldly. In Sebastian's view, Sean Ford was lucky enough to win the World Championship. Such a short-lived athlete is not worth training, nor worth paying attention to.

However, on the other end of the phone, UU reading www.uukanshu.com assistant said: "Shawn Ford's result today is 19 seconds 93, he just refreshed the fastest result in the United States this year.

"What? So fast!" Sebastian suddenly took a breath. As a top track and field athlete, he certainly knows what the 19 seconds and 93 seconds mean, that is the world championship level.

"Is it super wind speed?" Sebastian asked immediately.

"No, with a wind speed of 1.2 meters per second, Sean Ford did not exceed the wind speed," the assistant answered.

"Then how did he run so fast? Since the World Championships, he has never achieved good results again. Why did he suddenly break out today? Did he change his coach?" The experienced Sebastian immediately found The key to the problem.

"I just inquired that his coach and Justin Alexander are the same person, the Chinese-American Lee from Los Angeles. As for when Ford started training with Lee, I haven't got any news." The assistant replied

"Why is he and that Lee again!" Sebastian was in a good mood and fell to the bottom in an instant.