What does it mean that the Chinese short track speed skating team, the Chinese Winter Olympic champion, has made a major change in the coaching team for the second time in two years? Why is it the second dangerous move in two years? What is the next trend of this ace master?
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 30th, News Analysis: Why did China’s Winter Olympic King’s memorial army do dangerous tricks again?
Xinhua news agency reporters Wang Jingyu and Liu Yang
on April 29, the News of the opening of the short track speed skating and speed skating physical training camp was released, and Wang Meng, the head of the coaching team of the “short Brigade”, was nowhere to be seen. What does it mean that the Chinese short track speed skating team, the Chinese Winter Olympic champion, has made a major change in the coaching team for the second time in two years? Why is it the second dangerous move in two years? What is the next trend of this ace master?
Wang meng’s plan to fade out the elite soldiers of the short brigade encountered twists and turns
relevant persons from the winter sports management center of the state general administration of sports did not mention wang meng when talking about the physical training camp of short track speed skating and speed skating. However, judging from the combination of Zhang Bei and Jin Yubo, the head of the training camp, Wang Meng, who had been in power before, has undoubtedly drifted away from the short Brigade, and the huge coach team originally built by her has ceased to exist, team restructuring is a fact.
It is worth noting that about 100 athletes and coaches from all over the country are recommended by local and PLA sports departments and relevant sports colleges. According to the plan of expanding the surface, fixing point, elite soldiers and sprinting of the winter transportation center, this year’s “elite soldiers” should have been carried out on the basis of last year’s “fixed point. However, the participants were produced by recommendation, which not only confirmed the exit of Wang Meng’s team from the side, but also pushed down and revisited the teaching achievements of the past year.
What is the second-degree change of handsome?
A year ago, Li Di left the handsome position of the coach of the Chinese short-track team, which is generally believed to be caused by the decline of the Chinese team’s record. Although there has been controversy, the measures of using Wang Meng and establishing a short Brigade in the winter Transportation Center at that time seemed bold and decisive. However, nearly a year later, Wang Meng was far away from the short Brigade. What on earth was such a great change?
Is it because of the score? Looking at the performance of the “short Brigade” in the past year, it is not particularly eye-catching, nor worse than before. In the short-track World Cup series, Chinese players won some championships, but overall they were not strong. The ruling power of the leading figure Wu Dajing dropped obviously, and the performance of the rookie was not too eye-catching. In terms of the avenue, the sudden rise of Ning Zhongyan made people see some hope, but there was no improvement in the traditional short-distance project. Generally speaking, less than a year is too short. Now it may not be accurate to evaluate the performance of Wang Meng’s team from the perspective of record, however, the relatively dull results and the appearance of new people who have not seen dazzling may indeed become the motivation for the relevant parties to take risks again.
Is it because of the conflict of ideas? The relevant person in charge of the winter transportation center said that since the Winter Olympics in Pingchang, he has been studying the weaknesses and shortcomings of the two short track speed skating and speed skating events, and found that there is a big gap between the sports level and functional status of Chinese athletes and the world’s excellent athletes, among them, the key is that the difference lies in physical fitness and the loss of physical fitness, which leads to a gap in technology. The phenomenon of “maintaining practice, cultivating practice and coaxing control” is more prominent. As we all know, Wang Meng had a great personality when he was an athlete, so he encountered some disputes. According to the situation that the reporter knew from all sides, during the teaching process, she was also very strong and insisted on her own ideas and methods. From the external environment, Chinese sports circles have attached great importance to physical training recently, while many people in the short track speed skating and speed skating circles have different views on the cognition of basic physical fitness and special physical fitness. Even if this is not the direct reason why Wang Meng is far away from the short brigade, it is likely to be one of the potential fuse.
In fact, the differences in cognition of basic physical fitness and special physical fitness exist not only in short track speed skating and speed skating, but also in winter events and summer events, it’s just that each national team has different ways to deal with it.
Cronyism? Interest disputes? Strong Style? The “short Brigade” led by Wang Meng is one of the largest winter project teams in history, and its budget has also increased significantly than before. The 35-year-old Wang Meng was in power after taking office. He enabled many team members such as Sun Linlin and Zhang Hui to participate in team leader, coach and other team management work. There were also some different voices outside. After the news of the adjustment of the short Brigade came out, some people in the industry speculated that there might be interest disputes behind the matter. Some people thought that Wang Meng’s strong coaching style might cause dissatisfaction among athletes. To be fair, Wang Meng had no experience in managing such a huge team before and might be lacking in balancing and coordinating the interests of all parties, leadership art and coaching style, but it was not clear whether she was out from this. In short, non-technical factors may be one of the factors that cannot be excluded.
Where will the short brigade go?
In less than two years from the Beijing Winter Olympics, major adjustments were made again, making the Winter Olympics preparation situation of short track speed skating and speed skating more severe and the time more urgent.
According to some insiders, the top priority of China’s ice and snow industry is to establish rational and pragmatic goals. People have high hopes for the Chinese legion’s short track speed skating and speed skating to go to Beijing Winter Olympics. However, competitive sports have its development rules. If the goal is too high, it is inevitable that the mood is anxious and the technology is deformed. Only by having a clear understanding of the family background and war preparation situation of these two projects can scientific and rational decisions be further made.
Secondly, the team structure should be carefully considered. There are similarities between short track speed skating and speed skating, as well as their different rules and special characteristics. Judging from the practice of the past year, the way of merging and managing these two teams is hard to say successful. No matter why Wang Meng is out, the problem of team management is obvious, and the existing management methods and structures are worth reflecting and summarizing.
Third, a strong management coach team is needed to turn the tide. After the major adjustment of the national team coaching team for two consecutive years, the vibration of short track speed skating and speed skating can be imagined, and the mentality and mind of athletes will also be affected. No matter who takes over at this time, they will face great challenges and bear great pressure. In this case, it is necessary to choose a team leader and coach who are public-minded, able to convince the public and familiar with the project and profession, so that it is possible to reverse the situation in a short period of time and save the danger.
From the perspective of short track speed skating, it is really difficult to choose. Among the well-known and mature Chinese coaches, Li Yi, the chairman of China Skating Association, has taken a back seat. Zhang Jing, the head coach of the Hungarian team, has had an appointment. Xin Qingshan, Yimin, Feng Kai and others have faded out of the national team for many years. In terms of Avenue, it is even more necessary to comprehensively evaluate the success or failure of foreign teachers and the abilities of Chinese coaches such as Wang Xiuli, Liu Guangbin and Qiao Jing, reorganize the team in time and set off again according to the rules of the project.
After two years of “Detours” in the preparation cycle for Beijing Winter Olympics, China’s short track and China’s speed skating have no way back. No matter what kind of choices the State General Administration of Sports makes, it should respond to the concerns of the industry in a timely manner, fully solicit the opinions of the industry and respect the rules of the project, so as to unite and tide over the difficulties together.