Coach: Wang Jianan's achievements still have much room for improvement

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 20 Coach: Wang Jianan's achievements still have much room for improvement

Ma Xiangfei, Wang Zijiang and Wu Junkuan from Xinhua News Agency

At the Oregon Track and Field World Championships, Wang Jianan won the first gold medal of the Chinese men's long jump and became the first world champion of the long jump in Asia. After the surprise, many people can't help but wonder: can this young man under 26 years old go further? For this question, both Wang Jianan's Chinese coach in charge and track and field experts have shown confidence that he still has a lot of room for improvement.

Wang Jianan used to practice decathlon, but he decided to work hard in the long jump after he jumped 8.04 meters at the 2012 National Track and Field Championships. Over the years, under the training of Randy's coaching team, his performance has steadily improved, creating a personal best of 8 meters 47 in 2018. According to the opinion of Dr. Wang Guojie, a member of the coaching team and a teacher of Nanjing Institute of Physical Education, after winning the world championship with the help of 8.36m, Wang Jianan has potential for further development.

"Researcher Wang Qing from the Institute of Sports Science of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China has done a model of the run-up speed and performance of excellent athletes, which can predict the corresponding performance by the speed of 11 to 6 meters and 6 to 1 meters before the takeoff. The corresponding performance of Wang Jianan's speed is 8.50 to 8.60 meters, which is a relatively high range." Wang Guojie said.

The confidence of Wang Guojie, a researcher, comes from his comprehensive understanding of Wang Jianan. From joining the Randy team in 2015 to becoming a core member of the Chinese coaching team, he has collected the special technical and physical training data of Wang Jianan for many years, and conducted sorting and scientific analysis. The victory of Wang Jianan this time is a surprise for many people. From the perspective of the coach and the scientific research team of the long jump, it is not only a great victory, but also reasonable.

"After 2018, his performance has been stable at around 8.20 to 8.30 meters. In fact, we had this idea (expected) when we were training in Nanjing in April and May. When we compared and analyzed his technical data with those of previous competitions, we found that he actually had a level of around 8.35 meters. At that time, we analyzed and judged with Coach Randy. According to the overall trend of the world wide long jump this year, if Jia Nan steadily played his training level in the competition, he could win the top three. "

During the preparation for the World Championships, Wang Jianan always kept in good physical condition, which also laid the foundation for later championship. Wang Guojie said that before the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, Wang Jianan strained the hamstring muscles of the take-off leg during jump training, which affected the performance of the competition. The team learned a lesson and made targeted design in the formulation of medical security and training plans.

"In the previous training, Wang Jianan's speed training accounted for a large proportion, and his speed increased very quickly, but his running and jumping skills were not very ideal. He strained his hamstring muscles in a half jump," said Wang Guojie.

So when preparing for the match this year, the coach team first reduced the speed training content with high intensity, conducted a high-intensity speed training every 1 to 2 weeks, and adopted the training method of "highlighting high intensity and stabilizing average intensity". In addition, Wang Jianan added a lot of jumping technique decomposition exercises in his training, first optimizing the running and jumping connection technique at a slow speed, and then gradually optimizing and stabilizing the running and jumping connection technique at a high speed by means of the whole run up and assisted jumping. Through special technical diagnosis, Wang Jianan's technical changes were closely monitored, and technical requirements for subsequent courses were put forward.

"Based on systematic, stable and planned training, Wang Jianan is relatively healthy this year, and there were no major injuries in the whole preparation process."

When he joined the Randy team in 2015, Wang Guojie did not gain much trust from the athletes. Now he and Wang Jianan are close friends, and he has been recognized for the achievements of scientific training over the years and his sincere devotion to athletes.

Yuan Tinggang, a researcher of the Institute of Physical Education of the General Administration of Sport of China, is Wang Guojie's teacher. He agrees with his students' prediction of Wang Jianan's development prospects. He believes that the success of every athlete is composed of many factors. Talent, effort and security are all the elements of success. Among them, scientific and technological assistance is increasingly valued by domestic coaches and athletes.

He also hopes that this championship can make everyone further realize the role of science and technology in sports training. He said that scientific training has been recognized by everyone at the practical level. Every year, there are coaches training classes, and people in the industry exchange ideas and broaden their horizons.

"Coaches all over the country now spontaneously form a very united circle to discuss business together. Once someone meets a good candidate, such as a good candidate in Tibet or Xinjiang, they will ask coaches from other places or national teams to help them have a look. The communication is very frank, and they cooperate and help each other, forming a good atmosphere," said Yuan Tinggang.