Lose at the starting line, 100000 people in the United States are engaged in Artistic Gymnastics Only 3000 in China
This session Olympic Games Artistic Gymnastics There is another detail of the game that many people may not have noticed. Foreign players such as American Byrs Mustafana of Russia, they are passionate and smiling when doing moves, which makes people feel energetic. The Chinese players are very serious, and their smiles are tight. It has to be said that the referee scoring also has this factor, that is, the investigation of the players' mental state.
Before participating in the Olympic Games, I know Shang Chunsong There were not many people. During the competition, the media reported some stories about where she came from, how hard the training was, and how many people's expectations she shouldered. Shang Chunsong came from the deep mountain of Zhangjiajie. She took the road of gymnastics because her family felt that if she made a difference in gymnastics, her family could go out of the mountain.
Since she was 6 years old, Shang Chunsong has been carrying the responsibility of taking her "family" out of the mountains. For more than 10 years, she has not dared to relax for a moment. In the words of Huang Wei, the enlightenment coach, "When she first came here, she was a little older, and it was very hard to pull the ligaments, physical strength, and strength training. Even so, Shang Chunsong has never said, 'I will not practice' once."
Shang Chunsong is really admirable, which is also the biggest impression that gymnasts give to Chinese people - thin and poor. Most gymnasts are like Shang Chunsong, hoping that gymnastics can change their lives and that of their families. Only winning the championship can be a success. As a result, parents tend not to let their children practice gymnastics as long as they have other ways out. Now it seems that this road is getting narrower and narrower. Ye Zhennan, the head of the gymnastics team, said that at present there are only more than 3000 registered gymnasts in China, and gymnastics schools everywhere are facing difficulties in enrollment.
How did the United States, the world champion of women's gymnastics, do it? There are more than 4000 gymnastics clubs in China alone, 100000 registered athletes and more than 5 million gymnasts. Gymnastics is like piano and painting. Its purpose is to cultivate children's interests. Parents send their children there to exercise and make friends. Many children finally chose gymnastics, the biggest reason is that they love it, rather than being like Chinese athletes who are always carrying the fate of the whole family, the achievements of provincial officials, and the expectations of the whole nation.
While children in the United States participate in gymnastics training as a hobby, our children have gone all the way to the dark as professional preparation. When they only practice for two hours a day, our children's training time is several times more. When their parents would punish them for not practicing gymnastics today, our coach said that not practicing gymnastics would be regarded as a reward. Their gymnastic training time is short, but there are many competitions. There are competitions in all cities and states. Until the national competition and the world competition, the elite players who have been selected at all levels can be said to have a hard time. In China, only day after day training fills the lives of these children, and the only few competition opportunities in a year fail to win the championship. It may be that years of hard work will come to naught, thus making many people "disappointed". Because there is no other way out, I have to keep practicing. When can I become as famous as them? This is every Olympic Games. Many children who practice gymnastics in China look at the TV and have ideas in their minds.
Therefore, in the United States, gymnastics has formed a virtuous circle from hobbies to amateurs and then to professions. When the base is large enough, better players can be selected naturally. In China, gymnastics (including weightlifting and other events) means suffering, being injured, and being apart from our families. In this regard, we are not only inferior to the United States, but also inferior to our neighbor Japan. They combine the strengths of the United States and China, improve the participation of the public in gymnastics through amateur gymnastics clubs, and then select young people to receive professional training and participate in competitions. The number of Japanese gymnasts is relatively abundant. There are more than 100 all Japanese gymnastics clubs, and there are about 6000 male gymnasts alone, twice the total number of Chinese gymnasts.
This is not invisible to domestic gymnasts. Many coaches and officials have sighed: "It is increasingly difficult to find players, and they will not practice for a year." But how to change the social impression of gymnastics and how to change people's perception of gymnastics, no one can come up with a feasible idea. Maybe we should wait until one day when children have more PE classes in school.
Conclusion: The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass are in advance. In fact, before the Olympic Games, China's gymnastics had already lost. This is not a problem for the athletes themselves, but for the whole gymnastics industry. There was a national system to fight chicken blood before, but now the chicken blood is exhausted, leaving a ground of chicken feathers. We need to start step by step.
