Original title: Xinjiang builds a solid foundation for cultivating reserve talents of heavy athletics (introduction)

The Dream of Teenagers at the Foot of Tianshan Mountain Starts from Here (Theme)

In the wrestling training hall of Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, the team members are carrying out wrestling training under the guidance of coach Adili Aizezi. An hour of high-intensity training has made young faces full of sweat. Why do you practice wrestling? Are you tired from wrestling? Is it bitter or not? The children shook their heads and said they were not afraid of hardship. They hoped that they could stand in the international arena and win glory for their country in the future.

Young athletes in daily training Photographed by reporter Gu Ning

Wrestling, judo, boxing and other heavy competitive events have a deep mass base in Xinjiang. Many children have their own dreams of wrestling, judo and boxing when watching their parents or brothers practice these events since childhood.

"I've lost and won, but I'm not afraid!"

Aihesan Halik has been practicing wrestling for three years. Every day after coming home from training, he will review the movements he learned that day again. "I don't think wrestling can be practiced in a day, and success requires hard work and persistence." He said that he would never give up this project on the road of sports.

"I like wrestling very much. I have practiced wrestling for a year, and now I train for two hours every day. I won the second place in the Xinjiang Games before. I think my advantages are agility, strength, and movement standards," said Sumaye Alimujiang. When she was tired from training, she often encouraged herself to say, "I have lost and won, but I am not afraid!"

Adili Aizezi, the wrestling coach of Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, also practices wrestling like these children with dreams. "From primary school to junior high school, sports school, Xinjiang team and national team, wrestling has become a part of my life." After retiring from the national team, Adili Aizezi chose to return to his hometown and work as a grass-roots sports coach in his alma mater. He said: "Xinjiang has a good foundation for wrestling, but there are not many schools with wrestling characteristics in Xinjiang now, and the coach resources are relatively limited. I want to teach students what I have learned in the past ten years, so that they can also go out, go to the national or world arena, and create a beautiful future." "The first group of students I brought have been selected to join the Xinjiang team, and also to study in Urumqi Sports School. The best child has won the second place in the National Youth Competition."

"It's very important to like it!" Adili Aizezi said that in addition to the physical quality and talent of the students, they should choose the seedlings. More importantly, they should like the sport and be confident. "Because wrestling not only requires skills, strength, speed, and explosive power, but also tests the willpower of students. The most painful thing is that every team member has to lose weight before a game. A drop in a short time is five or six kilograms. Not only on the field, but also the preparation before a game tests the willpower of students."

Li Gang, secretary of the Party branch of Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, said that wrestling and boxing are characteristic sports of the school. Although the team has not been established for a long time, it has achieved good results. "Now there are also many excellent professional teachers joining the school's teaching and training team to help the school cultivate sports reserve talents, which not only allows children to make breakthroughs in their achievements, but also gives them more room for development and outlets, which is also an original intention of our development project."

"I want to hit the world with one punch"

"The advantage of children is that they are brave, physically strong, and not afraid of hardship." Kaidildin Pahardin, boxing coach of Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, said that the school boxing team was established in 2019. From the beginning, there were only more than 10 students. Now, it has sent more than 10 students to the Xinjiang team. It also won six championships in the boxing competition of the autonomous region sports meeting last year, In five years, the team has been growing. "At the beginning, it was only junior high school students, and now there are also primary school students joining the team. Some of the team members are selected through the youth boxing championship organized in Xinjiang every year, and some are selected through after-school service."

Student Abdhusemi Wulekejiang said that because his father used to practice boxing, he learned from his childhood and began to like this sport. "I asked my father, can you take me to boxing together? Later, I was selected by the coach to come here for training by participating in the competition. I think the most important thing for good boxing is willpower and not afraid of hardship."

The student Bilal Abdullah watched the video when he was a child and thought boxing was a cool sport. "I still remember that after boxing practice, I was very nervous before going on the stage for the first time, but I was not afraid when the match officially started. What I enjoyed most was that the referee raised my hand at the last second of the fight in the boxing ring, because raising my hand meant victory." For the future, Birai Abdullah said that he hoped to achieve better results, Enter the national team and hit the world with one punch to win honor for the motherland.

In recent years, a large number of students have applied for the Urumqi Sports School. At the same time, sports schools have also entered the campus to select good candidates. There are more than 100 grassroots outlets in Xinjiang, including Urumqi No. 117 Middle School. The "prosperous" entrance benefits from the "smooth" exit. Yan Renqing, secretary of the general party branch of Urumqi Sports School, said that the sports school has actively reformed in recent years, hoping to provide students with more choices and better ways out. "We insist on letting students study and train half a day, not only to strengthen cultural literacy, but also to highlight sports skills. In the training process, in the first year, we basically follow the teaching syllabus of secondary vocational schools, highlighting the learning of high school curriculum knowledge. After the second year, some children will be very outstanding in competitive sports, so we will train them to high-level sports teams and majors in colleges and universities. If the competitive sports characteristics of children are not very strong in the process of development and training, we will go through secondary and higher vocational education, increase vocational education courses, and carry out dual track teaching, so that children can continue to study after graduation. "

Dong Liang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Wrestling Judo Sports Management Center of the Sports Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said, "In the past two years, with the promotion of the integration of sports and education, more and more children have been selected by sports schools or sent from middle schools. The integration of sports and education has produced very good results. Not only are more and more professional practitioners, but also these children are doing well in cultural courses."

The overall quality of students has been improved, and the prospect of project development is broader. Dong Liang said: "Like wrestling judo, the cultural level helps improve the ability of the team members to read and interpret the game. The stronger the understanding ability, the broader the vision, and the more effective the promotion of special events."

Wang Liang, a judo coach of the wrestling judo sports management center of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, also believes that judo has a weak foundation in Xinjiang compared with wrestling. "The team members are strong and dare to bear hardships, but their understanding of judo needs further strengthening. In recent years, many children have been selected from middle school, so their understanding of tactics will be better. Systematization of training means that from basic skills to basic technology to basic strategic technology, to basic supporting technology, to the use of technology in actual combat, we are going up layer by layer. Only by laying a good foundation, can the team members stand on a higher and larger stage. " (Reporter Gu Ning Lu Wei)