Can ＂Wild Way＂ also make an Olympic champion？ -observation on the craze of youth sports training
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 9th Question: Can "Wild Way" also make an Olympic champion? — — Observation on the craze of youth sports training
Xinhua News Agency reporters Lin Deren, Li Li, Wang Junbao and Ma Kai
In the history of China delegation’s Olympic campaign, most elite athletes came from "Amateur Sports School — — Provincial and municipal professional teams — — The talent training system of "national team" seems a little far from the goal of "training Olympic champions" for sports training institutions with "wild ways".
However, with the rapid development of sports training industry, the level of "folk masters" is also gradually improving. In some projects, the players trained by "Wild Way" have begun to play an increasingly important role.
Of course, as a newly emerging industry, the sports training industry is not strong enough to replace the sports school system in both hardware and software. However, with more and more parents paying attention to the cultivation of children’s sports skills and the continuous upgrading of training means and equipment, the "upper limit" of the training level of non-governmental sports training institutions is also expected to be constantly refreshed.
Across the gap, "amateur" moves closer to "professional"
In 2015, in the fencing competition of the 14th Guangdong Provincial Games, the Shenzhen team achieved a good record of 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, and 45 of the 48 members of this Shenzhen fencing team came from the international fencing center, a non-governmental sports training institution. These high-level "amateurs" made the boundary between "professional" and "amateur" no longer so clear.
In addition to fencing, baseball and softball, surfing, rock climbing, ice hockey and other projects with insufficient talent reserves have also begun to try to turn their attention to private training institutions, expecting to expand the scope of material selection with the help of social forces.
Surfing is a new event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, but there are few surfing professionals in the domestic sports school system. Therefore, social forces have become the main or even the only choice when forming a national team. Xu Sihai, deputy director of the Water Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, said: "Surfing, as a fashion sport, has developed from mass sports. In preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, we are cultivating and reserving excellent surfers and forming teams. However, the formation of a national team will not be limited to the traditional team-building model, but will mobilize social forces to develop the sport first through enterprises, markets and clubs, including promoting the rapid development of a series of industries related to surfing, thus boosting.
In fact, as early as 2004, Tianxing Diaoliang Equestrian Club signed a contract with Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau to represent Hubei venue obstacle equestrian team in national competitions including the National Games. From the selection practice of ice hockey and other events, there are a large number of seedlings outside the system. If there is suitable soil, these seedlings will become a huge talent pool of competitive sports in China.
Oriental Morning Star has set a very grand goal in cultivating elite basketball talents: "Send 1,000 children to the United States to study and play, 100 to NCAA (American College Sports Association) and 10 to professional leagues." Youken Basketball has also successfully sent several potential players to the United States to play while studying.
Material selection in transition
Although many projects have taken a step forward, on the whole, the ability of social training institutions to transport athletes to high-level sports teams is still weak.
As the main source of high-level competitive sports talents, the sports school system is still the pillar of competitive sports in China. However, due to the early start of intensive professional training, it is one of the most prominent problems faced by students in sports schools, and many parents are reluctant to send their children to sports schools. In view of the "difficulty in recruiting students" in sports schools, Ma Li, deputy director of the Dongcheng District Sports Bureau in Beijing, compiled a jingle: "The school won’t let go, the parents won’t let go, and the children won’t ‘ Think ’ The export is not smooth. "
In the interview, the reporter learned that the shrinking of sports talents caused by the "difficulty in recruiting students" in sports schools has been reflected in some projects. According to Zhang Guozheng, the head coach of the women’s weightlifting team in China, the women’s weightlifting in Tianjin National Games is "the lowest level in recent National Games", and the shrinking talent pool is a very important factor.
The traditional road is getting narrower and narrower, and the selection mode of competitive sports talents is bound to go through a transition period. On the one hand, traditional sports schools need to get rid of the inherent impression of "attaching importance to sports over literature" and attract more students. On the other hand, social training institutions need to improve their training level in all directions, cultivate more competitive competitive competitive top talents and make up for the shrinking pool of traditional sports talents.
Expectable "blue ocean"
Zhong Bingshu, president of the Capital Institute of Physical Education, said that it is necessary to open the export of talents from "outside the system" to "professional teams", which will greatly mobilize social forces to participate in talent training, and will also solve the problem of competitive sports talents reserve in China to some extent, and form the effect of "concentrating on doing great things".
Zhong Bingshu said: "We can’t just look at the sports in the sports circle. We must look at the sports in the background of China’s modernization. Since it is a big background, our selection and employment can’t be limited to the sports teams in the original sports system, or the current professional teams. We should let go of all social organizations, as long as the competition form and system are well constructed and everyone has the opportunity to participate fairly."
Liu Fumin, director of the Youth Department of the State Sports General Administration, also said: "Now parents are reluctant to send their children to sports schools. If many young people are in school and study while training, it will not only reduce the burden on the country, but also promote the improvement of cultural quality and better understand the coach’s strategy and tactics. I think there will be many sports teams and clubs in the future."
"In addition to sports schools, the selection of excellent sports teams such as the national team should include students and club members, and they should be placed on a big platform to compete on the same field. This is an encouragement to the society." Liu Fumin said.
Constructing an open selection system so that "everyone has the opportunity to participate" will create a "blue ocean" for sports training institutions, and for athletes outside the system, entering the national team will also become a realistic ideal.