Olympic news about Zou Kai.

The just-concluded Beijing Olympic Games left people with endless aftertaste. Among them, Zou Kai, a 20-year-old Prince of gymnastics from Sichuan, miraculously won three gold medals in a row, tying the miracle written by Li Ning of Prince of gymnastics in Los Angeles, which was particularly impressive. Behind every Olympic champion, there is the hard work of meritorious coaches. Zou Kai's success can't be separated from the meticulous creation of his national team coach Bai.

After the Olympic Games, with fatigue and joy, Bai chose to come to Zhuhai to visit relatives and have a holiday. The reporter was able to interview the first-class hero who made Zou hold three gold medals and became an Olympic champion through six years' careful cultivation, and listen to him decode Zou Kai and tell about the hardships behind the gold medals.

Six years of painstaking efforts to compose a heroic song

Bai, who won the title of "Top Ten Coach in China", is the coach of the national gymnastics team who has participated in three Olympic Games. He was born in Shaoguan. Since his father and sister-in-law now live in Zhuhai, Zhuhai can be regarded as another hometown of coach Bai.

Speaking of Zou Kai, Bai was very happy. Zou Kai's success in the Olympic Games made up for the lack of men's gymnastics in China.

As the saying goes, "One minute on stage, ten years off stage". Zou Kai joined the national team training in June 2002. At that time, Zou Kaicai 14 years old recruited these children just to prepare for the Beijing Olympic Games. Bai said that Zou Kai's physical condition was not ideal at that time, but Bai took a fancy to his potential in floor exercise and horizontal bar, two weaknesses of China men's gymnastics team at that time, especially the horizontal bar, which had not won the world championship for nearly 15 years. Improving the level in an all-round way is the key.

"He has good coordination and good leg jumping ability, but he lacks explosive power in muscle physique." Bai recalled his beloved disciple, and his eyes were full of love. He said: "This child has the spirit of Sichuan people to bear hardships and stand hard work. Although the condition is not very good, he practices the most in the team. It is not an exaggeration to describe it with' Heaven rewards diligence'. " Bai said that in addition to hard work, Zou Kai has to pay extra hard work. "Zou Kate is easy to gain weight, and she is quite greedy, especially fond of sweets, sugar and cola. In order to control her weight, she had to keep her mouth shut, which is quite difficult for a growing boy, but he realized that she not only kept her mouth shut, but also had a secret to lose weight, that is, taking a bath after training. Keeping a good figure can also ensure his play. "

Three Golden Kings Rising in Failure

The picture of Zou Kai winning the gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games is still fixed in people's minds, but coach Bai knows very well that Zou Kai's success is based on repeated failures.

Bai told reporters that in 2006, Zou Kai failed to participate in the Danish World Championships for the first time, and then he participated in the Doha Asian Games. The team tried to train him to play again, but it failed. A series of failures didn't scare the Sichuan boy. Although successive failures inevitably left a psychological shadow, Zou Kai still worked harder. In daily training, the master and apprentice tirelessly practiced Bai's carefully choreographed difficult movements over and over again, until the 2007 Stuttgart World Championships, when the dawn first shone into Zou Kai's confident heart. At that World Championships, Zou Kai failed in the horizontal bar final and the floor exercise final. "In the team finals, considering his psychological pressure, we specially adjusted the order of participation and put his horizontal bar in the second game. As a result, Zou Kai succeeded that time, and the China men's gymnastics team won the team championship with' zero mistakes'. " Bai said that Zou Kai's experience is the best portrayal of "failure is the mother of success".

Before that, no matter how many times Zou Kai failed, Bai never lost confidence in his disciples. In July this year, before the announcement of the Olympic list, Bai confidently said: "If my team members can play, I will definitely not let everyone down!" In the decisive battle of the 2008 Olympic Games, coach Bai made two plans for the two events in which Zou Kai participated, namely, "to strive for stability or to win by difficulty". "Zou Kai's starting performance in the Olympic horizontal bar final has increased to 7.2 points, 0.3 points higher than Horton of the United States, which is the highest starting performance in the world horizontal bar competition so far." As a result, Zou Kai won the third gold medal, which may seem a little unexpected to outsiders, but we know that this success is no accident.

Talking about the future of his apprentice, Bai is still full of confidence. He said that gymnastics rules will face great changes after the Olympic Games, which will require athletes to be more comprehensive. Zou Kai must "foster strengths and avoid weaknesses", that is, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. He believes that the success of the Olympic Games will be a promotion for Zou Kai. "He will be more confident, more self-conscious, and climb the peak again." White said confidently.