Chapter 167: Convincing the sRingleader” (1/2)

Chapter 167: Convincing the “Ringleader”

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Before that, Xiaotian Xin had been quite confident in his sprinting technique. He had thought his retort could make Dai Li speechless.

However, after Dai Li's explanation, he knew Dai Li was right. Dai Li's understanding of sprint training was several levels higher than his.

The concluding words of Dai Li had been especially convincing. They had indicated that Xiaotian Xin's training method might cause a contraction of his hip joints, as well as a downward shift of his pelvis, which could give Xiaotian Xin some nasty surprises. These athletic injuries would slightly influence his professional life, and could even cause illness and agony throughout his life.

Before now, Xiaotian Xin had ignored this completely. However, after thinking about Dai Li's words, as well as his actual physical condition, Xiaotian Xin was fully convinced by Dai Li. He even wanted to thank Dai Li for reminding him of such an important problem.

Dai Li had completely convinced Xiaotian Xin by showing off his skills. The next second, Xiaotian Xin was suddenly very humble, and said in a tone of consultation and compliance, ”Coach Li, I will obey your instruction. I must correct my mistakes!”

Dai Li nodded his head, then handed an A4 paper to Xiaotian Xin, who took it eagerly.

”This is the training plan I made for you. Before, you kept doing high knees, which had been the foundation of your sprinting technique. It obviously is not practical to abandon and replace all your sprinting techniques with new ones, as it can result in an awkward situation where you lose all your current strengths, but fail to acquire anything new.

”Therefore, I made some modifications to your original training plan. The new training plan focuses on the downstroke high knees exercise. In contrast to the traditional exercise you were doing before, this training method requires the rapid downward pressing of the thigh, which can develop the quick front swing of the thigh, braking and fast landing ability, and enhance both the swing switching speed and rapid downward pressing of the thigh during the middle of your sprints.”

As Dai Li explained this, Xiaotian Xin kept nodding his head. He was eager to begin this downstroke high knees exercise.

”Thank you, Coach Li! I will definitely work hard during training!” Xiaotian Xin looked at Dai Li worshipfully.

Seeing the change in Xiaotian Xin, no one resented Dai Li any longer.

Xiaotian Xin's performance was ranked 2nd on the Tsinghua University sprinting team. Now, Xiaotian Xin had been totally convinced by Dai Li. Those who were worse than Xiaotian Xin really had no excuse to defy Dai Li now.

Coach Li is really awesome! It seems he has grasped the technique deficiencies of Xiaotian Xin, and the training plan he formulated for Xiaotian Xin should be very effective. Otherwise, Xiaotian Xin's attitude could not have changed so fast.

It would appear that all coaches from the national team are competent. Coach Li is young, but he does have some real skills.