Almighty Coach

In the studio, the sound of the camera shutter kept ringing, and the flashes kept flickering. There was a staff member holding a lighting board and lighting a strong black man. The black man held a bottle of drink in his hand, constantly Take various poses.

The black man is Justin Alexander, who is currently filming an ad for a niche brand of sports drink.

"Okay, this group is done shooting, and I'm going to take a shot of you drinking the drink." The director in charge of filming the commercial said.

"No problem." Alexander walked to the green cloth very cooperatively, and took an unopened bottle of drink from the staff.

"Wait a minute!" Alexander stopped the staff member, shook the drink bottle, and then said, "Can you replace it with clean water?"

The staff member was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized that as a professional sprinter, he would definitely not dare to drink indiscriminately, even if it was the product endorsed by the advertisement he received, he would not dare to try a sip.

A few minutes later, the staff brought back two bottles of drinks, but this time, they contained water.

"Okay, get ready to start shooting, Justin, you have to turn your head around and face me sideways, yes, that's it, raise your head, 45 degrees, a little higher, very good, this is the angle..." The director began to direct .

Shooting commercials is actually a very tiring thing, especially for non-actors. As a top professional athlete, Alexander often appears in front of the camera to accept media interviews, but that is to show his true colors after all, which is different from shooting commercials. It is difficult for people who have not received special training in acting to be comfortable in front of the camera of commercials.

However, Alexander is still very dedicated. Although he does not have a good sense of camera like an actor, he is like a diligent bee, earnestly implementing the director's instructions.

Because this is the first advertising endorsement he has received after his comeback.

Unlike the stars of those professional teams, track and field athletes can lead a lot of money from the team. In terms of game bonuses, they are actually not that high. In general international track and field events, such as the IAAF Grand Prix, the prize money for the champion of the sub-station is only about 10,000 U.S. dollars, and the prize money for the year-end championship is less than 50,000 U.S. dollars.

The highest prize money in track and field competitions is the one million gold prize in the previous IAAF Gold Grand Prix. This one really has a prize money of one million dollars, but the conditions for winning are very strict, and it must be the Golden Grand Prix at each station You can only win the championship if you win the championship. If you don’t win the championship at one station, the million dollars will fly away. If there are more than one player who meets the award standard, then the million dollar bonus will need to be distributed equally among the winning athletes.

In fact, the athletes who can win this award are all dominant athletes. For them, a bonus of one million dollars is not much. They can earn tens of millions in minutes by accepting advertising endorsements.

The main income of top track and field athletes is advertising endorsements. When Alexander was not banned, he also received millions of advertising endorsements. However, due to the discovery of doping, Alexander's reputation also plummeted. The previous advertising sponsors did not allow It's not bad for him to lose money, but when those new advertising sponsors see Alexander, it's like avoiding the plague god, lest they avoid it.

After his comeback, Alexander returned to people's attention. He participated in several games, and his results got better and better. He won several championships in succession, and ran within 10 seconds many times, which also allowed him to regain the media attention.

This is the case with sports. Although occasionally there will be one or two inspirational stories that attract everyone's attention, they are basically short-lived. People's attention will soon be attracted by other things. The least likely to be ignored by people. As an athlete, even if his usual behavior is very controversial, as long as his performance is good enough, he can still gain a lot of fans.

Now Alexander has regained the favor of advertisers, and he also cherishes this opportunity, just like the classic old saying, you only know how to cherish after you lose it.

...

Jimmy Irving just visited Dai Li's training center. In his opinion, there is nothing unique about Dai Li's training center, just like other advanced physical training centers.

Alvin was still a little disappointed. When he visited Taylor before, Taylor bragged about Dai Li. This also made Alvin have relatively high psychological expectations for Dai Li. The feeling gradually faded away, but a kind of doubt and uneasiness slowly fermented from Alvin's heart.

Next, Dai Li took Alvin to the outdoor track and field training ground.

"I just bought an electronic timing system here, and it was just debugged yesterday. That is to say, in this training ground, the electronic timing during the official competition can be completely simulated. I understand." Dai Li introduced.

At the starting point of 200 meters, there is a starting block with wires behind it, and a coach is fiddling with the starting gun in his hand.

There was a black man standing in front of the starting block. The face of this black man made Alvin feel a little familiar. After careful identification, he found that this man was Sean Ford.

"That person is Sean Ford, right? I haven't seen him for five or six years. I almost didn't recognize him. I only heard that Justin Alexander was training here. I didn't expect there to be other athletes." Al Wen secretly thought.

Irvine also participated in the World Championships when Sean Ford won the 200m championship, and won two gold medals in the 400m and 4x400m. So Irwin and Sean Ford knew each other, but the status of the two people was far apart. Irwin was a great athlete and could be called a legend of a generation, while Ford was only a flash in the pan and then fell into obscurity.

At this moment, Ford stood on the starting block, and the coach next to him also raised the starting gun.

"That's right, let me see how the electronic timing system works. After debugging, I haven't seen anyone use it yet," Dai Li said.

As soon as Dai Li finished speaking, gunshots rang out suddenly, and Sean Ford quickly started and started to accelerate.

Erwin stood outside the track with an indifferent face, without any expression of expectation. 200 meters and 400 meters are two different sprint events, and the status of Alvin and Ford is quite different, just like a legendary NBA superstar going to a CBA game, there are only four words: boring.

But Ford on the track ran very seriously. In a blink of an eye, he entered the straight from the curve and crossed the finish line.

At the finish line, the LCD screen was casually placed on the grass outside the track, and Ford's 200-meter score also appeared on it.

"19 seconds 98, a score of less than 20 seconds, Sean Ford's speed is so fast!" Alvin subconsciously sucked in a breath of air, and the surprised expression on his face could not be restrained.

In terms of difficulty, running 200 meters within 20 seconds is more difficult than running 100 meters within 10 seconds, because 200 meters requires certain cornering skills. Judging from the current Olympic final results, it is possible to hit a medal in the 200-meter run within 20 seconds. In contrast, if the 100-meter run is within 10 seconds, it may not even make it to the final.

"Scores within 20 seconds are at the level of a world champion!" Alvin looked at Ford with doubts in his heart.

"Since winning the World Championships, Ford has never achieved decent results. If he can have this speed, the Olympic and World Championship trials will definitely pass easily, but why has he been so depressed for so many years? He's about to disappear! Could it be that he performed beyond his level just now? Well, it's likely to be like this!" Alvin thought to himself.

However, at this time, Dai Li yelled at Ford: "Xiao En, you can go faster. Just now when you were running around a curve, there were several problems with details..."

Dai Li stepped forward and gave Ford instructions for three or four minutes, but Ford kept nodding, and then slowly walked to the lawn next to him to do it, while Dai Li trotted back to Erwin's side.

"Is he going to run again?" Alvin asked.

Dai Li nodded: "He had a problem running just now, and some details were not done well, which affected his speed, so I asked him to run again. But he needs to rest for ten minutes, Jimmy, wait a moment, I'll go Give Ford a massage.

"You can run within 20 seconds if the speed is affected, just blow it! Don't be afraid that the wind will flash your tongue! Even if it's a show for me, you have to be more realistic!" Alvin thought disdainfully in his heart.

At this time, Erwin even felt that Dai Li specially asked Ford to play a play for him to let him stay in training.

Dai Li's relaxing massage was still very effective. Although Ford had just run 200 meters, under Dai Li's massage, the muscle soreness after running all-out quickly disappeared without a trace.

Ten minutes later, Sean Ford stood on the starting block again, and Dai Li stood aside, repeating the details that Ford had to pay attention to.

After the starting gun was fired, Ford rushed out again. This time, Alvin didn't dismiss it like last time, but counted silently in his heart.

"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty..." The moment Alvin counted to "twenty", Ford had already crossed the finish line.

This time, the scoreboard showed a score of 19.97 seconds.

"It's 0.01 seconds faster than before!" Alvin looked at the electronic scoreboard in surprise.

I ran 200 meters twice in ten minutes, and the second time was faster than the first time, and both times were within 20 seconds. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, Alvin would never have believed it.

A professional athlete runs 200 meters with all his strength once, which consumes a lot of energy. If he only rests for ten minutes, his energy cannot be fully recovered, so the speed of the second run must be slower than the first time. It is also for this reason that in those large-scale competitions, there will only be one 200-meter race in one morning or one afternoon, the purpose is to allow athletes to recover their physical fitness.

But now, Sean Ford is more than ten minutes apart, but the second time is faster than the first time. In Irwin's view, there are only two possibilities.

The first possibility is that Ford did not try his best in the first run and reserved some physical strength so that he could have more physical strength in the second run.

But Alvin immediately rejected this possibility. If Ford's first time was slower, then this possibility is still valid. For the first time, Ford ran within 20 seconds and ran 200 meters 20 seconds, how could it not be run out with all your strength!

That leaves only the second possibility, that is, Ford ran better the second time than the first time, so even though his physical strength was not as good as the first time, he made up for his lack of physical strength in terms of technology, so His second time was even faster than the first time.

After thinking about it carefully, Alvin suddenly felt that the second option might be the only option.

As a legendary athlete, Erwin has rich sprint knowledge and competition experience. He knows that when running 200 meters, sometimes physical fitness is not the most critical, and excellent cornering skills may cause zero points. A speed difference of a few seconds, and a careless mistake in a corner may ruin the entire race.

In the next second, Erwin suddenly remembered the way Dai Li had just yelled at Sean Ford.

"Coach Li said just now that Ford can run faster. He has a few details that he has no idea. Then he went to guide Ford for a few minutes, and Ford's speed became faster. So, Ford The reason for the speed is because of Coach Li's guidance?" After Erwin realized this, his attitude towards Dai Li changed instantly.

...

In front of the computer, Dai Li was typing on the keyboard. He was making a training plan for Jimmy Irwin.

"There is Justin Alexander in the 100 meters, Sean Ford in the 200 meters, and Jimmy Irving in the 400 meters. The three aces of the next Olympic sprint event are all in my hands!"