After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 81: Devil Coach Su Xiaobai & Dignity Crisis of the Men's 400m Team (??)

As the men's team was making progress, the women's team was not lagging behind at all.

In fact, because the women's team was naturally more dedicated, and they had a solid foundation to begin with, once they received training adjustments that suited them better, their rate of improvement was even more remarkable than that of the male athletes.

This significant improvement in their performances had helped rebuild their confidence.

Today, Su Bai had set the goal of full participation for the men's team, but surprisingly, he didn't impose any specific requirement on the women's team. However, the determination of the female athletes, who were already fired up, didn't diminish at all when they learned Su Bai's expectation that at least one of them could secure a spot.

In short – they were ready to give it their all!

As the female team members were practically shouting to the heavens with their determination, the male team members standing nearby couldn't help but feel a jolt in their spirits.

Qiu Wen, with a dumbfounded expression, turned his head to look at the determined female team members next to him. His first thought was, "Wow, they're really going all out!" His second thought was, "Uh-oh, we're in trouble now!"

Sure enough, after Su Bai expressed his satisfaction with the female team's determination and smiled at them, he redirected his gaze toward the male team, not saying a word, but merely observing them silently, which sent shivers down everyone's spines.

Undoubtedly, the smile on Su Bai's face conveyed a clear message: "You see, the girls on the women's team are this determined. As members of the men's team, do you have any doubts about the goal I just set?"

What could the men's team members, led by Zhang Ziyi, say at this moment?

Of course, they replied, "Coach, we will work hard too!"

Li Junhao looked almost dumbfounded as he watched his teammates fall for Su Bai's tactics. They all looked like they were ready to go all out, just missing the chant of "charge."

Qiu Wen and Li Junhao's thought processes coincidentally aligned again – Su Bai was indeed a master of tactics!

In any case, whether it was a tactic or not, the combined training of the male and female teams, as well as the male and female teams in the 400-meter event, had begun their arduous journey towards the qualification standards for the 400-meter event at the next year's Athletics World Championships.

On the first day of training, Su Bai handed out three pairs of shoes to each athlete with the logistics personnel. Not the kind of lightweight running shoes that improve performance and strength while feeling weightless on the feet, but ordinary sports shoes.

Ordinary sports shoes might seem relatively heavy for regular people, but for athletes, the extra half a pound of weight in a pair of shoes can significantly impact the performance of sprinters. Su Bai had used this training technique in his previous training sessions. The reason behind this was to push the athletes to strive for self-improvement even when wearing regular sports shoes. This, in turn, would help them achieve further performance improvements when they transitioned back to wearing specialized running shoes.

Su Bai's training approach, previously uncommon in the national team, inspired Pei Jin'an to implement similar techniques on other track and field sprinters, with successful training results.

As for Su Bai's athletes, their mentality boiled down to being ensnared in Su Bai's tactics, so they might as well give it their all. When it came to what shoes to wear during training, they trusted the coach's judgment.