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

Chapter 93-94: High Jump Finals (Part 3 &4)

Nevertheless, when Su Bai sees Wang Shen's current state on the field, he still finds it somewhat challenging.

"Xiao Bai, what's wrong?" Sitting beside Su Bai, Pei Jin'an noticed that Su Bai seemed to be bothered by something and asked casually.

"Um, Coach Pei."

Su Bai thought for a moment and framed Wang Shen's situation as a hypothetical athlete, then asked Pei Jin'an, "In the current situation, how should the situation of this athlete be handled?"

When Pei Jin'an heard Su Bai's question, he raised an eyebrow and then asked straightforwardly, "Are you talking about Wang Shen's situation, right?"

Seeing Pei Jin'an directly acknowledge that it was about Wang Shen, Su Bai didn't deny it.

Pei Jin'an, seeing that Su Bai didn't deny it, thought for a moment and said, "According to what you're saying, Wang Shen's situation is already somewhat stubborn. I've never heard Li Mingzhuo mention these problems with Wang Shen before. As the saying goes, 'if you can't block it, just let it flow.' But according to your perspective, Wang Shen's issue can't be flowed away. In that case, I have a suggestion."

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Su Bai looked at Pei Jin'an seriously.

Pei Jin'an smiled and said, "If we can't flow it, why not try applying more pressure? He's capable of self-adjustment and self-release, right? If you seriously tell him that his goal is to clear 2.30 meters in high jump, maybe his mindset will change."

"This is actually a way of shifting goals and mindset. Previously, he was cautious and overthinking because of the pressure, which resulted in his attention being solely focused on being careful."

Upon hearing Pei Jin'an's suggestion, Su Bai was initially taken aback. Then, he began to seriously consider the feasibility of this approach.

In fact, the goal shift method had been suggested by his coaching system when he consulted it earlier. However, he had been primarily focused on stress relief at that time and hadn't considered the idea of applying reverse pressure.

Thinking about it now, Wang Shen had always been a source of pride, hope, and expectations for his grandfather. This expectation had started to affect him negatively in the past year, especially as his grandfather's health deteriorated.

The combination of difficult-to-achieve expectations and insufficient time to fulfill these expectations was what had truly caused Wang Shen's psychological issues.

After realizing this, Su Bai suddenly felt enlightened. He thanked Pei Jin'an with a smile and then began to think, somewhat humorously—Wang Shen's physical and technical training load should be decreased, and perhaps, during the upcoming training, some psychological training weight could be introduced?

Given Wang Shen's personality, the idea of applying reverse pressure might actually yield unexpected positive results.

While Su Bai, in the audience, was pondering Wang Shen's issue, on the field, after Wang Shen, Bahrain's Cherubin also completed his first attempt at 2.26 meters. Unfortunately, his attempt also ended in failure.

In the first round of trials at 2.26 meters, among all the athletes, only Ye Wenhao succeeded in his attempt.

With Cherubin's failure, the competition was immediately moving on to the second round of trials at 2.26 meters.

This meant that the remaining four athletes on the field had only two trial attempts left at the 2.26 meters height.

The reduction in trial opportunities and the breakage of Abdullah and Wang Shen's 100% first-time clearance rate had cast a shadow over the minds of the remaining four athletes.