Chapter 9 Trying the Impossible (Catching Bugs)
The training camp is only a few days, and the subsequent practice is up to the players to practice privately. There is still about a month before the competition, Qiao Xuan still has enough time.
Qiao Xuan signed up for the gymnastics event, specifically rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics is very aesthetic and competitive, so it is very suitable to be presented on the program.
Rhythmic gymnastics is an unarmed or hand-held light equipment based on natural and rhythmic movements under the accompaniment of music. It is also a kind of artistic gymnastics for women. Rhythmic gymnastics is characterized by beauty and artistry, based on the basic movements of ballet, and gradually developed by absorbing the essence of modern dance and representative folk dances, gymnastics and skills of various countries. It requires stretched, generous, graceful and soft movements, which can fully reflect the charm of women. This is also the reason why the program group chose this, the combination of beauty and beauty is very ornamental. After the variety show training here was completed, Qiao Xuan continued to do special training with Chang Qiongying. Practicing rhythmic gymnastics while doing special training. The equipment she chose was the ball. Originally, she chose the ribbon, but there were too many artists who chose the ribbon, and there were not so many places. Then Qiao Xuan was replaced with a ball. As for the choice of the program group, Qiao Xuan could only accept it. She didn't have the capital to negotiate terms with the program group. Qiao Xuan wasn't worried at all about rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics and classical dance also have similarities. Many gymnasts learn some ballet while doing gymnastics. Some basic movements of ballet are also found in classical dance. In the dance practice room of Nuo University, Qiao Xuan is learning rhythmic gymnastics under the guidance of her teacher. Compared with other competitors, Qiao Xuan has a much greater advantage, because there is no notice, she has more time to practice rhythmic gymnastics. This kind of practice more than 20 days later than them will not make much distance. She has learned dance since she was a child, and now she is very good at learning rhythmic gymnastics. Although she has not done difficult moves yet, she reveals confidence in every move.
But ball manipulation is not so easy to master. Although the ball is relatively easy to master in rhythmic gymnastics, and the error rate is relatively low, but this is only a relative term.
For a non-professional beginner, even so, it is difficult to control, let alone take it to do difficult movements in a short period of time.
In the next practice, Qiao Xuan was no longer as calm as she was at the beginning, and the ball seemed to be disobedient, and it slid around all over the court. In the end, even Shen Jing, who was watching from the side, had to help pick up the ball.
By the time Qiao Xuan took control of the equipment, she was already sweating profusely.
It didn't take long for Qiao Xuan to learn simple AD moves and ball control under the guidance of the coach.
The female coach was very satisfied with Qiao Xuan's mastering speed. Before Qiao Xuan could catch her breath, she immediately resumed a new round of guidance.
The female coach told her the key points of this movement, while adjusting the movements of Qiao Xuan's hands and feet, and did not stop until she got the movements right.
The coach explained to her the scoring rules of the ball in rhythmic gymnastics. While she was explaining, she was demonstrating the movements, so that Qiao Xuan could understand the degree of difficulty of the movements more vividly.
"Because of the characteristics of this equipment, the technical group of the ball equipment mainly focuses on rolling and bouncing (ball shooting)."
Qiao Xuan followed the coach and tried every movement she said. Even though he was listening to the explanation now, he did not relax the movements of his hands and feet.
But in fact, the coach completed the movement easily, but in fact it is not that simple.
If it was just physical movements, Qiao Xuan could confidently say that as long as she was given time, she would definitely be able to complete it. But once the equipment is added, the difficulty is doubled.
It's really not Qiao Xuan's big talk. Regardless of the equipment, just look at the movements of turning, jumping, and splits involved in rhythmic gymnastics. These are really not difficult for Qiao Xuan, and it can be said to be simple.
But as soon as she added the ball, she always lost sight of the other. Either when completing the movement, I forgot that there is still an equipment, or I ran after the equipment, and the movement was not completed. It felt like my control of the ball was starting to crumble again.
Even in this endless picking up of the ball, Qiao Xuan continued to practice the movements over and over again, and then failed over and over again.
In an instant, Qiao Xuan felt that she had returned to the time when she first started learning classical dance.
Qiao Xuan is practicing the forward balance spin. The torso of the body is bent down to keep it level with the ground. The height of the arms changes with the change of the body, which is convenient for hitting the ball below the knee. The legs are in the splits state, and then the body rotates while hitting the ball.
Seeing Qiao Xuan successfully perform this movement, the female coach was full of praise, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your body is very flexible, not inferior to professional gymnasts."
"And the ball in rhythmic gymnastics Equipment, physical difficulty technical group is mainly flexible. So you have obvious advantages in this, and your physical condition can allow you to make more difficult movements." "Of course, it's not just because of you Your own talent is also inseparable from your daily long-term training. You must know that flexibility can be developed, but there is a limit to the flexibility of the human body. If you do not have good physical conditions, then No matter how hard you practice, you won't be able to touch the ceiling." Although Qiao Xuan was praised so much by the female coach, Qiao Xuan was not proud. Sometimes it is not only talent that determines success or failure, it is also inseparable from sweat. No matter how talented you are, it's useless if you don't work hard. Besides, Qiao Xuan had heard these words from the coach since she was a child. Whether it is Teacher Chang or the teacher who taught her the violin, they are very generous in praising her talent. But she knows that talent is the most insecure thing, and she has always believed that her achievements are inseparable from her own efforts.
"You are now a student of classical dance. Classical dance is very demanding of spirit, form, strength and rhythm. I don't need to say more about this, you know it better than me. But what I want to say now is that rhythmic gymnastics also attaches great importance to form, Strength and rhythm. They are interlinked, but compared with classical dance, rhythmic gymnastics pays more attention to technique."
"Your talent and your continuous training in the later period allow you to control the balance of your body very well. Many movements in rhythmic gymnastics cannot be without balance. Your absolute control of the body allows you to quickly master the equipment of the ball, even though it is still not up to my requirements." During the teacher's detailed explanation, Qiao Xuan's learning ability also Very strong, absorbing the knowledge that the coach said step by step. From basic movements to movements plus balls, she slowly went from being unfamiliar to mastering. Although she still misses the ball occasionally, but given her some time, she can avoid these mistakes. She is not familiar enough with the ball now. The female coach glanced at Qiao Xuan's beautiful face, and then paused for a few seconds on her fair and slender limbs. Sometimes God is also a preference, not to mention giving Qiao Xuan a good look, her body proportions are also very good. Just standing here, even if she doesn't make any movements or say anything, she has the ability to attract the attention of everyone in the audience. She is truly a luminary. The female coach seemed to be able to see the scene where the people around her cheered and screamed when she came on the court. It's really a unique talent. It's a pity not to practice rhythmic gymnastics. The female coach feels a little regretful. If she had known her a few years earlier, she couldn't help but want to persuade Qiao Xuan to learn gymnastics. "I heard from your assistant that your music soundtrack is "Cinderella"?" This selection is quite suitable for rhythmic gymnastics, and the music arrangement is relatively soothing and soft, which is very suitable for competition music. The coach's sudden question evoked Qiao Xuan's childhood memories, and she was silent for a moment before answering her question: "Yes, this time the selection is "Cinderella."
Children have been at the age of dreaming, when Qiao Xuan was still in the orphanage. She very much wishes that she has a fairy godmother who can help her when she needs it. Although she was adopted by Ms. Qiao later, this idea has always been pressed in her young heart.
So when choosing the arrangement, Qiao Xuan thought of "Cinderella" without even thinking about it.
"I'll help you make up a set of moves." As a professional, the coach is better at making up moves than Qiao Xuan.
"However, before choreographing, I still want to ask, do you want to complete this task easily, or do you want to challenge yourself?" For some
reason, the coach has a feeling in her heart that Qiao Xuan will definitely choose more difficult.
Qiao Xuan froze for a moment, she hadn't thought about this question yet. Originally, Qiao Xuan did not apply for the rhythmic gymnastics event this time.
Choose easy or challenge.
She chose the latter, and the word easy was not in her dictionary. Not to mention that the unknown black hand is still eyeing her in the dark.
Qiao Xuan smiled and looked at the coach and said, "I want to choose a more challenging choreography."
Her voice was soft but firm, and she looked directly at the coach.
The coach laughed when he heard Qiao Xuan's words: "I know, young people just like challenges. When you successfully complete a difficult movement, you will fall in love with this feeling, then the second challenge is not for you. What's the matter."
Suddenly, the coach took the ball and made a very difficult move, and then said to Qiao Xuan, "Would you like to play?"
This sentence suddenly reminded Qiao Xuan, the first time she saw When Teacher Chang.
Qiao Xuan was only six years old at that time.
Ms. Qiao took her to Teacher Chang's dance classroom, and the young teacher Chang asked her gently: "Little Qiao Xuan, do you want to come and play?"
Besides them, there were many other dancers in dance costumes doing splits with ease. kid.
That was the first time she came into contact with dance, and then Teacher Chang helped her stretch very hard.
This pain is still fresh in Qiao Xuan's memory, as if it happened yesterday.
She clearly remembers that she left Teacher Chang's dance classroom crying that time, and it was also the first time she cried after Ms. Qiao adopted her.
Then the next day, Qiao Xuan appeared in Teacher Laichang's dance class again, and continued to cry and went home that day. Later, every time I cried, it was because of dancing practice, but even so, New Day continued to show up at Teacher Chang to learn dance, until today.
She seldom cries now, Qiao Xuan thinks that she may have cried all her tears when she was a child, and now there are no tears for her to shed.
Qiao Xuan looked at the dancing shoes on her feet, they were already covered with dust, which did not live up to their original whiteness. Unlike when she was a child, now she understands the dangerous temptation hidden in the words of the female coach.
But the coach's words tempted Qiao Xuan like a siren's singing.
Undoubtedly, she really wanted to try it in her heart.
"Okay."
Qiao Xuan heard herself say yes.
He took the ball from the coach and quietly recalled the coach's actions just now.
It is not particularly difficult for her to clamp the ball with the back and legs during the backbend twist. The ball does not need to move, it only needs to be clamped behind the head. As long as she doesn't have to move the ball, she does a good job of keeping the ball from dropping.
But obviously the coach means that she hopes she can challenge herself.
Just now the coach turned three times, the coach didn't just want to see her turn three times.
After Qiao Xuan completed the three-week rotation, she found that she seemed to have more strength, and then increased the number of weeks, and she didn't stop until two weeks later. Although it was completed, her body movements were a little deformed, and the ball almost fell down.
She could feel the ball move slightly on her back as she was just turning. She knew that if she spun any more, the ball would definitely fall.
When turning three times, Qiao Xuan felt that it was very easy. This is also because there are similar turns in classical dance, such as turning around.
But the difficulty of rhythmic gymnastics is a little bit higher. Note that the reason is the equipment ball. As the number of weeks increases, the degree of difficulty increases and doubles.
The coach said: "The previous exercises were very simple. At the beginning, I considered that you are an artist. My focus has always been on the completion and beauty of the movements. I didn't ask you to do difficult technical movements." On
this point, Joe Xuan is very clear that although she will encounter some bad things in the process of learning, they are all movements that she can complete.
"But you chose to challenge just now, so what I want to see next is a different Qiao Xuan." After speaking, the coach left the field to Qiao Xuan, and then stood aside to watch Qiao Xuan's practice.
Competition is like this, one failure after another, but there are also breakthroughs one after another, let's see how far Qiao Xuan can go.
Competition allows opportunities for trial and error, but trial and error also requires a price.
Qiao Xuan took a deep breath, she knew that there was a price to pay for trial and error, and maybe she would get hurt.
But if she doesn't try, how will she know if she can complete this challenge.
Try it, so what?