Original title: Xinjiang builds a solid foundation for training reserve talents in heavy sports (lead topic)
The dream of a young man at the foot of Tianshan Mountain starts from here (Theme)
In the wrestling training hall of No. 117 Middle School in Urumqi, the team members are wrestling under the guidance of coach Adili Aizezi. After an hour of high-intensity training, beads of sweat hang on the young faces. When asked why they practice wrestling? Is wrestling tiring? Is it hard? The children all shook their heads and said they are not afraid of hardship and hope to stand on the international stage in the future and win glory for the country.
Young athletes in daily training. Photo by reporter Gu Ning
Wrestling, judo, boxing and other competitive sports have a relatively strong mass base in Xinjiang. Many children have watched their fathers or brothers practice these sports since childhood, and also have their own dreams of wrestling, judo and boxing.
“I’ve won and lost, but I’ve never been afraid!”
Aihesan Halik has been practicing wrestling for three years. After training every day, he will review the moves he learned that day. “I think wrestling is not something that can be mastered in one day. To succeed, you need hard work and persistence.” He said that he will never give up this sport.
“I like wrestling very much. I have been practicing wrestling for a year. Now I train for two hours every day. I won the second place in the Xinjiang Games. I think my advantages are agility, strength and standard movements.” Sumaye Alimjiang said. When she is tired of training, she often encourages herself by saying, “I have lost and won, but I have never been afraid!”
Adili Aizezi, the wrestling coach of No. 117 Middle School in Urumqi, has been practicing wrestling since he was a child, just like these children with dreams. “I started practicing wrestling in elementary school, then in junior high school, sports school, Xinjiang team, and then the national team. Wrestling has become a part of my life.” After retiring from the national team, Adili Aizezi chose to return to his hometown and work as a grassroots sports coach at his alma mater. He said: “Xinjiang has a good wrestling foundation, but there are not many schools with wrestling characteristics in Xinjiang now, and coaching resources are relatively limited. I want to teach students what I have learned in the past ten years so that they can also go out and compete in national or world competitions to create a better future.” “Some of the first batch of students I taught have been selected into the Xinjiang team, and some have gone to Urumqi Sports School. The best child won the second place in the National Youth Competition.”
“It’s important to like it!” Adili Aizezi said that when they select talents, in addition to the physical fitness and talent of the students, it is more important that they like this sport and have confidence. “Because wrestling requires not only skills, strength, speed, explosive power, etc., but also a test of willpower. The most painful thing is that the players have to lose weight before each game, and they lose five or six kilograms in a short period of time. Not only on the field, but also in the preparation before the game, it also tests the students’ willpower.”
Li Gang, Party Secretary of Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, said that wrestling and boxing are both characteristic sports of the school. Although the teams have not been established for a long time, they have achieved good results. “Now there are also many excellent professional teachers joining the school’s teaching and training teams to help the school cultivate sports reserve talents, which not only allows children to make breakthroughs in their grades, but also gives them more room for development and ways out. This is also one of the original intentions of our development projects.”
“I want to punch the world one punch at a time”
“The children’s advantages are that they are courageous, physically fit, and not afraid of hardship.” Kaidirdin Pahardin, a boxing coach at Urumqi No. 117 Middle School, said that the school’s boxing team was established in 2019. At the beginning, there were only more than 10 students, and now more than 10 students have been sent to the Xinjiang team. They also won 6 championships in the boxing competition of the Autonomous Region Games last year. In the past five years, the team has continued to grow. “At the beginning, there were only junior high school students, and now there are also elementary school students joining the team. Some of the team members are selected through the Youth Boxing Championships organized by Xinjiang every year, and some are selected through the school’s after-school extended service.”
Student Abdusemi Wulekejiang said that because his father used to practice boxing, he started to like this sport after watching him compete since he was a child. “I asked my father if he could take me to practice boxing. Later, I was selected by the coach through participating in the competition and came here to study and train. I think the most important thing for boxing is willpower and not being afraid of hardship.”
Student Bilal Abdullah watched videos when he was young and thought boxing was a cool sport. “I still remember that after practicing boxing, I was very nervous before going on stage for the first time, but I was no longer afraid when the game officially started. What I enjoy most is fighting in the boxing ring until the last second, and the referee raises my hand, because raising my hand means victory.” As for the future, Bilal Abdullah said that he hopes to achieve better results, join the national team, and then punch the world one punch at a time to win glory for his country.
In recent years, there are many students applying for the Urumqi Sports School. At the same time, the sports school also enters the campus to select good seedlings. There are more than 100 grassroots outlets in Xinjiang, and Urumqi No. 117 Middle School is one of them. The “prosperous” entrance is due to the “smooth” exit. Yan Renqing, secretary of the Party General Branch of the Urumqi Sports School, said that the sports school has actively reformed in recent years, hoping to provide students with more choices and better ways out. “We insist on letting students study for half a day and train for half a day. We must strengthen cultural literacy and highlight sports skills. In the training process, the first year is basically in accordance with the teaching syllabus of secondary vocational schools, emphasizing the study of high school course knowledge. After the second year, some children will have outstanding competitive sports results, so we will train them to high-level sports teams and majors in colleges and universities. If the child’s competitive sports characteristics are not very strong during the development and training process, we will take the path of secondary and higher vocational education through training, increase vocational education courses, and conduct dual-track teaching so that children can continue their studies after graduation.”
Dong Liang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Wrestling and Judo Sports Management Center of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, said: “In the past two years, with the advancement of the integration of sports and education, more and more children have been selected by sports schools or sent by middle schools. The integration of sports and education has produced very good results. Not only are more and more people practicing professional sports, but these children also have good academic performance.”
The overall quality of students has improved, and the prospects for the development of the project are broader. Dong Liang said: “Like wrestling and judo, cultural level helps improve the team members’ ability to read and interpret the game. The stronger the understanding ability and the broader the vision, the more effective it is in promoting the special project.”
Wang Liang, a judo coach at the Wrestling and Judo Sports Management Center of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, also believes that compared to wrestling, judo has a weaker foundation in Xinjiang. “The players are physically strong and willing to endure hardships, but their understanding of judo needs to be further strengthened. In recent years, many children have been selected from middle schools, and their ability to understand tactics will be better. The training is systematic, from basic skills to basic techniques to basic strategic techniques, to basic supporting techniques, to the use of techniques in actual combat, etc. We are going up layer by layer. Only when the foundation is well laid can the players stand on a higher and bigger stage.” (Reporter Gu Ning Lu Wei)
2024-05-23 17:43:52
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