Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 50: The Essence of Training Through Competition (4400 Collection Update Words)
There is only one week from the auditions to the district finals.

Lin Zhiyuan couldn't understand why Li Yan was still undergoing intensive training at this time.

"Master Yan, you're still running and training so hard at night. Aren't you afraid of being sore all over after the weekend competition?"

The place where Li Yan ends his night run is always the small park downstairs from his home - it is called a park, but it is actually a space roughly like the top of a banyan tree. At this moment, the two of them are sitting on the tree pit to rest.

The Olympic atmosphere is not very strong in Lincheng, but even so, there are many more people running and walking at night, and a group of elderly people come to play with fitness equipment after dinner.

Lin Zhiyuan naturally just rode his bike around in circles. Asking him to run a few kilometers would be worse than slapping him twice.

"How dare I practice like this if I can't recover."

"There's no need to be serious. What's the point of practicing in such a short time?"

Ding!
[Cardiopulmonary function +1, total 33]

Li Yan, who was panting from running and talking just now, suddenly had a steady breathing.

"it works."

"Okay, okay, I don't understand the world of genius Li. We drew lots this afternoon, but why haven't the matchup table and schedule been released yet?"

"Don't worry, it's all the same."

Lin Zhiyuan made a face that looked like he deserved a beating: "They're all the same~"

Before Li Yan pretended to beat him, he immediately started sighing.

"What's wrong with you kid?"

"Master Yan, to be honest, the result of this draw will not be good."

"Ok?"

The fat boy took out the card that Li Yan drew today from his pocket: Group D - No. 6.

"I have inquired about it. This year is really a blessing from God for the Four Heavenly Kings."

"Four kings?"

"As for the four masters I told you about, Lin Tao is in Group A, Hong Lang is in Group B, Li Canhui is in Group C, and Liang Jian is in Group D. The four of them are actually separated and will not eliminate each other in advance."

"When you say the result is not good, do you mean I have to face one of them? That Liang Jian?"

"Yes, but fortunately I didn't face Li Canhui." Lin Zhiyuan was very afraid of this person.

"My goal is to be the best in the city. I have to beat whoever I face."

"That's what I mean," Lin Zhiyuan patted Li Yan on the shoulder, "Young Master Yan, you are a genius and you learn very quickly. Maybe you will become stronger and stronger by practicing in these few games. By the time you face Liang Jian or even Li Canhui, you will be much stronger than you are now."

Li Yan was shocked. This kid... actually noticed this as well?

The schedule depends on luck and he has no way to arrange it. Even if he meets Li Canhui in the first round, he can only fight.

"There is gain and loss." Li Yan sighed, "I can't avoid the lottery, so I'll arrange it to the back."

“So I’ve been praying.”

Li Yan suddenly felt a warm current surge in her heart. It is truly a godsend to have a true friend in life.

It has always been said that it is easy to share happiness but not hardships. But when I grew up, I realized that it is not easy to share happiness.
I am afraid that my brother will suffer, and I am also afraid that my brother will drive a Land Rover.

This badminton match has nothing to do with Lin Zhiyuan at all, but he sincerely gives his all for Li Yan and hopes that Li Yan can achieve good results.

There is a reason why some young feelings are remembered for a lifetime.

The match schedule was not released until Thursday morning, the day before the competition. I heard that it was to balance the strength and maximize the strength of the eight players from Dongmen District participating in the municipal competition.

Li Yan sneered after hearing this. What's the point of drawing lots? It's embarrassing to talk about the behind-the-scenes operation in such a refreshing and refined way.

However, based on Li Yan's outstanding performance in the qualifiers, he was also listed as a seeded player and was exempted from the first round of extra competition, which was a mixed blessing.

The good thing is that he avoided the top players who were also seeded players, but the bad thing is that he missed a stable opportunity to practice through competition.

It is unknown whether there was any behind-the-scenes manipulation by Director Wang of the Education Bureau.

As soon as the matchup schedule came out, Lin Zhiyuan couldn't stop laughing. Li Yan would not meet Liang Jian before entering the quarterfinals.

In other words, as long as he wins the first two rounds of eliminations, he can enter the quarterfinals and get a ticket to the city competition.

Different from the auditions, the district competition has 34 school registered contestants and 4 contestants who stand out from the auditions.

Here, 12 students will be selected based on their school and past performance to participate in a round of knockout play-offs. The remaining 26 "seed players" and the 6 winners of the play-offs will start the 32-player knockout round.

The competition will not end when the top eight are decided, but will continue until the champion and runner-up are determined.

As it concerns the city tournament seeding and appearance order, everyone will do their best.

Friday's game was an extra game, and Lin Zhiyuan was still feeling lucky, for fear of missing any of Li Yan's games.

When it comes to the district-level finals, the atmosphere is completely different from the auditions.

There were many more parents in the stands, and some even prepared colorful flags and banners to cheer their kids on.

In competitions that represent the honor of the school, most major universities have physical education teachers leading the teams, which immediately increases the professionalism.

But Li Yan’s parents and Yucai’s physical education teacher are not here.

In the vegetable wholesale business, weekends are busier than midweek.

The couple didn't really expect Li Yan to win the championship, so they gave her some encouraging words and went to work.

The physical education teacher... didn't know anything about this. The physical education at Yucai is almost zero. It's no wonder that they didn't give me a place in the badminton competition. I really don't live up to my expectations.

"So you are the only one I have, Zhiyuan." Li Yan put her hand on Lin Zhiyuan's shoulder.

"More than that!" Lin Zhiyuan suddenly grinned, made way, and a girl in pink sportswear appeared like magic.

If not Li Xinyuan, then who else?

Pink sportswear... Li Yan looked at the pink combat boots on her feet, and then looked at Lin Zhiyuan who was grinning.

You kid, just wait for me.

"Come on, Li Yan!" Li Xinyuan looked quite energetic in her sportswear. "I shouldn't affect you, right?"

"fine."

Women just slow down the speed of my swing.

The game was about to begin. Although he explained to the referee a hundred times that he was the team leader, elementary school student Lin Zhiyuan still had to sit in the stands with Li Xinyuan.

Li Yan can only fight alone.

The first opponent was a thin guy. I didn’t know what school he went to or what his name was.

Li Yan didn't care about this. He even didn't want his opponent to be too weak. It would be best if he was evenly matched with him so that he would have to use all his strength to win.

Because the essence of training through competition is to become stronger the more you compete.

Li Yan teeted off first, a good tee shot that was high enough, deep enough and in the right place.

There was a crisp sound, and Li Yan thought to himself, "What the hell?"
This ball speed?
He was unable to prepare in time and could only barely push the ball back to the baseline, and then watched the little guy jump high.

Hey, no, this ball was returned pretty well, right?

It turned out to be a hanging ball, and I knew that the option of the smaller guy forcing a kill from the backcourt did not exist.

Li Yan returned to his position in time and responded with a lob.

The little guy jumped high again, and then he was hanging down.

Li Yan was well prepared this time and he easily let the ball go to the net, but the boy on the opposite side came at him like lightning and pushed Li Yan to the backhand position in the backcourt.

Unable to react in time and the quality of the return ball was too passive, in the next shot Li Yan could only watch the little guy calmly standing in front of the net and diving.

1: 0.

The little guy's eyes were full of flames of confidence.

UI.

This sentence applies to many sports, especially ball sports. Being fast can help you seize the initiative, be fast, and tear apart the defense.

This is especially true in badminton, as the fastest sport in the world, where speed permeates every aspect of the sport.

The ball needs to be fast, the reaction needs to be fast, and the body needs to be fast.

If you are faster than your opponent in one aspect, you have a good chance of winning; if you are faster than your opponent in two aspects, you are basically sure to win; if you are faster than your opponent in three aspects, then there is no reason to lose.

It is true that there are some masters who are not fast but still achieved outstanding results, but if he could be a little faster, he would definitely be more invincible.

Li Yan's opponent in the first round was faster than him. Logically speaking, Li Yan's explosive power has reached the average level of all human beings, which is also a good level for elementary school students.

This opponent is thin and small, and no matter how you look at it, his explosive power shouldn't be better than his.

Li Yan has enough rational judgment on his current explosive power, so he can boldly guess that the kid opposite is trying his best to speed up.

After trying a few more balls, Li Yan deliberately added a time difference for reaction to each ball, which is what Teacher Ding called "waiting for the ball to come."

We tricked the opponent into a second start several times, but the opponent was really strong. We relied on speed to save several passive balls and regained the balance.

The two sides exchanged blows, with the opponent leading 8:5.

Lin Zhiyuan was a little anxious. He didn't quite understand why Li Yan didn't speed up to respond or take the initiative to attack. If the game continued like this, it would not be easy to make up the three-point difference!

When the opponent is faster than you, many ball organization strategies may not be effective.

When facing some backhand balls, Li Yan clearly saw his opponent standing in front of the net ready to catch the transition before returning the ball, so he put more force into the backcourt, but he was still intercepted by his opponent with a Malaysian step backward.

The opponent was trying desperately to speed up the game, but Li Yan would never give in.

Boy, you were very strong in this one, but we are the best two out of three.

In the end, Li Yan's lob fell into the net and the team lost the first game 11:15.

Lin Zhiyuan was so anxious that he scratched his head, but Li Xinyuan was very calm:
"Li Yan is confident. You can see he is not nervous at all."

Only then did Xiaopang notice that Li Yan's breathing was even and his movements of packing up were steady and powerful.

The short guy over there had his chest heaving like a blower, and his hands were shaking as he unscrewed a water bottle.

"I see, you are worthy of being Master Yan." He immediately changed his expression and began to explain, "The opponent speeds up, and even if Master Yan speeds up, the initial three-point gap may not be closed, so he deliberately consumes the opponent's physical strength..."

At this point, he realized that Li Xinyuan wasn't listening at all, her eyes were fixed on Li Yan who was preparing to start the second game on the court.

Oh, what a boring woman who doesn’t understand the charm of badminton.

Xiaopang shook his head and focused on the game again.

As expected, the opponent's speed dropped a level. Li Yan didn't even need to change the rhythm. He continued to play the same way as in the first game. The little guy who could rush to catch the ball couldn't hold on.

After the physical strength decreases, the second start becomes difficult.

Even though he gritted his teeth and fought hard, he still lost to Li Yan 8:15 in the second game.

Before the third game started, just by looking at the opponent's appearance, Li Yan knew that this game would be a foregone conclusion.

The fire of confidence in the little man's eyes had completely dimmed and disappeared.

It was a clean 15:5. It's no exaggeration to say that the last few balls were intentional mistakes because the little guy couldn't handle it anymore.

He was so tired that he wanted to go home to his mother.

Ding!
[Badminton +1, total 41]

What does it mean that practice makes perfect?
I've read so many texts about tactics, but I can't improve anything. If I can make good use of them once and win the battle, I can get extra points directly.

Li Yan wiped the sweat off his face and looked at the fat boy running towards him and the smiling Li Xinyuan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Youth is so great... No, it hasn't come yet.

When she thought about the fact that she hadn't even reached puberty yet, Li Yan couldn't suppress her smile.

On Saturday morning, the 32 will be selected into 16, and in the afternoon, the 16 will be selected into 8 to determine the places for the city competition.

There is only one game left until the next step.

This little guy with incredibly fast speed in the morning did cause some impact. The players who entered the second round are only strong, not weak, and should not be underestimated.

It is important to always be clear that reaching the quarterfinals and getting a ticket to the city tournament is the most critical goal of this district tournament.

Li Yan's rationality took over, and she suppressed the desire to "show off by winning the first place in the district competition."

At noon, in order to maintain their condition, many people chose to have a light meal near the stadium, and many people simply stayed in the stadium to eat.

Half of the eliminated players have left the venue one after another. The men's doubles and women's doubles matches will be decided today. Even fewer people are left, and the originally bustling venue has suddenly become quiet.

Xiaopang rode his bike back and bought two rice rolls, one fried rice noodle, and a chocolate.

"Don't eat too much at noon, or you'll have diarrhea in the afternoon. You have a bad stomach. The game starts at three o'clock in the afternoon. Have a chocolate at two o'clock to replenish your energy." Xiaopang distributed the food, took away half of the fried noodles, and left only half for Li Yan.

Li Xinyuan was amused, "Zhiyuan really looks like a teacher."

Lin Zhiyuan raised his head and said, "This is more than just a teacher, this is simply my father..."

A cold murderous aura burst out from Li Yan's eyes.

"...The brotherhood that even my father couldn't give me..."

It's always like this between boys. I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my dad.

They had finished their meal, and the venue had to be cleaned at noon, so the three of them suddenly became bored and lay in the audience seats, chatting aimlessly.

"Master Yan, I looked at the scoreboard. The Four Heavenly Kings were all very ferocious. They all advanced with a score of 2-0."

"It's OK. I'm not tired and I still have plenty of energy."

"Do you know the style of your next opponent?"

"I don't understand."

The fat boy became interested, "My friend practices with him and says he plays the pull-and-drop game."

"very good."

"Huh? Why?"

Li Yan closed her eyes and said calmly, "We can beat him to pieces."

"Xinyuan, did you see that? He's the pretentious king of Yucai Primary School. I've been influenced by him for so long, but I still don't have even one percent of his skills."

"Of course." Li Xinyuan still looked straight at Li Yan.

Lin Zhiyuan watched this scene, and a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind:

I'm afraid you're just unrequited love.

He covered his mouth nervously, afraid of accidentally saying it out loud.

The opponent in this round has a relatively prominent background. One of the three contestants from Nancheng Primary School is named Ma, and because of his particularly big head, he is called Ma Datou.

Comrade Ma Datou has a big head but a small frame, and doesn't look like he's good at sports.

While Li Yan was waiting for the referee to read out the rules and confirm the contestants, Comrade Ma Datou had been trying to win over her heart.

That's trash talking.

"I saw you compete during the auditions, and you couldn't beat me."

"You are also a pull-and-drop player, with the same style as me, but not as stable as me."

“Brother, I heard that you are the Li Yan who won many awards. Unfortunately, this is not the place for you to make trouble.”

……

He kept on talking non-stop until the referee asked both teams to go on the court. He still kept talking.

Li Yan couldn't stand it any longer, and when he stepped forward to shake his hand, he cast a sincere look at his head:

"You have a really big head."

Good kids, don’t learn this. It’s really not good to pick on other people’s pain points and use nicknames to attack them.

Ma Datou's hands were shaking as he held the racket.

One could even feel that the ball this lob player hit was filled with anger.

Li Yan killed the ball very directly, not hard or fast, but it seemed a bit beyond Ma Datou's expectations, resulting in the quality of his blocking the net being low.

Li Yan flashed to the front of the net at an astonishing speed, but his hand shook and the ball bounced to the bottom line, and Ma Datou struggled to get it back.

Then Li Yan was seen jumping high, stretching his whole body to the maximum.

With a loud bang, the ball hit the floor directly.

"Boy, am I a pull-and-hang type player?"

　Entering the second round of recommendations, reaching 3,000 collections, thank you all for your support, and update the 4,400-word chapter
　　

(End of this chapter)