Although Sharapova is a grand slam winner, in the end, she is still a female player. There are still some difficulties in receiving a ball with a speed of more than 120 miles per hour. At least there will be some problems in angle and control of the landing point. However, the problem was that Zhang Guan, a rookie, is bigger. In Sharapova's view, Zhang Guan's ability to receive the ball is a big victory.
The tennis ball was hit back by Sharapova and then Zhang Guan ran over with a small step and then returned smoothly.
The angle of this return ball is not tricky, it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, but as a rookie, the quality of this return ball is already very high.
"The ball is coming back! The angle is pretty good." Sharapova subconsciously ran in the direction of the ball, then hit the ball back over the net again.
Then, Zhang Guan slipped again and again, and then the same one returned smoothly. The angle was still not tricky, but the landing point was still very stable.
"The return of this ball is also good! Isn't the return just a coincidence? What happened? A few minutes ago, he played badly, without any talent, how did it take a few minutes for him to know how to serve and receive the ball? Not bad, at least he is qualified. Is he just pretending not to be?" Sharapova suddenly felt that Zhang Guan had been pretending not to learn.
"I was teaching step by step!" When Sharapova suddenly remembered teaching Zhang Guan how to play tennis, the two of them stayed together, and Zhang Guan seemed to have a very enjoyable look.
The tennis outfit has a very good texture and a figure. Sharonova is very pleased with the feeling when she puts it on.
"This abominable guy, no wonder I haven't learned it all the time! It's all deliberate and pretended! The rogue..." Sharapova blushed slightly and then added a difficult side spin to the next return.
Zhang Guan obviously would not return this sidespin, he still followed the original method, and then the ball naturally returned to the high.
"Keep pretending!" Sharapova directly gave Zhang Guan a high-pressure ball smash.
"Oh!" Zhang Guan was caught by surprise, and the tennis ball directly hit his face...
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After learning tennis, Zhang Guan and Sharapova learned a more common language. Sharapova started talking to Zhang Guan about some interesting facts in previous games, such as Wimbledon's victory over Davenport and Birmingham's victory over Yang Kovic, the reversal of the year-end final of Williams, and so on, and Zhang Guan can be considered to have learned some tennis knowledge, Sharapova talks about tennis professional things, and Zhang Guan will not be discredited.
Two people chat together, go shopping together, play tennis together, do sports together, all kinds of sports... Then entered 2006, Sharapova was about to prepare for the Australian Open again, and Zhang Guan also ended his vacation, bid farewell to Sharapova, and returned to the country.
As usual, late January to early March is still the time for indoor track and field. The first stop of this year's IAAF indoor competition is also the Moscow indoor track and field. However, Zhang Guan did not plan to enter this year. This year's track and field indoor competition, only the 11th IAAF indoor track, and field championship in March is worth attending. In the remaining time, Zhang Guan felt that it was more important to strengthen the 400-meter sprint training.
In outdoor track and field events, the first half of the competition was scattered. For example, the IAAF Grand Prix, which had six stations before the IAAF Golden League, was held in Senegal, Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States, and the Czech Republic. Six games spread across five continents. In such a scattered venue, athletes can't go to all of them. It's almost the principle of taking part in the neighborhood. Zhang Guan is only participating in one IAAF Japan Grand Prix at most.
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Xinzhuang training base.
On the big screen in the classroom, Zhang Guan was watching the video of Jeremy Varina's game carefully.
"How is it, what do you think?" Yu Gui asked.
"The follow-up ability is very strong!" Zhang Guan sighed.
"You see it too." Yu Gui continued, "This is just Varina during the Athens Olympics. At that time, he used the same running method as the other two American athletes. In the first 200 meters, he did not lead with any advantages, after entering the second corner, yes, you see here, his teammates had to accelerate a little earlier, and then he started to accelerate. The recent 400-meter running method of the Americans, the acceleration points are generally to begin to advance."
Yu Gui then played the screen, "Look again, when entering the straight track, Varina was only in second place, about a meter behind his teammate Harris, but in the final sprint, just at the beginning Varina caught up with Harris. I'll take a step back, so you can compare them, Harris' sprint speed is not slow, even faster than other athletes, but Varina can still surpass Harris."
"Let's take a look at the video of Varina last year's World Athletics Championships." Yu Gui changed the video.
"Seeing that, Varina's running style has changed. After entering the first straight track, his pace has increased, but the rhythm has not changed. Then he watches him enter the corner, the pace has become smaller, the frequency has become faster, and the speed has begun to increase. I just said that the time for Americans to accelerate has been increasing. In the past, they started to accelerate at about 250 meters. Now some players have started to increase their speed at 230 meters. But he started to speed up when entering the corner." Yu Gui then analyzed.
"It's very scientific to run like this. He used an increased step to keep the speed in the straight. The other players adjust the speed first and then increase the speed after entering the curve.
Coach Yu nodded, "Yes, this is very demanding on the body. At least for the moment, I have not found other athletes can do this. But Varina runs like this, and in the end, will still maintain a good explosive power, you have to continue to watch here when they enter the final straight from the machete. At this time, Varina entered the straight at about the same time as the second place, but in the final sprint, his abundant physical strength ensured that he could win the championship. "
"This way of running is very special." Zhang Guan continued.
Coach Yu glared at Zhang Guan, "Your running style is more special!"
Zhang Guan smiled awkwardly. He wanted to use some normal running methods, but he couldn't do such a rigorous physical distribution.
The rhythm of the 400-meter athletes is accumulated over time. They have gained a lot of training. They have already been very familiar with their bodies. They know when to be fast, when to be slow, and when to use what rhythm to run. This can be said to be a feeling of sprinting. But Zhang Guan's training time is too short. He hasn't developed this feeling yet, so he can only rely on the skill of "incomplete sprint activation" to limit his movement rhythm.
In general, Zhang Guan now uses a running method that requires the least amount of technical content. The front is run by "incomplete sprint activation". At the end, when this skill is removed, the whole process does not require much physical adjustment, he just needs to pay attention to basic movements and running routes.
The coach then said: "Everyone has their good running style, I don't force you to change the running style, but I think that your current running style still has a lot of room for improvement. At that time, you can increase the distance of the pace based on the original rhythm to be like Varina; the second is the grasp of the sprint point, you can appropriately advance, put the sprint point in the curve, even if only advance five meters or ten meters, it is also an improvement."
Zhang Guan thought about it carefully. When he went straight, his rhythm did not change and he increased the distance of his steps. This is a very difficult technique to master. He can't master in a short amount of time.
"If I use a physical potion to increase my physical strength to more than 90, I should be able to start sprinting a little earlier, so that the speed can be faster. I should be able to run within 44 seconds." Zhang Guan thought silently.
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The New Year in 2006 was at the end of January, and Zhang Guan did not have any important events in the first half of the year, so he took a holiday for ten days in advance.
However, Zhang Guan didn't go home immediately. He still had two advertisements to shoot, one for air conditioning and one for insurance. There is also a watch endorsement. Among them, the watch endorsement is an international brand, the final endorsement amount reached 3 million US dollars.
Since winning the Golden League finals last year, some international brands have contacted Zhuge Wenbo to negotiate with the Zhang Guan advertising endorsement contract. This change is undoubtedly good news. In fact, for domestic athletes, advertisers and endorsers have signed them mainly for the Chinese market. Even some multinational companies will not put advertisements for Chinese athletes in the United States or Europe. And these recent international brands focus on Zhang Guan, not just for the Chinese market, but many are planning to use Zhang Guan as a spokesperson for global publicity.
Few Chinese athletes can achieve internationalization, even Liu Feiren is only involved in the promotion of the domestic market. It is difficult to see a Chinese athlete in the advertisements of various big brands we have seen abroad.
In many domestic advertisements, especially those of international brands or luxury goods, it is easy to see well-known athletes abroad. This is the difference in the internationalization of athletes.
This international difference is also directly reflected in money. Liu Feiren's endorsement is 4 million a year. The highest endorsement is 15 million a year for a high-end car, all of which are calculated in domestic currency; while Bolt's endorsement is almost 2 million US dollars in endorsement fee. Bolt is not like Liu Feiren, who has a huge Chinese market behind him, but he earns several times more than Liu Feiren, which is the benefit of internationalization.
Entering into the global publicity strategy of major international brands, allows people all over the world to see you, this advertising endorsement fee is much higher than in the Chinese market alone.
After all, Zhuge Wenbo worked at CAA, so he knows how much internationalization has contributed to an athlete's income, so he has been operating on these related matters in the past six months. Zhang Guan's latest watch endorsement is the result of Zhuge Wenbo's operation.