Su Fu's days in the provincial team passed quickly. Near the end of January, the streets were full of strong New Year flavor, and even the windows of the provincial team training base were covered with blessing characters.

Recently, in addition to conquering 3lo's continuous jump, Su Fu is also trying to conquer 3a.

She did jump out of 3a in the last competition, but in Su Fu's view, the so-called 3a can only be regarded as a completion, rather than a perfect presentation.

At that level of 3a, let alone the issue of completion, the referee will definitely deduct points from the goe just for falling unsteadily on the ice.

Coach Huang Tian focuses on Su Fu’s technical points, while head coach Wang Kui pays more attention to Su Fu’s expressiveness. After all, figure skating does not rely solely on technical points to control the whole show.

Chinese people are good at everything, but they especially like to study technology, such as playing table tennis with no one in the world, which has reached the point of loneliness.

But figure skating is a sport that combines art and technology.

Figure skating competition scores are composed of technical points and program content points, which are commonly known as t points and p points.

The technical score is the basic score plus the execution score, and there is no upper limit.

There is an upper limit to the artistic score, which is 40 points for the short program and 80 points for the free skate.

The artistic division is based on the great subjectivity of the judges. They prefer contestants who are elegant, temperamental and can perform the program in a way that resonates with them.

Chinese figure skating started late, and athletes prefer to study technical points rather than elusive P points, so their P points are generally not very high.

But that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to do so.

If you want to grow up quickly in the short term, you must first practice hard on skills, especially the technical scores of this transparent scoring system, which is the first choice for training.

And if athletes want to improve their p-scores, or improve the subjective awareness of the referees, it cannot be achieved in a short time.

For example, Yao Xin, the male single brother of the provincial team, has a high jump and a lively personality, but his performance scores have always been for pulling his crotch.

Every time Yao Xin plays, his uncle, the head coach Wang Kui, always looks like he wants to put him back into his mother's womb and start over again.

Later, Su Fu discovered that Yao Xin's pitch was so poor that he could even sing out of tune.

When Yao Xin choreographs movements, he always uses the slogan "one, two, three, four" instead. When training movements on land, everyone can hear shouts that are comparable to military training slogans.

This has also become a highlight of the ice training base.

However, Yao Xin's flexibility is excellent and she can almost compete with girls of the same age. Even Yu Mei will lose to her opponent in a horse race.

If Yao Xin's artistic score is higher, he is expected to reach the top five in next year's Winter Olympics and get the best result in men's singles figure skating ever.

Although there is no upper limit for T-scores, to get high scores you need to practice hard and difficult techniques.

Practicing skills means using your body to fight and constantly challenge difficult jumps and movements.

If the men's singles has four weeks, then our country must also have four weeks, otherwise we will not be able to compete with the opponent at all, let alone when we are lagging behind in points.

Teenage children, relying on their youth and good physical fitness, use life-threatening training methods, and they are likely to be disabled as soon as they slip away.

Every time Wang Kui looks at the children who fall down and get up again on the ice rink, he feels extremely distressed.

He had thought about asking the athletes to find another way, but was silent when Huang Tian asked if there were other ways.

Wang Kui still remembers that when Yang Jie fell down and his elbow was wrapped in gauze, he looked at him with bright eyes and said, "What are you afraid of if you are tired from training? We are descendants of the dragon. My grandfather has climbed snow-capped mountains and eaten grass roots.

This little bit of suffering is nothing.”

"Little bastard." Wang Kui choked back and touched his leg covered with steel nails.

Wang Kui hopes to find better ways to train and to use less destructive methods to destroy the country's hopes.

But so far, he has not found a more suitable method.

Therefore, Wang Kui can only focus on artistic points for the time being, trying to prevent the figure skaters from losing points in terms of expressiveness.

For example, he will work with the most famous ballet training base in Eastern Province and send athletes there to train and learn.

At the same time, the team members will also be taken to watch dramas, musicals, etc. to improve the team members' artistry.

At this stage, the challenge is over and the National Championship is about to start. The head coach took advantage of the French Opera Troupe's previous tour to find an acquaintance and get a group ticket to take the members to the opera house for training.

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Of course, it is also to let the students relax.

A large group of young people wearing sportswear gathered in front of the opera house, looking like a teacher taking students out for an outing.

Because the head coach got the tickets from a friend, the staff of the opera house ushered the athletes and the provincial team athletes in through the working passage.

Yu Mei greeted Yao Xin and moved boxes of mineral water out of the trunk: "Here, move the water."

The staff stopped him quickly: "No need to bring water, we have drinks and food here."

"Thank you, but we can't eat outside for the time being." Yang Jie hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Athletes have a very strict diet. We are now in the season, and the International Skating Union will conduct random inspections and urine tests at any time, so no other food is allowed."

"Ah?" The staff member was stunned, a little surprised, but thinking about the various reports he had seen before, he understood the athletes' choice, but he still sighed: "You guys have worked really hard."

An athlete once participated in a variety show and was randomly tested for a urine test because he failed to report a change of residence. Later, in an interview, he said that if he missed two tests, he would be suspended as a doping positive.

Yao Xin waved his hand: "Why is this so hard? I'm already used to it."

The Eastern Province Provincial Team came to the theater earlier, and after they were ready in their seats, the audience began to enter the theater one after another.

Musical theater is an art that requires foundation and patience to appreciate, especially the accumulation of age and experience.

The athletes of the provincial team are younger than each other. They spend most of their time training on the ice rink and have limited study time. Therefore, they are all listless and not very interested in being dragged by the head coach to listen to musicals.

There were even a few smaller children who yawned and stared sleepily ahead, their pupils unfocused, obviously distracted.

After listening to a musical, only Su Fu among the team members was awake and intoxicated by the sound of the music. The other team members were either fast asleep or holding their mobile phones and scrolling quickly on the screen.

Among them, even the head coach Wang Kui who suggested coming was a little distracted.

It wasn't until the final applause sounded that everyone woke up: "Is it over?"

When Wang Kui saw the sleepy looks of the team members, he became very angry: "Everyone go back and write me a review!"

Ignoring the wails of the team members, Wang Kui walked out angrily, but paused when he passed Su Fu.

"Little girl, did you watch it from beginning to end?" Wang Kui looked at the girl staring at the stage and asked.

"Yeah." Soph nodded and said: "'Carmen' is a very famous opera. I like the image of the gypsy heroine very much. Many people use this song in figure skating performances and make certain adaptations."

"I'm really watching." Wang Kui sighed and patted the other party on the shoulder: "Very good, you don't have to comment."

Su Fu smiled and said, "My free skate selection is Carmen."

"Free skate?" Wang Kui was stunned and said, "By the way, your supplementary registration has been sent in, so practice harder."

After that, Wang Kui moved his joints and walked towards the exit.

The opera house has two exit channels, and the members of the provincial team also followed the flow of people out. Halfway there, Su Fu suddenly realized that she had left her cell phone on her seat.

So she talked to her teammates and then went back alone to get her phone.

As she approached the door, Su Fu suddenly heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside.

Some familiar female voices screamed: "Why don't you let me go to the national team! Coach Xu has obviously agreed. Do you want your own daughter to go to the national team, so you don't let me go?"

After the girl finished yelling, a slightly cold voice sounded: "Ruyan, figure skating, like ballet, is a sport that requires temperament and self-cultivation. Look at what you are like now."

"Yes, I have no self-cultivation and no temperament, because I am not your daughter at all!" the girl yelled with a cry.

Su Fu was stunned at the door. She didn't expect to meet those two people here.

Since moving to the provincial team dormitory, she has received several calls from Baihua and Su's father, asking her to come back to celebrate the New Year together on New Year's Eve.

However, Su Fu declined their invitation.

From Su Fu's point of view, Baihua did not regard her as a daughter. Su's father did regard her as a daughter, but he was always on business trips and rarely at home.

If she returns to Su's house, Su Fu will inevitably bump into Su Ruyan, and she doesn't want to have too many entanglements with them.

Inside the door, the argument was still going on, and Bai Hua's calm voice could be heard saying: "Coach Xu asked you to join the national team because he wanted you to practice pairs skating, not single skating."

"What's the difference between pairs skating and singles skating?" Su Ruyan said unhappily.

Bai Hua sneered and said: "As an athlete, you would actually say such a thing. If you choose single skating, you will compete with the top figure skaters in the world, even if you don't get a ranking.

I have benefited a lot, but pairs skating..."

At this point, Bai Hua calmed down and continued: "I skated in pairs, but I first chose to skate in singles instead of pairs, but..."

Su Fu outside the door did not want to continue listening. She was not interested in the quarrel between Bai Hua and Su Ruyan.

Just as Su Fu was about to turn around and leave, the door panel was suddenly knocked open from the inside.

Just as he was about to be hit in the face, the girl was grabbed by the wrist before she could step back. She yanked away and took two steps back to hide in the corridor.

The young man's cheerful laughter sounded beside Su Fu: "Tablemate, when you eavesdrop on others, remember to stand farther away."

Su Fu stared at the boy with wheat-colored skin in front of her and hesitated: "Xu Ye?"

"We haven't seen each other for a few days, and you don't recognize me anymore?" Xu Ye looked at the other party speechlessly, stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the other party: "You went to the provincial team to train and you became stupid?"

"Are you also here to listen to Carmen?" Su Fu asked after looking at the promotional posters beside them.

"Well, yes and no." Xu Ye nodded and pointed at the poster: "The performer is my mother's old friend. I came here with my mother."

But when it comes to music, the boy's eyes obviously light up: "But Carmen is indeed a very good artist, and the range of her voice is unimaginable..."

Su Fu listened to Xu Ye's talk and suddenly thought of something: "Xu Ye, can you help me with something?"
To be continued...