Although Sharapova is a Grand Slam winner, she is a female player after all, and it is still difficult to catch a ball with a speed of more than 120 miles per hour, at least in terms of angles and control of landing points. However, Zhang Guan's rookie problem is obviously bigger, and in Sharapova's opinion, Zhang Guan's ability to receive the ball is a big victory.

The tennis ball was hit back by Sharapova across the net, and then Zhang Guan ran over with a small step, and then returned the ball smoothly.

The angle of this return ball is not tricky, it can only be regarded as decent, but as a rookie, the quality of this return ball is already very high.

"The ball is back! The angle is pretty good. Sharapova subconsciously ran in the direction of the ball and then hit it back into the net again.

Then, Zhang Guan slipped another small step, and then returned the ball smoothly with the same smooth angle, but the landing point was still very stable.

"This ball is also good! Isn't the return just now a coincidence? What's going on? A few minutes ago, he was obviously playing a mess, and he didn't have any tennis talent, but after only a few minutes, he served and received the ball well, at least qualified. Had he been pretending he wouldn't have been? Sharapova suddenly felt that Zhang Guan had been pretending that he couldn't learn.

"I used to teach him by hand!" Sharapova suddenly remembered that when she taught Zhang Guan to play tennis, the two bodies had been sticking together, and Zhang Guan seemed to be enjoying it.

The texture of the tennis outfit is very good, and it also shows off her figure, and the feeling that Sharapova pasted on her whole person, of course Zhang Guan enjoys it very much.

"This damn fellow, no wonder he can't learn! It's all deliberate, it's all pretended! Stinky rascal......" Sharapova blushed slightly, then added a difficult side spin to the next return.

Zhang Guan obviously didn't return this kind of sidespin ball, he still followed the original method, and then the ball naturally returned high.

"Let you pretend you can't!" Sharapova directly gave Zhang Guan a high-pressure ball smash.

"Oops!" Zhang Guan was caught off guard, and the tennis ball bounced directly in his face......

……

Learned tennis. Zhang Guan and Sharapova have more common language, Sharapova began to talk to Zhang Guan about some interesting things in the previous games, such as winning the championship over Davenport at Wimbledon, Birmingham defeating Jankovic, reversing Serena Williams in the year-end finals, etc., and Zhang Guan can be regarded as having some tennis knowledge, Sharapova talked about tennis professionally, and Zhang Guan will not be blinded.

Two people chatting together, shopping together, playing tennis together, doing sports together, all kinds of sports...... Then in this way, in 2006, Sharapova was about to start preparing for the Australian Open again, and Zhang Guan also ended his vacation and said goodbye to Sharapova. Returned to the country.

Traditionally, the time for indoor athletics events is still from late January to early March, and this year's IAAF Indoor Championships will also be held in Moscow. However, Zhang Guan has no plans to participate in this year's track and field indoor competition, and only the 11th IAAF Indoor Athletics Championships in March is worth participating in. For the rest of the time, Zhang Guan felt that it was more important to strengthen the training of the 400-meter sprint.

In outdoor athletics, the first half of the year is actually more fragmented, such as the six IAAF Grand Prix before the IAAF Golden League, which were held in Senegal, Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States and the Czech Republic. Six matches spread across five continents. With such a scattered venue, it is impossible for athletes to travel all over the place, and it is almost the principle of participating nearby, and Zhang Guan only participates in one IAAF Grand Prix in Japan at most.

……

Xinzhuang training base.

On a large screen in an electric classroom. Zhang Guan is watching the video of Jeremy Variner's game carefully.

"How's it going, what do you think?" Director Yu asked.

"The follow-up ability is very strong!" Zhang Guan sighed.

"You can see that, too." Yu continued: "This is just Varina at the Athens Olympics, when he used the same running style as the other two American athletes. In the first 200 meters, he didn't actually have a lead. After entering the second corner, yes, you see here. His teammates accelerated a little earlier, and then he started to accelerate. In the recent 400-meter run of the Americans, the acceleration point has generally begun to advance. ”

Director Yu then played the screen: "You see, when entering the straight track, Varina was only in second place, about a meter behind his teammate Harris, but in the final sprint, Varina caught up with Harris at the beginning. I'll take a step back, and if you compare, Harris's sprint speed is actually not slow, and even faster than other athletes, but Varina can still surpass Harris. ”

"Let's take a look at the footage of Varina's World Athletics Championships last year." Director Yu changed a video.

"No, Varina's running style has changed, and after entering the first straight track, his stride has obviously increased, but the pace has not changed. Then I saw him enter the corner, his pace became smaller, the frequency became faster, and he began to pick up speed. As I said earlier, the acceleration time of the Americans has been improving, and it used to start accelerating at about 250 meters, and now some riders start to accelerate at 230 meters, but Varina starts to accelerate when he enters the corner. Director Yu then analyzed.

"It's a very scientific run, and you can use a big stride to maintain your speed in the straights. After the other players enter the corner, they all adjust first and then speed up, he first speeds up and then adjusts, but this requires a lot of physical fitness! Zhang Guan asked.

Director Yu nodded: "Yes, this is very demanding on the body, at least at present, I have not found other athletes who can do this." But Varina ran like that, and they still managed to have a decent burst at the end, and you can see here as they went from the scimitar to the final straight. At this time, Varina actually entered the straight at about the same time as the second place, but in the final sprint, he had plenty of energy to ensure that he could win the championship. ”

"It's a special way of running." Zhang Guan continued.

Director Yu glared at Zhang Guan: "Your running style is even more special!" ”

Zhang Guan smiled awkwardly. He would have liked to use some normal running styles, but he couldn't do that rigorous distribution of stamina.

The rhythm of the 400m athletes is accumulated over time, and through a lot of training, they are already extremely familiar with their bodies, knowing when to be fast, when to be slow, and when to run at what pace, which can be said to be a feeling of sprinting. However, Zhang Guan's training time is still too short, and he has not yet developed this feeling, so he can only rely on the skill of "incomplete sprint activation" to limit his movement rhythm.

In general, the current Zhang Guan has adopted a running method that does not require the most technical content, relying on "incomplete sprint activation" to run in the front, and in the end, this skill is withdrawn, and the direct sprint of the brain can rush multiple blocks and multiple blocks. You don't need much physical adjustment during the whole process, you just need to pay attention to the basic movements and running routes.

I only listened to the guide and continued: "Everyone has their own running style, and I don't force you to change your running style, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement in your current running style, the first is that in the straight, you can be like Varina, on the basis of the original rhythm to increase the distance of the pace; The second is the grasp of the sprint point, which can be appropriately advanced, and the sprint point is placed in the corner, even if it is only five or ten meters in advance, which is also an improvement. ”

Zhang Guan thought about it carefully, and when running the straight, the rhythm remains the same and the distance of the pace is increased, which is actually a difficult technique to master, and it is impossible for him to master it in a short time; An early sprint can be considered.

"If I use a stamina potion to increase my stamina to 90 or more, I should be able to start sprinting a little earlier, so that I can go faster. Should be able to run under 44 seconds. Zhang Guan thought silently.

……

The 2006 New Year was at the end of January, and Zhang Guan's first half of the year did not have any important events, so he had a holiday more than ten days in advance.

However, Zhang Guan did not go home immediately, he still had two advertisements to shoot, one was air-conditioned and the other was insured. There is also an endorsement of the watch. Among them, the watch endorsement is an international brand, and the final endorsement amount reached 3 million US dollars.

Since winning the Golden League Grand Prize last year, some international brands have contacted Zhuge Wenbo to negotiate Zhang Guan's advertising endorsement contract, and this change is undoubtedly good news. In fact, for domestic athletes, advertisers and endorsers sign them mainly for the Chinese market, even some multinational companies will not put Chinese athletes' advertisements in the United States or Europe. Recently, these international brands have paid attention to Zhang Guan, not only for the Chinese market, but also for the global promotion of Zhang Guan as a spokesperson.

In fact, among the Chinese athletes, there are very few who can really achieve internationalization, even if it is Liu Feiren, they only participate in the promotion of the domestic market, and it is difficult to see Chinese athletes in the advertisements of various big brands we see abroad.

In many domestic advertisements, especially some advertisements for international brands or luxury goods, it is easy to see well-known foreign athletes, which is the difference in the internationalization of athletes.

This difference in internationalization is also directly reflected in money. Liu Feiren's endorsement is 4 million a year, and the highest endorsement is 15 million a year for a high-end car, all of which are calculated in domestic currency; And Bolt's endorsement starts at almost $2 million, and he can get an endorsement fee of up to 10 million US dollars. 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 the global promotion strategy of international brands, so that people all over the world can see you, the advertising endorsement fee is naturally much higher than just in the Chinese market.

After all, Zhuge Wenbo has worked in CAA and knows how much internationalization plays a role in improving an athlete's income, so he has been operating related things in the past six months, and Zhang Guan's latest watch endorsement is the result of Zhuge Wenbo's operation. (To be continued.) )

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