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Chapter 19 has been upgraded again?

"Okay, let me tell you about my daily routine before training!"

"Before training each day begins, I need to test my performance to see if I've improved compared to yesterday!"

"I have all the records here. I take the test once a day, but of course you can take the test multiple times. I don't have a hard and fast rule about it!"

"..."

Xu Guoyi stood there, giving Wu Jin and the others their first lesson in the championship training camp.

They had just finished breakfast, done their homework, and some had studied academic subjects. Now it was time for their daily training.

However, before training begins, Xu Guoyi stipulates that the results must be tested to see if there has been too much regression or improvement.

It's certainly better to make progress; I'll keep pushing myself every day.

The other coaches also had similar arrangements.

"Wu Jin, Cai Li, Wang Haibo!"

"let's start!"

beep--

Xu Guoyi blew a whistle, and the three of them were not tested together this time, but one after another.

After all, the entire Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team only has this one pitiful pool, with athletes training in all eight lanes, which does seem rather pathetic and stretched thin.

drop!
As soon as the electronic starter went off, Cai Li, the first to be tested, entered the water.

“Cai Li is four years older than you, but his basic skills are very solid, especially his acceleration and explosiveness in the second half of the race. Watch his swimming style and leg kick after 25 meters!”

Xu Guoyi stood next to Wu Jin and casually said something to him.

Wu Jin was clearly observing as well. His basic freestyle skills were actually quite good, but... he was indeed affected by his developmental stage.

Without the initial acceleration from the system, it would be difficult for him to catch up in the later stages.

This is also why his performance in the 100-meter and 200-meter races declined.

Wu Jin was more aware of her own shortcomings than Xu Guoyi.

"I watched your test with Cai Li and Wang Haibo yesterday. Your advantage is your acceleration after entering the water. Your initial explosive power is very strong, which is something that few people of Asian descent can have. However, your speed doesn't increase in the second half. If you don't strengthen this, it will be very difficult to improve in the future!"

"Yesterday, Cai Li was not as good as you in the first half of the race, but he overtook you after 20 meters!"

As Xu Guoyi was speaking, Cai Li in lane 1 had already started to accelerate, and whether it was leg frequency or stroke, he was indeed much faster than Wu Jin.

"Yes, he swam faster today than yesterday!"

Xu Guoyi looked up at the scoreboard and saw that Cai Li had swum a time of 23.08 seconds, which was very close to his personal best.

It seems he was still quite dissatisfied with yesterday's test results, which is why he's been acting out of character today.

"There's hope they can break 23 seconds!"

"We need to intensify our sprint in the second half of the race and try to start sprinting after 20 meters!"

Xu Guoyi spoke to Cai Li, who was panting as he came ashore, and Cai Li nodded: "I feel like my reaction time into the water could be even faster!"

"Keep practicing! If you can make up for these shortcomings, you'll be able to break the 23-second barrier!"

Within 23 seconds, just like 10 seconds in the 100-meter dash, it is an absolute no-go zone for Asians.

Historically, Asians have swum in here only a few times.

Therefore, if Cai Li can swim under 23 seconds, it will be a huge improvement.

Before long, Wang Haibo had also finished swimming. His time was similar to yesterday's, 24.81 seconds, which was also a little faster than yesterday. However, his main event is breaststroke, so he only practiced the 50-meter freestyle.

Wu Jin is different; he only has the 50-meter freestyle event, and if he doesn't swim well, he'll definitely be fired.

"Whoo~~~"

Standing on the starting platform, Wu Jin took a deep breath, then, upon hearing the sound, plunged into the water.

This time, the acceleration of nearly 3 seconds left Xu Guoyi on the shore somewhat stunned as he stared at the stopwatch in his hand.

This kid... his water-pulling speed has increased again?

Yesterday, he had watched the video and recorded Wu Jin's entry, exit, halfway through, and final stages of the swim. The stopwatch showed a much faster time than he had recorded. "Yesterday... she wasn't going all out?"

Xu Guoyi frowned, watching Wu Jin's somewhat exhausted performance in the second half, and shook his head slightly.

It's impossible that he didn't go all out; he had reviewed Wu Jin's past achievements and speed yesterday.

Chen Jinglun has been handed over to the provincial team.

Wu Jin has only been training in the 50-meter dash for a few days, and she just broke the 27-second barrier before being selected by the provincial team; this time she is clearly even faster than yesterday.

"The progress is just too obvious!"

Xu Guoyi smiled and could only sigh that Wu Jin was in her developmental stage, and her daily changes were quite volatile, which was normal.

Finally, Wu Jin looked at the scoreboard and smiled slightly.

It improved by about 0.3 seconds again!
In addition to 30 experience points, this team test gives much more experience than training.

I wonder how many more there are tomorrow?!

The initial acceleration of 3 seconds also allowed him to consistently break into the 27-second range, whereas before there were some fluctuations, hovering around 27 seconds.

"Did you give it your all when you set off yesterday?"

Xu Guoyi asked Wu Jin, who had just returned to the team, and Wu Jin, her chest heaving, hummed in agreement: "Give it your all!"

"That means you've increased your speed!"

"Test yourself every day. You're in your developmental stage, so your grades fluctuate a lot. You need targeted training!"

After Xu Guoyi finished speaking, he wrote something on his coaching whiteboard.

Wang Haibo, standing to the side, gave Wu Jin a thumbs up: "Brother, not bad! It won't be long before I'm completely eating your ass!"

"Xiao Cai, are you feeling the pressure?"

Wang Haibo nudged Cai Li, who was standing next to him and didn't say much. Cai Li glanced at Wu Jin but didn't say anything.

But he did feel a strong sense of threat from his juniors.

"Alright, everyone, let's train!"

Xu Guoyi handed over the training schedule to each team member, and everyone just needed to follow it.

You can ask him if you don't understand.

Because of his young age, Wu Jin's training program is different from Cai Li and Wang Haibo's. Instead, he has a separate place for him to do some core training on land.

This training adds only so much experience.

By the time we had the afternoon's water acclimatization training, our experience was gradually building up.

During the breaks, Wu Jin also took the time to experiment with releasing the skill at different times to see how it affected the final score.

Xu Guoyi, standing on the shore, watched intently, clearly satisfied.

He thought Wu Jin was secretly practicing extra, and he really liked students like that.

Little did he know, Wu Jin was testing the use of his acceleration skill. In the end, he discovered that activating it immediately after entering the water was the only way to reach his maximum speed and achieve a satisfactory result.

It couldn't get going at the start, and even with a 3-second acceleration in the second half, the final result wasn't much better.

"It seems this skill is meant to be used as soon as you enter the water!"

"When it reaches level 10 or 20, it's estimated that it can cover the entire 50-meter area!"

"Sigh, if only I had a speed boost if I couldn't swim anymore!"

As Wu Jin was lost in her daydreams, she heard a "ding" sound.

Basic acceleration... it's been upgraded again!
[Acceleration]: Beginner level 4 (300/400), grants a 4-second boost to swimming speed!

The skill improved much faster than Wu Jin had predicted.

It seems that it might not take a month to swim in under 24 seconds!

(End of this chapter)