The team participating in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games focused on cultivating mental strength by taking special measures such as reviving early-morning workouts and banning Wi-Fi in the early hours of the morning to regain second place overall. The Asian Games, the 19th event in history, was scheduled to be held last year, but was postponed for a year in the aftermath of Corona 19. It will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8, with a total of 12,500 players from 45 Asian countries participating. do.
Korea is aiming for 3rd overall in this competition. It is a goal considering that Japan, which has been showing strength since the Tokyo Olympics, and China, which hosts the Games. Korea, which had a 26 gold medal gap with Japan at the Jakarta and Palembang Games, which were the previous tournaments, set a goal to minimize the gap in this tournament. If possible, they are aiming to recapture second place overall. Originally, the athletes' village was located in Taereung, Seoul, but moved to Jincheon in 2017. The infamous Taereung National Training Center's early morning movement disappeared after moving to Jincheon. However, as the results continued to decline at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang and the Tokyo Olympics, the dawn movement was revived ahead of this competition.
Jang Jae-geun, head of the Athletes' Village, who attended the ‘2022 Hangzhou Asian Games D-30′ Media Day held at the Jincheon National Training Center Champion House on the 24th, said, “We started the dawn exercise again to strengthen the mentality of the athletes ahead of this competition.” Compared to the past, nothing has changed in the training content. Earlier, due to Corona 19, there was a little change. A little emphasis was placed on autonomy for the players,” he said. I don't want to go to the system,' so I strengthened the dawn movement. Previously, participation in the dawn movement was voluntary, but now it has been changed to compulsory.” It was a special measure to regain the mentality of the team when the performance declined after emphasizing autonomy.
Jang is a Korean track and field legend who won two consecutive gold medals in the men's 200m at the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games and the 1986 Seoul Asian Games. Of course, it was clear that this measure would not lead to an improvement in performance. 안전놀이터 While acknowledging that “performance will not improve,” village head Jang said, “I thought that training concentration, mindset, and mental strength would be strengthened. Mountain training, which was done once every two weeks, was revived. I tried to make it in Jincheon as well,” he added, explaining that the main reason was to cultivate the team’s mental strength.
In addition, Jang said that he had banned the Internet so that players could smoothly adjust their condition with sufficient sleep time. “(The players) cut off Wi-Fi from 0:00 am to 5:00 am to adjust their physical condition,” said Mayor Jang. It shouldn't interfere with the next training, such as using the Internet after 0:00 due to personal matters. That's why I made this rule.”
However, as for whether this system will continue to be maintained, he said, “I will think about it again after this tournament.” At the same time, he added, “(The players' condition) is obviously improving little by little. Players are also adjusting their personal biorhythms in an accurate system and system.” On the other hand, Kim Hun-woo, who is participating as a representative of ‘Breaking', which was adopted as an official event for the first time in this competition, confessed that he received ‘culture shock' from these measures.
“It started with hip-hop and is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and this time it was adopted as an official event for the first time. Although I pursue freedom, I am preparing with a little more sense of mission because I came into ‘sports',” Kim Hun-woo said, “I am preparing for a new culture. I am grateful to be able to experience it. Waking up at dawn is an obligation to accept if you have joined the group. I am having fun. I am dancing while doing gymnastics from the morning, and I am leading it as an atmosphere maker. I was dancing freely, but here I believe that I have to do it systematically. There was this. As a sports person, I am doing my best to match that,” he said, drawing laughter.
Although there are difficulties in many ways, it was the attitude that he was training with a positive attitude as a member of the Korean team that entered the athletes’ village.
