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1.9zhang fan, who is 1.5 meters tall, has a dark complexion, a crew cut hair, and sunglasses on his high nose bridge, is looking at the target in the distance at the archery range with a focused and stern look.

“i like staying in grassroots sports schools, teaching children archery and enjoying the process of guiding them from not knowing how to do it to knowing how to do it.”zhang fan's voice was hoarse when he spoke.

2000year,20at the age of 18, zhang fan was transferred to shijingshan sports school. when he first arrived at the job, he was notified to take on the task of preparing the archery team of the sports school. zhang fan was a fencing athlete, and this arrangement surprised him. it is understood that this was related to the fact that shijingshan sports school did not have the conditions to form a fencing team at that time. however, zhang fan did not hesitate too much, because he loved sports, he decided to take on this task.

archery is a niche sport, and its mass base cannot be compared with that of major sports such as football, basketball, and volleyball. for zhang fan, the top priority in building a team is“recruitment”at that time, he went to all the primary and secondary schools in shijingshan district, communicated with the school, chatted with parents, and moved them with his sincerity. zhang fan also looked up information and visited famous teachers to enhance his professional knowledge. with each step, the shijingshan archery team gradually took shape. up to now, the shijingshan sports school archery team has80more than 100 players are in training, and this scale ranks among the best in the national sports school youth archery team. the shijingshan sports school archery team has won the first place in many consecutive beijing games. this year, the shijingshan district sports school team participated in the beijing youth archery championship and won11gold8silver13copper.

behind the impressive results, zhang fan and his coaching team have put in a lot of hard work. long-term training, competitions, outdoor exposure to the sun and wind, and dark skin have become zhang fan's“standard”zhang fan has the opportunity to go to a higher platform, but he doesn't want to leave here. in his eyes, this field can give him a sense of accomplishment, teaching children to practice archery and enjoying the process of them learning from not knowing how to do it.20over the past decade, dozens of potential archers have stepped onto higher stages from here, including archery world cup champion xing yu, olympic silver medalist li jiaman, etc.“archer”this is what zhang fan is most proud of. during the paris olympics, zhang fan led the team to compete. during those days, zhang fan led the children to compete during the day, and in the evening he would watch li jiaman's live broadcast of the game on time to cheer for his students from a distance.

20after years of accumulation and development, archery has become a traditional advantage project in shijingshan district. zhang fan is also quite influential in the youth archery circle. he wants to contribute to the continuous development of this sport.“shijingshan cup”the national youth archery invitational tournament was held at shijingshan sports school, attracting students from beijing, tianjin, hebei, shandong and other regions.18team240more than 100 young archery athletes participated in the competition. zhang fan believes that there are relatively few archery competition platforms and few platforms for young people to show their skills.“only practice, no competition”it is difficult to make effective progress. with the support of departments at all levels, the competition was successfully held. seeing the young archers from all over the country drawing their bows, aiming and shooting arrows on the field, zhang fan's mouth corners also slightly raised.

how to discover“archer”? having been engaged in grassroots sports for many years, zhang fan has his own set of“heart method”overall, the first thing is to attract more children to participate and cultivate their interest in archery. if these children have the ability and willingness to take a more professional path, he and the team will spare no effort to support them. he said that archery is a competition between oneself and oneself, and one must be patient and have a spirit of perseverance.“its benefit is that it cultivates people's concentration. no matter whether the weather is cloudy or sunny, all you have to do is aim at the target in front of you and block out unnecessary interference. this quality is even more valuable at the moment.”

source: beijing sports

reporter: zhuoran