2021/10/23
Source of information: Xinhua News Agency
Text: Wang Yong|
Editor: Mylow |
Liu Wei, who has won the table tennis world championship seven times, gave a speech at the Humanities and Sports High-level Forum held by Peking University on the 22nd. He combined his own practice and interpreted the code of the integration of sports and education. He believed that the integration of sports and education is welcoming in China. Here comes a new era.
After retiring from the Chinese table tennis team, Liu Wei completed his undergraduate to Ph.D. studies at Peking University. He also taught in the Peking University table tennis team, taught at Peking University, and participated in the founding of the Peking University Table Tennis Club team. He is on the road of integrating sports and education. A useful exploration was carried out.
The integration of sports and education is conducive to enhancing the strength of China’s competitive sports
Liu Wei said: “On June 6, 2015, after my PhD thesis defense was over, on the way home, I thought that from 1999 to Peking University Law School, I started to study in the Department of Psychology (now Peking University Psychology and Recognition). After graduating with a master’s degree and graduating with a Ph.D. degree in the School of Education, how many years did I spend together? One counts as 16 years. In addition, it took 16 years to win seven world championships in my sports career. .”
“During my studies at Peking University, I developed the idea of combining sports and education. When I was in my sophomore year, I realized that through professional sports training for the national team, the best physical and technical conditions can be achieved, that is, the best can be achieved. The state of competition; through education and learning, you can have a deeper understanding of sports and achieve the best mental and psychological state. If athletes can perfectly unify these states and burst out in a game, then It must be a kingly demeanor.”
She said: “Although I have won seven world championships myself, I still didn’t understand the ball in my career as an athlete. After studying at Peking University and explaining the World Series on CCTV, I began to understand and explain the ball. I realize that if sports training and education and learning can be organically combined, they will definitely create good results and will definitely extend the athlete’s lifespan.”
Liu Wei cited the example of Xu Yuhua, a world chess champion who also studied at Peking University. “One day, she asked me if she would participate in the World Cup that year? I was very firm and said that she must participate. At that time, I told Xu Yuhua that I believe that after studying at Peking University, your’chess path and style’ will definitely be It’s very different from before.”
“Because through learning, our grasp of victory, our perception of winning or losing, etc., are very different from before. Although the person is still that person, through learning, our thoughts and psychological state will surely become more perfect and more mature. Participating in competitions as professional athletes in the past was like walking on a single-plank bridge. But now we are’walking on two legs’. We have to study hard and study the competition. We can do it if we want to win but are not afraid of losing. Out of the highest state of competitive sports.”
“As a result, after Xu Yuhua participated in the competition, he not only won the World Cup individual championship, but also achieved great results in team competitions with his teammates. The thunder of the Chinese fencing team also won the Olympic gold medal while studying at Peking University. Gymnast Li Ning retired in Peking University. After further studies, he successfully created an excellent national brand in the sports industry.”
From the combination of sports and education to integration, we need to dare to be the first
Liu Wei said: “After graduating from Peking University, I stayed at the school to work. Peking University has always had the spirit of being a pioneer in the world and daring to innovate in cultivating talents. It is under the encouragement of these spirits that we founded Peking University Fangzheng Ping Pong. Ball club. The club explores the new mechanism of combining sports and education to cultivate outstanding sports talents. The one-stop talent training model of’reading and playing’ will enable more athletic talented children to grow in an all-round way. Combination of sports and education It is not only conducive to the development of school physical education and improving the physical fitness of students, but also conducive to improving the overall quality of outstanding athletes and reemployment in the future.”
Liu Wei has successively researched and published articles such as “Exploring the Road to Combination of Sports and Education, Innovating Sports Development Models”, and undertaking such topics as “Research on “Integration of Education and Sports” to Cultivate High-level Competitive Talents”. In order to further improve her learning, practice and research abilities, in 2010 she went to Peking University School of Education to study for a doctorate.
The research direction of Dr. Liu Wei is the theoretical research of the combination of sports and education. Leading a table tennis school team is a practical exploration of combining physical education with talent training. Such a special experience enables her to better combine theoretical research and practical exploration.
Liu Wei said: “In the process from the integration of sports and education to the integration of sports and education, I pay attention to tapping the athletes’ sports potential and use the advanced concepts, advanced technology and advanced consciousness of the Chinese table tennis team to build their specialties. In the process, I often have the happiness of being nurtured by talents from all over the world, and I enjoy it. The excellent results achieved by the students make me very proud. They not only use their hard work to create brilliance, but more importantly, they have the sports that accompany them all their lives. Spirit.”
“The practice of these years has made me realize that not only must I do a good job in teaching and theoretical research, but also work hard to assume social responsibility and do a good job in public welfare. I lead the school team students to participate in public welfare activities every year, such as going to Shandong to help the poor and feel the Red Flag Canal Spiritual, enter the community exchange competition, etc. By participating in these public welfare activities, we will cultivate red and professional builders and successors with a sense of socialist responsibility.”
Liu Wei said that he is making a 16-year plan for the third stage of his life. “The life plan I made for myself at this stage is to firmly establish the concept of health as the first education, and contribute the most to the national fitness and the healthy growth of young people; the second is to continue to do a good job in teaching and education as a physical education worker. People and Lide Shuren’s own job; the third is to innovate in the integration of sports and education; the fourth is to continue to spread the culture of table tennis through TV commentary; the fifth is to compile relevant teaching materials for table tennis courses to educate people for the party and the country .”
Link to the original text: Former World Table Tennis Champion Liu Wei Interpretation of the Combination of Sports and Education (Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2021)