Why did the square dance enter the National Games?
Square dance entered the National Games as a national fitness network competition "I want to attend the National Games". It is not only a square dance, but also a sports essay activity, a sports photography painting and calligraphy contest, a national fitness knowledge contest, a sports talent show and so on. Yang Guangyu, director of the Group Department of the State Sports General Administration, believes that it is of great significance to carry out a series of national fitness activities and events with the theme of "I want to enter the National Games" to promote the coordinated development of competitive sports and mass sports and promote the reform and development of sports.
"Square dance has long been a popular' grassroots' fitness method, which has also attracted the attention of the organizing Committee." Yu Tong, deputy director of the Network Competition Department of the Group Industry Department of the National Games Organizing Committee, said in an interview that the square dance has a wide audience and a very good mass base, and everyone has a high enthusiasm for taking the initiative to participate. Square dance also has the characteristics of various sects, forms and styles, such as the heroic northwest, the charm of the south and the exquisiteness of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These advantages enable the square dance to "jump" into the National Games.
The theme of the 13th National Games is "The National Games will benefit the people and make China healthy", and there are many projects. Although there is still more than one month before the official opening ceremony, many mass movements such as rock climbing, roller skating, dragon boat, softball and model airplane have already taken turns. Among these events, softball originated in Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, which combines Tai Ji Chuan's movements with tennis and badminton skills and has a broad mass base. Balloon volleyball originated from the amateur mass activities of railway system workers, and is widely loved by the public because of its soft ball quality, low technical entry threshold for participants, simple venue equipment and strong entertainment. In this sense, it is not surprising that square dance is included in the National Games.
Li Kemin, director of Tianjin Sports Bureau, said that the innovative way of mass competition is to attract more people to participate extensively.
Guoan Community is currently organizing the Tianjin "Helping the National Games" square dance competition, with more than 500 teams participating, which shows the high enthusiasm of non-governmental participation. Xu Huanmei, director of the Tianjin Platform Operation Center of Guoan Community, said that after hearing the news that the square dance was included in the National Games, the "square dance aunts" were very excited and enthusiastically signed up.
Men take part in extra events?
Different from the selection and competition methods of other national games, the national square dance competition adopts a combination of online and offline. Online sea election has no registration fee, no geographical restrictions and no group restrictions; Offline events are divided into districts, performances and competitions are combined, so that as many citizens as possible can participate, and male participation will become an additional sub-item.
Only a few days after the online registration, the Organizing Committee of the National Games has received the competition videos uploaded by hundreds of square dance teams and completed the registration work. "I didn't expect to sign up for such a fire. It can also be seen from here that everyone's participation enthusiasm is very high. " Yu Tong revealed.
He introduced that online competitions, the organizing Committee opened its doors to hold competitions, and there was almost no threshold. Each team consists of 65,438+02 to 24 people. The people filmed their own video of the square dance team, and it took less than 5 minutes to upload it to official website before August 65, 438+05, thus completing the registration. The quality of works is determined by the Internet and experts. Online voting is registered by real-name registration system mobile phone, so as to avoid the behavior of brushing tickets. Online and expert voting will be completed before August 30, when the winning team will be selected.
In the offline competition, the organizing committee will invite outstanding square dance teams in the online sea selection stage to participate in the competition, and initially imagine dividing the whole country into several regions for competition. According to the progress of the square dance competition, the winning 16 teams will be selected for the final.
"Grassroots" square dance has different styles and diverse movements. How to judge? Tong Yu said that in the scoring system with a full score of 100, accuracy, accuracy, strength, amplitude and coordination with music scored the highest, with 40 points. In addition, the evaluation of costume modeling and the image score of performers' mental outlook, the overall arrangement score of square dance, the appreciation score of action rhythm and sense of rhythm, the organizational order inside and outside the venue and the discipline score of the procession entering and leaving the venue will also be used as the judging criteria.
It is worth noting that the organizing Committee also encourages men to participate, and they can get extra points. Each man can get 1 point, with a maximum of 2 points.
Encouraging square dancing will not cause controversy?
Accompanied by cheerful music, many people exercised through square dance and made friends. The square dance on the stage of the National Games has further expanded its influence, but some netizens worry that encouraging the square dance will not cause more social problems?
The background of these concerns is that the square dance disturbs the people and all parts of the country are competing for venues. Not long ago, the news that the grandparents of the square dance surrounded the basketball teenagers attracted special attention from public opinion. The survival status of square dance with a solid mass base is actually embarrassing.
"The controversy caused by the square dance is not the problem of the project itself." Tong Yu said that if any sports event cannot live in harmony with the participants and the surrounding environment, there may be problems. He said that some new scientific and technological means may help to find a solution. Some audio manufacturers have been able to produce devices with directional playback distance. Beyond the set distance, the sound effect will gradually decrease. "We hope to standardize this sport through the national square dance competition and let it develop better."
In the process of organizing the square dance competition, Xu Huanmei also realized that relatively standardized forms such as clubs are obviously more conducive to the promotion and activities of square dance among the people than barbaric growth. Yu Tong hopes that more square dance clubs will be born and registered in the future under the guidance of the National Games. Only the standardized operation of sports can live in harmony with society and have bright development prospects.
It is a good thing to get on the right track and let the square dance develop normally.