"Learn from Bethune"
Four years of professional golf experience in Europe has made Mike feel at home in the Shanghai golf circle. Mike can also make people open their eyes when he speaks. During this year's World Championship-HSBC Championship, Mike chatted with Paul Casey, who finally won the fifth place. Mike proudly told reporters that they had played professional games together before and were good friends. Mike said that his father is the county magistrate of Scotland, and he used his father's relationship to invite the chief minister of Scotland to visit the stadium he taught in Shanghai, which was very beautiful. Mike also boasted that he opened Weibo with his own name "MichaelDickie", and many golfers also learned English from him.
Mike used to be a coach in meilan lake, Bao Xu and other golf courses, and was hired as a coach by the world's top golf academy "David Libert". More than two years ago, Li and Shi Yuting's parents discovered the hero and asked their children to learn from Mike. As a result, Mike lived up to expectations and brought the boy, a girl and two children to the highest level in the country among players of the same age. As a result, Mike became famous and his luck changed. In April this year, Mike was hired as a coach by China National Golf Team with his excellent teaching report and relatively advanced teaching concept.
When the reporter interviewed Mike a few days ago, he insisted on communicating and talking in Chinese. Some golf terminology was very accurate and really uncertain. He took out his mobile phone and translated them. He also expressed his feelings in Shanghai dialect and northern dialect.
At a dinner party, when the leaders of the China High School Association asked Mike about his experience and achievements in coaching the national team, Mike's summary made everyone present feel incredible. Mike said humorously that he was learning from Bethune when he came to China to help China players. The reporter asked Mike: Why should we learn from Bethune? Mike's answer is equally surprising. He admitted "honestly" that he had been taught to say so. In China, when making a statement to a leader, he must be conscious.
Pulse prescription, personalized guidance
July this year was the first big exam that Mike faced after he entered the national team. He led 15-year-old Lin Xiyu to the United States to participate in a series of events such as the US Professional Women's Open. At that time, Mike himself was a caddy, carrying bags for Lin Xiyu on the court. Mike hopes to correct the problems he found through close observation and on-site observation. Later, Lin Xiyu's performance proved that Mike succeeded in "carrying shoes" for the youngest player in the world who was qualified to participate in the world-class American Professional Women's Open.
In the game, Mike found that Lin Xiyu's long-range shooting skill was very good, and he could basically hit the ball on the fairway, and the tee-off distance was also very long. Lin Xiyu's 1 shot can reach 260 yards, which is almost the farthest among domestic female players at present, but her short shot technique has great problems. Mike also found that Lin Xiyu was too focused when playing, but became nervous and stiff. Lin Xiyu herself said that she did have a habit. In order to improve her concentration, she even meditated.
Generally speaking, a player with a long wooden pole of 1 plays far and the ball is closer to the hole on the green, which is more helpful for the player to achieve good results. For example, the players who performed well in this year's Shanghai meilan lake Masters and HSBC Champions are generally far behind; Secondly, improving the player's concentration in the game is more conducive to the player to achieve good results. When the player is playing, the rules of the game stipulate that the audience is not allowed to be disturbed by any sound or light. But Mike explained that this is not absolute, and many people have misunderstandings about it.
According to his experience, Mike thinks that long distance is important, but the decisive factor to improve performance depends on short distance skills; Secondly, excessive concentration in the competition will lead to nervousness, and players should rely on the subconscious experience formed by normal training.
Mike has a deep understanding of this. His career didn't last because he was too focused and nervous in the game. It was hard for him to participate in professional competitions in Europe in those years. No one paid him, so he relied on the competition bonus to maintain his travel expenses and necessary living expenses. In order to save money, he wants to find a cheap hotel near the stadium. If he can't find it, he will sleep in the car. So when playing golf, he pays special attention to the success rate of each shot, and he is more nervous when pushing the green. All he can think about is how much bonus this shot will get, and the result is often counterproductive. Mike thinks that although the players are nervous for different reasons, the result is definitely not good. Mike commented on China: "It's useless to shout the slogan of winning glory for our country. We must rely on correct psychological training to improve our level."
In response to Lin Xiyuan's question, Mike specially trained Lin Xiyuan's short shot technique according to his experience in the remaining competitions in the United States. During the competition, Mike will also find opportunities to chat with Lin Xiyu to distract her excessive concentration and relieve her nervousness.
Mike's "first aid medicine" for Lin Xiyu soon took effect. Lin Xiyu once tied for seventh place in the first half of the next American Women's Amateur Open, and finally got the qualification to participate in the first candidate of the American Women's Professional Open. As usual, she will be able to take part in the competition.
Lin Xiyu, who made rapid progress, 10 participated in the China Women's Open in Sanya in June and won the fifth place in the competition jointly organized by the European Tour and the Asian Tour.
Drinking white wine has something to do with eating Sichuan food.
Lin commented on Mike, saying that Mike is a very humane and responsible coach. In the national team, he took four female players and even scouted them-it was easy to get familiar with them at close range. He is good at finding everyone's problems and solving them in different ways. Mike has strong communication skills. He can talk to everyone. He likes everything about China, drinking China white wine and eating Sichuan food. He is so humorous that it is hard to imagine how well he understands and blends in with China. On the competition field, he can communicate with many other big-name players, and the players are happy to follow him.
Mike really has a way to communicate with big-name players. During the HSBC Championship, he invited the world's second-ranked masters McIlroy and Paul Casey's caddy to accompany the national team players through the 18 hole in Sheshan. Two foreign caddies told China players in detail about the game strategy of each hole. At Mike's invitation, the agent of Lee Westwood, currently ranked third in the world, told the national team players how to arrange matches, training time, how to deal with the relationship with the outside world and how to arrange social activities reasonably.
China players lack the most experience and playing time.
At present, the national golf team has players 10, 4 technical coaches, physical coaches 1 0, and team doctors 1 0. Mike is responsible for coaching all four female players, accounting for almost half of the national team. According to the current potential and prospects of female players, they are most likely to get tickets for the final of the 20 16 Brazil Olympic Games golf, so Mike is actually equal to the quasi-head coach of the national team. Although Mike's income is less than a fraction of the annual salary of foreign national team coaches, he is proud that he can lead the national team back to his hometown of Europe. At least his career continues among China players.
According to Mike, the national training team starts to exercise and run at 6: 30 every morning, and the players have to train until 6: 00 pm every day except during meals. Including long pole, short pole, physical training and other subjects, short pole training time is longer. After dinner, it is a cultural study, and the lights are turned off at 9 pm. The first phase of this year's national team's task is to improve technology, physical fitness and foundation. From next year, Mike will lead female athletes to participate in the qualifiers of world-class events such as the European Tour, the Japanese Tour and the American Tour. Before the Olympic qualifiers in September 20 15, he will try his best to help China athletes get points through top international events to enter the Brazilian Olympic Games.
Among the national team players, Mike is most proud of the history he brought out. Shi Yuting is 13 years old. According to international rules, she won't be eligible to participate in professional competitions until she is 16 years old. After changing careers, she will have more than 1 year to earn points, and she can also participate in the Asian Games in 20 14 as an amateur.
Mike thinks that the training plan made by China High School Association is very good. After all, they know the rules of sports. In contrast, foreign professional players do less training time than China team 15%. However, the fly in the ointment is that China players have less opportunities and time to participate in the competition than European high-level players, so the experience and confidence of China players need to be improved urgently, Mike commented.