At present, ice sports are becoming more and more popular among the masses. On February 11, the Weihai Ice Hockey Stadium in Weihai Lingang District was crowded with people, and many ice and snow lovers came here to experience the charm of ice sports.
Squat down with your knees bent and your back straight" "Arms relaxed, don't shake your hands......"Ice hockey coach Guan Xu is instructing student Sun Muzi to practice skating. On the ice rink, Sun Muzi is warming up under the guidance of her coach, although she has not been in contact with ice hockey for a short time, she has mastered the basic grip posture and can also slide smoothly on the ice. Sun Muzi's brave performance made Sun Ke, a parent outside the court, feel a lot of emotion: "I loved ice hockey when I was a child, and I want my children to experience the fun of this sport. After a winter break of studying, she also fell in love with playing ice hockey and hoped she could keep it up. ”
Since 2020, Weihai Ice Hockey Hall has opened summer and winter vacation classes for basic skating, recruiting children over 4 years old who like to skate, attracting many children to sign up. "It gives me a great sense of accomplishment to see the students become more and more proficient on the ice, and I hope to help them do their basic training and contribute to our country's skating reserves. Guan Xu said.
Change into skates, put on knee pads and helmets, step on the ice, and slide around ......In addition to the training of professional projects, there is also an endless stream of tourists who simply come to experience ice sports, some are ice "masters" duels, and some are "sports novices" who hurry up to practice skating skills, and everyone enjoys the fun of ice dancing here.
This year, 7-year-old Wang Zihan came to Weihai from Shanghai for the winter vacation, and when he saw the Weihai Ice Hockey Stadium on the Internet, he called his friends to experience it together. "I've been playing here for the past few days, and I didn't dare to go on the ice on the first day, but I got used to it on the second day, which is really fun. Wang Zihan said.
Since 2022, primary and secondary schools in Weihai have successively launched ice and snow sports activities on campus, organized students to "go on the ice" at the Weihai Ice Hockey Hall, enriched the content of physical education activities, improved the popularity of ice sports on campus, and ice sports have gradually become a new hobby for teenagers.
How to expand the radiation surface of ice sports, make ice sports both natural and deeply integrated into the daily life of ordinary people, and make the ice economy full of vitality, Weihai Ice Hockey Hall has its own "secrets".
Last year, Lingang District successively hosted top domestic ice hockey events such as the 2023 National Youth Men's Ice Hockey Championship (U18) and the 14th National Winter Games Men's Ice Hockey Youth Group Qualifying Tournament, and the 6th National Youth Ice Hockey Invitational Tournament in 2023.
It is understood that the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau has included ice hockey, figure skating and other ice events into the Provincial Games, and Weihai City will begin to set up the city's figure skating, short track speed skating and other competition teams, and strive to compete for gold and silver in the next Provincial Games. "We will start from the school, gradually radiate from Lingang District to the whole city, organize the city's short track speed skating and ice hockey school-level leagues, better popularize ice sports, and drive more people to contact and understand ice sports, like and love ice sports. Wang Xu, director of operations of Weihai Ice Hockey Hall, said.