暨少年| 挥杆高飞！来看看高尔夫男孩女孩的成长秘籍

“体教合一”是与世界教育接轨的重要一环。ASJ实行“运动苗圃”计划，将在体育热土孵化，学生参与其中，在运动和学业上都将获得杰出的成就。本期带您看看ASJ的三名高尔夫“运动健将”的故事。

善允接触到高尔夫的原因和其他人不一样。“小时候的身体不好，家里人希望我通过运动来提高身体的机能和体质；但我受限于身体条件，只能参加户外活动而又强度不大的运动”。就是这个简单的原因，她接触到高尔夫并深陷于高尔夫的魅力中，甚至横斩各类大奖。

她强调这个运动很优雅，也很奇妙。“它的变化非常的多，旁人看来只是简简单单一个击球和挥杆动作，实际上蕴含着无穷无尽的变化。”善允把打球形容为“脑子和身体的精细对话”，不仅耗费体力，还耗费脑力。在看别人比赛，在自己琢磨每个击球点、击球发力的过程中，善允在探索自己的边界，探索自己的潜能。

要如何平衡高尔夫运动和日常学习？她说关键是合理分配时间。“高尔夫是一个很耗时的运动项目，正常比赛需要好几天，每一场比赛18个洞打下来，都要5个小时。别的运动可能一场比赛是1个多小时，或者是几分钟。光是练习打球，每星期我至少要花费20个小时。”年纪小小的她已经发出了“时间不足矣”的感慨，恨不得一天能多出几个小时给自己练球、学习。但也正是因为高尔夫运动，她的管理时间能力得以锻炼。她保证听课的效率，会利用一些碎片时间来学习，比如下课时间会抓住几分钟的空隙完成几道小题，或者背诵几个英语单词。

科任老师表示，善允每个科目的成绩都保持“达到预期”或“超出预期”，这有赖于她良好的学习习惯和学习态度，“善允是个思辨能力很强的学习者。每次上课，我都能感受到她求知若渴的目光，眼睛始终紧紧跟着老师。” 除了良好的三科成绩，善允也积极地参与到舞蹈队、诗朗诵比赛中，在ASJ的舞台上大放异彩。

展望未来，她说，“我要继续突破自己，把高尔夫成绩稳定在80多杆，然后能够参加一些城市的比赛，或者是省级的比赛，将来能够代表香港去打国际比赛；我也会保持良好的学习成绩。”

元昭是非常抢眼的帅气男生，和他相处久了，会发现他是个大暖男，特别讨人喜欢。看到老师手上东西多，他会主动帮忙分担；看到年纪低小的孩子哭闹，他会拿出玩具上前哄小朋友，是低年段孩子心中温暖的大哥哥；看到有同学偷偷吃零食，他会帮助老师阻止，将正确的观念传递给同学们。在ASJ紫荆花节比赛里，他担上大梁，做起了节目的主持人，稳定大气的台风受到了观众的认可。

这个孩子有说不出的孝顺。谈起成长的最大动力，他说是“有足够力量去保护家里人”。妈妈的付出他都看在眼里，甚至会有一些“心疼”， “印象最深刻的，是由于我们家庭的作息时间不同，妈妈每天要准备4次早餐。”为了给妈妈减负，他首先做到的是不断地提升自己，让妈妈少操心自己的日常生活或者学业；另外在日常生活中，他也会主动帮家庭分担家务。“爸爸甚至用‘妈宝男’来形容我。”元昭笑谈。但是他很理智地反驳，清楚地知道自己不是依赖妈妈，是尊重妈妈，他尊重所有长辈，会根据他人的建议对自己的行为进行调整。

谈到高尔夫，他说，“当我挥动手中的球杆击中球的那一刻，感觉小白求带走了所有的压力和烦恼，不管成绩如何，打球永远带给我愉悦的心情。” 打高尔夫是家里人共同的爱好，这让元昭更加热爱高尔夫。他享受着家庭的积极向上的氛围，那种大家一起奋斗，一起朝着同一个目标前进的感觉给予了他莫大的成就感。每到了休息时间，大家或坐在电视机前观看赛事，讨论分析每个球手的决胜技巧；大家或相约到球场，参加比赛，互相勉励并约定共同进步。

元昭崇拜的偶像是Tiger Woods，著名高尔夫球手，1997年首次登上世界排名第一以来，他在位周数超过650周，保持着高尔夫史上最高记录。元昭认为从Tiger 身上学到了很多，“曾经我有一杆球没有打好，我就会沉浸在懊恼中，常常也会因此错失下一个打好球的机会。但是Tiger Woods不会困于曾经的成绩，永远都在期待着下一杆球打得更加出彩。”元昭形容，打球逐渐锻炼了他积极乐观和淡定的心态。他需要在短暂的时间里不断地自我调节，自我鼓励，给自己灌输正能量，以迎接新的一击。他最近一两年的目标是取得国家二级运动员，期待在不久的将来听到他的好消息。

“我擅长的运动，有高尔夫、篮球、跑步、游泳…”元萌云淡风轻地说出几个运动项目和比赛名次，但让听者都“倒吸了一口气”，惊叹这个文静的女孩居然是隐藏的体育健将，没有她不会的运动，更没有她拿不到的名次。她自信地说道，困难永远都在下个阶段，“学习高尔夫的过程中没有遇到任何困难，教练教导的技巧和知识点基本都能掌握”。这样的她在运动会上帮助班级争得了不少的荣誉。

一说起高尔夫，元萌的话匣子一下子就打开了。她首先想到的是一望无际、任她飞跑的广阔草坪，混杂着泥土味道的空气，还有灿烂的阳光。那是自由的象征。她形容打球前的状态，“每次要去打高尔夫，我会提前几个小时开始兴奋，那时空气都是清甜的。”

她激动地向身边人讲解高尔夫的乐趣。她认为，高尔夫和别的运动最大的区别是高尔夫对身体机能和年龄没有限制。高尔夫是一项终身运动，适合任何性别、年龄、体质，“年龄都不是问题，3岁还是80岁都可以打高尔夫”。另外，高尔夫运动通过腰部发力带动上肢将球击出，是一套集协调、力量、爆发力的完整动作。在ASJ，她也找到了善允这样志同道合的球友，他们同样都是舞蹈队的成员之一，在近期完成了“Another day of sun”的作品，参加了“中外人文交流小使者”活动，获得了中央电视台的第一阶段全国展播。

元昭元萌的好性格与良好的家庭教育离不开。“不管我有什么梦想，我想做什么，爸爸妈妈都全力支持、全力陪伴。”在学习上，比起提升成绩，妈妈更重视的是孩子学习的过程和学习的态度，希望孩子明白学习到底是为了什么，应该是主动、快乐地学习，而不是被环境、或者身边人影响而被动的学习。未来，元萌想要取得国家一级运动员，同样也想在ASJ继续扎实自己的学习，通过ASJ的探究课程发掘自己的潜能。

"Sports and Education in One" is an important part of global education, The "Sports Rising Stars programmes” will be incubated in a sports hotbed and will be a crucial feature of the school's efforts to create programmes in which students can participate and achieve outstanding athletic and academic success. Let us have a look upon the stories of three "great golfers" of ASJ.

The reason why Sylvain learns golf is different from that of others. "When I was small, my health was not good, and my family wanted me to improve my physical health through exercise. As I was limited by my physical conditions, I could only take part in outdoor activities that were not too intense." It is for this simple reason that she was introduced to golf and was deeply immersed in the charm of golf, and even became the winner of different competitions.

She stressed that the golf was elegant and wonderful. "It has a lot of variations, others may regard it as a simple stroke and swing, in fact, a stroke contains endless variations." Sylvain describes playing golf as "having a fine conversation between the brain and the body". Playing golf is not only physically demanding but also brain-intensive. While watching others play and figuring out the acts of players to gain goals or points, Sylvain is exploring her boundaries and developing her potential.

She explains that the key to balancing playing sports and daily study is to allocate time wisely.  "Golf is a very time-consuming sport, and a normal game may take several days. One set may last five hours as there are about 18 holes to be hit. By comparison, other sports may last 1 hour or a few minutes. I spend at least 20 hours a week just practising to hit the ball." Though she is only 11, she has already had the feeling that "time is not enough," and wishes to have a few more hours in a day to practice playing golf and study. Playing golf pushed her to improve her time management skills. To have a better study, she listens to the lessons concentratedly and makes use of every time slog, for example, she will seize a few minutes to complete a few questions or recite a few English words at the break time.

According to course teachers, Sylvain's performance in every subject is "M" or "EX" due to her good study habits and attitude. "Sylvain is a very discerning learner. In every class, I can feel her thirst for knowledge and her eyes are always on me." In addition to her good grades in all three subjects, Sylvain is also active in the dancing competitions and poetry recitation competitions. She performs well on the ASJ stage.

David is a very handsome boy. If you get along with him for a long time, you will find that he is a warm boy and is very likeable. When he saw that the teachers had a lot of things in his hand, he would take the initiative to help and share; when he saw the young children crying, he would take out toys to coax the kids and become the warm brother in the eye of the younger students; when he saw some classmates secretly eating snacks, he would help the teachers stop them and spread the correct ideas to the students. In the ASJ Bauhinia Festival competition, he acted as the host and his performance was recognized by the audience.

David is really filial. Regarding the greatest driving force for growth, he said that "I want to be strong enough to protect the family." He realized his mum has contributed a lot to this family and he was a bit guilty. "What impressed me most was that my mother has to prepare breakfast four times a day because of our family members have different schedules."

In order to lighten the burden of his mother, the first thing he does is to constantly improve himself and let his mother be less worried about his daily life or his study. In addition, he will take the initiative to share housework for the family in his daily life. "Dad even used 'mama's boy' to describe me." David laughed. But he denied about the description, knowing clearly that he is not dependent on his mother, but being respectful to his mother. He respects all his elders and will adjust his behavior according to the advice of others.

Regarding golf, he said, "When I hit the ball, I felt that this small ball took away all the pressure and troubles. No matter what the result was, playing golf always makes me feel happy." Playing golf is a common hobby of the family, which makes David love golf even more. He enjoys the positive atmosphere of his family. The process of working together and moving towards the same goal gives him a great sense of achievement. At weekends, everyone in the family may sit in front of the TV to watch the games, discuss and analyze the decisive skills of each player; or make an appointment to go to the stadium, to participate in the game, to encourage one another and make progress together.

David's idol is Tiger Woods, a famous golfer who has been the champion for more than 650 weeks since he firstly ranked No. 1 in the world in 1997, holding a record in golf history. David believes that he has learned a lot from Tiger. "Once I didn't have a good shot, I would be regretful for a long time and often miss the next shot." But Tiger Woods would not be bogged down by his past acts and will always be looking forward to the next shot. "

David described that playing ball gradually tempered his positive, optimistic and calm state of mind. He needs to constantly adjust and encourage himself in a short time and instil positive energy into himself to have a greater shot. His goal in the next one year or two is to become a second-class national athlete. Looking forward to getting good news from him in the near future.

"I am good at sports, such as golf, basketball, running and swimming."

Yuan Meng mentioned several sports and competition rankings in an easy way, all the listeners were surprised about her talents and marveled that this gentle and quiet girl was a hidden athlete. She can play any sports well, and she can get great rankings in the competitions.

She said confidently that she has never met any difficulties in doing sports. "I have never encountered any difficulties in the process of learning golf, and the skills and knowledge taught by the coach can basically be mastered by me." Moreover, she helped the class win a lot of honors in the sports meeting.

When mentioning golf, Coco's chatterbox opens at once. The first thing that came to her mind was the vast lawn where she could run, the air mixed with the smell of earth, and the bright sunshine. These are all the symbols of freedom. She described her state before playing golf. "I get excited a few hours in advance of playing golf, and I think at that moment the air is sweet."

She excitedly explained the joys of golf to the people around her. She believes that the biggest difference between golf and other sports is that golf has no restrictions on physical function, gender or age. Golf is a lifelong sport. "Age is not a problem. You can play golf at the age of 3 or 80." In addition, golf through the waist force to drive the upper limb to hit the ball, and it is a set of actions involving coordination, strength and explosive power. At ASJ, she also found like-minded golf players like Sylvian. They are all members of the dance team and they recently completed the work of "Another day of sun". They participated in the "Young Ambassadors for International people-to-people Exchange" activities, and their shows will be presented on CCTV APP.

The great family education helps to shape the good character of David and Coco. "No matter what my dream is and what I want to do, my parents fully support me. They will also accompany me and help me to achieve my dreams." Regarding the study, mum pays more attention to her children's learning process and learning attitude than their grades, hoping that her children will understand the essence of learning. She thinks that children should learn actively and happily, rather than being passively influenced by the environment or the people around them. Coco wants to be a first-class national athlete, and she also wants to continue her solid study at ASJ and explore her potential through ASJ's UOI inquiry courses.