Analysis On The Competitive Strength Of Track And Field In China And The Countermeasures

Track and field, a most commonly-used sports style, is mainly based on walking, running,jumping and throwing. Meanwhile, attention has been paid to major events in track and field,including the Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the World Athletic Championships,whose grades can be regarded as the competition strength and national physical health of onecountry. Therefore, the competition of those three events has always been the focus of theworld sports competition. The author attempts to set Chinese team’s track and fieldachievements in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the World Athletic Championshipsas the research subjects. Then an achievement comparison between two similar NationalGames will be made. Finally, the author also analyzes the development countermeasuresbased on the current national track and field situations. The following are the major findingsof the research.(1) There exists a certain strategic goal conflict between the National Games and othercompetitions, making that the performance is inferior to that of the National Games.(2) The traditional advantage projects are not stable and the latent superiority projects arenot found.(3) Compared with the world-class level, the competitive strength is still weak eventhough the overall competitive ability has improved in terms of Chinese track and field.(4) An overall athlete-selection mechanism is not established.(5) In order to get good grades, the coaches in China often neglect the balanced trainingmethods, which leads to the short life of athlete movements and also restricts the developmentof track and field.(6) Chinese athletes are short of international competition experience and goodpsychological quality.Based on the findings above, the author has also put forward the following suggestions.Firstly, perfect the reward system of the Olympic Games, the National Games and othermajor events. Also, the athletes are encouraged to put their main energy into preparing for theOlympic Games.Secondly, strive to exploit the latent advantage projects of track and field and keep thetraditional advantage ones.Thirdly, the government should attach much attention and importance to thedevelopment of track and field sports with scientific and finical supports.Fourthly, improve the talent selection mechanism and the athletes’ overall quality so asto adapt to the market needs. Fifthly, strengthen not only the training of coaches, but also the supervision of thecoaches. What’s more, the management of the track and field team is also of muchsignificance.Last but not the least, it is urgent for the national track and field teams to adapt to thetrend of world development, taking advantages of sports competition.