With the adjustment of sports high school entrance examination items in many places, why does middle and long distance running become the focus of attention?

Data map: Students in physical education class on the playground.

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　　Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 18th (Reporter Li He) As the weather gets warmer and the spring semester is approaching as scheduled, the senior high school entrance examination is gradually put on the agenda, and the physical education high school entrance examination is also entering the preparation stage.

As the first new semester after the implementation of the "Class B and B Management" after the infection of the new crown virus, many places have recently made adjustments to the sports program for the senior high school entrance examination, which has attracted attention.

Data map: Girls take the 800-meter running test.

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Endurance events become the focus of adjustment

　　Earlier, many cities and prefectures in Guizhou Province, such as Guiyang, Zunyi, Liupanshui, and Qiannan, made adjustments to the sports programs of the senior high school entrance examination based on the current physical health status of students.

Subsequently, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Hubei and other provinces successively issued documents to adjust the 2023 junior high school sports and health test items.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Mianyang, Sichuan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Wuhan, Hubei and many other places have also announced the 2023 sports high school entrance examination plan, and made adjustments to this year's sports high school entrance examination. Physical examination policy.

　　Although this adjustment involves a wide range of regions, upon closer inspection, most of the adjustments revolve around long-distance running (800 meters for girls and 1,000 meters for boys), an endurance event that requires high cardiopulmonary function.

The adjustment method is mainly to cancel the exam, replace the item, or convert the compulsory item into an optional exam, but the details are slightly different.

Mianyang City, Sichuan announced the adjustment of the physical education entrance examination.

　　As if making cancellation adjustments, Mianyang, Sichuan, and Changsha, Hunan directly canceled the long-distance running events in this year's physical education high school entrance examination; Ningxia, physical endurance test items (men's 1000-meter run, women's 800-meter run) in the physical education high school entrance examination are exempted from the test, based on full marks In Suzhou, Jiangsu, the men's 1,000-meter run and the women's 800-meter run are still compulsory, but it is also stipulated that this year's physical education entrance examination will reduce the event, and the full score will be included in the score.

　　For replacement adjustments, Liupanshui cancels the optional test items for the 1000-meter run for boys and the 800-meter run for girls, and at the same time pays more attention to the process evaluation, that is, 20 points for the process evaluation out of a total score of 50 points, and 30 points for the academic (admission) test; Zunyi set up a 10-point process evaluation while canceling the long-distance running event; the on-site test of the Guiyang City Sports High School Entrance Examination only retained the standing long jump event, and changed the original long-distance running test to a computer-based theoretical test on sports and health knowledge.

　　Jiangxi, Lanzhou, Gansu, Baiyin, and Shenzhen, Guangdong adjusted the original compulsory items (men's 1000 meters/women's 800 meters) to elective items, and selected a certain number of subjects from the project library to take the exam according to regulations.

In other words, candidates in the above areas can choose whether to take the long-distance running test according to their actual situation and wishes.

Guangzhou, on the other hand, clearly stipulates in this year's sports middle school entrance examination plan that candidates who choose to participate in middle and long-distance running, rope skipping, and swimming events need to sign the "Risk Informed Consent".

Data map: Students learn swimming skills.

Photo by Liu Zhankun

　　In addition, swimming, as a project that also has high requirements for cardiopulmonary function, has also been adjusted as an optional test or even canceled directly in some areas that were originally set as compulsory.

There are also individual regions that have lowered the scoring standards while retaining the long-distance running events.

For example, Zhanjiang, Guangdong has slightly lowered the scoring standards for long-distance running and 100-meter swimming compared with last year.

Some are supportive, others are concerned

Parents and students have their own opinions

　　After the first batch of provinces and cities introduced the sports policy adjustment plan, some parents have suggested to the local education department that has not yet announced the sports program for the high school entrance examination to adjust or cancel the high school entrance examination sports program based on the physical condition of the students after "Yangkang".

Educational departments in Zhengzhou, Henan, Ziyang, Sichuan and other places also responded, saying that they will make scientific research and judgment based on various factors and make an announcement to the public in a timely manner.

　　In some areas that have announced the adjustment plan for this year's physical education entrance examination, students and parents have different opinions.

Screenshots of netizens' comments.

　　Many students who "escaped" the "task" of long-distance running were "secretly happy" one after another, saying that the pressure of the physical education entrance examination has dropped sharply.

However, there are also sports "top students" who say that the most difficult items that most candidates think are temporarily canceled or adjusted, for them there is one less opportunity to widen the gap.

　　For parents, those in favor believe that the adjustments made this time are based on the current consideration of the specific situation and for the safety of students.

Worried people said that the cancellation of the physical examination, many children without the guidance of the "baton", may lose the consciousness of exercising, resulting in a decline in physical fitness.

　　There are also parents who agree with the adjustment of long-distance running as an optional event, and some netizens directly suggest that long-distance running should be replaced by relatively moderate events, such as Tai Chi.

Screenshots of netizens' comments.

Experts: Safety First

Choose according to time and situation

　　First of all, it needs to be clear that the adjustment plans announced in many places are temporary adjustments, only for the 2023 sports high school entrance examination.

　　According to medical experts, middle- and long-distance running can improve the functions of the respiratory system and cardiovascular system and promote blood circulation.

This also means that the mid-distance running assessment exercise has certain requirements on the students' respiratory system and cardiopulmonary function.

　　A temporary plan made under the special node of the first new semester after the implementation of the "Class B and B management" after the new crown virus infection.

It is the adjustments made by the relevant departments after comprehensive consideration of the current situation, which does not mean that the previous sports high school entrance examination plan has been changed or overturned.

Data map: The picture shows junior high school students learning to dribble in physical education class.

Photo by Li Siyuan

　　Zunyi City is one of the areas that made adjustments to the sports high school entrance examination program earlier. Li Changyun, director of the Zunyi City Student Quality Development Center, introduced the considerations for making this adjustment decision in an interview with local media in Guizhou: "The large number of students after Yangkang, According to the guidance of our relevant experts and the relevant documents of the Provincial Department of Education, it is impossible to enter strenuous exercise all at once. In this context, we organized relevant parent representatives, teacher representatives, principal representatives and medical disease control experts to solicit opinions , After full discussion, research, and demonstration, everyone decided to cancel the men's 1000 meters and women's 800 meters in this year's high school entrance examination sports, and the cancellation of these two events is only applicable to this year."

　　Li Liang, an associate researcher at the National Physique and Scientific Fitness Research Center of the Institute of Sports Science of the State Sports General Administration, said in an interview with the media that in the first semester after the new crown infection, the scores and difficulty of the physical education entrance examination should be appropriately reduced. Carry out daily exercise. From the perspective of students' health, this adjustment is necessary, but it is only a temporary adjustment. With the recovery of students' athletic ability, physical exercise and assessment should still be strengthened to promote students' physical health Level up.

Data map: Students in physical education class on the playground.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wei Liang

　　It is worth noting that while the adjustment plans for the physical education high school entrance examination have been announced in many places, corresponding adjustments have been made to the physical education teaching and other grade assessment standards and plans during the semester.

　　It can be seen that the starting point is to prevent young people after "Yangkang" from doing high-intensity physical exercise prematurely in order to complete physical homework or physical examinations. Many plans have mentioned that students should strengthen their own health monitoring , according to their own recovery, gradually restore the amount of exercise and exercise intensity.

Data map: In Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, students take physical education classes outdoors.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Gao Zhan

　　What needs to be made clear is that test scores are not the ultimate goal, and the health of students is the most important thing.

The original intention of the establishment of the physical education entrance examination is also to increase the attention of students and parents to physical education, to guide students into the playground, to nature, to the sun, and to cultivate students' scientific and reasonable exercise habits. The ultimate goal is to improve the physical fitness and fitness level.

It is also for the same purpose to implement special adjustments under special circumstances and temporarily adjust the sports high school entrance examination items.

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