What does a special sports meeting mean?

Compared with comprehensive sports games, special sports events only set up competition content around a single sport or highly related sports in the same category. Whether you are a professional athlete or an ordinary sports enthusiast, you can find the corresponding level of participation.

Maybe you are a little unfamiliar with this name, but you must have heard of it or even participated in it. For example, the city marathon that dominates the screen every year, the roller skating sports meeting for teenagers, the ice and snow sports meeting for people with disabilities, and the police practical skills sports meeting of the public security system all fall into this category. Compared with comprehensive competitions such as the Olympic Games and the National Games, which cover dozens or hundreds of events, its schedule is shorter, the cost of running the competition is lower, and the project setting is more flexible. It can also make targeted adjustments according to the participating groups. For example, the softball special sports meeting for middle-aged and elderly people will not set up high-intensity competitive groups, but only recreational groups and exhibition groups, so everyone can participate without any burden.

Two years ago, I helped the Municipal Sports Bureau prepare a special sports meeting for children's happy gymnastics. At that time, the entire competition period lasted only two days, and all events were related to gymnastics. Even the parent-child interaction session consisted of mat exercises. The referees invited were retired athletes from the provincial gymnastics team. The movement guidance given to the children was much more professional than the usual kindergarten teachers. Many parents left the game and gathered around the organizing committee to ask when it would be held next time, saying that there was finally a formal event that they could participate in without forcing their children to practice running and long jump, which they were not good at.

Of course, the industry is not without disagreements on the value of special sports events. Friends who are engaged in event operations complain that the audience circle of special sports events is too fixed. Unless it is a highly popular event such as marathon or badminton, it is particularly difficult to attract sponsorship. Special events in many niche events do not attract many people at all, and it is difficult to sustain them if they are held once or twice. However, friends who are involved in youth sports selection particularly recognize this type of competition. They said that several good talents were dug out from the Provincial Youth Table Tennis Special Games. If they were placed in a comprehensive sports meeting, the number of entries for table tennis would be small. Many young players from the county would not have a chance to play, but would be easily buried.

If the comprehensive sports games are compared to the Manchu and Han banquets in sports events, there are all kinds of categories to suit the needs of most people, and the special sports games are the special private dishes in the alley. They don’t be greedy for more, but only focus on one category and go deep into it. People who come here will always get an experience that exceeds expectations. Nowadays, many cities are promoting low-threshold special sports games for the public. Last year, a sports center near my home held a special Frisbee competition. As long as 4 people could sign up, the registration fee was free. The final winner was a group of post-95s who opened a coffee shop. In the past, they would never have had the opportunity to be on the podium of a regular event. This is probably the most down-to-earth value of special sports games.