Principals of eight schools in the west of Furong district signed cooperation agreements. The photos are provided by the school.

Changsha Evening News, Changsha, February 24 (all media reporter Yue Xia, correspondent Xiao Qunyan) let children participate in more sports and less “fat” and “small glasses” on the campus. However, the area of urban schools in Changsha is “pocket” and the sports venues are limited. How to solve this problem? Today, the “Furong education western sports alliance” was established in Liuzheng Street Primary School. Eight urban schools will share the educational resources of table tennis Gymnasiums in Liuzheng Street Primary School - which is also a new path for Furong district to explore the sharing and co construction of school gymnasiums and projects in the old urban areas of the West.

Zeng Zhiwei (first from the right), Secretary of the Party committee and director of Furong District Education Bureau, awarded the card to the table tennis hall of Liuzheng Street Primary School of the western sports league.

Liuzhengjie primary school, Yucai primary school, xiuye primary school, Chuyi primary school, Yuhua primary school, Wuyi Middle Road Primary School, Bayi Road Primary School and dongmaojie primary school set up eight school teams in the form of after-school service at 3:30, assembled into the western table tennis league team, and carried out popularization and echelon training through three periods: after school, weekend, winter and summer vacation, Regularly carry out communication events within the alliance and Cross School and cross regional communication activities.

Eight school parent-child friendly competitions were held at the scene.

Serve and swing, forehand and backhand, direct racket, horizontal racket and smash - the skills of professional coaches on site are fascinating, and the onlookers burst into exclamations and cheers from time to time. Yang Fan, a sixth grader of Liuzheng Street Primary School who participated in the kick-off ceremony, said he had practiced table tennis since the first grade. “It’s hard to practice from 4:30 to 7:30 after school, but it’s worth it. I exercised my body, protected my eyes, and learned to respect my opponents and cooperate.” Yang Fan said his idol is Zhang Jike. Now his best result is to win the team gold medal at the level of Changsha. “In the future, he will keep playing table tennis as a lifelong hobby forever.”

Xu Qingchun, deputy head of Furong district, introduced at the scene that in recent years, Furong district has always adhered to the concept of “sharing”, promoted the Regional Sharing of school characteristic projects, high-quality resources and excellent teachers, explored the Regional Sharing of sports venues, promoted the high-quality and balanced development of regional education, and successively established nine characteristic alliances such as swimming, calligraphy and instrumental music.

Liuzheng Street primary school table tennis project has been developed for 20 years. It is a traditional table tennis project school in Changsha. “This project has delivered a large number of talents to key middle schools in the city. More importantly, the popularity of the project has benefited the students of the whole school, strengthening their physique, enhancing cooperation and not giving up. Chinese culture has been integrated into table tennis. It is not only a sport, but also a ‘ritual’, such as letting the ball, self-control and cheering.” Liuzheng Street Primary School Principal Yang Liu said.