Gong Lijiao, the women's shot put champion of Tokyo Olympic Games.
Is this "growling" helpful to the result of the game?
Athletes in all competitions like to shout.
The audience watching the weightlifting champion Chen Lijun should remember his signature action: he stepped onto the weightlifting platform and shouted, then squatted down, held his breath and lifted it.
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In all kinds of ball games, athletes like to shout, and everyone's pronunciation has its own characteristics.
Chen Meng, the women's singles champion of table tennis in Tokyo Olympic Games, and Malone, the men's singles champion, will shout "chuo" after winning the championship!
Chen Meng
Ma Long
Many old players can also shout, Wang Nan shouted "ja", Kong Huiling shouted "ho" and Deng Yaping shouted "sa". Foreign players are no exception. Bohr will shout "win" when he wins, and "Shu" when he wins.
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Kong Huiling
Deng Yaping
Qiu Yike, the current head coach of Sichuan Women's Table Tennis, once explained: "This is not a show on purpose, but a roar from the heart. On the one hand, it releases pressure, on the other hand, it shocks opponents. "
Of course, not only table tennis players, but also badminton players usually shout when hitting the ball or after scoring.
Chen, the champion of badminton women's singles in Tokyo Olympic Games.
And some tennis players, even the whole game, are yelling. Sharapova, the "goddess of tennis" with a powerful sound wave of 100 decibel, said that she has kept this habit since she could play tennis.
Sharapova
Wimbledon 20 13, according to the on-site decibel meter, Sharapova made a high pitch of 103 decibel, which exceeded the whistle of an ordinary ambulance and was louder than the sound when a small plane landed.
How does shouting help the game?
The famous "peripheral emotion theory" advocates that people can express their emotions through behavior and get corresponding emotional feelings at the same time.
In other words, behavior will have an impact on psychology. For example, smiling often can make people happy, shouting can make people more confident, and the more you show fear, the more people will really feel afraid.
There are four reasons why athletes like shouting at each other in competitions:
Keep your breathing rhythm and make better efforts;
Relieve high tension;
Cheer up and keep your strength;
Give the opponent mental pressure and shock.
When they are afraid or anxious, many people can't help singing to encourage them, which is also the "external emotion theory" at work. Singing can give people a sense of pleasure, especially singing positive songs, which can bring positive psychological hints, slow down people's heartbeat and breathing, and reduce fear.
Apart from releasing emotions, does "yelling at your voice" help the grades themselves?
Shi Zhiyong, the men's weightlifting champion in the 73kg class at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The answer is yes.
In weightlifting competition, athletes will shout before lifting barbells. In addition to cheering for yourself, the most important role is to urge athletes to exert greater strength to compete.
Because weightlifters often take a deep breath before shouting.
Chen Lijun, the 67kg champion of men's weightlifting in Tokyo Olympic Games.
Shut up immediately after yelling, and the muscles of chest, abdomen, waist, back and diaphragm contract strongly.
This can make the pressure in the chest and abdominal cavity rise sharply in an instant, so that the upper and lower limbs and back muscles of weightlifters have stable support points, which is convenient for exerting greater strength and lifting heavy objects.
Through the comparative study of 354 college students, middle school students and throwers in Beijing Sport University, the results show that the roaring power is better than the silent power.
Analysis shows that roar can also stimulate the cerebral cortex and tap muscle potential; Howling force can also avoid the adverse effects of holding your breath on your body.
In ball games, a related survey collected by the National Library of Medicine (Pubmed) shows that tennis players can get a 3.8% attack speed bonus by shouting when hitting the ball.
Among the research objects, the highest attack speed bonus caused by shouting is 4.9%, which is equivalent to increasing the ball speed by 7 km/h, and shouting will not increase the extra energy consumption.
Judging from the players who were yelled at, a research article in the professional medical journal Public Library of Science Comprehensive shows that:
In addition to disturbing the opponent's mood when hitting the ball, harsh shouting may also cause the opponent's reaction delay of 30 milliseconds, that is, the position error of half a meter.
Moderate shouting is also good for ordinary people.
By shouting loudly, athletes can relieve their nervousness and cheer up. For ordinary people, proper shouting also has a positive effect.
A study by the research team of Scranton University in Pennsylvania, USA, found that even if we can't do anything about the root of our troubles, shouting loudly (indoors and outdoors) can really make us feel relieved, just like lifting the lid of the pot before the water boils. This approach can achieve the effect of "short-term release of pressure".
The "primitive screaming" therapy was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. The key is to shout it out and release psychological pressure.
It's a good way to vent your emotions by finding a deserted suburb or room and making a hullabaloo about. Whether you are yelling or screaming, you can vent your anxiety in time.
Avi Klein, a psychotherapist in Manhattan, new york City, said that yelling is beneficial to quickly calm down emotions, and its mechanism is similar to crying or smiling to get rid of sadness and restore calm. Shouting can make people escape from stressful events such as anger or depression for a while.