Liang Yuen, a name in the entertainment industry, has become famous in the darts industry in recent years.
Two unmatched worlds began with her being a highly praised rookie in the music industry. She became an "orphan" due to the sudden resignation of a manager. She fell into the trough of life and inadvertently contacted darts and resolutely transformed into a dart player.
A "crazy" decision, with enthusiasm and courage, made her leave the spotlight and turned into a world-class "dart queen".
Counting his fingers, Liang Yuen has been out for 17 years.
There are too many variables in the entertainment industry, and she suffers from time to time the fear that what she gives is not necessarily proportional to what she gains. It makes her unable to do what she can do. Sometimes I feel so confused and don't know tomorrow's plan." She recalled.
Originally focused on the dream of music, Liang Yuen came into contact with darts in 2012 by chance. "Once I saw an idle dart machine in the youth center, I played with my hands, and I became more and more vigorous." During the process of playing darts. In the game, she regained her sense of control. "When the red heart is hit, she feels so excited, enjoys, and has a sense of success."
Leapfrogging to challenge the World Cup to win
If so, she taught herself skills, practiced day and night, and went to different dojos to "pick opportunities".
Constantly improving her skills, she successfully won a resident dart player in 2013 and met Paul Lim, the legendary Singapore dart player, Master Enlightenment.
Since then, through active training, her personal level and ranking have continued to rise, approaching the professional level.
To win the soft darts World Cup again in 2019, Liang Yuen (second from right) pointed out that the key to victory is not only to practice and improve skills, but also to trust and support each other between teammates, and it is also important to establish a good understanding.
However, the work of a singer requires frequent rehearsal and shooting, and she has to participate in local league and ranking competitions from time to time for darts, and sometimes even fly to various countries to participate in world competitions on weekends. She is really too busy.
So after winning the soft darts World Cup in 2016, she turned her heart into a full-time dart player. "The World Cup champion is like a strong needle. I think there are many steps on the darts road, so I gave up acting. Even if no one can guarantee Whether you succeed or not, you must have the courage to take the first step. As long as it is something you love, regardless of success or failure, you will embrace the result."
Compete with male dart players, not afraid to lose
After becoming an athlete, you can arrange training and competition time by yourself, but self-discipline is even more tested.
Liang Yuen pointed out that it is easy to get started with darts, but the key to the level of skill lies in how hard the athletes are. Through repeated practice, they can train their throwing angle and strength into their own muscle memory. The higher the stability, the better the chance of hitting the heart. high.
Her efforts were not in vain. In 2019, she won the soft dart World Cup again and held the top position of the Hong Kong female dart player.
In the past, darts gave people the impression that they were men's activities, but Liang Yuen broke the box and competed with male dart players.
"Although I may not win in the men's competition, I am not afraid of losing. I can still hold my emotions in the face of strong enemies and learn to become stronger." The darts brought her confidence and regained her fighting spirit. She hoped that she would share Give more people, so teach young people, the elderly, and even the visually impaired to throw darts.
"Before learning how to hit a red heart, we have to face and overcome many failures, then adjust and start again, emphasizing patience and a strong mentality. This is my biggest gain in throwing darts."
Currently darts is not regarded as a mainstream sport in Hong Kong, Liang Yuen is willing to take on the role of promotion ambassador.
In April of this year, she was invited to participate in the donation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Hong Kong Anglican Welfare Association Love.
The Jockey Club’s "Love. Active Music" youth development program sponsored by the Academy of Arts and Youth, led the "Darts Exchange Training Day Camp" to teach students the daily practice methods of darts, and share their experience and strategies in the competition, which was very popular.
In order to promote the sport of darts, Liang Yuen (circled) from time to time incarnate as a tutor to teach young people, the elderly, and even the visually impaired.
5 personal belongings of Liang Yuen
1. Darts
This set of darts is called "Grace" and is engraved with a pattern that looks like a light rain falling, representing Yuen (grace in the rain).
2. Dart card
Each game has a dart card, which records her participation in multiple world competitions and stores all game data.
3. Earphone
life is still inseparable from music, it always exists in a corner of my heart.
4. The
design of the
dart suit
incorporates stage lighting elements, which represents the transition from a singer to a dart player, stepping onto another stage and continuing to shine.
5.
As a devout Christian, the
Bible
makes Liang Yuen not afraid of failure.
*Information provided by "Junbu Life"
