Chan Chen-fu, coach of the Chinese Taipei gymnastics team, says that when he was a member of the national team about 30 years ago, everyone had to practice on grass or in a sand pit. Proper gymnastics facilities were simply nowhere to be found. Back then, anyone who was a bit older and could muster a more or less passable performance was a teacher. There were no professional coaches at all.
以體操為例，我國體操代表隊教練詹振福說，大約三十年前他還是選手時，只能在草地或是沙坑上練，根本找不到像樣的體操館，那時候只要年紀大一點，練得好一點的就是老師，根本沒有專業教練。