The World Cup is about to start. How much is this China women’s basketball worth looking forward?
Beijing, September 14 (Xinhua) (Liu Xingchen) in women’s basketball World Cup in Spain in 2018, China Women’s Basketball lost to France in 5-6 qualifying matches, winning the sixth place. Four years have passed, and today’s China women’s basketball will start again and embark on the World Cup again. Facing new challenges, there are many things to say about China’s women’s basketball.
4 years of sharpening, what has the team experienced?
Rio Olympic Games, China Women’s Basketball missed the team to qualify. Chen Nan, who had passed the year of establishment at that time, said such a passage: for these young children, we should learn some experiences and lessons to lay a better foundation for the future.
And this pains also spur the team to make changes. In 2017, Xu Limin, the coach of WCBA Beijing women’s basketball meritorious, took over the pointer of the national team. After the idea of boldly activating young players was put into practice, players such as Han Xu and Li Yuan began to enter the field of view of fans.
What follows is the road to the revival of China’s women’s basketball.
In the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018, China won the championship of the Asian Games eight years after women’s basketball; In the women’s basketball World Cup in 2018, China Women’s Basketball created the smallest loss score difference with the US team since 1983; in the qualification of Tokyo Olympic Games women’s basketball, China’s women’s basketball Rick World Team Spain locked in the Olympic qualification in advance. In the Tokyo Olympic Games, China’s women’s basketball group games won 56 points in three games, winning all the promotion.
For a long time in the past, the outstanding performance of China women’s basketball in the international arena has excited the Chinese people.
After finishing the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Limin once sighed with emotion: “We seem to say goodbye with a failed competition, but in fact it is a very perfect Olympic trip. I believe that China women’s basketball will definitely stand on the podium of the Olympic Games in the future.”
And this has also become the expectation of many people for China’s women’s basketball.
What did the team members gain when they left abroad?
Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, Xu Limin no longer served as the head coach of the national women’s basketball due to physical reasons. Since 2009, Zheng Wei, who followed China’s women’s basketball southern expedition to the north and assisted three coaches, has been on the front desk.
Also in this preparation cycle, Han Xu started her second trip to stay abroad, and with “Xiao Bao” Li Yuelu also landed on the WNBA stage, “China derby” has become a new expectation for many basketball fans.
At present, China has arrived in Australia women’s basketball and entered the competition area to prepare for the final sprint. But for Han Xu and Li Yuelu who returned from WNBA, their running-in time with the team was not sufficient.
“Han Xu and Li Yuelu have improved their confidence a lot.” In the face of the overseas overseas travel of the two disciples, Zheng Wei expressed his own comments. In her view, how to better integrate what they learned in the United States with the team’s existing system is a problem that Chinese women’s basketball need to face.
However, Li Yuelu and Han Xu talked about a word and took responsibility. In the women’s basketball World Cup in 2018, Han Xu, who was only 18 years old at that time, scored 20 points when facing the US team, which was amazing to the world. “In 2018, I came to the world. Now we need to take on more responsibilities. I hope I can play better this time and bring more help to the team on the court.”
At the beginning of the WNBA season, Han Xu once expressed his hope to practice every training class and help China women’s basketball after returning home. Now behind the plain words is her desire to fulfill her promise.
Compared with Han Xu, the past WNBA season was Li Yuelu’s first overseas league match. After a higher level of tempering, she said bluntly that she was growing up slowly. “A lot of things we are doing now are moving closer to the world’s top teams in the United States.” Li Yuelu said.
What is the goal of going out again?
The Assembly began to prepare for the battle on May 20. In the past summer, China women’s basketball has done a lot to welcome the women’s basketball World Cup.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Asian Cup women’s basketball last year, the Chinese women’s basketball did not control their own mistakes well, which became the first problem that the team needed to solve. “We have conducted targeted training on issues such as breaking the pressure and how to fight against opponents.” Zheng Wei introduced the team’s preparations in this way.
In her view, the affirmation of China’s women’s basketball from the outside world is certainly gratifying, but the team still needs to stand on the opponent and prepare for difficulties before the game. “China women’s basketball will definitely finish this competition with the best mental outlook and state.” She said firmly.
And this is also an objective positioning based on the current situation of China’s women’s basketball.
After the WNBA season, Han Xu and Li Yuelu both experienced different degrees of injury reactions. “In the middle of the WNBA season, I had some fluid in my right foot. At present, it also exists and my body is still a little tired.” Han Xu introduced like this.
As the veteran Shao Ting and Sun Mengran left the team one after another, after supplementing a number of young players including Yang Shuyu, China’s women’s basketball is also in the stage of new and old alternation.
But for this challenge, the generals of the Chinese team said: full of expectation.
In Han Xu’s eyes, China women’s basketball has the ability to compete with the world’s top teams. “The team’s ability is very comprehensive, with pitchers, players who are good at breakthroughs, and internal players also have characteristics.”
As she said, the current women’s basketball players in all positions in China are very characteristic. How to give full play to everyone’s strengths has long been an important topic of the coaching staff.
In less than 10 days, the women’s basketball World Cup will start. At that time, a Chinese women’s basketball with the hope of all people will set out again. This time, they are eager to go further. (Finished)