On September 24, the men’s volleyball team under the age of 20 finals of the 14th National Games was held. Shandong team defeated Zhejiang team 3-2 to win the championship. The picture shows Shandong team player Chi Fangxu (back) smashing the ball in the game.
Photo by our reporter Wang Xiaguang
In the fourteenth National Games, in addition to the competitions that Olympic athletes participate in and traditional superior events, the “three major balls” such as football, basketball, and volleyball are also influential, highly professional, and the number of private participants is large. Become one of the focuses of much attention.
In recent National Games, in response to problems such as weak reserve forces and insufficient participation in the “Three Big Balls”, methods such as the establishment of youth teams have been adopted, which has played a “leverage effect” to a certain extent-the number of young players has increased, and talents have increased. The training model has also become more diverse. Speeding up the construction of a sports power and continuously improving the strength of competitive sports is an indispensable part, among which the “three major goals” are even more touching. The continuous exploration of the National Games is also providing directions and paths for the development of the “Three Big Balls” that conforms to reality and conforms to the law.
Set up items for military training and splendid consideration
In the context of vigorously revitalizing the “Three Big Balls”, the Fourteenth National Games originally increased the number of teams participating in the final stage of football, basketball, and volleyball to 12, and football also added futsal and more age groups. Since then, based on considerations such as epidemic prevention and control, adjustments have been made, and the men’s and women’s “three big balls” events are set up in two groups according to age groups.
There is no adult group for men’s football and men’s basketball. Among them, the men’s basketball team canceled the adult group competition for the first time, but allowed each team to sign up for 4 over-age players. The organizing committee stated that this is to take into account the training of young players and increase the attention of the game. But whether the men’s football team under the age of 20 or the men’s basketball team under the age of 22, it is aimed at the age group that can make a name in the professional league, and there are indeed some outstanding young players appearing in the games of the 14th National Games. Relatively speaking, the football under 18 group, basketball under 19 group and volleyball under 19 group can be regarded as a big review of the reserve forces of the “three big balls” for men and women. The three-player basketball game has professional players, college students and private amateur players. All parties fight in a melee, which is a bit interesting.
In addition, the situation of the women’s “three major” teams participating in the Tokyo Olympics is different. Both the women’s football and women’s basketball teams compete in the adult group of the 14th National Games with the national team configuration of the Olympic joint team. The Olympic United Team defeated Jiangsu in the women’s adult team finals and won the championship. In the women’s first match, they narrowly defeated the host Shaanxi team. The opponent in the final on the 25th was the Shanghai team.
The Chinese women’s volleyball team, which failed to break into the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, did not compete in the 14th National Games. The players returned to their respective provincial teams to participate in the adult group competition and became the absolute main force of each team. Judging from the previous games, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Liaoning and other teams are strong. Among them, Li Yingying of the Tianjin team has made rapid progress through the competition and has performed well in almost every game. But it is a bit regrettable that, except for the national team players, the teams currently have no new faces that make people shine.
Simultaneous innovation promotion and incentives
Starting from the 11th National Games held in Shandong in 2009, the National Games took the lead in setting up double-age group competitions in men’s football, increasing the proportion of young players; the 12th National Games held in Liaoning in 2013, The goal is to use the National Games lever to promote the importance of reserve forces in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
In the 14th National Games, after the women’s basketball team won the Olympic championship, the team members wore their respective provinces, regions and municipalities to board the highest podium. Taking this opportunity, the delegations of Shandong and Shanxi also won the first “three major goals” gold medal in the history of the National Games. This may play a positive role in cultivating young players in more places and supporting the development of clubs in the province. Soon, the Chinese women’s basketball team will go to the Asian Cup and the whole team will participate in the National Games, which will also help the team maintain the overall state of the game.
In the men’s basketball under-19 group competition that has ended, the Guangdong team, Zhejiang team, and Jiangsu team won the top three. Among them, Sun Haoqin, a young player of the Guangdong team, averaged 30 points per game. He is 1.92 meters tall and can shoot suddenly and has a variety of offensive methods. “The wonderful journey of the National Games has come to an end. The next stop is CBA (Central Basketball League), come on!” It is understood that Sun Haoqin has completed the registration of CBA players, and he will represent the Shenzhen team in the new season.
Sun Haoqin’s outstanding ability benefits from the training of the basketball youth training system. From Lianyungang Sports School to the Shenzhen team youth training, he has been selected as a national team for many times. The head coach of the Guangdong team Zheng Yonggang said: “This time I can win the championship, mainly due to the fact that our province has 3 CBA clubs and a large number of grassroots sports schools covered by them. It is precisely because of their talent transfer. Only then can the best be selected to form a team to participate in the National Games.”
Talent youth training and campus integration
Although there is still one step away from the gold medal, the personnel composition and training path of the two runner-up teams in the men’s and women’s under-18s group are worth mentioning.
Most of the players in the Chongqing Men’s Football Team come from the 2003 echelon jointly built by the Chongqing Football Association and Chongqing Furen Middle School. Over the past few years, many players have been selected for the national youth team. Hu Xingyu and Deng Haotian from the Chinese Super League Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Team are representatives of professional clubs. Such a team consisting of the Municipal Football Association, schools, and professional clubs, with more than 80% of its members coming from Chongqing’s local youth training, created the history of Chongqing football in the National Games and also provided a new reference for the training of reserve forces. And ideas.
The Zhejiang Women’s Football team’s entry into the final is quite pleasant. The success of these small players has aroused the expectations of the outside world for the diversified development of football. Many players in the team are from Lishui City. Their outstanding performance reminds people of the increasingly strong football atmosphere in Lishui. In recent years, relying on the cultivation of reserve talents in campus football, the local amateur league and futsal have developed well, and the emergence of football talents is a matter of course.
In the women’s volleyball team under the age of 19, a large number of young players with excellent physical conditions and good talents came to the fore in the competition, and even sixteen or seventeen-year-old players have already taken on important tasks. Li Guodong, director of the Training and Anti-Doping Department of the Volleyball Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said that many “good seeds” have been found through the competition. The deputy attacker Wan Ziyue of the Jiangsu team is only 16 years old and has reached 1.96 meters in height. He has various physical conditions. Very prominent, the 18-year-old setter of the Shanghai team, Chai Ying, also impressed with his excellent pass.
However, there are also many heads of platoon management centers and coaches who said that despite the support of the National Games project, the women’s volleyball team still faces the problem of insufficient reserve forces. The traditional strong team Tianjin team is trying to expand the selection of talents from across the country. In October this year, the Chinese Volleyball Association will continue to hold the “Star of Hope” training camp, focusing on training young athletes in the 2005 and 2006 age groups.
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