China Overseas Chinese Network, June 18. According to the compilation report of the US "World Daily", former NBA guard and Chinese-American star Jeremy Lin recently returned to Toronto, the hometown of his former club, the Raptors, to meet with Canadian Chinese youth sports. The association cooperates to open a basketball school, hoping to bring more inspiration to Asian athletes.
The school expects to start enrolling students between the ages of 3 and 16 by the end of 2022.
Chinese American star Jeremy Lin.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Jeremy Lin said that in addition to the hope that the basketball school can encourage Asian students, the more important thing is to help the younger generation of Asian Americans to be proud of their identity.
Jeremy Lin said in an interview with the Podcast program recently: "I feel very passionate about helping players strive to become better players, but I want to help those Asian-born children born in the United States to build confidence and self-esteem, so that they can have confidence and self-esteem for Asian children. I'm proud of my ancestry because that's what I was missing growing up."
The Canadian Chinese Youth Sports Association pointed out that the goal of the basketball school is to educate students on the life value and curriculum on and off the court; Jeremy Lin also said that in addition to shooting training, the teaching content also teaches how to create personal characteristics and interpersonal communication.
When Jeremy Lin played for the New York Knicks in 2012, a game made him rise from the deepest bench and set off a "Linsanity" craze; on the tenth anniversary of the whirlwind, he accepted the American In an interview with the National Broadcasting Corporation, he also said that although Lin Lianfeng has brought pride to many Asian Americans, his "biggest regret" is that he has not been able to contribute more to the Asian ethnic groups who support him.
"At that time, I only focused on the basketball court, and I didn't care much about the voices of others." Jeremy Lin said, "But when Lin Lai's moment came, I still lacked understanding of many things, and I think because of this, I didn't You can use your stage to make a sound, or do more.”
Jeremy Lin explained that in the early days, most of his identity with himself came from life experience. He was even insulted and mocked by fans, calling his name on the court and calling him to deliver food, etc. "I just want to be a good player and let him deliver food." I was recognized for my performance. But the perception of me was that he's a good player, but he's Asian, so I've always wanted to get rid of that label."