Almost every weekend, Wang Wei will run back and forth in multiple venues in Beijing, Daxing, Chaoyang, Shijingshan, Dongcheng. The route arrangement is completely based on the time of leading the team to train, and sometimes it even needs to cross the city of Beijing.

This kind of busy life from morning to night is very hard, but Wang Wei lived a fulfilling life.

　　"For the sake of life, but also for the children who love to play basketball. Some children and parents recognize me, and sometimes they can't keep up. I just said in the group, and the response was: 'Coach Wang, you won't Are you not coming anymore?'"

　　Wang Wei is a senior coach at the Beijing Gongshengdao Sports Basketball Training Camp. Although the training camp is not the top training camp in Beijing, there are more than 2,000 students.

　　"Basketball training is very popular in Beijing. On weekends, many venues are full, and there are many training camps, large and small. I conservatively estimate that there are 100,000 Beijing children participating in basketball training."

　　There are many reasons for the popularity of the basketball training market, and the main reason is that one of the four sports of football, basketball, volleyball, and swimming needs to be selected in the sports high school entrance examination.

　　"Most parents today do not choose sports for their children, but give their children autonomy. Because basketball can not only exercise basketball skills, cardiopulmonary function, but also grow taller, and the class fee is moderate, so compared with other sports, There will be certain advantages.”

　　Most of the children participating in basketball training are in the age group of 5 to 16 years old. Although there are only very few children who really have basketball talent, this has actually formed the basis of China's basketball talent reserve.

　　"There are several ways for clubs to select materials. One is to go to the big basketball province to find them, but this requires reliable sources; the other is to accumulate good word of mouth, and good seedlings will be sent over on their own initiative; the other is to cooperate with the school to get Discover those talented children." Lu Jun, deputy general manager of Shenzhen New Century Basketball Club, said in an interview with a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily.

　　Shenzhen New Century Basketball Club is one of the clubs that has long attached importance to youth training in the CBA league. Their annual investment in youth training has reached the level of tens of millions.

According to the "White Paper on Basic Information of Domestic Players of the CBA League in the 2021-2022 Season", among all 297 players in the entire league who were promoted from the youth team to the first team of the league, the Guangdong team ranked first with 36 players, and Xinjiang and Shenzhen ranked first with 28 players. and 27 players ranked second and third.

　　However, compared to the past, the youth training of clubs is becoming more and more difficult. The basketball province is more and more strict in controlling talents, and talented young people have more choices.

　　"Now the junior high school, high school, and college campus basketball events have been done very well," a college basketball coach told the China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter, "The echelon players of professional clubs, in terms of age, just happen They are children of the age group from junior high school to high school. Since high school and university coaches can also discover talents through competitions, many parents now want their children to follow the school training system.”

　　Despite the current top talents in Chinese basketball, more than 90% are still from the youth training system of professional or professional clubs.

However, with the continuous improvement of the level of campus basketball coaches, the increasing emphasis of schools, and the improvement of the level of campus basketball games, the proportion of talent transmission channels is slowly changing.

　　According to the U18 men's and women's basketball national youth team's training list recently released by the Chinese Basketball Association, a total of 13 high school players were selected.

Among them, in the men's basketball training list, 9 players from 7 ordinary middle schools were selected, and in the women's basketball team's 22-member list, there are 4 high school players and 1 student who has just been promoted to Beijing Normal University from the High School Affiliated to Northeast Normal University.

　　"The disadvantage of the youth training system of professional clubs is that there is only one way out, because it is impossible for every young player to have the opportunity to enter the first team and become a professional player. Young players who have been eliminated from clubs in the past still have the opportunity to enter the school for further study, but recently Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the past few years, many competitions have been suspended, and young players cannot get grade certificates, and the channel in this regard will also be narrowed. Of course, many clubs are also trying to actively respond. "Lu Jun said.

　　Not long ago, the co-construction cooperation between Guangdong Hongyuan Club and Guangdong Experimental Middle School was renewed for another 5 years.

In the first cooperation stage jointly established by the two parties, the experimental middle school is responsible for the student status and study of talented basketball teenagers, while the Hongyuan Club sends high-level coaches into the school to teach.

In this mode, the top-notch children can enter the second-tier team of the club, while the children who fail to enter the club system can continue their high school studies and have the opportunity to enter the university through the high-level sports team of the university. .

　　The continuous expansion of the basketball population, the continuous development of school sports, and the continuous deepening of the integration of sports and education have indeed broadened the talent training channel for Chinese basketball.

But whether it is grassroots basketball, or campus basketball, or professional basketball, there are also difficult lessons to be learned.

　　"Basketball training is a hot topic because of its large volume. Many people want to squeeze in to make money, which leads to mixed quality training institutions. Some coaches are not qualified. Although some coaches play well, they don't know how to teach students. These uncertain factors It will affect the training of basketball reserve talents." Wang Wei said.

　　What college coaches worry about is the continuity of talent selection.

Not long ago, the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Improving and Regulating the Enrollment of High-level Sports Teams in Colleges and Universities". Sports level requirements have been significantly improved.

　　"When we chat with college basketball coaches, we are worried about what to do after 2024. According to this standard, talented children will decisively choose to take a professional and career path. Those who were not particularly talented before, but can enter college and continue to play. children, may choose to give up basketball because they do not meet this admissions standard."

　　As a professional basketball manager, Lu Jun believes that although this reform now seems to be beneficial to the professional and professional system, it is difficult to predict the effect in the future.

After all, the future direction of children, the choices of parents, how schools "rescue themselves", and the changes in the basketball professional environment itself will all affect the flow of basketball talents.

　　China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Yang Fen Source: China Youth Daily