Zhang Bin, director of youth training of China Basketball Association, was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency recently and talked about the performance of U18 men and women’s basketball in the Asian Youth Games. Zhang Bin, a famous celebrity who has been in Chinese basketball and CBA league for many years, joined the Chinese Basketball Association in May this year and is responsible for the training of reserve talents for teenagers under 18. After taking office, he participated in the training and competition of U18 Men’s Basketball Asian championships as a team leader. Zhang Bin said that the U18 men and women’s basketball national teams all completed the tasks set before the match, but they all had some regrets in the process. He said: “U18 began to set the first four tasks men’s basketball, considering that the New Zealand team and the Australian team were going to participate. The absence of these two teams has created opportunities for us to achieve good results. Finally, although the task was completed, it was not very successful not to reach the final. It is a pity to play the last 5 minutes of the Korean team in the semi-final. If you seize the opportunity, it may impact the championship. The mission of U18 women’s basketball is to advance to the top three, also because there are Australian teams and New Zealand teams. At the beginning of the group match, losing to the Chinese Taipei team and the Japanese team was not very smooth, and the final result was satisfactory.” Zhang Bin believes that in the men’s and Women’s Basketball U18 Asian Championships, the Chinese team exposed some problems, such as poor handling ability of shots, poor basic skills, lack of competition experience, etc. “I haven’t participated in the U series international competition for 3 years, which is still quite influential. When playing the South Korean team in the men’s basketball group match, our players were fearless and free. Although there were 26 mistakes in the game, the rebound won 20 and finally won 15 points. In the semi-final meeting, the opponent made 8 mistakes in the last 3 minutes, which shows that we can play our level and ability when playing smooth ball, but we are not fully prepared to play hard and glue games. In the second game of South Korea, two of the three defenders were abnormal and one was half Abnormal. The performance of our players at the last moment was obviously not as good as that of the other team, which deserves our reflection and summary. From the perspective of the women’s team, on the one hand, because of the age setting of the minority age group in the National Games, our players born in 2004 were somewhat cut off. On the other hand, it is also because they have not participated in the U series international competitions in the last 3 years that these children lack experience and ability to enter the state. It is easy to play the weak team without tactical cooperation. In the second game, I met a team with some tactical qualities like the Chinese Taipei team and I didn’t know how to solve the problem. Later, the coach did ideological work for the team members and helped them put down the burden. From the back to win the matches between South Korea and Japan, these team members still have certain abilities.” During the U18 Men’s Basketball Asian Championships, the basic skills of Chinese players became a hot topic among fans. Zhang Bin said that according to the current development trend of international basketball, there is indeed a gap in the basic skills of our players. “The problem of basic skills mainly lies in the outside line and the guard. Passing is the biggest problem, followed by the technology during the journey, breaking and breaking, breaking and breaking after the break, etc, this is what needs to be caught in the training of the youth team, and it is also relatively difficult. From the men’s basketball European Championship, the gap between us and the world has been widened. In the past, our characteristics were small, fast, spiritual and accurate. Now people are tall, fast, spiritual, accurate and ruthless.” (Xinhua News Agency)
