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Every day there is no shortage of tennis venues and protagonists, every player, each team has its own story, among many clubs, the Tianxing Dragon Team is definitely the one that has attracted much attention recently: the head coach of the team crosses from the collective sports football to tennis, the average age of the players is only ten years old, and may be the youngest of the tennis teams participating in the team every day...
The origin of the team name of the Tianxing Dragon team is quite meaningful, the word Tianxing originates from the North Aerospace Tennis Hall, which is the base camp of the team, plus the "dragon" word in the name of coach Shi Xiaolong, which is combined into the current team name, which not only shows the team members' love for the training base where they sweat every day, but also conveys the coach's high hopes for this tennis team.
It seems that the names associated with dragons are full of masculinity, courage and domineering. The Skywalker Dragon Team is such a youthful team, the club members are between the ages of 8 and 12 years old, the team members are mostly in the level of 3.0 to 3.5, and some are beginners who have just joined. Although the level is not particularly high, but everyone is not afraid of failure, moving forward, giving people a youthful feeling, is definitely the highlight of the court.
When it comes to this team, it is difficult to get around is the team head coach Shi Xiaolong. He used to be a professional football player, good at the practical teaching of team combat, in the tennis team competition, the test is not only the strength of the team members, but also the teamwork ability between the team members, which is the field that the historical coach from the collective project is best at. The experience of football players has been of great benefit to the establishment and training of this youth tennis team, and the facts have proved this, and after the formation of the team to participate in daily tennis matches for several months, the training enthusiasm of the players is high, full of energy, and the problems encountered in training are also solved with the blessing of the team game. The team competition not only improved the psychological quality of the children, but also taught the team members to cooperate with each other, encourage each other, learn to face defeat together, make progress together, and enjoy the joy of victory together.
Small players have great energy The team members have their own characteristics
The captain of the Skywalker Dragon Team is Andy and the vice captain is Ruth, these two are the oldest in the team, both 12 years old, and they are also recognized as the two most powerful players. Dragon team brother Andy, excellent running, sharp forehand, excellent prediction, very much "Asian brother" Nishikori Kei feeling. The dragon team's first sister Ruth, the idol is argentine star Del Potro, sharp forehand, high ball quotient, can flexibly use various techniques.
In addition to the two excellent captains, the cannon king Yuze, because of his tall stature and violent playing style, he was named. Yu Chen, a ghostly spirit, moves fast, has a variety of line combinations, and has a clever mind. Liu Zimo, Scud, has excellent movement ability and violent forehand shots. Hu Yuchen, the youngest member of the Dragon Team, began practicing at the age of four and a half, with more than 4 years of age, offensive play, clear lines, accurate landing points, excellent singles results, the current level has reached 3.5, and has won the championship in Beijing many times. Fu Churan, the young sister of "riding the wind and waves", excellent basic skills and solid front and backhand, standing on the court has the domineering spirit of giving up on me. Zhou Ruizhe, who has a lot of motor skills to pave the way, can quickly capture the opponent's weaknesses and flexibly use technology.
Among the team members, if you want to say which team member has the fastest growth and the most significant, it is not 10-year-old Liu Zimo. From the first time to participate in the daily tennis team competition, to the first doubles, to the first time to play against adults, from the first time to see the coach nervously lined up, to the first time to experience the strict style of the opponent team, from the beginning of the green nervousness, to now can be more mature to deal with all kinds of large and small competitions, Liu Zimo learned to play "big" with "small". "As long as you work hard and play every ball carefully, you can win," from this sentence, you can feel his rapid growth in the game, but also can see his future expectations.
Six months of competition results in the competition to find deficiencies
Among all the teams participating in the Daily Tennis Team Tournament, the Skywalker Dragon Team is a new army. The team was created in May 2021 and has been participating in the team competition for less than a year, but each member of the team has gained a lot.
Every team will be impressed by the first game, and the Skywalker Dragons are no exception. They started their first team tennis match with a loss and soon lost their first match. After the morale was demoralized, everyone made adjustments and took the lead in the second game, leading the opponent 5-1. However, the strength of the opponent should not be underestimated, and it was chased to 5-3, which made the Dragon Team feel pressure. When the cheers of the players on the sidelines were heard, the players regained their confidence, strengthened their convictions, guarded against arrogance and impatience, and finally won the game 6-3. The first team competition gave the players a taste of the importance of team cohesion and competition mentality, which is undoubtedly a rare asset for them.
Many of the matches since then have been unforgettable for the players, including the promotion match of the year-end finals. In the 2021 year-end finals, the Tianxing Dragon Team played a stable role in Ding B's echelon, passed the level, and finally successfully promoted from Ding B to Ding A, and more proudly, in the final ranking, it was only one place away from the promotion of the C B echelon. Golfers who are familiar with the tennis system every day know that if they want to complete the promotion of different echelons, not to mention that for these young players, even for adult players, it is quite difficult, and the Skywalker Dragon Team is only one step away from upgrading, which shows how fast they have improved, and they have the ability to compete with the players of the previous level.
For these young players, they are very young and congratulations on achieving good results. However, compared with the final result of the game, it is more important to feel the process of the game, find your own problems from the game, and solve them in future training, so as to further improve your own strength.
Thanks to the daily tennis platform for the great value of youth growth exercise
Since its inception, Every Day Tennis has become a mass tennis benchmark event in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and even the whole country, providing an event platform and club platform for the majority of partners who love tennis, with many types of competitions and a wide range of age groups, which not only allows golfers to experience the fierce confrontation in the field, but also exercises everyone's physical and mental health.
"Because I used to be a professional footballer, some of the ideas in tennis teaching may be different from everyone else's. Although tennis is an individual sport, I think this way of team competition can make children better understand themselves, better understand their strengths and weaknesses, let them play with each other's strengths and avoid weaknesses, and better understand their own characteristics, so as to find the direction! "Shi Xiaolong believes that the platform of tennis every day is not only suitable for the majority of adult golfers, but also has special exercise value for teenagers." Now, the monthly team match has become the most anticipated thing for children, as more and more players improve their tennis level, I plan to form a second team of the Tianxing Dragon Team this year, so that more players can participate in the daily tennis game. ”
With the implementation of the national double reduction policy, more and more teenagers into physical exercise, in recent years, there are tennis competitions held every day, large and small tennis matches, from which teenagers learn a lot of excellent qualities, such as tenacity, indomitability and respect for competitors, healthy competition, I believe these will allow them to benefit a lot in the future study, life and life, in the true sense of the realization of moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic all-round development.