As a man, he hopes that his life will not be in vain; as a coach, he strives not to mistake people's children.
For twenty years, he had turned a deaf ear to the outside of the window and was preoccupied with the training room.
He led the Shanghai women's team to the National Games five times, twice on the highest podium, becoming an undisputed women's strong team. He is an ordinary and extraordinary sanda coach - Shen Xuejun.
Since staying on as a coach in 1999, Shen Xuejun has been working for 21 years. In the past twenty years, he has gathered many female heroes, from Li Mingfeng, the "first Chinese women's sanda", Wu Qianlai, the world professional sanda king championship champion, Miao Yujie, the world sanda champion, Wang Zhangchao, the women's sanda wang, and then to the sanda "Grand Slam" Cai Yingying, Shen Xuejun "forged" one Sanda strong woman after another.
The National Games won gold twice
On May 27, 2021, the 14th National Games Wushu Sanda Preliminary Tournament Women's Team Quarterfinals Battle, Shanghai Women's Team lost 1:2 to Henan Women's Team, stopping the Top 8, and finally won 2:0 in the competition with Guizhou Team for the ninth place winner. As a representative of the "academic faction", the Shanghai women's sanda team has failed to carry out systematic training for 8 consecutive months due to the epidemic, coupled with the particularity of half-reading and half-training, compared with the "professional sports team" of all-weather training, it will undoubtedly have a great impact on the preparation of the national games.
In the end, such a result was also expected by Shen Xuejun: "There was no training for eight months, and the team members did not feel anything when they first resumed training, and they were all angry and crying after the actual battle." After several months of hard training, the state of the team members basically returned to normal. ”
Shen Xuejun and team member Cai Yingying
Fierce competition at the highest level of domestic competition, cruel single-elimination format, Shen Xuejun knows the current situation, only by doubling down on catching up and paying a little more, it is possible to "escape from death". In the words of Shen Xuejun: "We know that we are not good enough, but we do not admit that we are very bad." ”
In the final of the National Games in September, the Shanghai women's team defeated Yunnan 2:0, then defeated the "veteran powerhouses" Jilin and Anhui 2:0 and 2:1, and finally met the Shaanxi team that defeated the Henan team in the final. In the gold medal battle, the Shanghai women's team won two consecutive games to win the second national games gold medal in the history of the team.
From the regret of the preliminary round to the success of the final, the performance of the Shanghai women's team can be said to be soaring, and it can also be said to be thrilling. Shen Xuejun led the team to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles and once again reached the other side of victory. What's the secret?
Shen Xuejun's answer was simple and clear: "Go all out and be unashamed in your heart." ”
Indeed, at this National Games, the Shanghai women's team did not give up in the face of adversity; in the face of favorable circumstances, it was not careless. Fight all the way and do not flinch, just as the Shanghai women's team won the championship for the first time eight years ago.
Eight years ago, the three new Sanda champions Zhang Chao, Miao Yujie and Cai Yingying created history with the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and went all out to win the first national games gold medal of the Shanghai women's team. Eight years later, with the rapid development of Sanda techniques and tactics, Cai Yingying, Chen Jieru and Zhu Xiaolei formed a perfect partner for "old, middle and young". The gold medal is in hand again.
From left: Cai Yingying, Chen Jieru, Zhu Xiaolei, Shen Xuejun
The Shanghai women's team has reached the top twice, the team members are changing, the environment is changing, but what remains unchanged is the commander of the platoon behind the platoon - Shen Xuejun.
From the ravine to the Shanghai Sports Courtyard
Shen Xuejun was born in September 1975 in Fengjie County, Chongqing. At that time, the poor and backward social environment made him determined not to admit his fate, to be strong, and to have the ability to protect himself. Under the influence of kung fu movies and martial arts novels, 16-year-old Shen Xuejun came from the "mountain ravine" to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan To learn martial arts.
In the face of martial arts routines, martial arts sanda, boxing and other projects, Shen Xuejun chose very crisply: Sanda. In his view, Sanda uses punching, leg and wrestling techniques to fully stimulate the fighting potential of the human body. Shen Xuejun, who was born poor from childhood, has good physical fitness, is not afraid of tiredness and hardship, and strives to climb the peak of martial arts Sanda.
In 1994, The Shanghai Institute of Sport recruited materials, and Shen Xuejun, who was hard-working and hard-working, was selected by Coach Zhao Guangsheng. Shen Xuejun began a life of studying, training, and competing at the same time. Non-learning cannot be widely talented, and non-ambition cannot be learned. In terms of study, Shen Xuejun basically won scholarships every year; in terms of achievements, Shen Xuejun once won the runner-up of the Eighth Games, which undoubtedly affirmed his efforts. In 1999, Shen Xuejun stayed on to teach after graduation.
Looking back on his coaching career of more than 20 years, Shen Xuejun has a lot of feelings: "First of all, fate, from his hometown to Tagou Martial Arts School, and then to the Shanghai Sports Academy, he made the right choice; secondly, he suffered hardships, and any industry that wants to succeed without suffering is all on paper." ”
20 years, do one thing well
The "two ears do not hear things outside the window, and only stay in the training room" mentioned at the beginning of the article, this sentence is used to describe Shen Xuejun, which is most suitable. From the moment he stayed in the school to teach, Shen Xuejun made up his mind: do a good job as a coach.
Originally, Shen Xuejun worked as an assistant in the men's sanda team. In 2000, by chance, Shen Xuejun, who loved Sanda and was serious and responsible, was asked by his teacher whether he would like to "get the female sanda up". The young and vigorous Shen Xuejun gladly agreed, and an opportunity to display his ideals and ambitions came. The first women's sanda team of Shanghai University of Sport was established, with Shen Xuejun as the coach.
Tan Jieru (Red Fang) fell down her opponent during the match
After only three months of training, at the first National Women's Wushu Sanda Experimental Competition, one member of the Shanghai women's sanda team won the championship in one fell swoop, and she was Li Mingfeng, who was later known as the "first Chinese women's sanda".
With the continuous development of the women's sanda project, how to select materials has become an important problem for Shen Xuejun to face. Compared with the "careful selection" of men's sanda, the selection of female sanda athletes exists: parents do not support, the selection base is small, and the technology is zero. After more than 20 years of coaching, Shen Xuejun has only recruited one Shanghainese team member, so he has to recruit students from all over the country, and most of the good seedlings have been registered in the province and city.
Such a stretched matter, Shen Xuejun also had a headache. But if the team wants to grow, how can it be done without fresh blood? Shen Xuejun, with a natural attitude of daring to challenge and self-confidence in the profession, still runs around the country.
Cai Yingying (red side) strongly defeated the opponent
"It can be said that it is really not easy for me to recruit students. Even if the basic conditions are not good, through practical training, I feel that she will stay, where what is missing will make up for what, I have the confidence to cultivate her. ”
Success itself has many difficulties, and when it encounters difficulties, we must find a way to solve them, which is Shen Xuejun's consistent style of doing things. After breaking through the primary difficulty of enrollment, the next step is training, how to cultivate players with zero foundation?
Shen Xuejun's initial goal was for the Shanghai team to become a national strong team, which seems to be the opposite of the completely zero-based team members. However, qi ji can not take ten steps when he jumps; he cannot take ten steps; he can ride ten horses and give up his merits. Perseverance and abandonment, decaying wood does not break; perseverance, gold and stone can be skeletonized.
Shen Xuejun believed in himself, and he also believed in his own team members. "In the past few years, I have never doubted myself, like Cai Yingying also came from scratch, and later won many championships. She is excellent in herself, considers Sanda as her profession, and is very disciplined and obedient. Including the whole team of the atmosphere is good, the environment also creates talents. ”
In the match, Cai Yingying (Lan Fang) burst into a high whip leg
Indeed, keeping an active and loving sanda from top to bottom, how such a team cannot succeed. As one of the coaches who has cultivated the most women's champions, Shen Xuejun not only treats the team members as his own students, but also as his own children, children who need to be "pruned and watered and carefully cared for".
They are all children
A team can achieve certain results, in addition to the efforts of athletes, more importantly, the efforts of coaches. Soldiers bear one, will bear a nest. In Shen Xuejun's view, in addition to guiding the team members on the field. In life, Shen Xuejun also has the responsibility and obligation to "guide them".
Shen Xuejun likes to call the team members "children".
"The kids want to win, but why do they lose?" I want to understand that this is a sense of responsibility, which is put first. Secondly, the team members are always children psychologically, the world view is not very perfect, the outlook on life is not very clear, and the values are not very certain, especially girls. So as a coach, I want to help them sort out the three views. ”
Shen Xuejun defines himself as an "old farmer."
Spring planting and autumn harvest, the wind and rain are smooth, and it is very happy to have a harvest, but after that you have to continue planting and start all over again. The same is true of the laws of competitive sports, the coaches go off the podium, everything goes to zero. Regardless of whether the results are good or bad, come back and make adjustments, and it is a new beginning and a new departure.
Shen Xuejun is still an indefatigable old farmer, never knowing loneliness and boredom. In your spare time, enjoy a variety of sports and let yourself find fun in them. But more often than not, it is three sentences that do not leave the old line, and the whole heart is just to think: thinking about the Sanda project, thinking about the performance of the team members, thinking about the personality of each athlete and how to teach according to the talents.
He thinks about all this, in addition to being responsible for his own career, but also responsible for the "children".
Shen Xuejun said: "If I successfully cultivate her, the happiness of her family will be guaranteed. If I recruit this child and fail to cultivate and learn badly, it is equivalent to directly or indirectly erasing the happiness of the child for a lifetime, and even the happiness of the whole family. ”
Letting the team members get the results and live a good life is the most gratifying thing for Shen Xuejun. The reason for this, presumably, is that seeing these young faces confused and looking forward to the future, Shen Xuejun can't help but remember that he was also a child who came out of a ravine and wanted to fight a world.
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