6 basketball teenagers went to the United States for further study, what are they outstanding!

On May 6, the list of winners of the 2022 Cai Chongxin Basketball Scholarship was officially announced, and 6 award-winning student players will study in the United States this autumn, including Gong Juntong, son of basketball star Gong Xiaobin, and the twin sons of Ma Chengqing, former chinese player ma Chengqing, and Gao Sinan.

Why were these players selected? What are their gifts?

The Tsai Chongxin Basketball Scholarship is a public welfare project initiated by NBA Nets owner Cai Chongxin, whose predecessor was the "Chinese Basketball Association Elite Program" launched in 2019. At that time, the Chinese Basketball Association selected Four team members, Li Xinyi, Wang Furao, Zhang Yijiong and Sun Xiangxiang, to study in the United States. This program selects young people of the appropriate age who aspire to become outstanding basketball players to study at a boarding high school in the United States for the whole society, and provides comprehensive scholarships including tuition fees and residential school fees during the study period until high school graduation.

The selection began registration in September 2021, and nearly 500 application materials were received from more than 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country. Through the initial screening, 32 student players were finally selected to participate in the interview and training camp.

On December 2-5, 2021, the 2022 Cai Chongxin Basketball Scholarship Training Camp was held in Beijing. The coaching team was led by Wang Fei, the former head coach of the national men's basketball team, and served as the head coach, Kuang Lubin, deputy director of the Coaching Committee of the Chinese Basketball Association, Song Xiaobo, director of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Basketball Association, and Wang Fei, former head coach of the national men's basketball team, and 6 other people served as expert judges, and conducted a comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the applicant's basketball level, physical fitness, language ability, and comprehensive quality through physical testing, training, competition, interview and other links.

In the end, Feng Ao, Gong Juntong, Gao Sifeng, Hao Sinan, Song Yijia (female), Yang Junxi stood out and won the 2022 Tsai Chongxin Basketball Scholarship, if there is no accident, they will leave for the United States this fall.

Why were these players selected? Song Xiaobo, a member of the expert group and a famous chinese women's basketball team, said: "The characteristics of these children are still relatively prominent, and they can be selected and have their own advantages. ”

"For example, Feng Ao, he is not very tall, but his skills are more comprehensive, and the other is that his mind is clearer, and some of the opportunity balls on the field are handled better. Another defender, Yang Junxi, his physical fitness is outstanding, whether it is explosiveness, or speed, bounce is particularly prominent at a glance, the technique is also good, but also more comprehensive. ”

"Song Yijia is not tall, only 1 meter 68, but she is very hard, the ability to fight is relatively strong, although short, but the body is relatively strong, the physical fitness is not bad, in the confrontation will not be too bad, the technology is still relatively comprehensive."

Song Xiaobo was impressed by Gao Sifeng and Gao Sinan: "These two children, especially the second eldest (Gao Sinan), I think his athletic talent is good, these two children have very good physical fitness, the ability to run and jump is very strong, and very coordinated, although thinner, but more flexible." The two of them are more outstanding here, one is more than two meters tall, the other is good physical fitness, bouncing is very easy, explosive power is good, and now because of thinness, so the strength confrontation is slightly weaker. In the future, I think these two children are still quite promising, especially the second eldest, I think he is more coordinated, and he has a good brain, he can play the fourth position, and even the third position, this height is very advantageous. ”

Among these 6 players, the one who pays the most attention to fans is Gong Juntong, because he is the son of Shandong basketball star Gong Xiaobin.

Gong Juntong comes from a basketball family, but he did not start systematic training since he was a child, after graduating from primary school, Gong Juntong chose Shandong Normal University Sophomore High School, which is the official son to inherit his father's business. Among the players selected this time, Gong Juntong is the youngest one.

"Gong Juntong is relatively young, 1 meter 97 tall, a little bit of baby fat. I think his basic skills under the basket are still well practiced, especially his footsteps. This time to the United States, I believe that after the training over there, his weight should be able to lose some, gain some muscle, and play a number four position should be no problem. In fact, he can combine inside and outside, pull out can also throw, I feel that his hand feels good, the outer line should have a basket, the inner line can use the footsteps, turn, itself he is also very good at using the body to fight, if you can practice well, the inner line should have a certain lethality. Song Xiaobo said.

This time to study in the United States, Gong Juntong chose Bishop Montgomery High School in California, which is one of the most influential schools in Southern California, basketball program has a long reputation, in the past 50 years, the men's and women's basketball teams have won 40 league championships, in the past 20 years, won 12 California High School League championships, and 8 state championships.

For the prospects of his son, Gong Xiaobin is very confident: "He is still in the development period, he has not undergone systematic training before, he is a bit fat, I estimate that after three months of systematic training, he will be able to slim down, and then after training, the confrontation can also be improved, and by the age of sixteen or seventeen, he should be able to set the shape." This boy is very good and loves to learn, such as his footsteps, some people say that I taught him, in fact, it is mainly his own watching the game. The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, how the future is not easy to estimate, what height can be reached depends on his own efforts, but he has certain conditions, and there should be no problem in taking the road of basketball in the future. ”

The 6 players selected this time are Gong Juntong from the Second Affiliated Middle School of Shandong Normal University, Feng Ao from the Fourth Middle School of Changchun Automobile Economic and Technological Development Zone, Gao Sifeng and Gao Sinan from the Affiliated Middle School of Tsinghua University, Yang Junxi from the Affiliated Middle School of Peking University, and Song Yijia from the Second Experimental School of Shenzhen. Unlike the traditional sports school training model, they all come from ordinary secondary schools.

These basketball teenagers will explore another possibility of their basketball life in a new way.