Dream of the "Phoenix Legend" of Phoenix Football
——Zeng Dechang, a physical education teacher at Jiandaoping Primary School in Phoenix County, and his football story
Zeng Dechang guides the training of players
Zeng Dechang (third row, first from right) and his team won the "double championship"
An indisputable fact, in the past two years, Zeng Dechang, a physical education teacher at Jiandaoping Primary School in Phoenix County, began to make a name for himself in the ancient city of Phoenix and primary and secondary schools in the county, and was once known as the "glory of the king" and "legend of the phoenix" of phoenix football.
The dream came from the moment when the brother school won the championship
Zeng Dechang, a native phoenix man. In June 1997, he graduated from Jishou University majoring in physical education, majoring in athletics training. According to the unified arrangement of the Education Bureau, Zeng De was assigned to the "Two Mountains" area of Phoenix - the second ethnic middle school inhabited by the Miao people on the other side of the mountain. At the end of August, Zeng Dechang took the farm-drawn carriage, the standard urban and rural transportation at that time, with a simple salute, and reported to Miner Middle School after several turns, and began his initial teaching journey.
In the first week of official coaching, Zeng Dechang formulated his own physical education plan and track and field training program, began to search for track and field seedlings throughout the campus, and officially started his own after-school track and field specialty training work.
"The young men in the mountains have strength, and no matter how much they train, they can't go home and work quickly," is the phrase Zeng Dechang heard the most when he taught rural school sports. Every time, he had to patiently explain, "Strength does not represent sports, at most it can only be called brute strength, without scientific training, it cannot become a sport and rise to a skill." After such a lot, Zeng Dechang began to think in his heart: if he didn't make a name for himself, I was afraid that he would not be able to convince the layman. In the following days, Zeng Dechang's training was more targeted, focusing on the preparation for the county's primary and secondary school athletics meeting in the spring of next year, and the following year, the comprehensive score was among the top of rural schools in the county.
In August 2003, Zeng Dechang was transferred to Qiliangqiao Middle School, a suburban school, as a physical education teacher; In August 2004, he was transferred again as a physical education teacher at Jiandaoping Primary School in Fenghuang County, focusing on school physical education and athletics training. At the Phoenix County Primary and Middle School Athletics Meeting after he coached, Zeng Dechang's "Zeng Jiajun" won the first place in the overall score of the county team in the past 20 years, and broke state and county records many times, and he himself won the title of "Excellent Track and Field Coach" in Xiangxi Prefecture six times. The sports culture and art festival he planned and organized became a traditional festival on the campus of Jiandaoping Primary School, a model of sports activities in primary and secondary schools in Phoenix County, and once blew the "most dazzling sports style".
After 2010, football began to enter some schools in the county, and outdoor training was rare, and there were only a handful of junior high school bosses Phoenix No. 1 Middle School, the century-old famous school Wenchangge Primary School, and the rural schools Liaojiaqiao Elementary School, Jixin Elementary School, and Qiangongping Nine-year School. In the spring of 2016, the first primary and secondary school students' football match in Phoenix County was held in the county sports activity center, and the boys' group of Wenchangge Primary School won the championship. At that time, Jiandaoping Primary School was squeezed into the hinterland of the ancient city, the activity venue was very narrow, and the football teaching paper was blank, and it was impossible to form a team to participate in the competition.
"At the award ceremony, seeing Wenchangge Primary School, a brother school that is also a famous school in the urban area, standing on the highest podium, the audience burst into thunderous applause, and I didn't know whether to express congratulations or envy when I slapped at that time, but it was that moment that I gave myself more strength, and when we moved to the new campus with a football field, I must form my own football team and stand on the highest podium." When asked about the original intention of forming a football team, Zeng Dechang explained.
The dream has opened, and on the way to chase the dream, Zeng Dechang began to bite the green mountain, busy in the green field...
Chasing his dreams, he learned to "maneuver" with all kinds of people
In September 2017, Jiandaoping Primary School was relocated as a whole and began to have its own sports ground. Walking into the open green for the first time, Zeng Dechang's joyful spirit was like a child who got the money at night Chinese New Year's Eve, and he ran back and forth around the field for nearly 10 laps excitedly, clenching his fists and not forgetting to mumble, "Yes, finally there is." Principal Shi Jin first found Zeng Dechang, patted him on the shoulder and said, "How about it, the venue is set up, how to act is up to you." Zeng Dechang just nodded his head, which was regarded as a response. After preparing basic football items at school, he couldn't even wait to buy 200 logo plates, 50 logo barrels, 2 agile ladders, and 30 sets of squad uniforms on Pinduoduo.com, which were all essential for football training. It didn't cost much money, he got a lot done, and he felt that the step-by-step procurement process of the public government was too slow.
The platform is built, what about people?
"Team formation, training, in the past few years, I have learned to deal with all kinds of people, I have to first think of a way to do the work of the head teacher, appease the parents, coordinate the family affairs, as for the students, be strict on the field, and get it done off the field." Ask the teachers and students who were once associated with him, "coincidence" sighed again and again, "During that time, it was really difficult for Teacher Zeng, how could he compete so hard?" ”
In physical education class, I finally found about 10 seedlings, Zeng Dechang happily quickly joined the team, and the next day, seven or eight class teachers brushed and found the court and Zeng Dechang "dignitaries", saying that football training will affect learning, become wild temper, and people will become oily after a long time... Anyway, I don't want my students to participate in soccer training, and I am worried that my grades will drag the class back. Zeng Dechang was a little anxious, and said with a red face on his neck, "You guys give a month to try it first, and then if your academic performance declines, you will bring people back, okay?" After all the words came to this, finally three or four head teachers were relieved, but they just agreed to give it a try. Zeng Dechang felt that this was not a way either, and hurriedly found Principal Shi Jinxian. Principal Shi has a very good reputation, and he has been awarded the title of "National Excellent Educator" for many years, and has always been based on the idea of compatibility, inclusiveness and sharing, especially advocating the "five educations" and advocating all-round development. The next day, at the Jiandaoping Primary School Teachers' Conference, Shi Jinxian announced the latest decision of the team, increasing the proportion of teaching results such as sound and body beauty in the class and teacher evaluation, and also added a special article: classes that represent the school in football competitions at the county level and above can be given priority to be included in the "excellent class teacher" candidates that year. The head teacher began to fall silent. With Principal Shi's "Shangfang Sword", Zeng Dechang immediately became busy, and this busyness was "7 to 6, yellow weekends, no holidays"...
Dai Xintong, a member of the women's team, is deeply favored by heaven, has good academic performance, fast sprinting speed, faster acceleration at the starting moment, tough body, and strong feet, which is very suitable for playing football. The head teacher Long Junfeng was also very powerful, and repeatedly expressed his "twelve points" agreement, coupled with Zeng Dechang's enlightenment that "the body is the capital of learning, and the outstanding sports quality can show the potential of learning", Dai Xintong was very obedient and readily agreed. Thinking that he could train happily, his parents came to the door and said that he would not let Dai Xintong participate in football training. Zeng Dechang and the head teacher took turns on the stage, pestering the parents for several days, and finally the parents couldn't stand up, spread their hands and said, "When I meet a teacher like you, I admit it." "What happened later, Dai Xintong really lived up to expectations, and in 2019, he first launched the fourth primary and secondary school football tournament in Phoenix County to help the team win the championship. In the same year, he also steadily advanced to Phoenix No. 1 Middle School with excellent results. It is a slight regret that due to his status as a primary six graduate, he did not qualify for the state competition that year and could not participate in the Xiangxi Primary and Middle School Football Finals with the team. In order to dispel the idea that class teachers and parents "training affects learning", Zeng Dechang made a team rule: during holiday training and going out to compete, you must bring your own homework. In addition to training, Zeng Dechang volunteered as a cultural counselor.
"The most pity is Wei Tingting, she is really a rare football seedling." So far, talking about Wei Tingting, Zeng Dechang is still sighing. Fifth grade student Wei Tingting, whose physical fitness is much higher than that of her peers, has a well-proportioned figure, strong ability to rotate above the neck, and fast leg and foot movement, and was born for football. Wei Tingting didn't know enough about herself, and when Teacher Zeng found her, she agreed. Later, the parents disagreed, and they turned against the water. Zeng Dechang was unwilling, and twice invited parents to the school office, hoping to persuade parents with the collective strength of colleagues, this time, Zeng Dechang miscalculated, and parents "recognized but did not buy it". After the parents left, the colleague quipped, "Maxima can only die in the trough." ”
In the spring of 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic raged, and the start of school was pushed back and forth, and training was forced to be interrupted. In early May, elementary schools in the state resumed school, and due to the epidemic, all collective events in the county were canceled. "I wanted to win a championship in this year's county-wide primary and secondary school football tournament and go home to congratulate my grandparents, but now there is no drama." On the first day of resumption training, Yang Jinyao, the captain of the women's team, said to Zeng Dechang with a crying voice. For several days after that, the training had no fighting spirit at all, and even had the idea of giving up. Infected by her shadow, the morale of the whole team was low. Yang Jinyao's family is not good, after her parents divorced in her early years, her mother left Jinyao far away to marry, her father went out to work alone, rarely asked about the family, Jinyao has been living on her grandparents. Jinyao has good academic performance, better physical fitness and ball skills, a very strong personality, and always thinks of ways to do things well, which is very appealing. Zeng Dechang saw her personality and appeal, and directly appointed her as the captain. "What competitive sports want is the fighting spirit to dare to lose, but not to lose." In order to restore the morale of the team as soon as possible, Zeng Dechang led the team to pay attention to the latest developments of the epidemic every day, share the good situation of epidemic prevention and control in a timely manner, and encourage the team to be optimistic about fighting the epidemic. At the same time, Zeng De grew up to care more about Jinyao, giving Jinyao more care as much as possible, often buying her football equipment and talking to her. Soon, the team's morale recovered, and in October of the same year, Yang Jinyao took her players and "murderously" broke into the state games.
"Halfway out" engaged in football training, Zeng Dechang felt that his foundation was too thin, in order to master more football common sense, he began to continuously strengthen football theory learning. Through the "national training" study of football, in 2019, he successfully passed the assessment of the Chinese Football Association at the Wuhan Tazihu Football Training Base and obtained the qualification of national D-level football coach; In 2021, he went to Qinhuangdao China Football School to study, and obtained the national D-level coach certificate issued by the National Youth Campus Football Leading Group, becoming one of the few recipients of the double national D-level coach certificate in Fenghuang County and even Xiangxi Prefecture.
The hardest thing is the things at home. Zeng De has 3 brothers and sisters, the eldest in the ranking, and a younger brother and sister, and after the younger brothers and sisters started a family, they worked abroad all year round, and only occasionally returned home during the New Year. In the early years, his father left his brother and sister three early due to illness, and his mother lived on Zeng De. After his father passed away, Zeng Dechang thought of a way to appease his mother and squeezed time to accompany the old man. Sadly, my mother developed severe diabetes and needed to rely on infusions to stay alive after 2018. My lover taught in the county senior high school, served as a high school mathematics and class teacher, and his son was in his third year of high school, and he was preparing for the college entrance examination, and the contradiction between supporting the elders and training suddenly became sharp. Seeing it in her eyes, her lover took the initiative to take up all the tasks of caring for her son's learning, and tried to balance "classroom teaching + class management + taking care of her son" with the time of nursing the elderly.
After his mother was hospitalized, Zeng Dechang did not say anything to the school, and the couple took turns taking time to nursing. Daytime. In addition to attending classes and training, Zeng Dechang will definitely appear in the hospital in time. In addition to being in the hospital, Zeng Dechang will definitely be on the football field. On his training notes, he densely records the daily training situation: 7:00-8:20 in the morning, physical training, ball bumping, passing training... From 16:00 to 18:00 in the afternoon, attack and defense conversion, group defense, dribbling and heading goal training. Saturday and Sunday afternoons, physical fitness, starting, bouncing, penalty training. Today, xxx classmates kick off with big feet, high starting point, fast ball speed, strong lethality... At the end of the day, Zeng Dechang returned to his mother's hospital bed on time, and the next day, he appeared on the football field full of vitality.
"Sports competition relies on scientific training, uninterrupted training, and you can't stop training because of this and that." Whenever he talked about his training experience, Zeng Dechang always emphasized the sentence. In fact, he did, and did it well. Since the formation of the football team, he has achieved "7 to 6", training for 80 minutes before class, 120 minutes after school, 120 minutes each on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and winter and summer vacations are no exception. The scorching sun, the scorching rain and snow, the classroom corridor tossed the ball, the little foot passing training, the scorching heat turned slightly cooler, the rain and snow decreased a little, and immediately returned to the court, "kicking off, running, attacking, saving..." On the open green field, from time to time came the shouts of Zeng Dechang and his children. In February 2021, his mother was critically ill, breathing like a gossamer, and his younger siblings were unable to return in time as migrant workers in the province, Zeng De stood alone in front of his mother's bed with tears in his eyes, accompanying his mother through the last journey of his life. The day after her mother went up the mountain, she didn't have time to sort out her family affairs, and Zeng Dechang, who was still grieving, ran to the football field with his child.
In recent years, private car family travel has continued to heat up, and during holidays, relatives and friends often invite them to drive out, and their lovers always reply first, "People have big training and can't leave." Zeng Dechang understood that his lover was a little angry, and there was a lot of support. After the football team, it was always the two of them who traveled with relatives and friends, and they did not make it once. It's not that he doesn't like to play, he really can't put down training.
Fulfilling dreams, the "double champion" on the green field
In the spring of 2018, the third primary and secondary school football tournament in Phoenix County was held, and the football team that had been training for only half a year made its debut on the field, successfully winning the boys' and girls' double championships in the primary school category, which became the biggest news of the sports event in Phoenix County that year. During the summer vacation, she deservedly represented Phoenix County in the third primary and secondary school football finals of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, and won the third place in the women's group by meeting the football teams of other 7 counties and cities in the prefecture.
The dream has come true, and the legend is still alive...
In the spring of 2019, she once again won the double championship of the men's and women's groups of the Phoenix County Primary and Middle School Football Tournament, representing Phoenix County to strongly "enter" the fourth primary and secondary school school football finals of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, and the women's football team defeated the opponent, steadily pocketed the championship trophy, and successfully reached the top.
In the spring of 2020, the epidemic yellow county-level competition, missed the "spring plowing", in October, the epidemic improved, the event was unblocked, Zeng Dechang led his team, all the way to the state finals, the women's football team successfully defended the championship.
In the spring of 2021, the Phoenix County Primary and Middle School Students School Football Tournament, the men's and women's football teams reached the top for the third time. Zeng Dechang and his team are heading for the state finals. In late July, there was a new local epidemic in the state, and the sixth primary and secondary school football finals were forced to cancel.
"It's backfired, and I still expect both the men's and women's teams to reach the top of this finals!" After a short complaining, Zeng Dechang took the team to prepare again, he believed, "When the epidemic disperses, the king will definitely return!" "From July 26 to 31, 2022, the sixth Xiangxi primary and secondary school school football finals, 10 teams of men and women from 8 counties and cities competed in the green field, and Zeng Dechang's men's and women's football teams matched each other all the way and both reached the top of the platform, creating the miracle of the "triple championship" of the Xiangxi women's team and the "double champion" of men and women.
Today, Tsang Dechang, who has returned to campus, is still busy in the green field, and he looks forward to the day when he will lead his team to the higher level of the green field. He always firmly believes that the mountain city phoenix will definitely be able to fly out of the "golden phoenix"!
Unit: Phoenix County Education and Sports Bureau
Author: Li Yao