Thoughtfulness | The Chinese men's basketball team does need to learn Japan, but not to learn "Little Kuailing"
In the basketball World Cup, Japan's 1.72m defender Yuki Kawamura played phenomenal and led the team to a comeback against Finland. While amazing the Chinese people, the voice of "the transformation of the Chinese men's basketball team's 'tallness' is a wrong route, and we should learn from Japan to regain the 'little fast spirit'" also began to emerge. Obviously, this is not rational. For the Chinese men's basketball team at the fork in the road, there is at least a 33% probability of reaching the end by looking for a road to move forward, relying on the warriors who have overcome difficulties and relying on the exploration spirit of "more people will become the road". Hesitation and repetition of the route is counterproductive.
Written by丨 read the hills
Editor丨 Feng Xiao
At last year's Football World Cup, Japan linked the two giants of Germany and Spain, and the Chinese people exclaimed: The dream of "Football Youngster" has become a reality. In the ongoing basketball World Cup, Japan played the best game in team history, defeating the European powerhouse Finland with Markkanen, and the Chinese people were in an uproar: "Slam Dunk" is also here? The 1.72-meter Japanese Japanese Yuki Kawamura, who played phenomenally, is regarded as a realistic version of Miyagi Ryota.
In this year's World Cup, the Japanese men's basketball team was divided into Group E, and the three opponents in the same group were Germany, Finland and Australia, which was originally the group of death, plus Hachimura did not play with the team, and the outside world unanimously decided that Japan was not only difficult to qualify, but also difficult to win.
Unexpectedly, in the face of the European powerhouse Finland led by NBA fastest improvement award winner Markkanen, the Japanese team staged a final comeback when trailing by 17 points, and the small guard Eihui Kawamura, who is only 1.72 meters tall, scored 25 points and 9 assists alone, becoming the number one hero of the victory, which at the same time received praise, but also triggered our discussion about whether Chinese basketball should learn from Japan and regain the "little fast spirit".
Chinese's feelings about Japan have always been complicated: limited by historical grievances, their favorability towards this neighboring country is limited, but it does not hinder the popularity of Japanese cars and Japanese electronic products, and overseas tourism has long regarded Japan as a major destination; In the field of sports, China has always looked down on Japan, but it has to be admitted that in the sports experience of several generations of Chinese youth, "Football Boy" and "Slam Dunk" have played an important and even irreplaceable role.
Therefore, when the Japanese repeatedly deliver amazing results, our emotions become more and more complicated, shock, envy, admiration, reflection, and finally mourning our own misfortune and anger. The rhetoric of "learning from Japan" and "Japanese people can do it, why can't we" spread to social networks - not only is the moon round in the west, but the moon in the east seems to be more round.
So, should we learn from Japan? If so, what should I learn?
Competitive sports, success and defeat, the performance of the Japanese men's basketball team in the match against Finland is indeed impressive. But just because of this game, it is obviously not rational to jump to the conclusion that Japanese basketball is ahead of China, and even to call for an immediate turn around and follow in its footsteps.
And the real rational voice still comes from within the basketball industry. After Japan's victory over Finland, former Chinese men's basketball player Jiao Jianfa sighed on Weibo, saying that he had seen the exhaustion of Japan's basketball youth training system, and Japanese officials initially said that it would take 15 to 20 years of hard work to make basketball rise, and today's results are the result of accumulation.
In fact, as Jiao Jian said, the Japanese men's basketball team can achieve today's results because of the joint efforts of several generations of basketball people, who have been actively preparing and planning for many years, with the goal of becoming the best team in Asia and proving themselves in the World Series.
Before this World Cup, the Japanese men's basketball team appeared in the World Series twice, both of which performed dismally: despite having two NBA players - Raku Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, they lost all five games in the 2019 World Cup with a net minus 26 points; At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, they returned to the Olympic stage as hosts for the first time in 44 years, but failed to qualify after losing to Spain, Argentina and Slovenia in the group stage, and Japanese fans were also extremely disappointed.
In the past few years, the Chinese men's basketball team has indeed fallen into a trough, behind the result of the combination of new and old reasons, we should recognize the reality, put ourselves in the right position, and not because of our own fiasco and a cold win of the Japanese men's basketball team, we are arrogant and confused.
Once upon a time, Chinese basketball was also famous for its "little fast spirit", which was difficult to learn and catch up with in Japan and even all of Asia. However, the Chinese men's basketball team, which dominated Asia at the beginning, was difficult to play a breakthrough performance in the world series, until the emergence of the "Great Wall of Motion", it really had a place on the world stage, and had the strength and courage to wrestle with European and American powerhouses.
Later, Yao Ming retired, but the Chinese men's basketball team continued the concept of building an internal team, from Yi Jianlian to Zhou Qi, although it is difficult to reproduce the glory of the Beijing Olympics, but there is no lack of exciting classic battles. In the past few years, Chairman Yao has vigorously promoted "school basketball", while giving the green light to domestic young talents and encouraging them to go abroad for exercise, which has achieved certain results.
At the recent U19 Basketball World Cup, the "forward group" represented by Yang Hansen, Wang Junjie and Wang Haoran has begun to show talent, they are tall, flexible, comprehensive in technology, and dare to fight, making people see the hope of the future.
In this context, if you abandon the established route because of temporary gains and losses, and turn back to pick up the small fast spirit, it is undoubtedly a reversal of history, and there is no benefit other than to wander time in the repeated swing.
If the Japanese men's basketball team is worth learning from China, then the content worth learning is not their "little fast spirit" style of play, nor is it an empty "fighting spirit", but their firm attitude of moving forward, once they identify a direction, don't suffer from gains and losses, swing, learn Europe today, learn beauty tomorrow, and even go back to school the day after tomorrow....
The Chinese men's basketball team officially hired former Serbian coach Aleksandar Djordjevic to take the helm in November last year, and since he took office, it has begun a "large-scale" reform. Under him, young players with excellent physical conditions such as Choi Yongxi and Zhang Zhenlin were reused, while defender Guo Allen, who had excellent personal ability but limited playing style, was "abandoned". So far, the outcome of this reform is uncertain, but the goals and ideas are firm.
Now that Chinese basketball is in an eventful autumn, the controversy over the transfer of CBA players, the decisions and candidates for planning players, and the series of ensuing influences are unrealistic to achieve excellent results in a short period of time. At this juncture, we must avoid easily doubting ourselves and vacillating, but we must be firm in the line and believe that things are man-made.
Looking back on the past, our Chinese men's basketball team has suffered a lot of wavering losses - since the first "foreign coach" coach in 2004, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team seems to have been hovering between the United States, Europe and China, Harris, Younas, Guo Shiqiang, and other paintings, Yannakis, Gong Luming, Du Feng, Li Nan, and then to Đorjevic, every direction adjustment, at that time, seemed to have its objective reasons, but the result was that which route did not stick to the end, and finally made a four-like, in vain delayed time.
In fact, not only basketball, but also the Chinese men's team: in 1992, Schlapner took charge of the Chinese men's football team, becoming the first foreign coach of the men's team. In the following 30 years, Horton from England, Alihan from the Netherlands, Milu from Serbia, Forado, Camacho from Spain, Perrin in France, Lippi from Italy, Cannavaro... They have all gone from anticipation to sad departure in the position of national football manager.
Now in Jankovic, his adventure has just begun, but his end is almost doomed - it depends on the results of the national football team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and with the current strength of the national football team, breaking into the World Cup is almost impossible.
In fact, foreign marshals and local marshals have their own advantages, but they also have their shortcomings. For more than 30 years, the national football team has learned and learned, the purpose is to produce results, but the result of "quick success" is that we are constantly changing coaches, especially in the case of different styles of managers, the tactics lack continuity, everyone wants to buy and sell with a hammer, and the result is not enough investment in more basic youth training and talent training, and the result is not only failed to achieve ideal results, but also lost the future.
Our neighbor Japan, which started professionalization football later than China, but unswervingly learned the technical flow style of Brazilian football from the beginning, and deeply rooted in youth training and campus football, and finally blossomed after more than ten years and became an excellent representative of Asian football.
Sports are all connected, basketball, football, if you want to really improve internal strength, it is by no means an overnight achievement, and you must not limit the goal to the success or failure of a World Cup or even a game.
China has long passed the stage of proving its sense of existence to the world, and now we should be confident enough to move steadily towards the set goal, even if there are twists and turns on the journey, we do not have to panic, easily doubt and deny ourselves.
China has long passed the stage of proving its sense of existence to the world, and now we should be confident enough to move steadily towards the set goal, even if there are twists and turns on the journey, we do not have to panic, easily doubt and deny ourselves.
At the fork in the road, identify a road and move forward bravely, at least 33% probability of reaching the end, in this process, relying on the warriors who have overcome difficulties, relying on the spirit of exploration that "when there are more people walking, it becomes the road";
And choose A in the morning and B at noon and choose C in the evening, and you may only be able to try your luck at noon, because - sooner or later you will fail.