For a long time, military basketball represents the highest level of Chinese basketball, men's basketball has Bayi men's basketball, and women's basketball has Bayi women's basketball and Shenbu women's basketball, military basketball players have tenacious will, prohibition and iron discipline have been injected into consciousness, and former women's basketball national player from military basketball, current Shanghai women's basketball coach Zhan Shuping is one of the representative figures.
Zhan Shuping played for Shenbu women's basketball team during the player, once represented the Chinese women's basketball team to win the silver medal in the 1992 Olympic Games, and after retiring, she was re-elected as the head coach of Shenbu women's basketball team for 17 years, tenacious and hardworking, is the characteristics of Zhan Shuping's coaching, but also her belief in life, when her son Fu Hao (now Liaoning player, men's basketball national player) was 6 years old, her husband Fu Wei died of illness, she endured her grief, continued to coach, was diagnosed with heart disease in 2013, Zhan Shuping chose to face difficulties after a short recuperation to help the Xinjiang women's basketball team build a successful team, And in the first season, the Xinjiang women's basketball team brought to the runner-up position, which won a lot of praise in the domestic basketball world.
Hello everyone, I am Kong Yiji, who does not like to steal books, and today I bring you the story of basketball maker Zhan Shuping.
01 Heavenly reward for hard work, from high jumper to Olympic runner-up
In 1964, Zhan Shuping was born in Dalian, Liaoning Province, and she followed her mother to the countryside from the age of 4.
At the age of 15, Zhan Shuping reached 1.8 meters tall, and in a county-level middle school athletics competition, she won the high jump championship with a score of 1.4 meters, and thus won the favor of the basketball coach of Dalian Sports School, so Zhan Shuping began her basketball career.
After Zhan Shuping entered the sports school, she trained very hard, and after half a year, she was selected by coach Jiang Tianbao of the Shenyang Military Region (the only female major general in the basketball circle) and successfully entered the Shenbu women's basketball team.
In the eyes of coach Jiang Tianbao, this 1.8 meter 8 big girl who is willing to endure hardships is a piece of jade, at that time Zhan Shuping had just learned to make a three-step layup, but Coach Jiang Tianbao was very patient, starting from the basic skills, and has been teaching Zhan Shuping to lower the center and make a large range of movements, so that she can give full play to her physical advantages.
Zhan Shuping cherishes this hard-won opportunity, especially when she sees the team's skilled veterans, Zhan Shuping will always throw envious eyes, and then go back to increase the intensity of training, at that time, other team members will go to the movies when they have time, but Zhan Shuping never goes, every night she goes to the court with a flashlight to practice in the dark (at that time, the stadium does not turn on the lights at night), because it is too dark, except for dribbling, nothing can be practiced.
For that hard time, Zhan Shuping did not say much, but with a sentence "I don't have much talent, I only rely on hardship" to understatement, in 1982, Zhan Shuping was selected for the national women's basketball youth team, although she was 18 years old, but the playing age was only three short years, she said that she had no talent, that is because she believes in heaven's way to reward hard work.
Those who are familiar with Zhan Shuping must know that Zhan Shuping's advantages are never only height and technology, but more importantly, the requirements and rigor for details, as well as the tenacious will quality, once you have these, whether it is in the player era or coaching career, winning respect is a natural fit.
In 1988, 24-year-old Zhan Shuping officially joined the Chinese women's basketball team, and participated in the Olympic Games that year, and won the sixth place with the team, although she did not get the opportunity to play, but Zhan Shuping has been watching and learning carefully on the sidelines to accumulate experience for future games.
In 1992, Zhan Shuping participated in the Olympic Games again with the team, the women's basketball team at that time was extremely strong, Zheng Haixia, Cong Xuedi, Liu Qing, Li Xin, Wang Fang and other famous players are in the team, now the invincible American women's basketball team was not the opponent of the Chinese women's basketball team at all that year, the Chinese women's basketball team passed all the way to the final, and finally lost to the CIS and won the silver medal, which is still the best result of Chinese basketball in the world series.
In 1994, Zhan Shuping suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in the knee during a breakthrough, and at the age of 30, she left the court and missed the Women's Basketball World Championship in June of the same year, missing another chance to win another World Series silver medal.
Throughout her career as a player, Zhan Shuping has won a lot of honors, three first-class league champions, an Olympic runner-up, and multiple Asian championship champions, which is not easy for an athlete who is halfway out, not so much because of talent as it is rewarded by heaven.
02 Coached Shenbu for 17 years
After retiring in 1994, Zhan Shuping entered the Shenbu Youth Women's Basketball Coaching Staff and became an assistant coach, in the process of serving as an assistant coach, Zhan Shuping was guided by her mentor Jiang Tianbao, and also went to Wuhan Sports Institute to study basketball.
In the process of serving as an assistant coach, Zhan Shuping and Liaoning men's basketball center Fu Wei (2.12 meters), who have been in love for many years, entered the marriage hall, and gave birth to their son Fu Hao on August 24, 1997.
For her son Fu Hao, Zhan Shuping is guilty in addition to guilt, she once said: "As a mother, I am very guilty." I only gave birth to him, and I didn't give him enough companionship when he was growing up, nor did I give him meticulous guidance in basketball. ”
The reason why Zhan Shuping said this is because she became the head coach of the Shenbu women's basketball team four months after Fu Hao was born, and she handed over the young Fu Hao to the care of her father-in-law, and chose to leave home to lead the team.
"Strict on the field, intimate off the field", this is the evaluation of Zhan Shuping by the players, as long as they go to the training ground, the players must listen to her, the order is prohibited, and there can be no sloppiness; But as long as the training is over, Zhan Shuping will care about the players intimately, because as a woman, she has a deeper understanding of the lives and training of girls than male coaches.
After Zhan Shuping took office, he led the team to achieve many successes, leading Shen Bu to win the runner-up of the First Division in 1998, and then won the First Division championship in 1999 and 2000.
Zhan Shuping's guidance can quickly lead the team to achieve results, not by chance, she pays attention to every detail, for several young centers in the team at that time, she opened a small stove many times, she personally played as a "defensive player", using her own experience to "create" resistance for them, and even did not hesitate to use foul actions such as pulling and squeezing, requiring them to still ensure the shooting percentage in the event of a foul.
In a training session, a team member and teammates accidentally bumped into their teammates, resulting in a forehead that was broken and bleeding on the spot, but Zhan Shuping did not praise her, but loudly reprimanded, criticizing her for having problems with her position, self-inflicted, otherwise this situation would not occur, of course, after criticism, Zhan Shuping immediately stepped forward to check the injury, shush and ask warmth, training is training, tenderness is tenderness, Zhan Shuping never confuses these.
A few years before the official establishment of the WCBA, the Shenbu women's basketball team fell into a situation of youth and yellow because of the aging of the core players, and has been suppressed by the Bayi women's basketball team, although it has reached the finals several times, but they have all returned home and ranked runner-up, but even so, Shen Department led by Zhan Shuping has staged a reversal and reversal in several seasons many times, just like the former Celtic Big Three after they got old, who saw it had to shed a layer of skin, this is the style of army basketball.
In the 2010-2011 season, Zhan Shuping finally led the team to win the WCBA Finals championship, in 5 games, Zhan Shuping interpreted the quality of an excellent coach, when trailing by three points in the last minute of the fifth game, Zhan Shuping decisively called a timeout and laid out the game plan: "We must cover the key people as soon as possible, attack should be fast, and everyone should grab the rebound." Don't throw back jumpers, go break through and hit the basket. ”
The deployment guided by Zhan Shuping can be described as the finishing touch, making full use of its own advantages, and also giving the core Miao Lijie a reassuring pill, Miao Lijie after getting the coach's instructions, played extremely decisively, with two consecutive rapid advances to counterattack to score 4 points, and finally narrowly defeated the Guangdong women's basketball team by one point, won the last championship of military basketball, this wonderful game, was rated by the media: the WCBA finals forever in history.
It is precisely because of such achievements that when the troops of the major military regions have cut basketball projects, the Shenbu women's basketball team has been able to maintain its establishment, and it is indispensable to be able to do this.
From 1997-98 to 2013-14, Zhan Shuping coached Shenbu for 17 years, she said: "I am a perfectionist, whether I win or lose, I can find a lot of problems, and I want to be the best in every step. ”
03 Assisting Xinjiang in building a team has been meritorious
In 17 years of coaching career, Zhan Shuping experienced too many surprises and sorrows, in 2003, her husband Fu Wei suddenly died of illness, which once plunged Zhan Shuping into despair, but in the face of the declining Shenbu women's basketball team, she forcibly lifted her spirit, and returned to coach the team after finishing her husband's affairs, and she always remembered her military identity.
Fu Hao has liked basketball since he was a child, but as a professional coach, Zhan Shuping did not train her son personally, but handed Fu Hao over to the famous basketball trainer Coach Wang Changlu, this old coach is amazing, she is the father of Zhan Shuping's teammate Wang Hong, and the enlightenment mentor of women's basketball star Li Meng.
Despite the hardships, Zhan Shuping never thought about leaving the team, until 2013, when Zhan Shuping was detected with a premature heart beat during a physical examination, and had to leave the field after the season to start recuperating.
When recalling that period of recuperation, Zhan Shuping was always full of smiles, she said: "That time was my most relaxing day, I could sleep soundly every day, and I didn't think about basketball at all. ”
But easy days have never been Zhan Shuping's pursuit, during Zhan Shuping's recuperation, the Xinjiang women's basketball team, which had won the national championship in the 60s last season, decided to rebuild the team, and under the recommendation of the State General Administration of Sports, the leaders of the Xinjiang Sports Bureau found Zhan Shuping, and Zhan Shuping, who has a passion for basketball, decided to go out without hesitation.
But waiting for Zhan Shuping is a brand new dilemma - the Xinjiang women's basketball team does not even have a player, Zhan Shuping is like a "light pole commander", there is no soldier under him, but Zhan Shuping and Xinjiang Sports Bureau face the difficulties, eight immortals across the sea, each showing their talents, the Sports Bureau asked Peking University and Guangdong Women's Basketball for help successfully, and Zhan Shuping is through her personal charm, the retired veterans Ma Zengyu, Zhang Xiaoni and others gathered over, temporarily "together" into a team.
But this temporary team brought one surprise after another to the fans, under the leadership of Zhan Shuping, they became a cohesive iron army, in the first season of formation, they appeared on the stage of the finals, and all this, in addition to the efforts of the players, Zhan Shuping's strict training is indispensable.
The team's veteran Ma Zengyu said at the end of that season: "The exhibition guidance is so ruthless, I just started to practice and I thought about retiring. But now, I feel very lucky to meet such a good coach who has kept this team strong and effective. ”
In less than two years, Ma Zengyu built the Xinjiang women's basketball team into an invincible team, although there were successive injuries behind, but there were always players who would stand up, Ma Zengyu was injured, Peng Shiqing was on top; Wang Lili was injured, and Qiu Siyue stood up...
In the past few years in Xinjiang, Zhan Shuping has won the respect of almost everyone, whether it is opponents or colleagues, whether it is a star big name or a bench player, whether it is a little fart fan or an old lady fan... Everyone is full of praise for Zhan Shuping, although Xinjiang has been to many famous marshals, such as Jiang Xingquan and A Dijiang, but Zhan Shuping is the only one who can get all-round praise like Zhan Shuping.
In the two years when Zhan Shuping coached Xinjiang, it happened to be the first two years for her son Fu Hao to enter the CBA, but Zhan Shuping left almost all her energy to the Xinjiang women's basketball team, only training with her son for an hour and a half every day in the offseason, and this is also one of the rare relaxation moments of her coaching career, but this does not affect her understanding of Hao, because she always goes to watch her son's game video after the game and give him a review. Therefore, Zhan Shuping has also become the person who knows the characteristics of Fu Hao's technology best.
In 2018, Zhan Shuping received an order from the army and had to leave the fast-growing Xinjiang women's basketball team and return to the new Bayi women's basketball team after the merger of Bayi women's basketball and Shenbu women's basketball, leading the team to win the runner-up in the first season, and then led the team to win the championship of military athletes, which can be said to be plug-and-play, immediate results.
After that, Zhan Shuping returned to the Xinjiang women's basketball team, and in the first season of her return, she reached the finals again, but finally lost to the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team and only won the runner-up.
Although Zhan Shuping did not lead the Xinjiang women's basketball team to win the championship, she witnessed the process of Xinjiang women's basketball team from scratch, even if she left the Xinjiang women's basketball team now, Xinjiang fans will not forget Zhan Shuping's contribution to the Xinjiang women's basketball team.
04 A son is eternal pride
Zhan Shuping has experienced two marriages, the first is with former Liaoning men's basketball player Fu Wei, the two married and gave birth to their son Fu Hao, but God did not favor the family of three, when Fu Hao was six years old, Fu Wei died of illness, which also made an originally happy family become fragmented.
After Fu Wei's death, Zhan Shuping once fell into an emotional vacuum, until she met the famous referee Jiang Tongbiao, the two were extremely similar in temperament and interests, Jiang Tongbiao soon began to pursue Zhan Shuping, but Zhan Shuping was always worried that she would have a bad impact on her son Fu Hao after remarrying, so she has been hesitant.
But after a period of getting along, Zhan Shuping found that Jiang Tongbiao and Fu Hao got along very well, not father and son, but better like father and son, when she saw that the two were tired of being together every day, Zhan Shuping finally made up her mind to marry Jiang Tongbiao.
Jiang Tongbiao treated the mother and son consistently after marrying Zhan Shuping, in order to reassure Zhan Shuping, Jiang Tongbiao took the initiative to no longer have children, and the two discussed to jointly raise Fu Hao to grow up, when Zhan Shuping was busy for the team all day, Jiang Tongbiao shouldered the responsibility of taking care of Fu Hao, and it can even be said that Fu Hao was cultivated by Jiang Tongbiao.
Fu Hao also has great respect for this stepfather, he once used the height of Everest, the width of the Pacific Ocean and the intensity of the sun on social media to describe Jiang Tongbiao's fatherly love, every adjective used by Fu Hao is the most in the world, and the depth of feelings can be seen.
Fu Hao officially entered the Bayi men's basketball team in the 2015-16 season, and played 12 points and 5.5 rebounds in his first season, and at the peak of the moment, he handed over a quasi-20+10 data averaging 19 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, becoming a top domestic forward, and when the Bayi men's basketball team was disbanded, there were even many teams that offered Fu Hao a top salary contract, but Fu Hao finally chose to return to his hometown Liaoning to play.
But after Fu Hao returned to Liaoning, his performance dropped sharply, averaging only 10 points and 5 rebounds per game in his first season, and only 8.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in the past 2022-23 season, of course, this is also related to his decline in playing time, after all, Liaoning's interior depth is there.
Fu Hao was selected for the national team in 2017, representing the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Cup qualifiers that year, averaging 4.5 points per game; in 2022, he was selected for the men's basketball Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers, but did not get any chance, after the men's basketball team won the eighth worst record in Asia, some fans rumored under the video sent by Zhan Shuping: "Fu Hao was in excellent condition last year, and his state declined this year, Lao Du took them for a summer, I don't know what to practice." ”
Zhan Shuping also complained for her son: "He didn't practice anything this summer, he was delayed." ”
After Fu Hao lost the national team, Zhan Shuping specially launched defensive-oriented training for her son, which can be described as full of maternal love.
Now it is 2023, Zhan Shuping has left the Xinjiang women's basketball team and became the head coach of the Shanghai women's basketball team, and Fu Hao was selected for the Asian Games list again in August this year, it is worth mentioning that when the Chinese men's basketball team trained in Shanghai a few days ago, Zhan Shuping also personally went to the scene after the training of the Shanghai women's basketball team to check the training of her son Fu Hao.
Now that Fu Hao has obtained the qualification to be sent to the Shanghai Institute of Sport, and has also established a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship with tennis player Wang Gangsai, looking at his future daughter-in-law who is 1.75 meters tall, has a beautiful face and a perfect figure, Zhan Shuping is proud of her son from the bottom of her heart.