After the CBA playoffs play-offs, a reporter asked Min Lulei, the head coach of the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team, to score his first season in charge of the team at the press conference. On April 17, Min Lulei said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, "In less than a year from taking over the team to the end of the season, I got along with the players day and night, improved together, and completed the goal of advancing to the playoffs." I don't rate myself, that's the media, the fans, I don't care much about the comments and opinions of the outside world, everyone has their own ideas and judges, I am most happy and gratified that my disciples have made every progress and achievement through the competition, but I want to be worthy of my heart. ”
In May last year, Min Lulei took over the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team on the agenda, he recalled the situation at that time and said: "I don't feel that I am about to turn 60 years old, and I still have a lot of energy, I can do something more in the basketball career that I have been engaged in and love all my life, especially to contribute to the basketball in my hometown." So in the month before meeting his new disciple, he watched a large number of materials and game videos of the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team, and knew the characteristics of the team and players well, and made full preparations.
Min Lulei said that in fact, in the past few years of his "leisure", he has also been paying attention to the CBA league, the players and teams he has led, and of course, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team, which is the new army of Beijing City Competitive Basketball, and also watching the games of American professional basketball and European basketball to learn and learn from them. In a word, "the body and mind are not idle", so after accepting the invitation of the Beijing Enterprises Club, he was able to quickly enter the state.
Min Lulei and Du Feng shook hands
"I remember very well that June 8 last year was the day when I met the players for the first time. From that day on, everyone began to enter a new season and enter into intense training. Min Lulei said. Like the military, the character and spirit of a team are also given by its coach, and from that day on, the BEWG men's basketball team has entered a new stage. In the words of Du Feng, the head coach of the Guangdong Hongyuan team, "The arrival of Coach Min has brought a radical change to the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team. ”
"Strictly administering the army" is Min Lulei's coaching style, and it is also what he has adhered to for many years. In response to the lack of physical fitness and training of some members of Beijing Holdings, Min Lulei started with the physical training of the players, and he arranged morning exercises in the track and field twice a week for the players, including aerobic 3200 meters, anaerobic sprints and so on. The success of coaching the Shougang men's basketball team has proven that this is the foundation for players to have sufficient physical strength to support high-intensity games in the final moments of the game. Min Lulei set the morning exercise time to start on time at 6 o'clock and finish in one and a half to two hours. In the morning, the team can rest or train on their own, and there are also strength training sessions about 4 times a week.
Min Lulei said, "Two to three hours of training a day is definitely not enough, it takes more than five hours." In the past, it was always said that our traditional coaches overemphasized 'three from one big', but in fact, this is the basis for athletes to improve their performance and will never become obsolete. Strict training, coupled with advanced training methods, can continue to grow and progress, and both are indispensable. ”
Min Lulei's praise for the disciples of BEWG began when he first met publicly with the media, and it is still the same. Min Lulei told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily: "From the very beginning, I read out to you a set of reward and punishment systems formulated by the club about life, training, and competitions. But at the end of the season, I didn't use the punishment system, because these players are doing a good job and are qualified, I don't need it, and I am very happy that they can be strict with themselves, both new and old. ”
Let the athletes strictly abide by the regulations, Min Lulei herself must do it first. In the past ten months, whether it is training, competitions, morning exercises, etc., Min Lulei and the coaching staff have never been late for 1 minute, and they have set an example, and he has moved his home to the team's training base, near the Honghe International Sports Center in Yizhuang, and devoted himself wholeheartedly.
Zou Yuchen
Regarding the changes and progress of the players, Min Lulei said that it is not all his credit, "In fact, this is the common will of both parties to achieve better results." For example, Zou Yuchen's weight loss, not that I unilaterally put pressure on the players, but that he himself has such an appeal, and the coach and players work together to have a much refreshing 'elbow' (Zou Yuchen's nickname) that everyone sees. Everyone has also seen the progress of Zhang Fan and Liao Sanning, not just that I want to give them more training, they stay and practice hard after the course, but also because they are self-motivated and have the desire to improve themselves. That's why I always praise these kids, every one of them worked so hard. ”
Min Lulei said that although he has been coaching for so many years and has experienced so many games, he can still feel the pressure during the season and is always full of urgency, "At the end of the first stage and the beginning of the second stage, we had a few games against the strong teams in the league, and we almost won them, but in the end we still lost, which is really a bit heartbreaking and regretful." At that time, the team fell from the top of the table at the beginning, and I and the team felt a lot of pressure. However, I am very relieved that everyone came out of the trough immediately. ”
Min Lulei said that he rarely realized how many consecutive wins, team records, etc., is to make every effort for the players to play every game, and if the process is good, the result will naturally be satisfactory. The subsequent 6 consecutive wins, the 8-game winning streak before the end of the second stage of the competition in February this year, including the first defeat of the Liaoning team in the absence of the three main forces, were all natural results.
The Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team defeated the Liaoning team for the first time
Some people describe Min Lulei's identity in the team as multiple, both as a coach and as a "political commissar", and is good at helping the players reduce their ideological burden, which is the consistent style of domestic coaches. Min Lulei did not deny this, but he said that it is also inseparable from the concerted efforts of the club and the team's coaching staff. The so-called "political commissar" responsibility refers to doing a good job of ideological work when the team's thinking is lax, not only for domestic players, but also for foreign aid. In Min Lulei's view, it is not possible to treat everyone with the standards required of domestic players, foreign aid has the living habits and standards of foreign aid, but if there is a problem, he will also pay special attention to it and talk to foreign aid, which can ensure that the team maintains strong combat effectiveness and durability.
Min Lulei understands the characteristics of each player in Beijing Enterprises very well, and has his own style of employing people, he said that he will not care about other people's opinions. Commenting on several young players, Min Lulei said, "After Shaojie (Wang Shaojie) came back, I asked him to play tougher and be aggressive, and he basically did it, and everyone also saw his performance in the third stage and the first round of the playoffs." Liao Sanning has potential and has made obvious progress, but there are still many areas that need to be polished in order to progress faster. Chen Guohao is very talented, he is also down-to-earth, hard-working, but his shortcomings are also obvious, there are still many areas that need to be improved, I will give him more playing time, but the more important thing is up to him. ”
Summing up her coaching experience over the past 10 months, Min Lulei said, "I have always maintained close communication with the players, and I have also led by example. I ask the team members to train strictly, strengthen self-management, have the courage to take responsibility, and everyone has the same idea and goal. The players have also done this, they can work hard, and this is a very good group. As for the team's performance in this first season, it is still the same sentence, and everyone will comment on it, I just want to be worthy of my responsibilities and worthy of my heart. The goals of the team in the future, such as what kind of team and what kind of club we want to become, I can't describe it in a vacuum, but I still need to work together with the club and the players in many aspects. ”
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin